Fender Studio Pro 8.1 update integrates Moises in-browser

June 10, 2026 imagebyai

The Fender Studio Pro 8.1 update brings Moises stem separation, voice replacement, AI studio assistant, and native vocal tools in-browser.

The Fender Studio Pro 8.1 update introduces multiple AI-driven features and follows Fender’s rebranding of PreSonus Studio One as Fender Studio Pro. Version 8.1 integrates the Moises platform directly into the browser to provide stem separation, stem generation and voice replacement. The release also adds an AI-assisted studio assistant as part of its toolset. These features are integrated editing and production tools within the DAW environment.

The 8.1 update introduces a native autotune device for vocal production while maintaining integration with Celemony Melodyne. It adds new scoring and composer tools that include tighter Notion integration and improved articulation editing. Pitch curves in 8.1 allow users to draw transposition envelopes directly on audio clips in the timeline without using automation. The update also enables global instrument racks to be stored in shared memory for reuse across sessions, with the stated effect of reducing load times for sample libraries such as Omnisphere and Keyscape.

Fender rebranded PreSonus Studio One as Fender Studio Pro, and the Fender Studio Pro 8.1 update integrates the Moises platform directly into the browser to provide stem separation, stem generation and voice replacement. The Moises integration is implemented inside the DAW browser rather than as a separate external application. The 8.1 release also introduces a new AI-assisted studio assistant as part of its toolset.

The 8.1 update adds a native autotune device for vocal production alongside retained integration with Celemony Melodyne. The presence of both a native autotune device and Melodyne integration provides multiple in-DAW vocal-editing options. The release also expands scoring and composition capabilities by adding new scoring and composer tools, which include tighter Notion integration and improved articulation editing.

Pitch curves are introduced in the timeline, allowing users to draw transposition envelopes directly onto audio clips without using automation. Global instrument racks can be stored in shared memory for reuse across sessions to enable faster access to instruments across projects. The shared-memory instrument rack feature is described as reducing load times for large libraries such as Omnisphere and Keyscape.

Fender Studio Pro 8.1 is offered with a perpetual licence priced at £170, and Fender also offers a Pro+ Annual Plan at £159.99 per year that includes the perpetual licence, plus a Pro+ Monthly Plan at £20 per month. The pricing structure therefore includes both a one-time perpetual licence option and subscription-based access through Pro+ plans, covering different purchase models within the same product lineup. All listed prices are denominated in pounds sterling.

Discounted upgrade pricing is available for owners of PreSonus Studio One, as noted in the announcement. The available sources do not provide the specific discounted amounts or the eligibility criteria for these upgrades. These pricing options were published alongside the Fender Studio Pro 8.1 update announcement.

“We have a very strict rule. We embrace modern AI technologies — you’ve seen a few of them today — as long as the artist stays in control. We want to have tools available to us, as artists, that make our lives easier, our workflows easier, that allow us to create, to be creative, but we would never do anything that replaces creativity or replaces the artist. The artist is always first.”

“To me, all art comes from giving musicians tools that they can bend, break, destroy, wire wrong. That is our job. Our job is to provide a tool that can be leveraged in a way that the artist chooses. As a tool, this stuff is fascinating and can really change the way art is consumed … This is the beginning of something awesome, and I can’t wait for people far more creative than me to break it, and then I can’t wait to hear the music.”

“It doesn’t listen. I don’t know if it will listen at some point — it could — but that would take it in another direction.”

“Back when there were the Malibu fires, part of my studio got burned down. We lost a lot of files … Now with the stem separation, those songs can come back.”

“We wanted to create a new system that allows people to find the answer to their questions fast without having to leave the application, without having to search the internet.”

“These kinds of effects used to be only available in third-party plugins that often cost more than the [DAW] software itself.”

The Fender Studio Pro 8.1 update implements Moises functionality directly inside the DAW browser to provide stem separation, stem generation and voice replacement, and it adds a new AI-assisted studio assistant as part of the application. The Moises integration is implemented in the browser rather than as an external application, placing those stem tools within the DAW’s workspace. The AI-assisted studio assistant is introduced in the 8.1 update as an integrated tool within the application environment. These changes are presented as built-in editing and production tools available inside the software.

The 8.1 release adds scoring and composer tools with tighter Notion integration and improved articulation editing to expand notation and composition workflows. Pitch curves are introduced in the timeline and allow users to draw transposition envelopes directly on audio clips in the timeline without using automation. The scoring updates and pitch-curve capability are described as working within the same project environment to support different approaches to creating and editing musical material. The update retains integration with external vocal-editing tools while adding native options for in-DAW processing.

The update introduces a native autotune device for vocal production in addition to ongoing integration with Celemony Melodyne. Global instrument racks can be stored in shared memory for reuse across sessions, which is described as reducing load times for large sample libraries such as Omnisphere and Keyscape. The shared-memory instrument rack feature is implemented to enable instruments and their associated resources to be reused across projects without repeatedly reloading libraries. These workflow features are presented as part of the 8.1 functional improvements.