thedreampolice
A backwards poet writes inverse.
WOW. Looks great!
Presonus Studio One V3
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thedreampolice
A backwards poet writes inverse.
yea I mastered my last few records in it because the mastering workflow is fantastic. But that was all I had done in it up until recently. I have been kinda going through DAW hell as of late because I do almost everything in Reason with Pro tools on the side, and I love Reason but for the type of production jobs I find myself getting I am hitting a wall with it, mainly because of the video features I need and I need better orchestral sounds, these are Reasons two biggest weaknesses in my opinion. I LOVE the Reason workflow so much but I am getting so many jobs these days that need to sync to video, and there are more and more plugins that temp me away. My main DAW wish list is as follows (notice I said wishlist, I will probably have to compromise something)
cross platform
no dongle
layered editing
great midi sequencer
video support
Ableton live is close, but its still so unstable even in V9. No layered editing and I personally still find the sequencer a bit annoying although as a whole Live is amazing.
Pro tools is close, but needs a dongle and AVID has just totally went of the rails as of late. I want a nimble production environment and PT is NOT IT. Although I will probably keep it around because I still get the odd Pro tools session sent to me from time to time to mix.
Bitwig is also amazing, but NO VIDEO SUPPORT and only an OK sequencer.
Cubase is great but the UI is horrible and requires a dongle.
Logic and Sonar are both fantastic but not cross platform.
That leaves Digital Performer and Studio One that meet every one of my criteria. I had moved from mastering in Samplitude to Studio One already but doing actual production in Studio one V2 was great, however it still didnt grab me like Reason or Live does. SOO I have been playing with Studio One V3 all night and HOLY CRAP. It somehow manages to walk the line between creative (Like Live, Reason, FL) and an engineering tool (Pro tools, Samplitude) The sequencer is still not as good as say Cubase (Cubase has the best raw sequencer on the planet too bad their UI design is stuck in the 90's, steinberg needs to take a look a Sonars Skylight interface) but holy shit the Studio one workflow is wicked fast, I would say faster than even Ableton Live. There are so many great details that they just got right. It really is a remarkable product. I still haven't decide what one I will go to as my main rig for orchestral composing, but at this point I am STRONGLY leaning to Studio One. Oh and Digital Performer is also very amazing, but I just cant get the hang of the darn thing.
cross platform
no dongle
layered editing
great midi sequencer
video support
Ableton live is close, but its still so unstable even in V9. No layered editing and I personally still find the sequencer a bit annoying although as a whole Live is amazing.
Pro tools is close, but needs a dongle and AVID has just totally went of the rails as of late. I want a nimble production environment and PT is NOT IT. Although I will probably keep it around because I still get the odd Pro tools session sent to me from time to time to mix.
Bitwig is also amazing, but NO VIDEO SUPPORT and only an OK sequencer.
Cubase is great but the UI is horrible and requires a dongle.
Logic and Sonar are both fantastic but not cross platform.
That leaves Digital Performer and Studio One that meet every one of my criteria. I had moved from mastering in Samplitude to Studio One already but doing actual production in Studio one V2 was great, however it still didnt grab me like Reason or Live does. SOO I have been playing with Studio One V3 all night and HOLY CRAP. It somehow manages to walk the line between creative (Like Live, Reason, FL) and an engineering tool (Pro tools, Samplitude) The sequencer is still not as good as say Cubase (Cubase has the best raw sequencer on the planet too bad their UI design is stuck in the 90's, steinberg needs to take a look a Sonars Skylight interface) but holy shit the Studio one workflow is wicked fast, I would say faster than even Ableton Live. There are so many great details that they just got right. It really is a remarkable product. I still haven't decide what one I will go to as my main rig for orchestral composing, but at this point I am STRONGLY leaning to Studio One. Oh and Digital Performer is also very amazing, but I just cant get the hang of the darn thing.
Fade
The Beat Strangler
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Ya it's difficult to find something like you're looking for, audio and video in one package, and it seems like some of the DAWs out there are trying but haven't nailed it.
If Studio One is that good, will you no longer be a Reason fanboy?!?! LOL. That's good though, I should check Presonus and see what's up but I'm so used to Sonar.
If Studio One is that good, will you no longer be a Reason fanboy?!?! LOL. That's good though, I should check Presonus and see what's up but I'm so used to Sonar.
thedreampolice
A backwards poet writes inverse.
oh no, I will always use Reason its just such a creative and powerful tool. Take the combinator in Reason for example its probably one of the most powerful sound design tools ever made, most people don't dive in to Reason at that level. BUT I will use another DAW for the stuff Reason sucks at that I need. Mainly video and the huge sample libraries like east west ETC. Sonar is a great DAW and the stuff they are doing with pro channel is really great. So I dont know that I would change DAWs if I were you. But for me Sonar just has some very strange UI hold over from years ago, and I really want my DAW to work on a mac as well. I dont need to edit video or anything I have premiere and davinci for that I just score to it. SOO wish there was an easier way to do that in Reason. Really isn't it amazing how much tech we have to choose from these days? CRAZY.
Fade
The Beat Strangler
Administrator
illest o.g.
Well I've been using Cakewalk since the 90's so I'm just used to what they have. I tried Bitwig and Ableton and they're great but for what I need it to do, Sonar is perfect. It's true though, the options seem limitless in what we can choose. Big difference from back in the day.
Craftmaster
ILLIEN
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I have been in live with studio one since I got V2. v3 is a huge step up, the arrange track is such a great idea, scratch pad is epic. The effects chanins with how you can choose to effect the sides middle and frequency range of a signal is something major. The chorder and arp are awesome also. I can't wait to master this.
Craftmaster
ILLIEN
Battle Points: 1
I don't know if it's the new time stretching or if they revamped some of the stock plugin ins, buuuuut my projects from v2 when opened in v3 sound different
thedreampolice
A backwards poet writes inverse.
You should do a null test to see if its all in your head or not.
Craftmaster
ILLIEN
Battle Points: 1
It doesn't matter that much
thedreampolice
A backwards poet writes inverse.
Really? Why not?
Craftmaster
ILLIEN
Battle Points: 1
Because it doesn't sound bad