PRESONUS STUDIO ONE ARTIST Guide

GETTING STARTED

WITH

STUDIO ONE

ARTIST

T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S

Studio One Artist Features ......................................3

System Requirements ..............................................4

Installation and Authorization .................................5

Enabling Your Audio Driver ....................................9

Configuring Your External MIDI Devices...............11

Configuring Your Audio I/O...................................16

Creating a New Song ............................................19

FEATURES

PreSonus 2009

All PreSonus audio interfaces now include PreSonus Studio One

Artist recording software, which comes with over 4 GB of plug

ins, loops, and samples, giving you everything you need for music

recording and production.

Summary of Studio One Artist features

•Unlimited track count, inserts and sends

•20 highquality native effects plugins

•Amp Modeling (Ampire)

•Delay (Beat Delay)

•Distortion (Redlight Distortion)

•Dynamic Processing (Channel Strip, Compressor, Limiter,

Tricomp)

•Equalizer (Channel Strip, Pro EQ)

•Modulation (Autofilter, Chorus, Flange, Phaser, XTrem)

•Reverbs (MixVerb, Room Reverb)

•Utility (Binaural Pan, Mixtool, Phase Meter, Spectrum

Meter, Tuner)

•Over 4 GB of loops, samples, and instruments, featuring:

•Presence: Virtual Sample Player

•Impact: Virtual Drum Machine

•SampleOne: Virtual Sampler

•Mojito: Virtual AnalogModeled Subtractive Synthesizer

•Innovative and intuitive MIDI mapping

•Powerful draganddrop functionality for faster workflow

•Mac OS X and Windows compatible

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

PreSonus 2009

•Macintosh

oMac OS X 10.4.11 or Mac OS X 10.5.2 or higher

oMinimum Hardware:

•PowerPC G4 1.25 GHz or Intel Core Solo 1.5

GHz processor

•1 GB RAM

•DVD drive

Recommended:

•PowerPC G5 or better or Intel Core Duo or Intel

Xeon processor or better

•2 GB or more RAM

•DVD drive

•Windows PC

oWindows XP SP2 or later or Vista

oMinimum Hardware:

•Intel Pentium 4 1.6 GHz processor or AMD

Athlon 64 (Turion)

•1 GB RAM

•DVD drive

Recommended:

•Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz EM64T or better or

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ or better

•2 GB or more RAM

•DVD drive

NOTE: The speed of your processor, amount of RAM, and size

and speed of your hard drives greatly affect the overall

performance of your recording system. A more powerful system

(faster processor with more RAM) allows for lower latency

(signal delay) and better overall performance.

IN ST A L L A T I O N &

AU T H O R I Z A T I O N

PreSonus 2009

Every PreSonus interface comes complete with Studio One

Artist recording software. Whether you are about to record

your first album or your 50th, Studio One Artist provides you

with all the tools necessary to capture and mix a great

performance. As a valued PreSonus customer, you are also

eligible for an upgrade discount for Studio One Pro when you

are ready to master your work, create a digital version for the

Web, or incorporate thirdparty VST plugins into your

recording process. For more details on the Studio One Pro

upgrade program for PreSonus customers, please visit

www.presonus.com.

Once you have installed your PreSonus interface’s drivers and

connected your interface, you can use the PreSonus Studio One

Artist musicproduction software included with your Presonus

interface to begin recording, mixing, and producing your music.

To install Studio One Artist, insert your installation disc into

your computer’s DVD drive. Follow the onscreen instructions to

complete the installation process.

To Install Studio One Artist, insert your Studio

One Artist installation DVD into your

computer’s DVD drive.

PC Users: Launch the Studio One Artist

installer and follow the onscreen instructions.

Mac Users: Simply drag the Studio One Artist application into

the Applications folder on your Macintosh HD.

IN ST A L L A T I O N &

AU T H O R I Z A T I O N

PreSonus 2009

Creating a User Account

After installing Studio One Artist, launch

the program, and the Activate Studio One

menu will appear. If you are a new Studio

One user, you will need to create a user

account. Follow the Create Account link if

your computer is connected to the

Internet. Once you have created your

account, continue to Activating Studio One Artist Online.

If your computer is not connected to the Internet, visit the

Studio One product page at www.presonus.com on an Internet

connected computer to create your account. After you have

created your account, skip to Activating Studio One Artist

Offline.

Activating Studio One Artist Online

Now that you have created a user account,

you can activate your copy of Studio One

Artist. Launch Studio One Artist, and the

Activate Studio One menu will appear.

Click on the Activate Online link and enter

your previously created account Username,

Password, and the Product Key you received with the Studio

One Artist installation disc. Click on the Activate button to

finish the activation process.

IN ST A L L A T I O N &

AU T H O R I Z A T I O N

PreSonus 2009

Activating Studio One Artist Offline

Once you have created a user account,

launch Studio One Artist. From the

Activate Studio One Menu, click on the

Activate Offline link. Follow the

instructions to log in to your previously

created user account, register the

product, and obtain a license file.

Next, copy the license file to the computer on which Studio One

has been installed, and locate the license file as instructed in

the Activate Studio One menu. The activation process is now

complete.

Installing Bundled Content for Studio One Artist

Studio One Artist comes bundled with

an array of demo and tutorial

material, sampled instruments, loops,

samples, and unique thirdparty

content. The Studio One Artist bundle

includes all that you need to begin

producing music.

Upon completing the Studio One Artist installation and

activation process, the Studio One Content Installer will

appear. If it does not appear, navigate to Help/Studio One

Installation.

At the top of the installation menu, select the source from

which the content will be installed, as well as the location

IN ST A L L A T I O N &

AU T H O R I Z A T I O N

PreSonus 2009

where you wish to install the content. The source of the content

will be the same DVD from which you installed Studio One

Artist. By default, Studio One Artist will point to your DVD

drive as the content source. Listed in the installation menu are

separate entries for each available item. Click in the checkbox

next to each item you wish to install, then click on the Install

Packets button at the bottom left of the menu to install the

selected content.

When finished installing content, click on the Done button to

exit the menu.

Studio One Artist content can be installed at any time by

accessing the Help/Studio One Installation menu. If you choose

not to install any portion of the content, you can install it at a

later time.

E N A B L I N G Y O U R A U D I O

DRIVER

PreSonus 2009

Studio One and Studio One Artist were designed with PreSonus

interfaces in mind. Your PreSonus interface is already

integrated into Studio One Artist, so setup is quick and easy.

When Studio One Artist is launched, by default you will be

taken to the Start page. On this page, you will find document

management and deviceconfiguration controls, as well as a

customizable artist profile, a news feed, and links to demos and

tutorials from PreSonus. If you have an Internet connection on

your computer, these links will be updated as new tutorials

become available on the PreSonus Web site.

Complete information on all aspects of Studio One Artist is

available in the

Reference Manual

PDF located on the Studio

One Artist Installation disc. The information in this manual

covers only the most basic aspects of Studio One Artist and is

intended to get you set up and recording as quickly as possible.

•Start Page:

Setup Area

Shows Active Audio Driver and

Sample Rate and Provides Quick

Links to Configure Audio and MIDI

In the middle of the Start page, you

will see the Setup area. Studio One

Artist automatically scans your

system for all available drivers and

selects a driver. By default, it will

choose a PreSonus driver if one is

available.

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