Fender Studio Pro 8 Released

[Grizzellda]

I hope and pray, and really do wanna feel, that FSP will continue to evolve, and also, the PreSonus hardware stuff remains in development.

Knowing Fender...there will be a flagship "Professional" FSP lovingly crafted in the US, a slightly less expensive "Vintera" one made in Mexico from leftover code, an even cheaper "Squier" FSP mass-produced by Indonesian robots, and...of course people will say the Crafted in China "Classic Vibe" FSP version that costs 25% of the USA one, that was only made for 4-1/2 months in 2007-2008, far and away sounds and feels the best.

Presonus has had some good hardware designs over the years, hopefully that will continue.

Alright, well...glad you are so hopeful.

PreSonus and NI seem to be in a similar scenario, here. Join up!!! Grizzellda's advice! And oh yeah, and there are other companies doing cool moves, like MuTools, and Acon.

Hey, why don't you guys make like an awesome collective, like, who could challenge you?

[BONES]

I hope and pray, and really do wanna feel, that FSP will continue to evolve

"Evolve" how? I don't want it to evolve, I want more refinement of what it already is and greater reliability/stability. I find I get way more mileage out of things like continuous centred scrolling than I do out of new features I never asked for, like the track and arrangement overviews (which I have tried and dismissed as useless wastes of screen real estate). By and large I think they get the balance right between all these things.

Knowing Fender...there will be a flagship "Professional" FSP lovingly crafted in the US

I understand you were attempting to be humourous but you do realise that Studio Pro is developed in Germany, right? It's a business PreSonus acquired many years ago, started by two guys who previously worked for Steinberg (which I imagine is why it is so much like a cleaner/slicker version of Cubase). I get what you were trying to do, but the Germany thing means you just didn't quite land it.

[Weasel-Boy]

"Evolve" how? I don't want it to evolve, I want more refinement of what it already is and greater reliability/stability.

I don't want to start an argument or anything but do you realize when you said: "I want more refinement of what it already is and greater reliability/stability." ..that you've actually given a pretty good definition of what evolution does?

[jamcat]

I want automation part containers. And the ability to duplicate and move automation clips. And also to be able to reassign the automation data to a new destination plugin parameter.

[BONES]

I don't want to start an argument or anything but do you realize when you said: "I want more refinement of what it already is and greater reliability/stability." ..that you've actually given a pretty good definition of what evolution does?

To me, "evolve" means change from one thing to another, as in "humans evolved from apes". But that's why I asked you a question, which you didn't bother to answer.

[SeeingInMidi]

For windows users, MS is pushing out a giant update for midi support which includes midi loop back, meaning we can now use modulation plugins to control parameters of other plugins without the need of something like loopbe. So no more waiting for presonus/fender to implement native modulation options. Correct me if i'm wrong.

[EnGee]

I hope they can polish their Linux port soon. The VST plugins don't have their GUI displaying yet on Studio Pro 8! Anyway, it seems promising and if Fender can catch with Bitwig and Reaper, that would open Linux more for audio work (at least for hobbyists).
I tested it on Mint Linux (experimental on wayland, Gnome) and CachyOS (default KDE).

[Weasel-Boy]

I don't want to start an argument or anything but do you realize when you said: "I want more refinement of what it already is and greater reliability/stability." ..that you've actually given a pretty good definition of what evolution does?

To me, "evolve" means change from one thing to another, as in "humans evolved from apes". But that's why I asked you a question, which you didn't bother to answer.

Asked me a question? I think you have me confused with another poster.

[Touch The Universe]

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not from apes or anything.

[D-Fusion]

I hope they can polish their Linux port soon. The VST plugins don't have their GUI displaying yet on Studio Pro 8! Anyway, it seems promising and if Fender can catch with Bitwig and Reaper, that would open Linux more for audio work (at least for hobbyists).
I tested it on Mint Linux (experimental on wayland, Gnome) and CachyOS (default KDE).

+1
That is my biggest issue with Studio one Linux version when i tried out V7.
Not sure why they can't enable Graphics on third party plugins when Bitwig and Reaper has that feature.

[EnGee]

That is my biggest issue with Studio one Linux version when i tried out V7.
Not sure why they can't enable Graphics on third party plugins when Bitwig and Reaper has that feature.

It's also sluggish when starting and operating with the windows of its native plugins. The good news is that their GUI works perfectly when loaded and didn't have any crash during the few minutes testing it.

The only DAW that really impress me on Linux is Bitwig (glad that I kept its license). It is so good and identical (if not better!) than on Windows and Mac. But still I prefer the workflow of Studio Pro over any other DAW, so hopefully they address its shortcomings on Linux soon. Till that time, I will be mainly on CachyOS (my favourite distro) with Bitwig and some synths from U-he and TAL. I might setup again my two hardware synths (DM12D and MODX) if I need to

[BONES]

So stop using an OS that doesn't work for the things you need it to do. I honestly don't see any upside for porting Studio Pro to Linux at all. There can't be any profit in it and it sucks up dev time that could be put to better use to benefit everyone. At least it seems they aren't wasting a lot of resources on it.

For windows users, MS is pushing out a giant update for midi support which includes midi loop back, meaning we can now use modulation plugins to control parameters of other plugins without the need of something like loopbe. So no more waiting for presonus/fender to implement native modulation options. Correct me if i'm wrong.

DAWs don't use MIDI internally in that way. The MIDI change in Windows are all about things external to your DAW - how applications and devices interact.

[D-Fusion]

So stop using an OS that doesn't work for the things you need it to do. I honestly don't see any upside for porting Studio Pro to Linux at all. There can't be any profit in it and it sucks up dev time that could be put to better use to benefit everyone. At least it seems they aren't wasting a lot of resources on it.

For windows users, MS is pushing out a giant update for midi support which includes midi loop back, meaning we can now use modulation plugins to control parameters of other plugins without the need of something like loopbe. So no more waiting for presonus/fender to implement native modulation options. Correct me if i'm wrong.

DAWs don't use MIDI internally in that way. The MIDI change in Windows are all about things external to your DAW - how applications and devices interact.

I stopped using the DAW instead and use the other DAW I own that works great on Linux

Vst's i have installed on Linux are the Korg plugins i use the most (From their old to their newest plugins), Cherry Audio, Waldorf Blofeld, Arturia, Viper, U-HE. Tal, UJAM VG-Carbon, Spire, Tone 2 Electra 3, Saurus, Warlock, Synapse Audio Legend HZ, Proxima, Vital, GForce, Musiclab Real strat.
I also tried Vanguard 1 that i had a lot of issues with on windows because it is old and 32 bit only and it works perfect on Linux.

So even on Linux i feel that i have to many Vst's installed atm.

Studio one is a great DAW and it was the DAW where i never had any issues under windows compared to Steinberg Cubase or Cakewalk Sonar or Reason (After they added vst support).

[Touch The Universe]

Supporting Linux users might serve fewer people overall, but it would create a deeper kind of happiness. And that depth matters. When people feel genuinely valued, they don’t just quietly appreciate it — they talk about it. They recommend it. They defend it. That kind of authentic enthusiasm builds a reputation over time. And a strong reputation, built on real goodwill rather than marketing, eventually turns into sustained sales. In the long run, that kind of organic trust can matter more than adding another set of shiny features.

[audiojunkie]

Supporting Linux users might serve fewer people overall, but it would create a deeper kind of happiness. And that depth matters. When people feel genuinely valued, they don’t just quietly appreciate it — they talk about it. They recommend it. They defend it. That kind of authentic enthusiasm builds a reputation over time. And a strong reputation, built on real goodwill rather than marketing, eventually turns into sustained sales. In the long run, that kind of organic trust can matter more than adding another set of shiny features.

George from Disco DSP could learn a thing or two about building reputation, good will, and trust..............but I digress.

I'm interested in Fender Studio Pro too. But they are going to have to build in some kind of X11 wrapper in their Wayland DAW to allow all of the GUI graphics show up first. Here's to hoping Fender Studio Pro 9 improves that situation.