ACE Studio Explained
Join veteran Groove3 instructor Eli Krantzberg for a comprehensive look at ACE Studio - the popular AI-powered virtual vocal generator that allows you to create studio-quality vocals from MIDI and lyrics. You'll learn all you need to know to create stellar vocals, from using the Clip Viewer to drawing in melodies, entering lyrics, editing pitch, and much more. By the end of the course, you'll be ready to start using ACE Studio in your very next production. These ACE Studio videos are designed for new ACE Studio users.
Videos
• ACE Studio: A First Look Around (04:39) - See how to set the main preferences and take a look around the main parts of the Ace Studio interface: the transport, arrangement view, library, time ruler, track list, track panel, mixer, and clip viewer.
• Clip Basics (04:03) - A Clip is the basic container in your project for either MIDI notes sung by singers or audio played back on audio tracks. Learn how to create, move, resize, split, separate, mute, name, and color clips in the ACE Studio app.
• Saving Your Work (01:59) - See how the save and autosave functions work in ACE Studio and how the saved content is stored on your hard drive.
• Drawing in Melodies (04:25) - Explore various techniques and tools available for inputting and editing melodic phrases in the Clip Viewer using the mouse and keyboard shortcuts.
• Entering Lyrics (04:09) - Watch a few different ways of entering and editing lyrics once a melody is present.
• Editing Pitch (05:33) - Discover the tools available to edit the pitch curves, pitch modulation, vibrato, and more.
• Recording & Vocal to MIDI & Lyrics (04:56) - See how to record your own vocal directly into ACE Studio, have it converted to MIDI and lyrics, and then have it sung by an ACE Studio vocalist. Follow along as the pitch editing tools are used to clean up a sloppy original performance.
• Importing MIDI (04:24) - Learn how to import both monophonic and polyphonic MIDI melodies and have ACE Studio split the parts and place them onto separate singer tracks.
• Changing & Blending Voices (04:38) - Explore the selection of alternate voices, see how to change and blend them, and learn how to adjust the mixer effects applied to each singer track.
• Editing the Emotion of the Performance (05:40) - Watch how to use the breath, air, falsetto, tension, energy, and formant parameters to subtly influence the emotion in the performance.
• Choir Mode (02:41) - Hear how Choir mode is used to combine multiple AI voices in one track to create choral vocals.
• Collecting & Customizing Voices (03:52) - Explore the online voices shared by other users. See how to bring them into your system, use them in your projects, and upload your own vocal data to train your own AI voice model.
• Working with the Chord Track (04:50) - Discover how to work within ACE Studio using the built-in piano sound and chord track as an accompaniment while creating vocals.
• ACE Bridge (05:03) - Learn how this plug-in is used to link your DAW with ACE Studio for either MIDI playback, recording, or vocal AI playback.
• ACE Studio in Action: Verse (04:41) - Follow along as lyrics are entered and the melody is tweaked with the modulation and pitch brush tools.
• ACE Studio in Action: Vocal Double (05:30) - Watch as the melody is re-recorded onto a separate singer track and then tweaked to work as a background vocal double.
• ACE Studio in Action: Harmonies (02:55) - An additional part is added to harmonize certain words, which is then doubled an octave lower on another voice to be available as a mix option down the road.
• ACE Studio in Action: Chorus (02:06) - Learn how to record polyphonic parts using the ACE Bridge and have ACE Studio automatically split them onto separate singer tracks.
• Exporting Vocal Tracks (04:06) - See how to export your tracks from ACE Studio and listen to a final mix with third-party effects plug-ins applied to the vocals.