The Studio One Thread

[desertdweller]

This DAW has been gaining traction the past few years, so it might not be a bad idea for us to discuss its merits.

Link: https://www.presonus.com/products/studio-one/

Presonus has 4 different versions at varied price points:

Studio One Prime: Free
Sphere: $15
Studio One Artist: $100
Studio One Pro: $400

Here's a breakdown of the differences:

https://www.presonus.com/products/St...mpare-versions

Here's a quick video overview of the benefits:

[Jeff]

I love Studio One. If I weren't entrenched in Logic, or if I were to switch back to Windows (which I still think about often), then Studio One is the one. They've got a really interesting plug-in called Pipeline XT, that allows you to integrate your pedalboard anywhere in the block path of the plugins, and handles the in/out of everything. What's also really interesting is that it can detect the latency in the plugin and then compensate for it, so nothing sounds weird.

[Alan]

I really like Studio One. The drummer of my band uses it and we record our stuff in his garage/studio, and he loves it. The punch in tool is great for fixing stuff too.

[metalheadpunk]

A buddy of mine uses Studio One and it seems pretty great. Every couple of years I'll think about switching DAWs, but at this point I've used Cubase for like 16 years so I don't really want to waste time learning something new

[Chris]

TIL people actually use this over Reaper.

[Greg McCoy]

^Reaper or GTFO

[metalheadpunk]

I tried Reaper a while back but the drum programming in Cubase is so much more intuitive.

[Greg McCoy]

I tried Reaper a while back but the drum programming in Cubase is so much more intuitive.

Cubase is my second favorite, I used that a lot in university. Very intuitive. Most people just buy one and stick with it through for obvious reasons, given that familiarity with the interface/shortcuts/ins and outs is the most important criteria.

Logic is also rad, but obviously Mac only. Not a big Pro Tools fan, it's obviously very dominant in many areas of DAW, but the workflow never suited me.

[metalheadpunk]

Yeah, I know enough to get by in Logic and Pro Tools, mostly because I've had to learn them to collaborate with certain people over the years. At the end of the day, they all do the same thing honestly. The studio we work with now uses ProTools, but I just mix down my stems from Cubase when we send them for mixing/mastering and it all works out fine.

[Alan]

TIL people actually use this over Reaper.

I use and like Reaper too... but if I had a choice I'd probably pick Studio One over it

[desertdweller]

TIL people actually use this over Reaper.

IDK, the Chord Track software in it seems pretty great for songwriting. I haven't used it, but I like this in theory:

[desertdweller]

I just re-installed Artist 3 that came with my recording interface. Looks powerful but overwhelming at first. I'll need some time to dig into it, but I want to learn it and see if it's better that Reaper for me. I've used Reaper for so long, it's fun to try something different.