Cheapest Studio One 6 Pro Upgrade from 5 Pro?

[Bapu]

Best Service $115.71

Edited September 29, 2022 by Bapu

[lawajava]

Yeah I saw that!

[Bapu]

jrrshop is $125.96 with code GROUP

[Bapu]

1 hour ago, Bapu said:

Best Service $115.71

I had some bestcoinz so.... $114.21 for me.

I'm a little excited for the lyric track.

[smde]

There seems to be no free demo available? Without the demo first I am not paying anything!

[Patricio Campos]

After reading what's new I can't find a reason for upgrade. Really, I think this should have been a .5 update at most. Yeah, I know that 5.5 plus a .5 update equals 7, but the new features doesn't look enough for a version jump.

Now thinking in returning to Reaper. Still good with my license purchased on 2016 and valid until the current version. I am getting tired of these greedy companies.

[Bapu]

New Pan features (Dual Pan is the best addition IMO)

Lyric Track

Expanded Fader view

Fader Flip

De-Esser

These are worth the $114.21 I paid for the upgrade YMMV.

 

6 minutes ago, Patricio Campos said:

Now thinking in returning to Reaper.

Reaper is a very nice DAW too. I use it occasionally but Studio One fits my workflow needs a little better.

 

[Patricio Campos]

2 minutes ago, Bapu said:

New Pan features (Dual Pan is the best addition IMO)

Lyric Track

Expanded Fader view

Fader Flip

De-Esser

These are worth the $114.21 I paid for the upgrade YMMV.

 

Reaper is a very nice DAW too. I use it occasionally but Studio One fits my workflow needs a little better.

 

Well, actually Reaper had lots of Pan features and I seldom used them. Lyric tracks are a PITA to setup and sync with your project so in my case I am better off just printing the full lyrics. De-Esser... well I have a lot of good de-essers ?. Fader Flip looks like a nice addition but I don't think that in my case justify the upgrade. Maybe it is because I do this just as a hobby and not for living...

[Bapu]

3 minutes ago, Patricio Campos said:

Well, actually Reaper had lots of Pan features and I seldom used them. Lyric tracks are a PITA to setup and sync with your project so in my case I am better off just printing the full lyrics. De-Esser... well I have a lot of good de-essers ?. Fader Flip looks like a nice addition but I don't think that in my case justify the upgrade. Maybe it is because I do this just as a hobby and not for living...

Yup, I get where you're coming from. ? 

[reginaldStjohn]

I will wait till later when it is $79-99.

[Scott H]

2 minutes ago, reginaldStjohn said:

I will wait till later when it is $79-99.

When does that typically happen?

[pbognar]

13 minutes ago, reginaldStjohn said:

I will wait till later when it is $79-99.

If you can go up to $99, I say go for the $16 extra from Best Service.

[pbognar]

52 minutes ago, Bapu said:

I had some bestcoinz so.... $114.21 for me.

I'm a little excited for the lyric track.

The coolest thing about the lyric track is that you can navigate to any point in the project by just selecting a phrase.

I also like that you can de-clutter the workspace, depending on what activity you want to perform.

[Vernon Barnes]

45 minutes ago, Bapu said:

New Pan features (Dual Pan is the best addition IMO)

Lyric Track

Expanded Fader view

Fader Flip

De-Esser

These are worth the $114.21 I paid for the upgrade YMMV.


 

Dynamic EQ with sidechain looks very nice. It looks like there are a lot of iterative improvements too. I have a Sphere subscription, so the upgrade is included in that.

 

[antler]

For anyone doing video, I think I saw a new video track

[Patricio Campos]

Well, considering Presonus will be launched one new version of Studio one per year it looks like subscribing to Sphere is the way to go. Doesn't make sense to buy the upgrade if it is almost the same cost as the yearly subscription. I will have to think about it. Anyone remember if Sphere subscriptions went on sale before?

[Cristian]

2 hours ago, smde said:

There seems to be no free demo available? Without the demo first I am not paying anything!

The demo usually comes a few months down the line. Same for the Prime versions.
At least that's how it's been since at least Studio One 3.

[Brian Lawler]

It looks like Best Service ran out of update keys.  Hopefully sorted before the weekend.  Perhaps it is SOP.  I don't recall where I got my past updates.

 

Edited September 29, 2022 by Brian Lawler
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[Cristian]

The bestservice price in Europe is 135€ and it's actually a very solid discount compared to the official store.

Edit: Assuming license keys come back in stock.

Edited September 29, 2022 by Cristian

[ALC]

1 hour ago, Patricio Campos said:

Well, considering Presonus will be launched one new version of Studio one per year it looks like subscribing to Sphere is the way to go. Doesn't make sense to buy the upgrade if it is almost the same cost as the yearly subscription. I will have to think about it. Anyone remember if Sphere subscriptions went on sale before?

Looking at the past release dates, it's been at least two years between major version numbers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_One_(software)

• 1.0.0: Sep. 2009
• 2.0.0: Oct. 2011
• 3.0.0: May 2015
• 4.0.0: May 2018
• 5.0.0: July 2020
• 6.0.0: Sep. 2022

If you buy certain hardware, you have an option of choosing between Studio One Artist and a certain number of months of Sphere subscription.

Looks like there was a 30% sale on Sphere before.  https://rekkerd.org/presonus-sphere-studio-one-professional-notion-sale/

Edited September 29, 2022 by ALC