Edit video as you record:
perils of rewriting history

Muser Studio started its journey predominantly concerned with “what bit should we be looping?”.  The user defined a start and end and voila, we have something looping.

Next came multiple loops, which all needed to line up or we would be left with a real cacophonic mess.  Something became apparent to me: the bits between the loops were interesting. Soloing, or incidental moments, such as introducing the next loop worked well.  The problem was, there was no actual definition of these gaps, they just happened.  When exporting stems (video or audio) they would be called gaps, but Muser Studio didn’t really understand or keep track of gaps as actual things. They just were the bits between.

Why does this matter?

Editing - in a word.   And, in a few more words - how I wanted to make that possible.

Video edit, made as you record

Muser Studio creates videos in a “behind the scenes” style.  In other words, “what you actually did as you were recording”, makes it to the final edit.  Good and bad.  If you’re anything like me there’s probably a lot of bad.   Bum notes, accidentally knocking the table with the guitar, or simply bad idea.

If you got hit with that, the only two choices are a) starting over, or b) committing to editing your video later.

This is an incomplete solution.

This brings us to what I’ve wanted for a long time:  The ability to make arrangement edits immediately after recording would be a lot of fun I think.  It could be like a magical-mini Video DAW!

Imagine, Loop-savvy editing where your tools already know that loop start/ends need to be respected to keep your music in sync.  For that to work the loop vs gap distinction needs to exist; and a whole lot more besides - which is why I’ve been so absurdly busy.

As of time of writing, it’s been a whole 3 months since Muser Studio v1.0.32 shipped.  Crazy.  I’ll admit, the sheer volume of work I’m submerged in is a little overwhelming.  I’m getting close to the end, though.  I think.

v1.0.32 is available now for iOS

Photo credit: Tim Marshall - Landscape Photography Of Ocean

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