Everything you need to record, produce, mix, master, and perform. Studio One 6 makes it fast and easy to create with new smart templates, an intuitive drag-and-drop workflow, a customizable user interface, and powerful integrated tools.
Smart Templates. Quick Starts.
Quickly launch essential workflows for mixing, recording, mastering, making beats, or just playing a virtual instrument — all with one click.
Making a beat?
Load a Smart Template with the template editor already open and only the features you need visible.
Mixing audio?
Open a Smart Template with your favorite channel strips loaded and a drag-and-drop zone for quickly loading stems.
Just getting started?
Each Smart Template includes step-by-step instructions in a dedicated tutorial window to help you through your first production.
Drag and Drop Everything:
Whether you’re a seasoned pro or new to recording, Studio One’s innovative drag-and-drop workflow makes every creator’s process faster and easier.
Add audio loops, virtual instruments, and effects:
Drag and drop plugins, audio files, and more by simply dragging and dropping them from Studio One’s innovative browser. Studio One creates tracks for you!
Copy Effect Chains:
Drag and drop every insert from one channel to another!
Extract Chords and Tempo Maps: Turn
any source into a source of inspiration with a simple drag and drop.
Collaborate Simplified:
Load and load files into and out of PreSonus Sphere workspaces with drag and drop.
Sound Replacement:
Replace drum sounds with samples by simply dragging the source track onto an Impact XT track.
Customizable User Interface:
The all-new Preferences Editor lets you view only the tools you need for the task at hand, creating a custom user interface that works for you, and you can save your unique setup settings for instant recall.
Beginner Preferences:
Default presets are available for basic workflows, so you can start with just the features you need and add new tools as you’re ready to learn more.
Advanced Preferences:
Create your own presets from the defaults and hide almost any tool or feature you don’t need to eliminate distractions at any time.
Release Notes (09 July 2024)
New features and improvements:
- Hardware monitoring (“Blue Z”) for Quantum ES/HD series.
- Macro toolbar presets for projects and Show pages.
- Arguments for “Goto Section” commands (via the Macro panel).
- Hidden sound sets are now excluded from scanning.
The following issues have been fixed:
- [Chord Track] Events become unselected after dragging.
- [Console] Scenes do not focus when created.
- [Import Song Data] Main out plugins are not imported.
- [Import Song Data] Chord track is replaced when unchecked in dialog.
- [Melodyne] Scale is not displayed in some cases.
- [Melodyne] Bounced audio may click during decay.
- [Multiband Compressor] Compressor curve is not displayed correctly.
- [Open Air] Audio is sometimes not fully displayed.
- [Open Air] Potential hang when changing output to multichannel.
- [Pipeline] Image buttons (load/delete) are cut off.
- [Project Page] Cannot delete Insert when moving to first Master slot.
- [Score Editor] “Show Tempo” setting in Score Editor is not saved.
- [Show Page] Multis ignore patch changes.
- [Show Page] Loop returns to beginning if all songs are set to loop.
- [Windows] Potential hang when editing crossfades on drum groups.
- [Windows] Graphical glitch when track name is in focus while scrolling.
- When adding a layer to multiple selected tracks, layers are renamed to the name of the first track.
- “Speakers” text field in Audio Event Properties is too small.
- Audio Part context menu does not work in some situations.
- Some grid lines do not redraw when scrolling left.
- Crash when right-clicking on the VCA meter.
- Description in the New dialog is truncated.
- Disabling a plug-in on a bus orphans automation.
- Double tap is not recognized on some touchscreens.
- Dragging the FX chain with macro controllers adds unexpected assignments.
- Duplicating layers across multiple tracks with a keyboard shortcut incorrectly names the layers.
- Event Appearance setting “Show Chords on Events” does not save correctly.
- Possible hang when deleting certain tracks or events from an arrangement or pool.
- Group on track does not update immediately when Editing is unchecked.
- “Find missing files” does not set the document state to dirty in some cases.
- No audio on first playback after recording if “Return to start on stop” is enabled.
- Progress window sometimes appears behind the Options/Settings dialog.
- Text field moves when scrolling horizontally in Lyrics or Chord Track.
- Sidechain cannot be selected correctly when the application language is Spanish.
- Timecode offset is not respected when exporting audio.
- Track preset can be dropped on Show Page.
- Track presets do not call instrument tracks routed to FX bus.
- Waves mono/stereo plugins are not routing correctly.