Amped Studio vs Schism Tracker

Amped Studio is an online music production platform for recording, arranging, editing, and mixing music in a browser. Its AI assistant can generate a composition in a selected style and tempo for later editing. The stem splitter separates songs into two, four, or five stems, including vocals, drums, bass, piano, and other instruments. Audio and MIDI tools include audio-to-MIDI conversion, pitch and gain editing, stretching, cutting, MIDI editing, effects, and parameter automation. A VST Remote bridge connects locally installed VST and VST3 plugins to browser sessions, with downloads for Windows and Mac. Projects can be shared, and two or more Premium members can work together on a shared project. The studio works in Chromium-based browsers such as Chrome, Edge, Opera, and Brave, but the FAQ says it does not function fully in Firefox or Safari and is not currently available on mobile. The Starter plan lists 5 projects, 16 tracks, and 0 GB external audio storage. Premium costs $6.99 a month with a 7-day trial; Premium + AI costs $12.99 a month with a 7-day trial.

Schism Tracker is a free, open-source sample-based music composition tool and reimplementation of Impulse Tracker. It provides multitrack editing and MIDI sequencing, with a playback engine based on a modified ModPlug engine intended to improve Impulse Tracker playback. The project says it runs on SDL-supported systems and provides builds for Windows, macOS, and Linux; its download page also lists Wii, Wii U, XBOX, and Mac OS 9 builds. Source code and platform-specific compilation instructions are available, and the repository identifies the GPL-2.0 license. Community help is directed to the #schism IRC channel on Libera.Chat and the #schismtracker channel in TARC on Discord. Bugs and feature requests go through GitHub issues. The latest release listed is 20260524. The free plan is free, with no paid plans or usage limits stated.