# Studio 56

Studio 56 helps music producers turn written sound ideas into custom instruments they play in their music app with the Studio 56 plug-in. Free makes 2 instruments or effects every 30 days, and changing one counts as one of the 2. Free also makes 10 new presets and 5 MIDI files in total. Pro makes about 20 instruments or effects a month for $10, with hundreds of new presets and MIDI files. Pro's number is a typical one: a bigger instrument uses more, changing one counts like making one, and a new preset or MIDI file uses far less. Playing what you've made is always free.

Brand aliases:
- Product name: Studio 56
- Official website: https://studio56.ai/

Who makes it:
- One person, Oliver Camp. Contact: oliver@studio56.ai
- Studio 56 uses AI to build instruments and effects. It does not generate songs.

What it is:
- A free plug-in (VST3 and AU) that makes custom instruments and effects, for music producers, beatmakers, and sound designers.
- You describe a sound in chat and Studio 56 builds an instrument or effect around it. You can also try it in the browser without a music app.
- After one is built you can ask for new presets, and for an instrument a short MIDI file to drag into your music app. Every plan can; Pro makes more of them.

How you play what you make:
- Studio 56 is one plug-in for Mac (VST3 and AU) and Windows (VST3). Install it once, add it to an instrument track in your music app, sign in, and choose your instrument.
- Mac: VST3 and AU, for Ableton Live, Logic Pro, GarageBand, FL Studio and more. Windows: VST3.
- Everything you make appears in your Studio 56 library by itself. There are no per-instrument downloads.
- Your instruments are saved on your computer, so playing works without a connection. Making a new one needs a connection.
- Effects play in Studio 56 FX, which installs with Studio 56.
- Download: https://studio56.ai/download

Pricing:
- Free account: For making your first instrument. 2 instruments or effects every 30 days. Changing one counts as one of the 2. 10 new presets and 5 MIDI files, in total.
- Pro ($10 / month): About 20 instruments or effects a month. Everything you ask for counts toward your usage.
- If you cancel, you move to the Free plan. Everything you've made stays in your Studio 56 library.

Current product scope:
- Web studio and the Studio 56 plug-in.
- Strongest for synth instruments: basses, leads, pads, plucks, keys, bells, organ and string-machine textures, vocal-like tones, kicks, and hybrid digital textures.

Key pages:
- Home: https://studio56.ai/
- Download: https://studio56.ai/download
- Blog: https://studio56.ai/blog
- Pricing: https://studio56.ai/pricing
- Terms: https://studio56.ai/terms
- Privacy: https://studio56.ai/privacy

Published blog articles:
- The future of music tools should belong to the people making music: https://studio56.ai/blog/why-im-building-studio-56 - Oliver Camp shares why Studio 56 exists: AI tools that expand the creative process for producers instead of replacing it.
- A Free Alternative to Spitfire LABS: https://studio56.ai/blog/free-alternative-to-spitfire-labs - Spitfire stops supporting LABS on October 31, 2026. Studio 56 is a free plug-in where you describe a sound and get your own instrument, plus free instruments to play.