Among these lines, is their new pattern editing feature it works like a step sequencer, and allows the user to input note patterns individually, but apply individual note velocity and effects to each note as well.

Placement is just as easy and knowing where to put the desired beats on that particular drum makes it even easier. There’s no having to think of Middle C as a Snare, and B as the kick drum. Kudos.ĭoing MIDI drums in a DAW is old hat, but SO4 changed the interface a bit, going from a keyboard to a list of the actual drum bits. Remember how easy you thought it was to cut and paste arrangements, and then realized it’s not that easy, with so much going into making everything sound natural? SO4 made it actually THAT easy. This is great for songwriters who might want to quickly transpose their music and give chord charts to other musicians.Īnother great songwriting tool is ripple editing, which allows the user to actually re-arrange the overall track. It will re-harmonize the track to that chord. Want to change that Dmajor to a Gmajor? No problem.

It detects the audio (or MIDI) and will outline the chords being played. The chord tracking, or harmonic editing is really exciting for songwriters. During a mix, wanting to bring in the same events, it’s well worth it in the saved setup time. So, if you’re doing a session with three songs, once one song is all structured, trackwise, setting the other two up for the next one can be done in seconds. It can also bring in the virtual instrumentation, inserts, and track layers and automations. So, no need to create the same channels over again – it will give you the same track listing, tempos, etc. With the Import Song Data function, the user can now open a new session and select the specific session info from a different session. Getting things set up in a new session can be tiring, and takes up time when you just want to get to work. Have a friend or bandmate who hasn’t seen the light and is still using some other prehistoric software? Well Studio One sessions can be exported for their use as well. Want to re-mix that song that was done in Logic or Pro Tools? Look no further. With AAF importing, a session created in another DAW can be ported into SO4 easily all of the tracks come in like they did from their original, and now they can live in the world of SO4. The big thing with a lot of today’s artists is sharing work, but getting different studios and collaborators to use the same DAW software is at times impossible.

While they have a plethora of new goodies under the hood, we wanted to go over some of the ones that really stand out. Now, PreSonus has rolled out Studio One 4, and we’ve made the upgrade, and explored its new features. Since that time our review team has used it as a go-to platform for some of our other review items, from studio mics and preamps to DAW plug-ins, with no issues. Back in August 2015, we reviewed PreSonus’s Studio One 3.

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