Signal Flowchart

[dlsmusic]

There used to be a Studio One signal flowchart circulating. It covered the microphone or guitar through the audio interface, into the Studio One channel, effects, sends, busses, main channel, etc. I searched online but couldn't find it. Does anyone have a copy?

 

[TheMaartian]

Here you go (Audio Flow and MIDI Flow).

 

[dlsmusic]

Thank you TheMaartian!

Didn't the Studio One manual have something similar at one point? I though I remembered seeing one that looked more like a traditional flowchart in portrait mode. Maybe I'm just imagining it. Or maybe it was something in the Cakewalk manual when I was using Sonar.

In any case, thanks again for the quick response!

 

[lokeyfly]

Didn't the Studio One manual have something similar at one point? I though I remembered seeing one that looked more like a traditional flowchart in portrait mode. Maybe I'm just imagining it. Or maybe it was something in the Cakewalk manual when I was using Sonar.

Thete were no signal flowcharts of this sort from the Studio One manuals. The flow chart you see here was created and maintained by a user who later was employed by Presonus as I recall. He [Jepetit] voluntarily kept the flowchart going during his tenure, only I haven't herd from him in a while. The one provided here looks to be up to revision 5. Use it with some allowance for changes (understandably) now incorporated into the latest Studio Pro version 8. I think it would be a very good idea if someone grabbed the baton and updated it. Particularly if Studio Pro is going to present itself as a pro DAW. There are times when users will have signal flow questions that could immediately be answered with a concise signal flow chart. Be it pre/post fader, insert, bus patching, VCA faders, etc.
We shall see, but it's an undertaking by someone detailing such signal paths, acurately.

 

[dlsmusic]

I would have offered to take on that task, but I just don't have the bandwidth, nor do I have the technical knowledge of what's going on under the hood to do so. I have however created a feature request to include such a flowchart in the manual. I would imagine that the development team already has such a thing.

 

[Gary Shepherd]

With drag and drop I really have no idea what I would do with such a Flowchart or why it matters. I'm interested to know why it is important to some users. Thanks.

 

[Lukas]

I’ve never really felt the need for a signal flowchart in Studio One.

The signal flow is already right there in the mixer (inserts, sends, buses) - it’s all visible and pretty self-explanatory. Turning that into an abstract diagram feels redundant to me.

I get that it might help beginners, but to me it’s more something you’d need in a less intuitive system.

 

[dlsmusic]

With drag and drop I really have no idea what I would do with such a Flowchart or why it matters. I'm interested to know why it is important to some users. Thanks.

Hey Gary. Personally, I find it useful to understand or troubleshoot gain staging issues, meter levels, effect levels, etc. It depends how your mind processes things I guess. Those who wouldn't find it useful would just ignore it if it were added to the manual.

 

[Gary Shepherd]

Hey Gary. Personally, I find it useful to understand or troubleshoot gain staging issues, meter levels, effect levels, etc. It depends how your mind processes things I guess. Those who wouldn't find it useful would just ignore it if it were added to the manual.

Oh I understand it - I used to work as an engineer at IBC Studios in Portland Place in the mid 70's - an analogue 16 track studio - so signal flow etc was fundamental. Just can't see what the point is in this DAW - but that is just me.

 

[SwitchBack]

Flowcharts visualise answers to questions like: Is Event FX before or after Clip Gain? Or: Is this or that level control printed when you bounce? We're not all visual thinkers, but those who are immediately gravitate to pictures like these.