A few week ago in a blog post on Studio One Expert, Russ Hughes shared why he loved working with Studio One. At the end of the article, we asked other Studio One users to comment.
Russ said; “There are many great features in Studio One that make it a powerful DAW, it’s a list as long as your arm, but I love Studio One mainly for that one reason, it helps me get on with being creative without getting in the way.”
There were many comments on the story we thought we should share some of them, here is a selection of the responses.
Users Julian Leal said;
“I tried several DAWS before committing to Studio One and I really love the whole company, support system, online tutorials, and online community of users. This American company is so open and you have quick and direct communication with tech and staff to address any concerns. They really want every user to be happy and knowledgeable and successful with their products, you really feel the love and you can’t help but love them back. Also, the most important thing is that they constantly deliver free updates and their DAW is truly the state of the art and ahead of the curve. :-)”
Rickard Mattison said;
” I’m currently sitting and converting my projects to Studio One and I’m just getting more and more attached to this one. Then there are things I miss from Steinberg but Studio One is just a youth in comparison to Steinberg who has had many years of development in his product. But with this thought, I think Scar Studio One has been set on the right features and they will build on their concept I am convinced. I’m really looking forward to the little details that will make Studio One one of the leading DAWs on the market.”
Bobby Phillips said;
” I’m running Version 3 Professional, and with all the new features they keep adding, it just gets better and better. VCAs, native low latency, better automation tools. PreSonus listen to their users and react pretty damn quick. :)”
User Waynewiz said;
“S1 is great. very intuitive. However, it does hang up randomly like Pro Tools on my MacbookPro. If S1 only had a score editor like Logic, I would be very happy.”
User Madge said;
“Studio One 3 is fantastic. I tried Mixcraft, Reaper and Pro Tools (which drove me nuts and looks archaic) and gave S1 a go and have absolutely loved it ever since. Great interface, so easy to set up, layers, arranger, scratchpad, drag and drop effects/instruments are just some of the features that reinforce my belief that S1 is the best DAW for my needs.”
Niclas Gustafsson said;
“To me its a mix of just loving the way it works and loving the techs behind it. The feeling of involvement in the development of their forums is worth a lot. Sure I miss a lot of functionality from Logic and Cubase (audio editor, extended grouping, etc.) but the workflow, really new and great features and community are totally making up for it!”
User Spidervis said;
“The most important thing was ease of use. If I need to find anything new, I guess this should be there and yes it is. I didn’t need to get a class before using Studio One.”
Andi Gisler said;
“I already posted on FB but it’s worth saying again: I’m SO glad to know that I’m not the only one who was severely frustrated with both the ‘customer service’ and reliability of PT. I take it slow with learning S1 but right from the start, I noticed HUGE improvements over PT. Despite enough CPU horsepower, RAM and a stable PCIe connection in PT I never was able to use higher sample rates except with high buffer sizes.
Studio One? I stay on 96k and buffer size 64 and it works great without crashes, it’s SO much faster than PT and with the lesser latency of 96k I finally am at a point where I feel that there is no drawback at all to record directly in the DAW without any analogue workaround.
Staying with first impressions, the fact that S1 always creates a master fader is great – and it has a mono button too! These seemingly small things – along with drag-and-drop of plug-ins, automatically created busses and auxes – stacks up to being a HUGE time-saver.
Another thing: I haven’t really gotten into the stock samples and instruments yet but played around a bit with Ampire: It really does sound good! I used Amplitube in PT and it is good but what a messy interface and unreliable performance in general. Amplitube works like a charm at no additional cost…..
Last week I had a session where I had to use PT and going back there felt very cumbersome. I definitely will stay with Studio One!!!”
Normally when you ask users to make comments they tend to be negative, however, PreSonus have managed to make a product and create a community that on the whole engenders a lot of positivity, that is impressive.
Perhaps you’ve had the same experience or are you not as happy about Studio One? Feel free use this opportunity to tell your story too!
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