Vocalpoint
Well-known member
I guess it comes down to the individual. When I look at a product - I never ever think about who made it. I think about whether or not it works for what I need it to do AND what I expect out of it.
In this case - and this is the real irony here - I actually did think more about how Presonus really WAS making me feel all warm and fuzzy way back in the Studio One mid cycles (v4, v5).
We all fondly remember these times - where you would pay your $149 and then for something like 2.5 years - we would watch all these awesome updates seemingly fall from the sky. Some complete with rocking YouTube teasers and almost always a livestream of "what's new" where we could SEE the Presonus crew relating to the release and building good will etc. Those were good times.
Today - and especially AFTER the Fender acquisition - and the severe dilution of the Presonus management team ranging from Jim Odom to Rick Navqi and many many more who were never announced - it is clear that Presonus is a different animal now.
They have retreated from the heady times of the v4/v5 era and now are simply another corporate entity that sells software.
Do I feel "satisfied" still? Yes - but in a way that is more relatable to the maturity and capability of Studio One 7.x and not because Presonus (the company) is making me feel special in any way.
I could also put it this way - when I acquired all my Fender guitars - did I get a warm and fuzzy for Fender - the company? Most certainly not. I simply wanted the best for my music - and went out and bought them. Fender has not done a single "customer centric" thing for me OR for my guitars over the last 40 years - except to oddly guarantee a build maturity and quality that is there every time the instruments come out of their cases.
This is me. Your mileage may vary.
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