PreSonus Studio One Artist 2.6 (download)

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PreSonus Studio One Artist 2.6 continues in the tradition of its highly-recommended forerunner by vastly expanding capability without making it more complicated to use. Whether you are trying to record killer tracks, timestretch, or quantize drum parts, Studio One Artist 2.6 lets you do it with ease. With the addition of over 100 new features such as transient detection and editing and easy interface configuration makes PreSonus Studio One Artist 2.6 a powerful DAW that is ready to make your biggest recording projects easier than ever. And if you use a PreSonus StudioLive AI console, Active Integration gives you powerful control over your mixer, seamless integration with Capture, a new Fat Channel plug-in, and more! Call your Sweetwater Sales Engineer today and find out more about the incredible Studio One Artist 2.6!

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• Over 100 new enhancements
• More features to juice your creativity
• Handy Start page, friendly navigation
• Includes a trial version of Melodyne pitch correction software
• Active Integration makes this the perfect match for your StudioLive AI mixer
• Spice up your recordings with all-new plug-ins

The upgraded and enhanced PreSonus Studio One Artist 2.6 offers over 100 new features that make your recording and mixing duties easier than ever. PreSonus Studio One is known for being robust and powerful, but easy to use. This new version adds more function and capability but still keeps it all very easy to use. One new feature is Single-swipe Comping, with automatic beaming into parts that makes comping much faster and more powerful. If your projects have large track counts, you'll really appreciate another cool enhancement, Folder Track Editing, which lets you edit directly on the folder track with a waveform preview for all tracks in the folder. Multitrack transform lets you instantly turn complex multi-output virtual instruments into audio tracks - and back again. What a time (and headache) saver this one is!

In PreSonus Studio One Artist 2.6, Ampire XT has has received a complete overhaul, with all-new cabinet impulse responses and reworked amp models for a major boost in sound quality. With 2.6, you'll also enjoy easier and faster editing of automation envelopes, audio export enhancements, the ability to re-record from buses, drag-and-drop effects directly onto events in the arrangement, built-in parallel processing on PreSonus Native Effects, and the ability to instantly apply or remove legato from MIDI tracks. These and many more updates give PreSonus Studio One Artist 2.6 the ideal combination of performance and ease of use.

A powerful tool that will appeal to professionals and hobbyists alike, the Start page allows you to access recent songs and projects, create new ones, configure external devices, and access tutorial information, demo songs, and a special PreSonus news feed. You can download updates and support materials directly from the Start page, without ever leaving Studio One Artist 2.6.

PreSonus Studio One Artist 2.6 takes the pain out of one of the more tedious processes out there - pitch correction. PreSonus has partnered with Melodyne to offer a trial version of one of the most respected pitch correction products on the market. Fixing vocals and other pitch issues is easier than ever with PreSonus and Melodyne.

If you have a PreSonus StudioLive AI mixer, then Studio One 2.6's Active Integration will make your recording and mixing tasks easier than ever. Active Integration gives you full control over the StudioLive AI mixer's double Fat Channel mixer presets directly from the Studio One 2.6 software. Also, if you've recorded a session in the Capture 2.1 recording software, all your Fat Channel mixer presets are saved to the Capture file. When you open that Capture file in Studio One 2.6 to edit and mix, all of your Fat Channel settings will already set up in the Studio One mixer!

Take your recording to the next level with the new plug-ins included in PreSonus Studio One Artist 2.6. Ensure that your guitar takes sound the best they can with the new Ampire XT plug-in. New amp models, convolution-based cabinet models, and a larger effects selection give you amazing guitar tones. The new tone generator lets you analyze and calibrate your listening environment for accurate frequency and response.

• Elegant single-window work environment
• Trial version of Melodyne pitch correction software
• Single and multitrack comping
• Transient detection and editing
• Multitrack MIDI editing
• Over 100 new features
• Powerful drag-and-drop functionality
• Unlimited audio tracks, MIDI tracks, virtual instruments, buses, and FX channels
• Content browser with convenient sort options and preview player
• Automatic delay compensation
• Advanced automation
• Easy-to-use sidechain routing
• Stunning virtual instruments
• User-friendly sampler
• Most intuitive MIDI-mapping system available
• Real-time audio timestretching and resampling
• K System metering
• Gigabytes of inspiring content
• Compatible with any ASIO-, Windows Audio-, or Core Audio-compliant audio interface