Studio One 4 - Everything You Need To Know

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In this extended video, Russ Hughes gives an overview of the new features found in Studio One 4. Some features are only available in the Professional version, this is shown on the video.

Arrangement / Editing
• Chord Track (Studio One Professional only feature)    • Studio One 4 - Everything You Need To...  
• Realtime chord re-harmonization of Audio and Instrument Tracks (Studio One Professional only feature)
• Intuitive Chord Selector (Studio One Professional only feature)
• Automatic chord detection (Studio One Professional only feature)
• Realtime chord input from MIDI device
• Song Key Signature with detection (Studio One Professional only feature)
• Chord Transpose (Studio One Professional only feature)
• ARA 2 support
• Expanded “Send to Notion” option for lead sheet creation
• Ripple edit mode (Studio One Professional only feature)
• Relative bar offset for songs
• “Remove gaps” for Events

Virtual Instruments – Impact XT
• new look and feel
• 8 pad banks
• 32 outputs (16 stereo, 16 mono)
• color option for pads
• new 24dB zero-delay feedback filter
• filter drive and punch controls
• filter "soft" (clipping) mode
• pad and individual sample editing
• new stack mode for layering samples on a pad
• realtime time-stretching (follow song tempo)
• trigger quantization
• sample choke with 32 choke groups
• reverse sample playback
• sample level normalization
• increased pitch envelope range (+/- 48 semitones or 8 octaves)
• improved sample navigation
• “Pad Follow” mode for remote navigation
• drag & drop pad swapping
• drag & drop multiple samples at once
• optional auto-slicing on sample import (shift)
• “Send to new Impact” shortcut in audio context menu
• drag & drop sample import from Sample One XT and Presence XT
• import and export of multisample files and ".soundx" containers
• eight user-selectable color themes

Virtual Instruments – Sample One XT
• new look and feel
• record page with live sampling
• samples from any hardware input, send, output, other instrument
• auto-slicing mode creates new samples automatically with adjustable gate
• global and individual (sample) edit modes
• fx section: modulation, delay, reverb, gater, eq, distortion, pan
• expandable keyboard
• realtime time-stretching (follow song tempo)
• sample snap to zero crossing
• sample crossfade
• waveform slicing option
• sample trim option
• sample sustain, release and ping-pong loop modes
• graphical envelopes with adjustable attack, decay, release curve shapes
• increased pitch envelope range (+/- 48 semitones or 8 octaves)
• alternative trigger modes: normal, one-shot, toggle
• visual play cursor in waveform view
• sample reverse playback
• sample level normalization
• new 24dB zero-delay feedback filter
• filter drive and punch controls
• filter "soft" (clipping) mode
• LFO random (sample+hold) mode
• master volume control
• adjustable voice limit
• import and export of multisample files and ".soundx" containers
• drag & drop export to Impact XT
• eight user-selectable color themes

Music Editor
• Drum Editor
• Drum and Melodic Patterns and Variations
• Patterns saved in Musicloop
• Automatic mapping (Impact XT)
• Alternate note coloring schemes
• Sync option for editors
• “Select notes...” options
• New or improved note event options (Humanize, Length, Velocity, Delete Notes)
• Multiple Macro toolbars (page selection)
• Improved multi-editing
• Preserve and restore zoom states

Import / Export
• AAF Import / Export (supports Pro Tools, Logic, Nuendo, Final Cut Pro, Premiere and others)
• Import Song Data (Studio One Professional only feature)

User Interface
• Alternative “light” color scheme
• Additional appearance presets
• Updated mix console design
• Track / Channel Notepads

Content
• New Sound Set “Impact XT Kits and Sounds” (1.8 GB)
• New Demos and Tutorials (1.6 GB)

Other
• External Plug-in scanner (VST2, VST3)
• MP3 Encoding in all versions