Is Studio One 5 Prime Much Good For Those With Pro 4.6 or Earlier ?

[THE INTRANCER]

So the demo of Studio One Pro 5.0 expired, the question is... what use is it now for those who actually have a fully paid and fleshed out version with plugins ?

[antic604]

Is this a trick question?

[THE INTRANCER]

No, just a question on whether there is any practical advantages between these versions over one another.

[THE INTRANCER]

Oh there's something, Retrospective Record.

[soulata]

Saving mixer settings is fine, too.

Just not enough for me to update from 4.6 to 5.

Live page is also something I have zero need for and don't really get it why it's there.

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[antic604]

No, just a question on whether there is any practical advantages between these versions over one another.

I don't get it still. You have 4.6. You were using 5.3. There's no better person to answer if the new version covers YOUR PARTICUALR NEEDS in a satisfactory way, justifying the upgrade.

Why are you asking us?

[THE INTRANCER]

No, just a question on whether there is any practical advantages between these versions over one another.

I don't get it still. You have 4.6. You were using 5.3. There's no better person to answer if the new version covers YOUR PARTICUALR NEEDS in a satisfactory way, justifying the upgrade.

Why are you asking us?

It's a general question in a differential comparison of features between two different versions of the program. Prime version 5... and previous versions of Professional and perhaps even Producer that others may still be using and whether there are any advantages in using Prime for them if they don't have the money or interest in upgrading. Presonus have 30% off atm on Studio One, trials run for a month before features are stripped away....

[nIGhT-SoN]

I don't understand, you do have Studio One 4.6 Professional and ask if it's better to use Studio One 5 Prime, which is free?

If that's the case, why would you use Prime? You have lot more features in 4.6 Pro compared to 5 Prime. It's not even a fair comparison.
Here are features you get from
- Prime to Artist - https://www.presonus.com/products/Studi ... -to-Artist
- Unique to Pro - https://www.presonus.com/products/Studi ... ofessional

Part of those extra features are in 4.6 Pro too.

LE. Prime is for those that don't have any previous version and don't want to buy. Let's call it an extended demo with limited features. Prime doesn't even have VST support.

[THE INTRANCER]

I don't understand, you do have Studio One 4.6 Professional and ask if it's better to use Studio One 5 Prime, which is free?

If that's the case, why would you use Prime? You have lot more features in 4.6 Pro compared to 5 Prime. It's not even a fair comparison.
Here are features you get from
- Prime to Artist - https://www.presonus.com/products/Studi ... -to-Artist
- Unique to Pro - https://www.presonus.com/products/Studi ... ofessional

Part of those extra features are in 4.6 Pro too.

LE. Prime is for those that don't have any previous version and don't want to buy. Let's call it an extended demo with limited features. Prime doesn't even have VST support.

But there are things which are not listed or easily found. For example - Timestretch - Resampler mode when using samples. That's not in Studio One 4.6 Pro... It exists in Prime 5... however. Stuff like that.

[CapnLockheed]

Jeebus....Not to mention the multitude of other features it lacks, Prime's inability to load 3rd party plugins is an absolute deal breaker for me. Even if I wanted to use prime as a simple live recorder,(and I have Presonus Capture for that), I'd then have to import the tracks into 4 Pro for mixing and mastering. So, for me anyway, the answer is a big HELLS NO!!

But there are things which are not listed or easily found. For example - Timestretch - Resampler mode when using samples. That's not in Studio One 4.6 Pro... It exists in Prime 5... however. Stuff like that.

I have Pro 5.3 anyway and never made use of that. I concede that maybe of use to some.....but not me.

[nIGhT-SoN]

But there are things which are not listed or easily found. For example - Timestretch - Resampler mode when using samples. That's not in Studio One 4.6 Pro... It exists in Prime 5... however. Stuff like that.

Timestretch is available in 4.6, maybe you mean Tape mode, that one isn't. If that's more important to you than VST support and other features like extended FX chains, ARA, folder tracks, VCA faders, transient detection with editable markers and so on, then feel free to use Prime.

In my opinion, it's not worth, at least for me. You would lose a lot of functionality for just one feature. If I were to need Tape mode so much, I would rather upgrade, than losing most of the features or I would find a plugin for that effect.

[THE INTRANCER]

I'm not saying that you should forfeit the version of the program you currently use, I'm talking about identifying the features that users of prior versions don't have available to them in the free version.

[nIGhT-SoN]

So you suggest PreSonus would go back to version 4 and add features that are now available in the free version? In my opinion, it's normal for the free version to get some new features over previous free version. After all, why would anyone want to use the newer version, over the older one if nothing has improved?

I'm curious, what do you use Tape mode for? Cause I haven't found a useful thing to do with it and maybe you have a good tip for me. As I see it right now, it would've been useful if could've been used as fades, like in Logic so you can have the tape stop effect.

[THE INTRANCER]

So you suggest PreSonus would go back to version 4 and add features that are now available in the free version? In my opinion, it's normal for the free version to get some new features over previous free version. After all, why would anyone want to use the newer version, over the older one if nothing has improved?

I'm curious, what do you use Tape mode for? Cause I haven't found a useful thing to do with it and maybe you have a good tip for me. As I see it right now, it would've been useful if could've been used as fades, like in Logic so you can have the tape stop effect.

I didn't suggest anything about what Presonus should do in this thread... it's more about identifying what practical differences there are that might be useful. Time stretching isn't something I've taken much notice of over the years. I've always left it at its default, so I'd have to read up on what SO5 has on that new time stretch. I have plugins such as Parawaves Rapid and Buffree RE which have tape stop effects should I need to use them.

Aesthetically, there's some obvious differences, some not for the better regarding the plugins, in addition to GUI options.

Articulations is something else which is there but didn't really look into.