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• PreSonus Software Studio One Pro 1.0.1

Recording music is fun, rewarding, and highly creative. But the process of recording can be amazingly technical: you might have cables running everywhere, microphones and instruments connected through a special hardware interface, and a software program to tie it all together. In recent years, the audio software of choice for Mac users has been either Digidesign Pro Tools or Apple Logic Studio (). Now, with PreSonus Studio One Pro 1.0.1, there’s a new kid on the block.

For amateurs and professionals alike, Studio One is a powerful recording package. It includes some 4,000 loops and more than 300 instrument sounds, and a sleek gray and black interface. The program lets you find recording options easily: everything is right there on one main screen. Studio One avoids palette overload and sticks to the basic GarageBand model of making options accessible.

For those who already own a PreSonus hardware interface (such as the FireStudio, an 8-channel, rack-mounted system for recording up to eight vocals at once), the company offers Studio One Artist as a free upgrade (if you purchased within the last year). This version of the program comes bundled with FireStudio audio interfaces and is also available as a standalone software package. The Artist version differs from the Pro version in that it does not include the 4GB loops library and does not have the Project feature for final mastering and burning of songs.

Although Pro Tools and Logic are mature products, Studio One Pro provides a unique workflow that produces excellent results. Even as a new product, Studio One supports VST3 plug-ins for adding extra sound effects and instruments to the application.

Audio workflow

The term “workflow” describes the steps required to produce creative content. With an audio recording application, the better the workflow, the faster you can record a song.

Studio One features two main tabs: Song and Project. For a song, you add tracks for drums, guitar, vocals, MIDI, and anything else you want. As you record new tracks, you can listen to previously recorded tracks at the same time. When you’re done listening to and choosing the tracks you want to include, you click Project to mix the song and create a final file and/or an audio CD. For example, in the Project tab, you might add extra compression to make the song sound crisper and livelier. Or, you can adjust EQ settings to help isolate certain parts of the song so they sound more distinct. Having all of these tools at your fingertips, in one application window, is tremendously helpful.

Studio One provides a unique method for working with audio effects. In Logic, for example, you use panels that resemble an audio hardware front panel, perform music for that track, and apply the effect. In Studio One, you drag and drop effects into the track itself. You still see the audio hardware panels (they look just as cool as the ones in Logic), but the effect is integrated into the track as opposed to being a separate window. This can be a little confusing, but it makes perfect sense. Once you add effects to a track, you can access them in a mixing panel below the main recording window. Effects are non-destructive, so you can revert to the original audio recording if you want. You can also remove effects easily.

Studio One has another unique feature. While it’s a 32-bit app, the program actually processes audio in 64-bits, so it is using smarter, more reliable programming routines. By early next year, PreSonus says it will release a full 64-bit version of the program for Mac that can access RAM over a 4GB allotment.

How well does it work?

Studio One offers many of the same features as other recording apps. It has a large library of instrument samples and loops and the interface is easy to use. The real question for anyone considering the 1.0 release of an audio recording program is: does it work? To find the answer to this question, I recorded several songs and tested out just about every feature. Studio One ran reliably and never crashed. Effects worked extremely well, with a plethora of settings available to tweak the sound just the way I wanted. The final songs–adjusted for compression, EQ, and volume–sounded robust and professional. I found Studio One produced better final audio tracks than the Roland BR-600 digital recorder I once used to record an entire CD, with more distinct EQ and great quality.

I’ve also used Cubase on a PC, and to further test the capability of Studio One, I recorded the exact same song using both programs. With Studio One, the process was faster–thanks to the one-screen workflow. The final song also sounded much better when produced with Studio One.

Price is another consideration. At $399, Studio One Pro costs $100 less than Logic Studio and $100 more than Pro Tools M-Powered (the version that does not ship with any Digidesign hardware recording gear). Thus, in terms of price, Studio One Pro is in the same league as other pro recording apps.

So what’s missing? A few things. Studio One does not emulate amps and pedals quite as well as Logic Studio, and it doesn’t have tools for auto-correcting drums to fit the tempo, or any kind of vocal auto-tuning.

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For those who never buy a 1.0 product, just on principle, now might be the time to break the rule. Studio One Pro 1.0.1 has an arguably more appealing interface than Logic Studio, the one-screen approach is easy to use, yet really powerful, and the app is a solid and stable performer. Plus, the musical results are impressive. I own Logic Studio, but I plan to record more songs with Studio One.

• PreSonus Software Studio One Pro 1.0.1

  Pros

  • One-screen workflow saves time
  • Great quality finished audio tracks
  • 64-bit processing
  • Supports VST3 plug-ins
  • Stable and reliable

  Cons

  • Doesn’t have tools for auto-correcting drums to fit the tempo
  • Not a mature product
  • Does not emulate amps and pedals quite as well as Logic Studio
  • No vocal auto-tuning

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Every aspect of Mac Pro is designed in pursuit of performance. Built around a stainless steel space frame, an aluminum housing lifts off, allowing 360-degree access to every component and vast configuration. From there anything is possible.

Processor and Memory

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Mac Pro is designed for pros who need the ultimate in CPU performance. From production rendering to playing hundreds of virtual instruments to simulating an iOS app on multiple devices at once, it’s exceedingly capable. At the heart of the system is a new Intel Xeon processor with up to 28 cores — the most ever in a Mac. In addition, large L2 and shared L3 caches and 64 PCI Express lanes provide massive bandwidth in and out of the processor.

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Squeezing every possible ounce of performance out of the processor means giving it a lot of power. In this case, over 300 watts. A massive heat sink keeps the system cool, enabling it to run fully unconstrained. Heat pipes direct hot air away from the chip, dispersing it along aluminum fin stacks. While three impeller fans move air through the system.

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Up to 2933MHz DDR4 ECC memory

Up to 140GB/s memory bandwidth

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Expansion

Mac Pro is designed for pros who need to build high-bandwidth capabilities into their systems. With four double-wide slots, three single-wide slots, and one half-length slot preconfigured with the Apple I/O card, it has twice as many slots as the previous Mac tower. Now you can customize and expand in ways never before possible in a single workstation.

Graphics

For many pros, a high-performance graphics architecture is critical to their workflows. Especially for tasks like animating 3D film assets, compositing 8K scenes, and building lifelike gaming environments. To give them the highest possible performance and take graphics capabilities to a new level, something groundbreaking was required. Introducing the Mac Pro Expansion Module, or MPX Module.

A second connector. An industry first.

The MPX Module starts with an industry-standard PCI Express connector. Then, for the first time in a graphics card, additional PCIe lanes were created to integrate Thunderbolt and provide increased capability. With up to 500 watts, the MPX Module has power capacity equivalent to that of the entire previous-generation Mac Pro.

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Radeon Pro Vega II Duo. Power plus power.

With up to 14 teraflops of compute performance, 32GB of memory, and 1TB/s of memory bandwidth, the MPX Module with Radeon Pro Vega II is a powerhouse. For more power, two Radeon Pro Vega II GPUs combine to create the Vega II Duo. With double the graphics performance, memory, and memory bandwidth, it’s the world’s most powerful graphics card. The two GPUs are connected through the Infinity Fabric Link, which allows data transfer up to 5x faster between the GPUs. It’s huge for apps that are optimized for multiple GPUs.

The world’s most powerful graphics card. Times two.

Taking power one huge step further, the new Mac Pro supports configuration of two Radeon Pro Vega II Duo MPX Modules. The four GPUs combine to add up to 56 teraflops and 128GB of high-bandwidth memory. It’s a massive amount of performance built to tackle everything from GPU rendering to machine learning to particle simulations.

Cool. Quiet. Capable.

Most GPUs aren’t conceived as part of an overall system, so they require their own cooling. The MPX Module is designed as an integrated component of Mac Pro. Its form factor enables a larger heat sink, which works in concert with the machine’s internal airflow to quietly dissipate heat. Without a noisy bolted-on fan, heat and decibel levels are kept remarkably low.

The world’s most powerful graphics card, optimal for demanding multi-GPU pro applications.

Two MPX Modules – four GPUs

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Workstation-class graphics ideal for demanding pro applications like video editing, 3D content creation, and photo retouching.

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Great all-around performance for non-GPU-intensive applications.

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Video Editing

Created to transform the workflow for film and video professionals, Afterburner allows you to go straight from camera to timeline and work natively with 4K and even 8K files from the start. No more time-consuming transcoding, storage overhead, or errors during output. Proxy workflows, RIP.

Cut to even more creativity.

Afterburner is a hardware accelerator card built with an FPGA, or programmable ASIC. With over a million logic cells, it can process up to 6.3 billion pixels per second and is capable of handling up to three streams of 8K ProRes RAW or 12 streams of 4K ProRes RAW. This means you can free up your cores to enable even more creative effects and processing.

Up to 3 streams of 8K ProRes RAW video at 30 fps⁸

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Security and Storage

Mac Pro is the most secure tower we’ve ever built. A Secure Enclave coprocessor provides the foundation for encrypted storage and secure boot capabilities. So you can worry less about protecting your work, code, and intellectual property. And focus more on doing your best thinking.

Apple T2 Security Chip.

Data on Mac Pro is protected by the Apple T2 Security Chip. It integrates discrete processors into a single chip. It also ensures that the lowest levels of software aren’t tampered with and that only operating system software trusted by Apple loads at startup.

Up to 4TB storage.

To deliver the fastest possible performance, Mac Pro is built on an all-flash storage architecture. It starts with a 256GB SSD and is configurable to a 1TB, 2TB, or 4TB SSD — all encrypted by the T2 chip.

High-Speed Connections

Mac Pro has extremely high-performance I/O, and lots of it. It begins with four Thunderbolt 3 ports, two USB-A ports, and two 10Gb Ethernet ports. And with every MPX Module you add you get more capability. Connect up to 12 4K displays or up to six Pro Display XDRs from Apple and see your work with over 120 million pixels. It’s now easy to expand at will.

Rear expansion.

With up to 12 Thunderbolt 3 ports, Mac Pro doesn’t just have room for more ports than any Mac, it integrates them elegantly with each new module added.

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