Version 4.5 is a no-cost update for all owners of Studio One version 4. It includes over 70 new features and improvements that benefit both traditional recordists as well as contemporary nonlinear producers, many directly from customer feature requests. Chief among them:

• Studio One 4 Artist Upgrade
• Studio One Artist
• Studio One 2 Artist Software

May 21, 2019  PreSonus, the makers of Studio One, has today announced the release of Studio One 4.5, a free update for owners of version 4 and with over 70 new features and improvements. PreSonus say; “this free update addresses some of the highest voted feature requests from our. Studio One Professional 4.5 newest features. Version 4.5 is a no-cost update for all owners of Studio One version 4. It includes over 70 new features and improvements that benefit both traditional recordists as well as contemporary nonlinear producers, many directly from customer feature requests. May 21, 2019  Studio One 4.5 is now available for all owners of Studio One 4. It includes over 70 new features and improvements that benefit both traditional recordists as well as contemporary nonlinear producers. Studio One Prime is the free version of our flagship DAW, Studio One. Enjoy many of the same powerful features from Artist and Professional editions, including intuitive drag-and-drop functionality, unlimited tracks, Presence XT, and nine robust Native Effects plug-ins. DAW software has revolutionized music production and democratized the recording process; enhancing commercial facility workflows while leveling the playing field for home studio owners. Whether you're into loop-based beat production, composing film scores in a linear timeline, or mixing post production audio, there is a digital audio.

Multi-processing enhancements for virtual instruments.

CPU load for using combined virtual instruments inside a Multi-Instrument has been reduced by a whopping 70% for Native Plug-ins and by around 50% for third-party instruments like Kontakt.

Redesigned Input Channel section

Studio One now features a revamped hardware audio device controller for software control of your PreSonus interface’s gain and polarity controls. And if your interface doesn’t have these controls, you get software gain and polarity control of every Input, anyhow!

Advanced Group management

Groups can now be nested, (great for drums) named, colored, and assigned to keyboard shortcuts for enable/disable. Furthermore, groups now have attributes for defining Edit Groups or Mix Groups, including Volume, Pan, Mute/Solo, and more.

I/O Setup options, import and export

Setting up an external audio interface has become a lot easier in Studio One 4.5. You can add any number of new inputs or outputs in a single step and re-order your I/O via drag & drop. You’re also able to import and your export I/O setups—great for mobile collaborators or users with multiple interfaces.

Streamlined Plug-in Manager

Managing huge libraries of plug-ins and virtual instruments in Studio One 4.5 is now faster and easier than ever before. The new Plug-in Manager combines all the tools for managing large systems in one place—hiding duplicate plug-ins or removing individual plug-ins from the blacklist now only takes a few clicks.

Note editing now goes way beyond MIDI

The Note Actions menu has been completely re-designed for fast, intuitive editing and composition, and includes new creative note editing options for Instrument tracks including Randomize, Apply Scale, Mirror, and more.

Chord Audition

The Chord Selector now has the much-requested Chord Audition feature, ideal for users who compose by ear.

Event and Track Locks

Individual Audio Events, Audio Parts and Instrument Parts in the Arrangement window can now be locked to prevent unintentional moving or editing. In fact, these locks are independent in the form of Time Lock and Edit Lock, respectively. A complete Lock for Tracks is available as well. No more accidental edits!

Enhanced audio and video format support

You can now export video in various formats with your mixdown embedded. We’ve also added support for variable-bitrate MP3, AAC, and ALAC, as well as mono export.

General

The length of this list speaks to just how much Studio One 4 Professional brings to your work on a general level. The best thing, however, is that it doesn’t feel like this many features – a sleek GUI and user-minded workflow help you command all of these features without even realizing it. If you’re switching over from a different DAW, Studio One assists your transition by enabling Pro Tools, Cubase, Logic, or Sonar keyboard shortcuts (or, you can even create your own).

• Start page
• Song page
• Project page (Mastering, DDP, Red Book CD burning, digital release)
• Elegant single-window work environment
• Powerful drag-and-drop functionality
• Native high-DPI and cross-platform multi-touch user interface
• Unlimited audio tracks, MIDI tracks, virtual instruments, and FX channels
• Unlimited buses
• Integrated Melodyne pitch correction
• Single and multitrack comping
• Arranger Track
• Scratch Pads
• New: Chord Track and Harmonic Editing
• Editable Folder Tracks
• Track display list with presets, linkable to console channel display
• Content browser with search, user tabs, connections to the Internet, and Preview Player
• Transient detection with editable markers
• Drag-and-drop groove extraction
• Multitrack MIDI editing
• New: Instrument and Drum Editor
• New: Drum and melodic patterns for pattern-based arranging
• Multitrack Track Transform (advanced freezing capability)
• Event-based effects
• Macro Toolbar (create and use command sequences)
• Automatic latency compensation
• Dropout Protection for native low latency monitoring
• Advanced automation
• VCA faders
• Audio-processing resolution (64-bit)
• Easy sidechain routing
• Stunning virtual instruments (5)
• New: Easy-to-use drag-and-drop live sampler (Sample One XT)
• Import sampler formats (EXS, GigaSampler, Kontakt, SoundFont)
• Multi Instruments
• Channel Editor with macro controls
• Extended FX Chains with parallel processing
• Control Link (most intuitive MIDI-mapping system available)
• Real-time audio time-stretching, resampling, and normalization
• Compatible with any ASIO-, Windows Audio-, or Core Audio-compliant audio interfaces
• Integrated mastering suite with automatic mix updating, DDP import / export, Red Book CD burning, and digital release
• Send Song or individual tracks to Notion (audio + note data)
• Export to SoundCloud
• New: AAF (Advanced Authoring Format) import and export
• Import Song data
• Video playback and sync
• MP3 encoding and decoding
• Third-party plug-in support (AU, VST2, and VST3 plug-ins and ReWire applications)

Native Plugins

Studio One 4 Professional brings a grand total of 41 native plugins that help you hit the ground running. The plugins cover all stages of the creative process, from sound design (chorus, guitar amplifier, IR creator etc.) to mixing (EQ, compressor, autopanner, etc.) to mastering (multiband compressor, limiter, level meter, etc.).

• Ampire XT – Guitar amplifier modeler
• Analog Delay – Tape delay emulator
• Arpeggiator – Note FX arpeggiator with pattern sequencer
• Auto Filter – Envelope-controlled filter
• Beat Delay – Tempo-synched delay
• Binaural Pan – Stereo panner and imager
• Bitcrusher – Lo-fi and downsampling processor
• Channel Strip – Compressor / expander / equalizer
• Chorder – Note FX chord processor
• Chorus – Three-voice chorus with stereo width
• Compressor – Full-featured RMS compressor with side-chain
• Console Shaper – Mix Engine FX analog console emulation
• Dual Pan – Independent L/R channel panner
• Expander – Downward expander with sidechain
• Fat Channel XT – Native version of StudioLive Fat Channel
• Flanger – Flanger with tempo sync
• Gate – Noise gate with MIDI trigger output
• Groove Delay – Multi-tap delay with tempo sync and tap filtering
• Input Filter – Note FX filter for velocity and key range
• IR Maker – Impulse response creation utility
• Level Meter – Resizable, multi-scale loudness / level meter
• Limiter – Brickwall peak limiter
• Mixtool – Channel utility
• MixVerb™ – Basic reverb
• Multiband Dynamics – Multiband compressor / expander
• Open AIR – Convolution reverb
• Phaser – Multistage allpass-filter phaser
• Phase Meter – Phase analyzer
• Pipeline – External-processor insert
• Pro EQ – Seven-band parametric equalizer
• RedlightDist™ – Analog distortion emulator
• Repeater – Note FX delay with transpose
• Room Reverb – Room simulator
• Rotor – Rotary speaker emulator
• Scope – Digital oscilloscope
• Spectrum Meter – Spectrum meter
• Tone Generator – Multi-waveform signal generator
• Transformer – Note FX transformer for pitch and controller data
• Tricomp™ – Basic multiband compressor
• Tuner – Chromatic instrument tuner
• X-Trem – Tremolo / autopanner with tempo sync and step sequence modulation

Virtual Instruments

Some of the most exciting features in Studio One 4 Professional are its five top-notch virtual instruments. Encompassing both synthesizers and samplers, the DAW offers limitless avenues for creativity. If you’ve accumulated a virtual instrument catalog in a previous DAW that you’re hesitant to say goodbye to, fear not – Studio One 4 Professional also supports several third-party sampler formats (ex. EXS, Giga, Kontakt).

• Mojito – Monophonic subtractive synthesizer
• Mai Tai – Polyphonic virtual analog synth
• Impact XT (New) – Multichannel drum sampler
• Sample One XT (New) – Drag-and-drop integrated live sampler
• Presence XT – Sample playback instrument

Bundled Content

Last but not least, Studio One 4 Professional also offers bundled content from both PreSonus and third-party creators. Some highlights are Melodyne Essential (which seamlessly integrates with the DAW), additional Studio One instruments and libraries, and tons of loops and kits from leading sample providers such as Sample Magic and MVP Loops.

• Melodyne Essential (120 MB)
• Prime Selection Loops and Sounds (785 MB)
• Presence XT Core Library (15 GB)
• Impact XT Core Library (New) (1.8 GB)
• Acoustic Drum Kits and Loops (1.5 GB)
• Producer Loops and Kits (BigFishAudio, Sample Magic, MVP Loops) (3.76 GB)
• Electronic Audioloops (3.17 GB)
• Electronic Kits and Musicloops (294 MB)
• Studio One FX (546 MB)
• Studio One Impulse Responses (1.19 GB)
• Studio One Instruments Vol. 1 (155 MB)
• Studio One Musicloops 1+2 (900 MB)
• Studio One Expansion (39 MB)
• Ueberschall Impact Drums (68 MB)
• Vengeance Sound (880 MB)
• Voodoo One Synth Soundset (900 MB)

November 13, 2018

Compare versions or build your own.

Whether you’re a Grammy-winning producer or just getting started making music, there’s a version of Studio One^® that’s right for you. Studio One comes in three flavors: Artist, our flagship Professional version, and Prime, a fully functioning free version. There’s no subscription model with Studio One, so you know what you’re getting today but you can customize it with Add-on features and content as your needs grow.

Studio One 4 Artist Upgrade

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