General Options

The following options give you a variety of controls over how Fender Studio Pro looks and operates. Click on each tab in the Studio Pro/Options/General (macOS: Preferences/General) menu to access these options.

General

  • Language: Choose your language from the list.
  • When Studio Pro starts: From this list, choose the default action you would like to happen during each startup:
    • Do Nothing: No Session, Mastering Project or Show opens by default.
    • Open Last Session/Mastering Project/Show: The most recent Session, Mastering Project or Show opens.
    • Open Default Session/Mastering Project/Show: The default Session, Mastering Project or Show opens. To set the Session, Mastering Project or Show to open by default, set up the desired item and save it, with the name “default,” to the appropriate folder located at the current User Data location set in Options/Locations.
    • Create a New Session: A new Session is created and opened.
    • Check for Updates: Check for software updates on startup.
  • Enable graphics hardware acceleration (macOS only): This setting is enabled by default. We do not recommend disabling this mode unless it is necessary to improve downward compatibility between Fender Studio Pro and third-party plug-ins.
  • Enable High-DPI Mode (Windows only): This setting is enabled by default. We do not recommend disabling this mode. Enabled improves the look and feel of Fender Studio Pro on high-DPI monitors when running on Windows.

Note: When running Windows with a high-DPI display, you may find that certain older plug-ins appear quite small on screen, as they have not been updated for use with high-resolution displays. To change this for individual plug-ins, open the plug-in settings menu in the plug-in editor tab and enable the Enable System DPI Scaling option (requires Windows 10 version 1803 or higher). Scaled-up plug-in interfaces will appear blurry when blown up to size, which is expected. Certain plug-ins may not be compatible with this option. Avoid using this option on plug-ins that offer their own scaling options.

Appearance

Set the color balance for the user interface in Fender Studio Pro with separate controls for Background and Arrangement elements.

Independent settings for Plug-Ins and the Score View let you choose between Dark and Light viewing modes. Note that these options only affect certain Fender Studio Pro plugins, not third-party plugins. They also do not affect Fender Studio Pro plugins with a custom interface (Ampire, Fat Channel, Analog Delay, etc.). The “Colored” option links the Fender Studio Pro plugin color to the Background and Arrangement settings.

Your settings can be stored as Presets and shared with other users or archived for personal use. Dozens of presets are provided so you can customize the appearance of Fender Studio Pro quickly. Press [Reset] to set the color balance and viewing modes back to the factory settings.

Keyboard Shortcuts

This panel lets you assign and change keyboard shortcuts for features and functions in Fender Studio Pro. For more information, see Key Commands.

Network

Toggle the "Allow remote control apps to discover this DAW" option on to let compatible networked controllers connect to Fender Studio Pro.

Touch Input

Here, you can enable multi-touch operation (if you have a compatible display attached to your system), as well as specify which monitor is to be used for touch input. To specify the current monitor, click the [This] button.

Additional Options

If you'd like information about the other tabs within the Options dialog window, check out the topics cross-referenced below: