Fender Studio!

[justaprogressive]

Last edited Wed May 28, 2025, 05:35 PM - Edit history (2)

App is free. Fender Link audio interface costs $..

Record, jam, and capture your creativity whenever and wherever it strikes. Packed with authentic Fender tones, Fender Studio is fast, fun, and free for guitar players and music creators of all types.

Video:

https://videos.ctfassets.net/mdpgzc1lmx9t/y3sUrl0hwRIIWwPhR65l0/c59b10d21c4be8e65181bafb45d7f54b/iPhone_Website-HVEC.mp4

Amps
‘65 Twin Reverb
Rumble 800 v.3
‘59 Bassman*
Bassbreaker 15 Medium Gain*
Super-Sonic*
Redhead*
Tube Preamp*

Pedals
Overdrive
Sine Chorus
Mono Delay
Small Hall Reverb
Modern Bass OD
VariFuzz*
Vintage Tremolo*
Stereo Tape Delay*
Small Room Reverb*
Triangle Flanger*
Simple Comp*

Editing/Mixing Tools
Compression
EQ
Expander
Reverb
Delay
De-Tuner
Transformer
Vocoder
Ring Modulator
Global Transpose
Metronome
Timestretching

[link:https://www.fender.com/pages/fender-studio|

[highplainsdem]

1. Thanks! Looks useful, and it isn't AI, thank God. Btw, although the app is free, the Fender Link I/O you see

there is $89.99: https://www.fender.com/products/fender-link-i-o

[highplainsdem]

2. Would you please post this in the Musicians forum as well? Either a complete cross-post or a link to

this thread (which might keep most of the replies in one place)?

Thanks!

[justaprogressive]

3. of course.. nt

[highplainsdem]

4. Thanks!

[highplainsdem]

5. Re your editing your OP to add "App is free. Subscription costs $" - there's no mention of a suscription

on any page I've seen about this. The app is free. The little Fender link device is $89.99, but I'm not sure that's even necessary to use the app.

[justaprogressive]

12. right you are

Link is their proprietary audio interface. I'll fix

[highplainsdem]

6. Guitar World review - a rave review:

https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/plugins-apps/fender-studio

[highplainsdem]

7. Music Radar review - with no mention of the Fender Link device being necessary:

https://www.musicradar.com/music-tech/software-apps/ive-always-said-to-the-team-anyone-should-be-able-to-just-hit-a-single-button-on-their-phone-and-be-able-to-start-recording-fender-studio-is-the-companys-long-awaited-entry-level-recording-app-and-its-free-for-everyone-to-download

[justaprogressive]

13. it isn't

they claim any audio interface will work fine...

[highplainsdem]

8. Guitar.com review - and this seems to suggest the Fender Link device is necessary:

https://guitar.com/news/gear-news/fender-studio/

[justaprogressive]

14. It isn't

An audio interface IS needed, but it doesn't have to be Fender link i/o.

[highplainsdem]

9. Review from tech magazine The Verge:

https://www.theverge.com/news/670709/fender-studio-music-recording-app

[highplainsdem]

10. Review from tech magazine Engadget:

https://www.engadget.com/audio/fender-just-launched-its-own-free-daw-software-for-recording-music-130007067.html

The iconic instrument and amp maker Fender is diving deep into the digital domain. The company just announced Fender Studio, an all-in-one music-creation software platform. It's basically a digital audio workstation (DAW) but one that's intended for newbies. Think GarageBand and not Pro Tools. Just like GarageBand, Fender Studio is free.

The software looks perfect for going straight into an audio interface without any complications. Players can select from a wide variety of digital amp recreations. These include some real icons, like the '65 Twin Reverb guitar amp, the Rumble 800 bass amp, the '59 Bassman, the Super-Sonic, the SWR Redhead and several more. More amp models are likely on the way.

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The mobile version of the app includes a pinch-to-zoom feature, which is always handy with recording software. All of those squiggly lines can get tough on the old eyeballs.

Fender Studio is available on just about everything. There's a version for Mac, Windows, iOS, Android and Linux. It should even run well on Chromebooks. Again, this software is free, though some features do require signing up for a Fender account.

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[ProfessorGAC]

11. Pretty Cool

Might have to download that. Their website is very balky right now, so I'll try later.
Given his setup, I don't see how it would work without that interface, except as a play along through a separate amp.
I have their tuner app (also free) and it's pretty darned good, so I can see this one being cool too
Nice find, thanks.
I get daily texts from Fender. I must have looked past this one.

[justaprogressive]

15. my pleasure

used to lust after garageband