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Studio One 4 Released, Several MIDI Upgrades Thankfully

PaulieDC

PaulieDC

Too much gear, not enough composing. Oy vey.
Studio One 4 is released ($149 upgrade from Pro 3 to Pro 4 before somebody starts pumping out discount codes, but free if you bought Studio One 3 in the past 60 days). I don't have all the specs yet, I'll be back as I get info. If anyone has info, jump in. The demand was pretty huge during the livestream, crashed the licensing servers, lol.

Here's what I know of in the upgrade so far:
  • Ripple Edit. Good NIGHT, about time
  • Better CPU multicore support, don't know specifically yet. This had better be upgraded if they want to stay in the game.
  • Fully dedicated Drum editor, much better than the piano roll
  • Harmonic Editing with a new Feature called Chord Track. It's a global track the identifies all the chords in the piece and allows editing. If you change an A Major chord to A minor (and it's the 1 chord), it reflects through the song and adjusts corresponding chords accordingly if you want. For instance, the 5 chord, E, becomes an Em, the G# automatically gets changed to G. It's all synced with Notion as well so your score is accurate. This feature is to help with composition "what if" options. This is pretty interesting, looking forward to see how effective it really is.
  • AAF Support. They also mention 64-bit video support for Mac and PC but I need to research that one further.
  • Full session integration and import like ProTools
  • Native 64-bit resolution and support for up to 384 kHz audio
  • Track Notes FINALLY
  • Incoming MIDI data is converted to 32-bit for smoother pitch bends, controller changes, etc. If MIDI data needs to head back out to hardware, etc, it's converted on the fly
  • Hugely expanded instruments and drum programming, although that'll probably appeal more to the EDM guys. We love our snobby expensive libraries, lol.
  • The step sequencer has patterns built in, pretty cool for non-percussionists like me that need some help.
  • The Mastering section has been expanded, need to find out more on that.
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I'm finding a few quirks in it.

When I use the new 'Select Highest/Lowest notes' command, the resulting note selections are all over the place.
 
Not much for serious film/media/orchestral/cinemeatic composers looking for midi editing on a level comparable with Cubase/Logic.
 
Harry said:
Not much for serious film/media/orchestral/cinemeatic composers looking for midi editing on a level comparable with Cubase/Logic.
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They really seem to focus on the EDM crowd.
 
If I remember right , I paid over $200 for the last Ableton Live Upgrade :( For what it's worth , Studio One , Cubase , Reaper , and logic Pro all seem like a better buy regarding updates / upgrades.
 
al_net77 said:
Here I am... (Mr. Sixty-Three, TBO)
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Call them, ask them if they'll honor it since it's only three days, I'm 99% sure they will. They did something similar for me. Don't submit a ticket, just call them directly:
  • PreSonus telephone technical support is available to customers in the USA on Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Standard Time (CST).
  • +1-225-216-7887
 
PaulieDC said:
Call them, ask them if they'll honor it since it's only three days, I'm 99% sure they will. They did something similar for me. Don't submit a ticket, just call them directly:
  • PreSonus telephone technical support is available to customers in the USA on Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Standard Time (CST).
  • +1-225-216-7887
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How many days were you?
 
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PaulieDC said:
They really seem to focus on the EDM crowd.
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So, I administrate the largest realtime chat for EDM producers on the internet (5k+ active users). I don't make EDM at all, but that's another story...

We have exactly one user that makes EDM in Studio One. That user also makes a wide range of other electronic genres. Our total membership has 1.2% Studio One users, and nearly all of them do film scoring or orchestral in it.

Almost nobody else on the server discusses Studio One or has any interest in it at all, largely because it's missing a number of features they rely on.

We held a special event for the Studio One 4 announcement and the overwhelming opinion was that it was a complete letdown and offered nothing interesting (this is in the context of an EDM production chat).

So if Presonus is really trying to focus on EDM makers.... they're not doing a great job.
 
Robert Randolph said:
So, I administrate the largest realtime chat for EDM producers on the internet (5k+ active users). I don't make EDM at all, but that's another story...

We have exactly one user that makes EDM in Studio One. That user also makes a wide range of other electronic genres. Our total membership has 1.2% Studio One users, and nearly all of them do film scoring or orchestral in it.

Almost nobody else on the server discusses Studio One or has any interest in it at all, largely because it's missing a number of features they rely on.

We held a special event for the Studio One 4 announcement and the overwhelming opinion was that it was a complete letdown and offered nothing interesting (this is in the context of an EDM production chat).

So if Presonus is really trying to focus on EDM makers.... they're not doing a great job.
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Just out of intrest
What is the daw of choice for EDM.
 
Harry said:
Not much for serious film/media/orchestral/cinemeatic composers looking for midi editing on a level comparable with Cubase/Logic.
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I'm not missing much (pre 10 year Logic user). What are you missing in Studio One? I'd say the new patterns in Studio One is great for staccato string "arps" in addition to drum programming. Patterns, notes and the chord track (with tighter integration with Notion) is enough for my money. ARA 2 and the rest is just a bonus :)
 
Phillip Dixon said:
Just out of intrest
What is the daw of choice for EDM.
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1,824 users using FLStudio. 35%
1,794 users using Ableton Live. 34.4%

It's about pretty close to what I've seen from other online DAW polls from communities that have heavy EDM communities.

I think it's important to not conflate this with electronic musicians. There's LOTs of people that make electronic music, or use loops/samples/VIs heavily, but don't make electronic dance music.

I can't offer specific stats based on that since we don't track exactly what type of music people make. We only track what DAW(s) they use, and maintain a context of electronic dance music production.
 
I must admit, I was in the 'nothing for me here' camp when first watching the screencast.

However, after completing my first project using Studio One 4, I've come to see the new additions as tools, rather than being anything genre specific.

Sample One XT is a really useful sound design tool, especially as it's simple to record from VI's directly. I created a couple of wacky atmospheres very quickly.

I've discovered the pattern editor is very useful for orchestral/hybrid percussion work. I was writing an action cue, so loaded up an ensemble percussion patch and managed to create a great 'groove', along with variations and endings, all within about 10 minutes.

I'm going to experiment with a few of the Hans Zimmer Percussion instruments too, as being able rename notes to correspond with the percussive elements being played - as well as save them as presets - should make it much easier to call up an instrument to program in the future.
 
jonathanwright said:
I've discovered the pattern editor is very useful for orchestral/hybrid percussion work. I was writing an action cue, so loaded up an ensemble percussion patch and managed to create a great 'groove', along with variations and endings, all within about 10 minutes.

I'm going to experiment with a few of the Hans Zimmer Percussion instruments too, as being able rename notes to correspond with the percussive elements being played - as well as save them as presets - should make it much easier to call up an instrument to program in the future.
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That's super cool ! Thanks for the helpful feedback.

I just installed S1Pro4 last night, spent around 30 minutes using it, I found it very snappy, so far no issues, and launches super fast as well. (Cubase takes so much longer to launch). I will also try to see how the new features can be useful.

Cheers,
Muziksculp
 
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