What are your favorite Studio One features?

[Dave25]

Wow I just saw that you can add your favorite Studio One features to the profile. So I thought why not make a thread and everyone can post their favorite features. Perhaps there are things that others are not aware yet.

3, 2, 1, here we go!

For me it's the Splitter and the new Atmos integration with surround panner in the S1 Remote app. Such great tools and a joy to use.

What are yours?

Please move my post if it's not in the right section.

Cheers
Dave

 

[BobF]

Moved to the lounge ...

Nothing specific ... overall workflow is what I like best

 

[Edu]

Sound variations and the way they are automatically populated when a VSL instrument is loaded

 

[ThomasM]

Sound variations and the way they are automatically populated when a VSL instrument is loaded

Indeed!

 

[Lukas]

Track Presets and the Video Track. Scoring to picture has become so much easier. I have also created a number of social media posts and virtual instrument preset playthroughs entirely within Studio One, and it has been so much fun.

 

[sintil8]

Drag n drop got my vote. Old school stuff.

Regards

 

[Vocalpoint]

Track Presets and "drag event to Browser and watch it convert to WAV on the fly - then right click on it and Send to Batch Convertor". I cannot really quantify how cool this is for my voiceover work.

And of course my custom macros which simply could not be recreated in any DAW anywhere.

VP

 

[DirkM]

Hallo. Ich finde es sehr gut, dass man in Impact endlich aus verschiedenen Sets seine eigenen Drumsets erstellen kann.
Fügen Sie leere Impact mit Sounds aus anderen Impacts per Befehl und Drag & Drop hinzu.
Eine sehr nützliche Verbesserung für mich

 

[Sombreuil]

Drag n drop got my vote. Old school stuff.

Regards

Same here. When I first started I tried all the DAWs and none of them would accept to drag and drop a VST into the arrangement track. I then tried Studio One as a last resort and everything was super intuitive and easy. No need to read a manual to insert a VST or to create a send.

 

[ianaeillo]

I really like the ability to create custom macros. I left pro tools at version 9, used since version 5, and tried out studio one 2. The ability to select all the tracks I want and send them to a bus with plugins already inserted and presets selected with a simple keyboard command that I assign *blew me away.* PT had nothing of the sort and while I still use PT for editing, I will never go away from S1 for mixing. The workflow is just too good.

 

[Craig Anderton]

Harmonic editing. The #1 reason I switched. Awesome for songwriting.
Splitter. Handles my multiband processing addiction.
FX Chains and Track Presets.
Project page. The synergy with the Song page is unique.

 

[lokeyfly]

My favorite Studio One features are largely still the one's I first used from version 2, from it's seamless drag & drop, to integration of Melodyne and ARA technology to the tightly integrated Project page.

From there on, additions through the years such as event gain, track presets , and channel splitter simply made Studio One that much better. Video, chord, and arrangement tracks have also been complimentary additions.

Enter version 7, with the integrated clip launch, I will certainly find uses for (and have). Stem separation will be handy at times as well.

I'm enjoying this DAW, and I can't forget the use of macros which have really made the workflow even more seamless. I think all in all, Studio One's single screen layout (unless portions are undocked) really make for an elegant design. It's been and continues to be an awesome DAW, for me.

The features are there when you need them, if you need them. Nothing gets in the way.

 

[Retrodbryant]

Track presets, FX chains, custom macros, export options for mixdown and stems, the tempo track, the chord track… so many.

Overall is the workflow and simplicity.

 

[Monobrowser]

The uncomplicated way to do pretty much anything. VCA automation merge. Collaboration which can be used to collab between 2 systems from one user. Macros. I think I missed a few hundred but I need another coffee.

 

[MisterE]

Import Song Data is an incredible time saver for me, as someone who typically tries out numerous possible arrangements of a tune in various styles until I settle on "the one." I literally created about six song folders of my latest song that had the same melody. If a song has, say 20 tracks, and I like, say, 13 of them, well I can have another song with those 13 tracks complete and ready to go with all routings and effects replicated and even the markers in the right place easily within five minutes. I mean I'd pay the full price of the program just for that kind of time savings compared to the endless busywork I'd have to perform.

Import Song Data also comes in handy when you want to send a collaborator a lean and mean song folder, as in you don't want them to have all your deleted tracks a) cause they're rejects, so why bother sharing them; and b) cause who wants all the added GB if you're transferring files to someone.

 

[JBMusic]

I like the feature where you can make spot adjustments to volume by cutting the clip on either side of where you want to change it and pulling down or pushing up the area you want to adjust. Never seen that in any other DAW before. Handy. Easier than working with automation, at least for small parts. I use it on mainly on bass slides which seem to lose volume somehow and I hate to use compression on bass.

John B

 

[ianaeillo]

pipeline and furthermore, the ability to add pictures to pipeline, is a huge reason I stuck around. an absolutely stellar idea and execution that, while it could be improved, is incredibly cool.