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Mike777 · Post by **Mike777** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 8:32 pm

What I'm hearing is that no previous feature has been removed, and this update has new features. If you liked Studio One before it's the same but an upgrade. And the same team as before is working on the new version. And they still support v6 & 7.

I like the new Channel Overview. I also love the new Drum Metronome, which is a great idea I would use all the time. I also like the Atmos Binary 3d tool introduced in v7. Cubase 15 also has Atmos.

As a keyboardist I need tools to help compose. Glad to see a chord assistant added but Cubase has better chord tools, including click to preview a chord which I don't think this update has. You can also add a Tempo and Time Sig track in Cubase.

While Fender no longer makes the Fender Rhodes elect piano (sold back in 60's) it would have been nice to include a 60's classic Fender Rhodes vst instrument, even as a third party built-in offering. To attract keyboardists. To most keyboardists the Fender Rhodes elect piano is the classic they still love.

Cubase15 also has the virtual singer which is very cool.

jens · Post by **jens** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 8:37 pm

Complete release notes here:

https://studiooneforum.com/attachments/ ... -pdf.2630/

jens · Post by **jens** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 8:38 pm

aMUSEd wrote: Tue Jan 13, 2026 8:19 pm
jens wrote: Tue Jan 13, 2026 5:17 pm
aMUSEd wrote: Tue Jan 13, 2026 5:00 pm
jens wrote: Tue Jan 13, 2026 4:12 pm
aMUSEd wrote: Tue Jan 13, 2026 2:57 pm they are still not even buyable anymore
Coz they're already included now.

Are they? I can see the ones I already owned (plus the Softube one) but not the CTC-1 which was always more expensive so I never got that one
Yes - scroll down until where it says "more than 45 FX und included" - you can scroll left/right through the listed plugins - all three CTCs are in there:

https://eu.fender.com/pages/fender-studio-pro
Yeah I see that but I have installed everything now and it is not there - only the Alpine, Brit and Porta, which I had bought already. Maybe only for subscribers?

That's strange...

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 8:38 pm

I've opened a ticket so let's see what they say

Vocalpoint Studios · Post by **Vocalpoint Studios** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 8:39 pm

Mike777 wrote: Tue Jan 13, 2026 8:32 pmAnd they still support v6 & 7.

As of today - that will change to supporting v7 and v8

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trusampler · Post by **trusampler** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 8:55 pm

So does this mean the splice integration is free now ? or is it still paid for ?

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 9:01 pm

Same as before

Vocalpoint Studios · Post by **Vocalpoint Studios** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 9:04 pm

aMUSEd wrote: Tue Jan 13, 2026 9:01 pm Same as before

This.

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Sinisterbr · Post by **Sinisterbr** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 9:13 pm

I assume, despite many signs pointing to an unsucessfull attempt of implementing a subscription model, that they will insist on it?

iTzPrime · Post by **iTzPrime** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 9:18 pm

Well the update at least is decent.

While I am not a big fan, in terms of branding it certainly makes sense.
I love Studio One, yet it has always sat a bit awkward between the other DAWs. for EDM Bitwig/Ableton are the Standard. For video and big audio recordings it was Pro Tools and Cubase. For Tinkerers/video games it was Reaper due to the extensive scripting.
So Studio One was kinda in between.

I see Fender trying to do something similar that Apple made with Garageband/Logic. So they have the Fender Studio for free. A slimmed down DAW for basic recording. But you can open them in the Fender Studio Pro (Studio One) and continue there. It makes a lot of sense as many guitarist write and release their own music. So they position themselves as the "musician/guitarists" DAW. Truth be told Presonus wasn't really a great brand compared to something like SSL/Focusrite in terms of products (other than Studio One). Given that the new update is decent and the new CEO isn't as daft as the old one (in fact stuff like the Tokyo Flagship store, a lot of cool models came from Fender Asia where he was the head before) - I think it is a positive development.

mumpcake · Post by **mumpcake** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 9:21 pm

Digivolt wrote: Tue Jan 13, 2026 5:43 pm
Vocalpoint Studios wrote: Tue Jan 13, 2026 5:35 pm
SLiC wrote: Tue Jan 13, 2026 5:31 pmDitto, I expect we will be pissed!
No "free" upgrades that I can see. Unless someone over there is really taking their time

My annual updates "plan" expired on Oct 12, 2025 and all I see in my shiny new MyFender account - is all the stuff that was the old MyPresonis account - ending with S1 v7.2.3

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I've seen some on Reddit with their license plans expired in November getting free update, so there's maybe a slither of hope, but if not it's a double f**k you to the early upgraders for this arbitrary cut off "grace" period

I bought my copy of V7 at the end of last year and I'm not seeing the update in my account.

Vocalpoint Studios · Post by **Vocalpoint Studios** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 9:22 pm

Sinisterbr wrote: Tue Jan 13, 2026 9:13 pmI assume, despite many signs pointing to an unsucessfull attempt of implementing a subscription model, that they will insist on it?

The models remain untouched. Go sub or buy perpetual. Your call.

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Vocalpoint Studios · Post by **Vocalpoint Studios** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 9:23 pm

mumpcake wrote: Tue Jan 13, 2026 9:21 pm I bought my copy of V7 at the end of last year and I'm not seeing the update in my account.

Have you logged into your MyFender account to check your dates to see exactly what is valid as of today's changeover?

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jamcat · Post by **jamcat** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 9:25 pm

Maybe Andy Mooney wasn’t as daft as we thought. I did not like what they were doing to Studio One since Fender acquired PreSonus, but now in hindsight we can see they were slowly boiling the frog all along.

Vocalpoint Studios · Post by **Vocalpoint Studios** » Tue Jan 13, 2026 9:39 pm

jamcat wrote: Tue Jan 13, 2026 9:25 pm Maybe Andy Mooney wasn’t as daft as we thought. I did not like what they were doing to Studio One since Fender acquired PreSonus, but now in hindsight we can see they were slowly boiling the frog all along.

Well they did buy the company. Something had to give eventually.

These things take time - lots of time as it turns out.

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