Welcome to Studio One
More Muscle. No Bloat.
Artists
of all levels, from beginner to seasoned professional, will find
Studio One a serious alternative to the intimidating, bloated offerings
currently considered the standards. It's a groundbreaking music
creation and production application for Mac OS X and Windows XP/Vista/7
that makes audio recording, MIDI sequencing, and audio mastering
ridiculously simple right out of the box.
Studio One changes the
rules of the game with fresh code, innovative drag-and-drop MIDI mapping
and plug-in management, auto-configuration with PreSonus hardware,
insanely good audio quality, unlimited tracks and plug-ins per track,
and a powerful, inventive Start page.
And although Studio One Pro
hit the scene just a year and a half ago, we've already added even still
more pro chops with Version 1.6. From tracking to mixing to mastering
and distribution, it's the creative environment built for intuitive use,
speed, and efficiency–and yet it's robust enough for the most complex
productions.
80+ v1.5/1.6 enhancements but still uncluttered and simple to use.
CLICK HERE for a cut-to-the-chase look at Version 1.5 and 1.6
How Studio One was Born (The Inside Story)
We
had a clear and simple goal: Wipe the slate clean and apply decades of
collective software and hardware experience to bring the DAW back to
the musician and producer. After two years of coding and testing by
some of the world's finest programmers, Studio One Artist and Studio One
Pro are the result.
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New-Generation Audio Engine Under the Hood
Studio
One employs a unique, state-of-the-art audio engine that delivers
incredibly clear, accurate sound. Studio One Pro features a 64-bit
floating-point version of this audio engine that automatically switches
between 64- and 32-bit operation on the fly to accommodate 32-bit
plug-ins. This means you always get the highest possible sound quality
and blazing speed. Studio One Artist features the same audio engine but
always operates in 32-bit mode.
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Compatible and Easy to Configure
Studio
One is compatible with any ASIO-, Windows Audio-, or
CoreAudio-compliant audio interface, including, of course, the entire
line of PreSonus interfaces.
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Innovative Start Page
From
the moment you connect your PreSonus hardware and launch Studio One,
it's evident that this is a new and better way to record music.
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Easy to Navigate
One
click lands you on the Song page, a single, straightforward workspace
that allows you to track, edit, and mix in one easy-to-navigate window.
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Drag-and-Drop-o-Rama
Studio
One's powerful drag-and-drop functions let you to drag an audio clip,
effect, or a virtual instrument from the Browser directly onto a track
in the Arrange or Console (mixer) view. Want to save an audio or MIDI
clip as a file or save an effect or VI preset? Just drag it from the
Arrange or Console view back to the Browser—done!
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Cue Mix Built In
All
PreSonus FireStudio-series audio interfaces include an internal
software mixer that allows you to set up cue (monitor) mixes with zero
latency. Manage these cue mixes from within Studio One, rather than using the external control panels normally required.
Mixdown Made Easy
The
advantages of an integrated music-production system built from the
ground up continue when it's time to mix. Studio One's Console is
available in the Song page at all times, but it can be separated and
even dragged to a second monitor.
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Mastering (Studio One Pro)
Several
DAWs offer integrated mastering capabilities to varying degrees.
Without that capability, you need a separate mastering application. But
no other DAW offers a truly integrated mastering suite comparable to
the Project page in Studio One Pro.
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Picture This
Want
to do sound for picture? With Studio One Pro, you can import any
QuickTime video into a Song for playback and sync, with adjustable
video-playback size and time offset. Simply drag-and-drop the video from
the Browser into the arrangement to import it and, optionally, extract
the audio from the video and place it on a new audio track. A new Follow
Edit Position helps sync to specific video frames by adjusting the
playback-cursor position based on the current edit position.
But Wait, There's Yet Even Still More…
It's
obvious that Studio One keeps you out of a maze of nested windows and
dialog boxes. And if you're an experienced engineer or producer, you
can already appreciate the attention to workflow, which will help you
more efficiently make a record. Here are a few more things to consider:
- Key Command Editor
Version
1.5/1.6 adds a new key-command editor with Search and Learn features
for creating and modifying keyboard shortcuts. The search feature finds
specific key commands and shows which functions they trigger and also
finds specified functions and displays the key commands to which they
are assigned.
Control Link™ MIDI Mapping With "Focus"
Studio
One integrates with hardware controllers simply and easily. The
usefulness of the coolest plug-in or instrument is, after all, greatly
diminished if you can't easily touch it with more than a mouse! We
solved this problem once and for all.
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- Native Plug-Ins and More
Even
if you don't own any plug-ins, we have you covered. If you do own
plug-ins, you'll want Studio One Pro, which supports the VST 2, VST
3.1, and AU plug-in formats, as well as ReWire.
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- Unlimited Undo History
Even after you've saved!
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Studio One Artist and Studio One Pro
Studio
One comes in two flavors to suit your specific needs. We understand
that there are different ways of making music and different levels of
involvement. Some of you are cruising in home studios, capturing your
creative grooves on your own time and at your own pace. Others are
working in a project or commercial studio, whether on the clock for
paying clients or producing your own work for sale.
Try It For Free
We
make bold claims about Studio One. And we put our code where our mouth
is by offering you a free trial download. Try it and discover how easy
creating music can be. Or visit your PreSonus dealer and ask for a
full demo.
Download the demo
Okay, strap in and grease up your mouse. It's the…
The Complete Guided Tour of Studio One
What
follows is a comprehensive overview of Studio One. If you click on all
the links, it's long, detailed, and not for the faint of heart. But
we've broken it down into a lot of easy-to-digest subsections.
Start Page
Launching
Studio One always lands you on the Start page. Think of it as the base
camp for everything you are working on. The Start page is also your
portal to the support team behind Studio One.
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Song Page
Welcome
to your new recording studio! Here's where our new approach to graphic
interfaces makes creating music so much easier for you.
Layout and Organization
Browser and Pool
Recording Controls
Power Buttons and Track Tools
Track Editing
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Audio and Instrument Track Automation
The
deep automation capabilities of Studio One won't be apparent until you
start mixing. But even during tracking you have a lot of useful options.
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Effects Plug-ins
Studio
One Pro ships with 25 64-bit Native Effects™ signal-processor plug-ins
and one specialized plug-in (Pipeline). Studio One Artist ships with 20
32-bit plug-ins. Studio One Pro also supports VST 2.4, VST 3.1, AU, and
ReWire. Neither version imposes limits on the number of plug-ins that
can be used in a given Song. You're limited only by your computer.
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Virtual Instruments
Studio One also ships with four native virtual instruments. Two of them have just undergone serious upgrades.
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Dynamic Time Stretching
Studio
One now uses dynamic time-stretching to change tempos within an event,
rather than having to slice the event into separate events with
different tempos. Constrain position when dragging events between tracks
within a defined range, use a keyboard shortcut to fast-forward and
rewind by measures, and accelerate scrolling while dragging with the new
Turbo mode. When you select a region on a track, you can now extend the
selection using Shift and the Up/Down arrow keys. When you select and
remove a range in the Edit menu, the time in between regions will be
deleted and the regions will snap together.
Mixing
Studio
One's mixing capabilities are straightforward, intuitive, and easy to
use. You can mix as many tracks and use as much processing as your
computer CPU can handle. And Studio One's powerful drag-and-drop
features make it quick and easy to bring in new elements, effects,
presets, and more.
Automation: The Rest of the Story
The
answer to questions about Studio One's automation capabilities is
"Yes." Nearly every parameter in Studio One, including virtual effects
and instruments, can be automated using a mouse or a MIDI-mapped
hardware controller.
The Project Page (Studio One Pro Mastering Suite)
Pay attention! This is unique to Studio One Pro. You don't get this with other DAWs.
The
Project page is the other window in Studio One Pro. (Yep, just two
windows to create and complete an album!) In the Project page, you can
lay out your album by selecting, sequencing, pacing, and processing
your Songs. Then you can deliver the finished goods to web sites,
FaceBook – anywhere on the internet via SoundCloud.
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- Integrated Tracking, Mixing, and Mastering
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- Distribution
A new menu item enables you to upload songs, art, and metadata to the SoundCloud Web service directly from Studio One Pro.
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Finally… (like you really read this far)
Many
DAWs have made the claim of being revolutionary, groundbreaking,
life-changing, etc. And some of them were. Then commercial evolution
took hold, turning many of these fine products into bloatware.
We
felt we could do better. We combined our considerable experience as
developers of audio-interface hardware with the expertise of a team of
preeminent German DAW designers to create an engineering "dream team."
This team reevaluated the entire process of computer-based recording and
considered how we could build a superior new application using fresh
software code and the latest technologies. The result is Studio One.
Whether
you climb onboard with Studio One Artist or Studio One Pro, your
experience of creating and recording music is about to improve
dramatically. If you are new to recording, you're starting in the right
place because Studio One makes music production easier than you
imagined possible, yet it doesn't skimp on features. If you are
switching from a hardware sequencer (say, in a keyboard workstation),
get ready for more music-production power than you've ever experienced.
If you are here because of dissatisfaction with your current DAW, get
ready to feel springtime fresh!
From mic input to main output,
PreSonus Studio One is the culmination of decades of experience
collected by real musicians, engineers, and whole bunch of really great
customers and friends. And you are…
Welcome!
NEW IN VERSION 1.5/1.6
Key
additions include support for video playback and sync for composing to
picture, major enhancements to the Browser's drag-and-drop
capabilities, the ability to draw your own automation waveforms,
automation points that are locked to events, a new key-command editor,
changing tempos within a event without slicing the event into separate
events, and support for song and album art. A first-of-its-kind,
built-in SoundCloud client enables you to upload audio files from
Studio One directly to the Web. The MIDi features have been improved,
including a new MIDI file player in the Browser. We've enhanced the
Native Effects plug-ins and added new ones. And that's by no means all
that is in this impressive update. Let's take a closer look.
Those
who create sound for picture will be delighted with the new video
features. You can now import any QuickTime video into a Song for
playback and sync, with adjustable video playback size and time offset.
Simply drag-and-drop the video from the Browser into the arrangement
to import it and, optionally, simultaneously extract the audio from the
video and place it on a new audio track. A new Follow Edit Position
helps sync to specific video frames by adjusting the playback-cursor
position based on the current edit position.
Browser drag-and-drop
functionality has improved significantly. Drag an audio event to a
location in the File Browser to instantly export a new audio file to
that location. Drag an Instrument Part to the File Browser to export a
MIDI clip to a specific location on your drive. Drag any insert effect
or virtual instrument from the Device Rack to the Effects or
Instruments Browser to store a preset for the effect or instrument;
alternatively, drag to the File Browser to export the preset to a
specific location on your drive.
You can now draw automation
waveforms, and automation points are locked to selected events, so
automation moves with the related events. A transform function lets you
scale, stretch, and otherwise modify automation envelopes. An Undo
history enables viewing and undoing all edits done since the file was
opened, even if you have saved since then. A pitch-name editor is
available in the drum layout, and you can save and load names from a
pitch-name list.
Version 1.5/1.6 adds a new key-command editor
with Search and Learn features for creating and modifying keyboard
shortcuts. The search feature finds specific key commands and shows
which functions they trigger and also finds specified functions and
displays the key commands to which they are assigned.
Studio One
now uses dynamic timestretching to change tempos within an event,
rather than having to slice the event into separate events with
different tempos. Constrain position when dragging events between
tracks within a defined range, use a keyboard shortcut to fast-forward
and rewind by measures, and accelerate scrolling while dragging with
the new Turbo mode. When you select a region on a track, you can now
extend the selection using Shift and the Up/Down arrow keys. When you
select and remove a range in the Edit menu, the time in between regions
will be deleted and the regions will snap together.
Album and
Song Art can now be added to the Project and will be included in any
exported Digital Release. A new menu item enables you to upload songs,
art, and metadata to the SoundCloud Web service directly from Studio One.
Support
for REX files also has been added. If you right-click a REX file in
the Browser and select "Send to new SampleOne," all slices are imported
into SampleOne, and a new Instrument Part is created. Alternatively,
you can drag the whole REX file, or individual slices, into the
arrangement.
Several changes have been made to the Native Effects
plug-ins. The Pipeline plug-in has gained a scope that enables you to
manually alter the offset (in samples) for latency compensation. The
scope displays send and return signals on top of each other and shows
you the difference in real time, enabling you to manually adjust delay
compensation, which is much more accurate than the automatic delay
compensation found in some DAWs. In addition, latency compensation has
been enabled for effects on input channels, so if you put an effect on
an input channel, the software will ensure that the recorded track and
processed input remain aligned.
Plug-ins can now be bypassed,
and this can be automated. A new Level Meter plug-in provides an
extra-large peak/RMS display. The PreSonus Presence™ virtual instrument
has been redesigned, upgraded to 96 voices, and enhanced with effects,
including modulation effects, pan, delay, distortion, gate, reverb, and
a 7-band graphic EQ with settings for Lead (center frequencies range
from 50 Hz to 10 kHz) and Bass (100 Hz to 6.4 kHz). The Impact™ virtual
instrument adds Velocity layers, an envelope Hold parameter, and a
multimode low-pass, bandpass, or high-pass filter with 12 dB or 24 dB
slope. To load effects to a specific output channel, just drag the
effect onto a pad.
The Spectrum Meter plug-in and the spectrum
meter on the Project page (in Studio One Pro) have gained average and
peak-hold level indicators with variable time intervals for precise
level analysis across the frequency spectrum. A new Scope plug-in
provides in-depth oscilloscope functions for troubleshooting and
measurement within Studio One, including three independent/overlaid
channels with stereo and sidechain input selection and a mathematical
operation channel (A-B, A-C, and B-C).
We've also added support for VST 3.1 Knob Mode.
Version
1.5/1.6 also includes several MIDI enhancements. The file Browser has
gained a MIDI preview player that sends the MIDI data to a selected
Instrument Track for playback. The player displays the MIDI file's
length in bars and the number of notes in the pattern. Previously, MIDI
quantization only affected Note On messages; now note ends (Note Off)
can be quantized, as well. The Gate plug-in now sends MIDI note
messages—perfect for drum replacement. Furthermore, MIDI files can be
expanded in the Browser, and individual tracks can be dragged into the
arrangement. Mackie HUI support has been added, enhancing your ability
to use control surfaces with Studio One.
The export features have
been significantly improved, including the ability to export entire
channels as stems, complete with buses, effects, and instrument returns.
In addition, when you export adjacent regions (between markers), you
can now create custom-length overlaps at the head and tail of each
region so that you can crossfade between the exported files. This works
sort of like a pre-roll and post-roll. Studio One creates a folder for
each region with a name derived from the marker name.
Version 1.6 is available now and is a free update to registered users.