PreSonus upgrades Studio One

PreSonus is now shipping version 2 of its Studio One DAW. Version 2 offers more than 100 new features and enhancements, including new options for multitrack comping, multitrack Midi editing in the Music Editor, transient detection and editing with groove extraction, and the exclusive Studio One feature – Folder Tracks. It also offers integrated Melodyne pitch correction.

PreSonus now offers three versions of Studio One 2: Artist, Producer, and Professional. Studio One Artist delivers the core audio and Midi recording and editing features, plus 26 32-bit effects plug-ins and four virtual instruments, and there is no limit on track count and plug-in instantiations. Studio One Producer includes everything in Studio One Artist and adds support for ReWire and AU/VST plug-ins, MP3 import and export, and additional third-party content.

Studio One Professional has everything in Studio One Artist and Producer and adds the Project page, an integrated mastering solution; fully licensed Melodyne Essential pitch correction; SoundCloudT support; Red Book CD burning; video playback and sync; and five more Native Effects plug-ins.

The DAW’s browser offers access to instruments, effects, sounds and files. In version 2, users can search within any location in the browser to find resources.

Studio One's Native Effects plug-ins have also been enhanced. The Ampire guitar-amp modeller is now Ampire XT and features new amp models, a new convolution-based cabinet-modelling section and an effects section. And the new OpenAIR convolution reverb delivers reverberation based on real spaces and classic hardware reverbs. Added to this, the new IR Maker allows users to capture impulse responses.

More features have been added to the Project page mastering suite in Studio One Professional. Version 2 adds DDP Export, PQ editing, and higher-quality sample-rate conversion.

The manufacturer has also announced that its Central Station studio-monitor control system and its CSR-1 remote control are now available as a single package, the Central Station Plus. The Central Station allows users to manage multiple audio sources and monitor speakers. The CSR-1 provides remote control of volume, talkback, muting, input-source switching and speaker-output switching. It is wired to the Central Station via the included DB15 cable.

Further product news from PreSonus is the announcement that it will be working to incorporate Rational Acoustics’ Smaart Measurement Technology into its products. ‘We are extremely pleased to be working with the team at PreSonus,’ said Karen Anderson, COO at Rational Acoustics. ‘This relationship expands our opportunity to deliver Smaart-based measurement solutions to a wider audience and fits well with PreSonus’ commitment to deliver powerful, accessible tools to their users via the ongoing development and integration of new technologies.’

‘We are very excited about the capabilities that Smaart Measurement Technology will enable us to deliver to our customers in the future,’ added PreSonus CEO Jim Mack.

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