Nail Soup Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 I currently use Studio One Artist (came bundled with some hardware)…… It's OK but can't you cannot add VST's to it. There is an upgrade available to Artist Version 5 for about £42 which will give VST support. Then I'll be able to add EZ Drummer or similar. I don't really need any extra features beyond the VST support... does anyone know if the V5 VST support is any good, or if there are any issues? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcgiver69 Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 Once you get access to external VST's it is good, S1 is a very good DAW. I think that upgrade price is quite good, if the offer ends it is worthy to keep an eye on Plugin Boutique they always have upgrades coming at very nice prices. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 One of my boys uses ST1 V5 (pro). VST is fine, just as it should be these days with any DAW, including VST3. My boy went down the 'Sphere' route. He was starting from scratch, not using upgrades etc... I must say, for just over £13 a month, you get an awful lot, including Notion 6 and all it's Instruments. That DAW really has come a long way very quickly. I've been messing with it for a couple of days, it has a great workflow with the super fast drag & drop. PreSonus Sphere | PreSonus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 I've been looking at the "Sphere" option. IIRC you get about 30 months usage plus a load of extras for the same price as buying Studio One outright. Within that time frame I'd expect to have think about at least one paid upgrade if I went for buying outright, and if I find I'm not using it enough to justify the subscription I can always take a break until I do need it again. OoI how often does the software "phone home" to check that you are still paid up? If I was to go this route it would be mostly for the live use facilities and a lot of the places where my band plays have limited opportunities to connect to the internet. Worst of all our underground rehearsal space doesn't even have any mobile phone reception! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 (edited) My boy has to connect to the internet once a month for Sphere.. If he doesn't, then the software would deactivate until he does, assuming he is paying his monthly direct debit. (a one off annual fee is slightly cheaper). As it happens, he is connected all the time, so there hasn't been any problems. So, I should imagine it 'phones home' once a month, probably on direct debit day, or just after. You could go down the crossgrade route for just ST1 5 Pro. On top of the usual crossgrade price, at the moment, there is an extra 25% off that for the next couple of days. About $225.00 for a digital download. You get sent serial number(s). (I've used this site many times over the years - It's legit, with no extras on top, or any long delays) JRRshop.com | Presonus Studio One 4 Professional Crossgrade $164.00 for the yearly 'Sphere' pass. With the current exchange rates at the moment, a very good deal. JRRshop.com | Presonus Sphere Edited May 9, 2021 by lowdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted May 9, 2021 Author Share Posted May 9, 2021 I've pulled the trigger and bought the upgrade. It was actually on discount for mothers day (the American one I guess) - 25%. I think it's still valid till tomorrow (10th). Took hours to dowlaod all the budled stuff, but now I have it installed. I've already added the one VST I already have (MT Power drummer which I got for my experiments with Reaper). Not tried many features yet (and will probably never use a lot of them) , but one of the new effects, a channel strip seems pretty good. But the main thing is that the door (DAW?) is open for VST's now. A decent drum app is needed.... maybe EZdrummer. Couple of 'negatives' ... I'll post them in a different post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted May 11, 2021 Author Share Posted May 11, 2021 (edited) So to the negatives. 1 - The GUI on studio 5 fits poorly to the screen. For example th list of recent songs in the opening screen has fallen off the left hand side. 2 - Studio 5 version of Ampire comes with only one actual amp, but a few Cabs and the same pedals as the otehr versions. So I've lost about 15-20 amps. Or maybe I'll go for that Fender pack someone here was mentioning .......... Edited May 11, 2021 by Nail Soup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 (edited) Have you download the Presonus Hub to collect any freebies available? There should be more to Ampire than what you have. Edited May 11, 2021 by lowdown 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted May 11, 2021 Author Share Posted May 11, 2021 1 hour ago, lowdown said: Have you download the Presonus Hub to collect any freebies available? There should be more to Ampire than what you have. No - thanks for the tip! I’ll give it a try 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted May 12, 2021 Author Share Posted May 12, 2021 23 hours ago, lowdown said: Have you download the Presonus Hub to collect any freebies available? There should be more to Ampire than what you have. I went to the presonus website (logged into my account) but those products are not listed. I might be doing something wrong.... or could it be that it's only available to to Prime rather than Artist users? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Nail Soup said: I went to the presonus website (logged into my account) but those products are not listed. I might be doing something wrong.... or could it be that it's only available to to Prime rather than Artist users? Ah, okay. If the extras are there (my second screenshot) , they should be under 'Products' and then the third tab, 'Addons'. They are not exclusive to Sphere, but may well be freebies that only come with the Pro version. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 (edited) On 11/05/2021 at 17:48, Nail Soup said: So to the negatives. 1 - The GUI on studio 5 fits poorly to the screen. For example th list of recent songs in the opening screen has fallen off the left hand side. After messing around on my boys ST1 Pro a couple of weeks ago, I bit the bullet on a cross grade deal (Using my Nuendo License). I got the above and Notion as well. Today I just got round to installing ST1. After installing, and before doing anything else, I opened up the App. The first thing I noticed was this (Screenshot 1) and remembered what you had said... Is it the same problem? Edited May 21, 2021 by lowdown 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 Then I realised it was just a case of maximising the window. It seems it might be the default for first opening and then you resize yourself? (it it's the same problem you had). All fine now though: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nail Soup Posted May 21, 2021 Author Share Posted May 21, 2021 @lowdown I did get that error, but I think maximising didn't help. I'll try again later after work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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