Studio One

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Audio editing software for studio engineers and musicians

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Xavier
Xavier
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  • Industry: Music
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

The first and only one

Reviewed on 2023/09/29

Pros

I love everything about studio one. I think I started using this product in 2016 and have not stopped using it. I still have the same version of that year and it is still useful to this day. I will be updating to the latest model because I bought some new hardware that lets me upgrade. I use it to record concerts, recitals, edit audio, cut and splice, mix, master and everything turns out really smooth. I have a lot of plugins integrating and they always connect really easy. If you are looking for something that is easy to understand but that also has a lot of depth to it if you really get into it, this is the DAW to get.

Cons

Iam having a hard time deciding if there was something that I don't like about it. Maybe that you always have to buy the newest model and that it does not upgrade with the one you buy but that is way better than the subscription model that I hate.

Trevor
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  • Industry: Music
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Studio One is a great companion for Presonus Interfaces

Reviewed on 2024/12/17

As an own of Presonus hardware it's nice to have software that interfacing well. You do not need...

As an own of Presonus hardware it's nice to have software that interfacing well. You do not need to spend large amounts of time on set up.

Pros

Superb integration with Presonus Products.

Cons

It is a little redundant of products that are already readily available.

Alternatives Considered

Cubase, Pro Tools and Live

Reasons for Switching to Studio One

Integration with already purchased Presonus devices.
Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Executive Office
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Studio One: Best for audio

Reviewed on 2023/09/27

Pros

User friendly feature is the most impactful of Studio One. It is so much easy to use.

Cons

More features need to be added with its updated version.

Rumbani
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  • Industry: Media Production
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Studio Fine

Reviewed on 2025/01/22

I have loved Studio One from the day I bought my AudioBox

I have loved Studio One from the day I bought my AudioBox

Pros

I got this with my AudioBox and in a short space of time I was recording songs with my friends. The ease of use and stability of Studio One is amazing.

Cons

I cant create drum and instrument patterns like I do in FL Studio. It wasn't built for that.

Alternatives Considered

FL Studio

Reasons for Switching to Studio One

I use both software's for audio work. They work well together
Ngozi
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  • Industry: Broadcast Media
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

A versatile tools for musicians

Reviewed on 2024/09/10

Studio One impressed me with its user-friendly design and robust music production capabilities.

Studio One impressed me with its user-friendly design and robust music production capabilities.

Pros

I love Studio One's intuitive interface, advanced MIDI editing, and seamless integration with hardware, making music production and audio recording a breeze.

Cons

Nothing, everything about studio is superb.

eleazar
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  • Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Ease of use.

Reviewed on 2023/08/03

Have been using Studio One for making promos, voice-overs, soundtrack and sound effects for videos.

Have been using Studio One for making promos, voice-overs, soundtrack and sound effects for videos.

Pros

The ease of use. Everything in on single page and the drag and drop of plugins makes mixing fast and easy. Also the fact that it has a video player where you can export the video track to a new track and further mixing and syncing audio to a video.

Cons

Video support for when syncing audio with video. Not every video format is supported and also you have to upgrade to a newer version or it won't play the video.

Kristopher
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  • Industry: Music
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Obtaining Studio One is equal to obtaining a superpower in the musical universe.

Reviewed on 2023/07/28

I have achieved everything that I have dreamt of achieving, since I learned my first note/chord on...

I have achieved everything that I have dreamt of achieving, since I learned my first note/chord on piano and guitar, over 40 years ago. No excuses, Studio One can and will perform...can you?

Pros

The mastering feature is rock solid, and by far my fav feature.

Cons

"crickets"....."some more crickets" Cons? Do what now? Blasphemy. The only "cons" I feel that S1 has, is CONvenience, CONsistency, CONnectivity, and CONsumer orientated.

Ryder
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  • Industry: Music
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Monthly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10

The ONE

Reviewed on 2023/06/23

I like studio one for my demo projects before taking them to our local recording studio who also...

I like studio one for my demo projects before taking them to our local recording studio who also runs studio one! I can load up the same project and it’s like I never left the house.

Pros

The intervention it has with my daw and other compatible programs I have. I can rewire studio one from or too existing products I currently have which comes in handy when making music.

Cons

Intergration with there updates seems to cause glitches in the hardware. So when updating DAW make sure equipment is updated as well or you may be searching in the back up for a crashed file.

Alternatives Considered

FL Studio

Reasons for Switching to Studio One

I didn’t. I purchased them all.
Michael
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  • Industry: Music
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Studio one!!! The New King of Audio recording software!!!

Reviewed on 2023/07/07

My experience so far as been great!!! I've used other DAW's and studio one just understands what...

My experience so far as been great!!! I've used other DAW's and studio one just understands what music artist like myself need and want!!

Pros

Evering in one daw from making beats to vocal recordings

Cons

No Cons I'm 100% happy with the product!! Nothing come close to what studio one offers!!!

Leo
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  • Industry: Music
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Studio One review

Reviewed on 2023/12/19

Good, I would change some of the settings of the software.

Good, I would change some of the settings of the software.

Pros

Recording made simple, mixing and mastering made simple and easy.

Cons

I’ts not always easy to use with the current settings and features.

Almetrez
Almetrez
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  • Industry: Business Supplies & Equipment
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for Free Trial
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  • Likelihood to recommend 3.0 /10

Business Review

Reviewed on 2024/03/13

Pros

The mixing and lining that produces the music.

Cons

Trying to find the website is not easy.

Josh
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  • Industry: Nonprofit Organization Management
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Easy to use and create the best mix

Reviewed on 2023/12/14

Pros

Live recording and mixing. And being able to playback my recording and then re-mix in live time from a recording. So neat!

Cons

None. I think it is a really great product!

Mohammad
Mohammad
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  • Industry: Arts & Crafts
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Modern high quality audio editting app

Reviewed on 2023/09/17

Pros

Each time you open app it's automaticly apdate plugens.

Cons

Studio one artist v6 very nice theam and eyse to use .

James
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  • Industry: Education Management
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Amazingly easy to use

Reviewed on 2023/10/30

Pros

Super easy to use , much better than the competition for ease of use.

Cons

Slightly bad sounds with the internal plugins in terms of the instrument plugins

Tomas
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  • Industry: E-Learning
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Really nice Digital Audio Workstation

Reviewed on 2023/10/27

Pros

It's simple to use and I really like the workflow of Studio One

Cons

I believe they have stopped the Prime (free) version of this software and you need to get the paid version of it now

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Research
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for Free Trial
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

software evaluation

Reviewed on 2023/01/19

The product has a lot of quality and many features, some features are difficult to operate

The product has a lot of quality and many features, some features are difficult to operate

Pros

Final audio editing and mixing, easy to use, great for music business

Cons

Plugin selection features should be easier to operate, the product has a very high cost compared to others, makes it difficult for small beginner musicians

Michelle
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  • Industry: Music
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

It All Started With the Free Version

Reviewed on 2022/10/28

I've been using Studio One for a while - started with version 2 and I'm now up to 6. This is...

I've been using Studio One for a while - started with version 2 and I'm now up to 6. This is perhaps one of the most useful "free" items I ever received in conjunction with a piece of hardware - I bought an audio interface and got a card with a code for a free license and since then I have completely migrated my digital audio work over to Studio One.

Pros

I like how comprehensive this software package is for the price - this is the most affordable high-quality DAW I've ever used and I've been doing this since the mid 90s.

Cons

I really wish the interface - specifically the colors - were completely customizable instead of my having to choose a "skin" or a "theme."

Jose
Jose
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  • Industry: Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

One of the best DAW on the market!

Reviewed on 2022/09/07

I use STUDIO ONE on a daily basis, either individually or sharing projects with my musical friends,...

I use STUDIO ONE on a daily basis, either individually or sharing projects with my musical friends, without a doubt it fulfills its task, added to the fact that it is really very simple and intuitive to use.

Pros

Undoubtedly the strong point of STUDIO ONE is its ease of use without losing functionality, its user interface is very well planned allowing each function to be just a CLICK of the mouse away.
Many tasks can also be carried out with the drag and drop command, which greatly simplifies its use.

Cons

Although I could not consider it a con or disadvantage, I do not agree with their business plans and the respective values, I think they are a bit high. However, they recently incorporated a monthly subscription plan to access all the features for a modest fee.

Alternatives Considered

Live

Reasons for Choosing Studio One

I made the change because I had heard a lot about STUDIO ONE when using it for the first time I immediately realized that it was suitable for me and I continue to use it today.

Switched From

Live

Reasons for Switching to Studio One

I think that the choice of STUDIO ONE over ABLETON LIVE is due to the fact that the ABLETON LIVE interface is oriented towards electronic music, although it could have been useful to me, it goes in another direction with respect to my musical preferences. However, both DAWs are excellent and have a long history in the market.
Ken
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  • Industry: Music
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Savvy and smart music producers use Studio One

Reviewed on 2021/11/24

I'm an audio engineer and producer, and I've been using Studio One for a few months now. I can say,...

I'm an audio engineer and producer, and I've been using Studio One for a few months now. I can say, without reservation, that it's the best DAW I've ever used. The interface is well designed and intuitive and the feature set is amazing, but what really sets it apart is the quality of the built-in effects and instruments.
It's a powerful DAW tool that can be used for live performance, recording, composing, editing, mixing, mastering. It has a comprehensive set of features including monophonic and polyphonic tracks, MIDI sequencing, an intuitive interface with drag-and-drop functionality, and 4-band parametric EQs. Really impressive work!

Pros

- DDP import/export function for mastering.
- The learning curve is much easier than the competition and the interface is designed to make your job easier.
- Studio One supports unlimited audio and MIDI tracks, VST plugins, automation, unlimited busses, professional quality effects and instruments, MIDI editing with Auto Quantize, time compression/expansion with Tempo Sync.

Cons

- Studio One misses some popular plugins found in other DAWs.

Cristhian Josue
Cristhian Josue
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  • Industry: Design
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Studio One, The daw you need if you want to have something unique

Reviewed on 2021/08/16

Pros

Studio One is fresh, it feels like something unique, this is the daw you need to try if you want to get out of the "Ableton-Pro Tools" formula.

it has features that no other similar software has, opening the panorama for podcast and audiobook creators, yes, Studio One is a daw focused on music creation, but this doesn't limit it to this field, allowing another kind of creators and artists to experiment.

Cons

Much in sometimes is less, and that is notable in the reduced number of virtual instruments that Studio One has, if there is something negative to comment on this daw is the small number of native synthesizers it has, as well as its incompatibility with plug-ins below vst 2.

Alternatives Considered

Audacity, Adobe Audition, Logic Pro and FL Studio

Reasons for Choosing Studio One

I wanted to try other daws

Switched From

Cubase, Pro Tools and Live

Reasons for Switching to Studio One

Alternatives of different monetary value or with features that Studio One maybe not have.
Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Music
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Jack Of All Trades, and Master of Some

Reviewed on 2021/05/24

Overall, Studio One helps me compose songs, record them, edit them, and export them and it does it...

Overall, Studio One helps me compose songs, record them, edit them, and export them and it does it well enough that I’ve never felt the need to go back to any of the other DAWs I’ve used prior. I am a former Pro Tools and Logic user and while I love those programs as well the feature set here is inclusive enough and the general workflow is cohesive and user-friendly enough that I am happy I am using Studio One.

Pros

What keeps me in Studio One is their wide variety of features where it’s convenient and their depth of features where it counts. First off. The maturity of the feature set in editing, mixing, and general studio routing places this in the top class of linear DAWs for me. Like Pro Tools, Cubase, and Logic, Studio One remembers the “Audio Workstation” aspects of “Digital Audio Workstation,” and its mixing workflow and browser behavior has been streamlined very effectively over the years. I appreciate how many different “styles” of features they have incorporated outside of those core features as well. There really are a wide variety of features and it makes it very helpful to have at least basic versions of all these different workflows available. For my work, that means that Studio One can help with a song in so many ways from start to finish, with the editing and mixing of it being the most streamlined and well conceived. I credit this to their emphasis on pulling a large number of new features from submitted user ideas.

Cons

The only downsides (and they aren’t major) are non-“core” features lack a certain depth, and new features tend to go a number of cycles without improvements. As I mentioned in the “Pros” it is nice to have so many inventive features or features inspired by competitors such as Patterns, alternate Song Versions, Remote, NoteFX, Control Link, harmony editing, alternate arrangements, and complex Channel routing, but many of these features will go years without improvements past their first implementation. That isn’t to say they don’t work well- they just remain basic or unrefined for longer than some programs have, as if the team is spread very thin and just trying to enable lots and lots of new capabilities across all their software products. Luckily they have a fully featured no-hassle 30 day demo!

Alternatives Considered

Cubase and Logic Pro

Reasons for Choosing Studio One

When I started doing more music and less dialogue/film editing I decided to look into DAWs that had a little more creative tools without going full-on Ableton Live. It was between Cubase, Logic, and Studio One and I tried Studio One on someone else’s recommendation. The mixing and editing toolset was so thoughtfully done that I pulled the trigger. It also had a much simpler and more reasonable update and maintenance system at the time (this was before Avid and Presonus both went to subscriptions).

Switched From

Pro Tools

Reasons for Switching to Studio One

The convenient selection of mixing and editing tools was the biggest plus. I was able to learn those with very little tutorials as they tend to follow a common pattern in every section of the program. I was so impressed by that I decided to go for Studio One.
Friedman
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  • Industry: Entertainment
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Studio One is a power tool

Reviewed on 2022/11/17

I love how every section is positioned based on the activities each carry out. The speed in which...

I love how every section is positioned based on the activities each carry out. The speed in which it processes applied change is amazing. This is definitely everything the industry needs.

Pros

I like the fact that you can easily capture the vocals and the interface is designed in way that does not drain your creativity. Its quality is unmatched and the mastering part is amazing because the software already proper presets to start from .

Cons

I love everything about it is modified for how the industry's speed moves. I cannot complain about a thing so far I am loving everything about it.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Geared towards efficient workflow

Reviewed on 2022/06/02

Great User Interface and intentional design has greatly improved my workflow. I am getting more...

Great User Interface and intentional design has greatly improved my workflow. I am getting more done that spending on learning the software.

Pros

The features in Studio and any simple update or upgrade seems intentionally geared towards efficient workflow while minimizing clutter. When I examine and use things like the gain clip envelopes which has for me almost replaced the need to use compressor effects on vocals, I find it very intuitive and effective way to work. The Inspector is another section where Studio One has been capably optimized with everything visible and where it ought to be. Quite intuitive design! Additionally, I am able to do more efficiently with products like Melodyne as Studio One is Audio Random Access compatible.

Cons

Steep learning for me. I can honestly say that I am still learning and feels like a long way to go. However, I must appreciate the very helpful Studio One community and awesome tutorials available which have made my learning easier.

Loucas
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  • Industry: Music
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

If you want to be a producer, Presonus is the best

Reviewed on 2022/06/05

Amazing!!! I am using it everyday for many hours and i can tell you for sure i am gonna use it for...

Amazing!!! I am using it everyday for many hours and i can tell you for sure i am gonna use it for ever if they keep going like this! Every update is based on users feedback and needs! They listen and they support us! They trying their best to make us creat music ! Thank you Presonus!

Pros

Everything is perfect! I am using it for many years and i am super happy. I produced and realized more than 150 songs! It is user friendly and believe me it has more than enough tools to use. I believe as a professional musician and producer , Studio One is the best option out there !

Cons

I didn't find anything negative in all this years in presonus. They take very seriously the feed back of their users and they managed to build the best daw in the world !

Morizo
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  • Industry: Music
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Love the simplicity overall

Reviewed on 2022/03/08

Sounds quality is very crystal clear also the mixing on songs is so simple

Sounds quality is very crystal clear also the mixing on songs is so simple

Pros

I love how I can make beats so easily on this software it didn’t took me a long time to get use to presonus but once u use it,it will make your musical life so easier

Cons

I really like the fx on presonus but I also wish it could have got more