Presonus : "So we are targeting 3-4 "major" feature releases every year..."

[ffx]

Could you explain to me how you come to this conclusion? I am very new to Studio One... Is this the usual company's pattern? Or based on what was published the last years?

[andypryce]

Just a guess,

One year period is over for a lot of users who bought into the 12 months 3-4 major update cycle scheme.
Since Presonus was only available to release 2 updates so far, they will probably try and fix as much bugs as possible with one more maintanance update before asking another $150 for you to continue.

[Crossinger]

Could you explain to me how you come to this conclusion? I am very new to Studio One... Is this the usual company's pattern? Or based on what was published the last years?

First of all: S1 is not a bad product at all. The reason for the sarcasm here is an infamous promotional video published on YT a couple of weeks before launching v7 last year.

They did promise the moon: 3-4 major (!) updates each year and an entirely new naming scheme coming soon. Now we are one year later, and we got 2 "minor" updates and a borked merger of Presonus and Fender user accounts.

It just leaves a bad taste in your mouth.

[andrei.tuduran]

Just a guess,

One year period is over for a lot of users who bought into the 12 months 3-4 major update cycle scheme.
Since Presonus was only available to release 2 updates so far, they will probably try and fix as much bugs as possible with one more maintanance update before asking another $150 for you to continue.

I doubt that they will try to fix this. They are ignorant in many ways.
I remember years ago when it was on version 3 that I tried to reach them in Twitter / X to ask them (because they ignored on their feature request forum) to implement a fullscreen mode.
After years and years..they somehow implemented that...small feature.

Hate it when there is all round good product lie Studio One and ignorant dev on the other side.

[jens]

They did promise the moon: 3-4 major (!) updates each year and an entirely new naming scheme coming soon. Now we are one year later, and we got 2 "minor" updates

Well, to be fair: they actually didn't break their promise at all so far. I just had a look again at that video:




Gregor says the first update was supposed to be released "early next year", which it was and they also released a second update in June - and since there's still two months left, they third promised update might indeed materialize in time. (Now if they'll manage to keep the promise for 2026 then is another question, but so far no promise has actually been broken yet.)

Whether these qualify as "major new feature releases" is certainly a matter of opinion and perspective. I don't think it's really fair to accuse them of promise-breaking because these updates (which personally I also find to be on the lackluster side of things tbh) don't meat your expectations.

[Crossinger]

I don't think it's really fair to accuse them of promise-breaking because these updates (which personally I also find to be on the lackluster side of things tbh) don't meat your expectations.

Openly speaking: I don't accuse them of "promise breaking". I wouldn't even know how to fill a wish list for 3-4 major releases. But this video was for Presonus a shot in the foot and did more harm than good.

[jens]

I don't think it's really fair to accuse them of promise-breaking because these updates (which personally I also find to be on the lackluster side of things tbh) don't meat your expectations.

Openly speaking: I don't accuse them of "promise breaking". I wouldn't even know how to fill a wish list for 3-4 major releases. But this video was for Presonus a shot in the foot and did more harm than good.

Got you! Yes, they sure did shoot themselves in the foot - but for me it was that whole policy-changing thing and then selling off to Fender. It's like they never learn anything from looking
at history... did something like this ever work out? I don't think so...

[Saw]

Studio One ver. 7.2.3 here

https://studiooneforum.com/threads/stud ... line.1538/

[Vocalpoint Studios]

Since Presonus was only available to release 2 updates so far, they will probably try and fix as much bugs as possible with one more maintanance update before asking another $150 for you to continue.

And they released v7.2.3 today - chock full of nothing but bug fixes.

Most likely setting the table for a v7.5 in very near future...

VP

[cryophonik]

And they released v7.2.3 today - chock full of nothing but bug fixes.

Most likely setting the table for a v7.5 in very near future...

[jamcat]

That's my thoughts as well. They're releasing the bugfix portion of the update first, so all version 7 users can get them.

[jonparadise]

They did promise the moon: 3-4 major (!) updates each year and an entirely new naming scheme coming soon. Now we are one year later, and we got 2 "minor" updates

Well, to be fair: they actually didn't break their promise at all so far. I just had a look again at that video:




Gregor says the first update was supposed to be released "early next year", which it was and they also released a second update in June - and since there's still two months left, they third promised update might indeed materialize in time. (Now if they'll manage to keep the promise for 2026 then is another question, but so far no promise has actually been broken yet.)

Whether these qualify as "major new feature releases" is certainly a matter of opinion and perspective. I don't think it's really fair to accuse them of promise-breaking because these updates (which personally I also find to be on the lackluster side of things tbh) don't meat your expectations.

I think most people logically assumed that the 3-4 potential updates would come within the first year from the launch of SO7, when the majority of people would be buying their license, rather than the twelve month clock starting when the first update was released.

The fact the first update arrived 2025 was irrelevant really.

If this wasn't the case, then Presonus should have been absolutely clear about what they meant.

It's not the users' fault if they are upset about the lack of major updates. It's Presonus' lack of clarity and poor communication that has caused the problem. They'd have made things a lot easier for themselves if they hadn't put a number on the amount of updates they intended to release.

[jens]

I think most people logically assumed that the 3-4 potential updates would come within the first year from the launch of SO7, when the majority of people would be buying their license, rather than the twelve month clock starting when the first update was released.

So did I, but then I watched the video again I linked to above and realized that I was my mistake, not theirs: they were actually crystal clear about it as the video shows a yearly timeline for 2025 and 2026.

So in short: people can erroneously expect all they like, but it's not fair to blame Presonus if these expectations aren't met. Mind you: it's an error that's easy enough to make, but when you see me pointing out that people misremember/misrepresent what they promised and still keep arguing that it's Presonus' fault - sorry, but that's sheer ignorance.

[Vocalpoint Studios]

It's not the users' fault if they are upset about the lack of major updates.

It is on the user if they somehow got it in their head (after watching that video) that "major" meant massively super shiny releases with 100 new features every three months. That was not stated anywhere.

It's Presonus' lack of clarity and poor communication that has caused the problem. They'd have made things a lot easier for themselves if they hadn't put a number on the amount of updates they intended to release.

Correct. Presonus did themselves no favors by being so specific on how they saw this going.

That said - wouldn't be the first time that a company made bold predictions and then watched the bottom drop out of their plans.

Power Tip: Take everything you see, hear and read on the Internet with a grain of salt. It is rarely as good as it seems

VP

[THE INTRANCER]

Release dates between 2, 3 and 4 were much longer and so much more was created in that time. They also had a very active community to provide for and to provide feedback on Studio One. There is still a studio one community forum but it's user run. It's a quite place in comparison though.