PreSonus announces Studio One release date

PreSonus has announced that Studio One Pro and Studio One Artist, its new music-creation and production applications for Mac OS X and Windows XP/Vista, are expected to ship in mid September, 2009.

Studio One will be available in two versions:

1. Studio One Artist, which ships with every PreSonus audio interface.
2. Studio One Pro, which has all of the features of Studio One Artist and includes VST, AU, and ReWire support, a fully integrated mastering section and other significant additional features and bundled content.

The demo of Studio One Pro is available now.

Customers who bought a PreSonus interface after January 1, 2009, and registered their unit, will receive a free copy of Studio One Artist and can upgrade to Studio One Pro for $199. Those who bought their PreSonus interfaces before January 1, 2009, can buy Studio One Artist for $99, with the same upgrade offer to Studio One Pro. This offer expires December 31, 2009.