High quality exports should be available for Premium
Anyone who is paying any subscription plan for Soundtrap should be able to access high quality WAV exports. An MP3 just isn't industry standard and for what Soundtrap promotes itself as, I don't understand why it limits its subscribers to having to buy the second tier, Supreme, to get a WAV file.
Not to mention the auto-mastering that you can't turn off. It's ridiculous to be paying a monthly fee for a DAW which will make you wait for an unnecessarily long amount of time, just to export a track that isn't even accurate to what you hear in the studio. Do you pay for Spotify Premium and expect to only be able to listen to covers of your favourite songs?
I am a paying customer, and every other DAW will export my track as a WAV, or a FLAC for free. Fl Studio's free trial allows for high quality exports. Garageband allows for high quality exports. Ableton's trial allows for high quality exports. Your biggest competitor, Bandlab, has every last one of Soundtrap's features, just not locked behind a tiered paywall.
Over the last four years that I have used Soundtrap I have only been given more and more reasons to unsubscribe and switch to another DAW - and I am not the only one feeling this way. This studio is lacking some great features and when they are added they are locked behind paywalls. Okay. But when already paying customers need to 'upgrade' to a new plan just to get high quality exports? Nah. Do better.
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Hi there, thanks for bringing this up and we truly understand where you're coming from.
Different apps and platforms has its own differences. Soundtrap may not be for professionals at the moment but it can be used as a stepping stone for music production - The collaboration feature is one of the best things we have in the studio.
On a different note, our 1-month trial for the Complete subscription do have high quality downloads. However, this kind of feature is not available for our lowest tier, unfortunately.
When it comes to auto-mastering, this is only an option for users who don't have the capability/knowledge of Mastering their tracks and it's definitely optional.
We're always in the process of improving your Soundtrap experience and your feedback means a lot to us.
If there's anything else you need help with, feel free to reach out any time!
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