PreSonus Studio One Pro

About PreSonus Studio One Pro

Studio One was designed later than most of its competitors and it shows in how little clicking it takes to get anywhere. Instruments, effects, loops and files drag straight from the browser onto a track, plugins drag between channels, and a whole chain can be dragged out as a preset. There is no separate mixer window to hunt for, no import dialog between a sample and the arrangement.

The recording side is conventional and solid: unlimited audio and instrument tracks, comping from multiple takes on stacked layers, punch recording, tempo detection on imported audio, and time stretching that follows the project tempo without a render step. The chord track is the unusual part, harmonically shifting audio and instrument parts to follow a chord progression that can be changed after the fact.

The mixer is a full console with buses, sends, folder tracks, VCA style control, plugin latency compensation and a bundled effect set that covers the whole mix chain from channel strip and compression through to reverb, delay, saturation and mastering limiting. Third party plugins in the standard formats load alongside the bundled set.

The Project page is what separates it from the rest. It is a mastering environment in the same application, so finished songs assemble into an album with levelling, metering, dithering and a release format in one place, and a change made back in the song updates in the master without exporting anything by hand.

What is included in this build

• Unlimited audio, instrument, bus and effect tracks with no artificial ceiling
• Drag and drop workflow for instruments, effects, loops, files and whole plugin chains
• Take comping on stacked layers with punch recording
• Chord track that harmonically shifts audio and instrument parts to a progression
• Tempo detection and time stretching that follows the project tempo without rendering
• Full mixing console with buses, sends, folder tracks and latency compensation
• Bundled effect and instrument set covering the whole mix and master chain
• Integrated Project page for mastering and album assembly linked back to the songs

Changed in version 7.2.3

• Lower round trip latency on supported audio interfaces
• Additional instruments and effects added to the bundled set
• Chord track handling of complex voicings improved
• Faster project load times on sessions with many plugin instances
• Reduced CPU use on high track count sessions

Installation walkthrough

These steps assume a clean machine. If a previous release of the same application is present, deal with that first, since an overlapping install is the most common cause of a setup that stops halfway.

1. Install the audio interface driver and set the buffer size before first launch.
2. Extract the archive to a short path and disable protection during setup.
3. Run the installer as administrator and install the bundled content when offered.
4. Set the sound library and project folders to a fast drive with space.
5. Scan the plugin folders on first launch and let the scan finish before opening a session.

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