Hey guys, in this video we’re going to do a tutorial on Presonus Studio One 4.
This will be part of a multi-part series that covers a lot of the basic features of this
program from audio recording and mixing, to MIDI and virtual instruments.
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Alright so to get started, we need to download the software from Presonus’ website.
To do that, we need to sign up for an account with our email address.
Remember the username and password you use for this, since you’ll use it to activate
the software and sign in once it’s installed.
As some of you may know, there’s a few different versions of Studio One available.
The prime version has some limitations to it, but it’s a free that lasts forever.
On the other hand, there’s a fully featured 30-day trial available for the full version,
or you can purchase the full version from the website.
For more information on the differences, you can check the website for a comparison table
and determine which version works best for you.
Either way, most of the basics that are covered in this series will apply to all the versions.
We’ll try and keep our tutorial to the Prime version that way everyone can follow along.
Once you’re on the Presonus website, download the version you’re looking to use and install
it from the downloads folder.
When you run the program for the first time, you’ll be asked to install some additional
software.
I’ve chosen to do that in my version, and you can do the same as well.
Before we actually get started on a project, we should make sure our audio interface is
configured.
This is done from the main screen when the program launches.
We select the audio interface from the middle bottom section, and I’ll be using my Focusrite
USB audio interface.
This is a Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 interface.
I’m using this since it has a lot of different inputs and outputs, and it’s a great audio
interface for home recording.
We’ve done a separate video on this audio interface on this channel andd if you’re
looking to get one for yourself you can check out our links in the video description.
Once you’re ready to start your project, press the create a new song button in the
top left.
We’ll leave it as empty song.
You can select the folder that it’s saved in and the title of the project.
Now is also the chance to set the projects sample rate and resolution.
I’ll be using 44.1 kHz for this project, but you can use a higher sample rate if you
wish.
I do recommend leaving it as 24 bit.
Now press the OK button at the bottom to start the new project.
Alright now we can see we have the blank project.
Let’s just take a quick look around to see where everything is.
The top bar gives us a few editing tools to select, split, erase, and draw on our tracks.
To the right of that, we have some quantization tools and settings for the grid bars and snapping.
At the bottom of the screen, the main thing to look at are the buttons in the center,
which allow us to navigate through our song, play, stop, and record.
Then we’ve got some metronome settings, tempo and time signature for the project.
For the most part, you’ll usually want to make sure you use a metronome if you plan
on using virtual instruments and MIDI, it usually makes it a lot easier to work with.
We just have to click on the tempo and timing to be able to make adjustments.
The metronome can be turned on with the triangle button on the right above the word metronome.
The left circle gives us a count in at the beginning when we start recording and I would
recommend turning this on as well.
The center wrench is for settings.
That opens a window for more advanced metronome controls like controlling the length of the
counting and the volume of the clicks.
Thanks for checking out this video on getting started with Presonus Studio One.
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