Studio One or Pro Tools

I hear nothing but good things about Studio One, P.T on the other hand is as universal as shoe laces, only special cases sport velcros

I came from studio one, now i use Reaper.

Studio one is good for mixing/recording but definatly not for arranging/composing.

Now that I use Reaper, I'm thinking it was stupid to spend the money on Studio one.

Don't know much about protools, but it's the industrystandard, so that's a plus.

Try Reaper, it's cheap, very flexible and powerful.

Thanks for your input n You're right I forgot all about reaper even tho I myself recommend it to people looking to purchase more expensive alternatives.


Mixing and arranging are the goals in mind

I've got both, and while Studio One is a great DAW it it's own right, it just wasn't for me. I much prefer doing things in Reaper.

At the moment I am running Reaper with Audition for WAV editing, and I kind of wish I had gone this route from the beginning.

Get yourself a real multitracker. Pro Tools made the artist lazy. Now anyone can get on the mic because PT will make it all better and on time. PT will even make shitty recordings sound polish without excessive takes.

I recommend the Tascam DP-03.

Ill-Green, is that what you do? Do you use a multitrack recorder?

InspectahEX wrote:Ill-Green, is that what you do? Do you use a multitrack recorder?

Yup, I work and record on them. Used to be on computers and synths back in the day.

Wow! This is starting to be a funny thread. I use Studio One, Logic, and Pro Tools. I find Studio One to be great for composing, recording, mixing, and mastering. I tried Reaper and did not like it. Pro Tools is what it is. But I have to disagree that Pro Tools will make you sound polish regardless of what you put in it. That is all about whoever is operating the DAW. Pro Tools does not have an auto-not-suck plugin in it.

Case in point is use what works best for you. Almost all the DAWs have a demo that you can use. Studio One even has a free version you can test drive for a while. My suggestions is to not take peoples advice on it and make a smart choice of your own. Try them out yourself and find out which DAW has the features that are more important to you.

I use three DAWs depending on what the job requires.
Studio One for Composing, Recording, Mixing, and Mastering
Logic Pro (I don't use as much anymore. Use to be my main composer)
Pro Tools for Post Audio, Mixing, and Recording people that think that Pro Tools is the end all be all. Not dogging Pro Tools, but because it is the industry standard does not me anything now. You have choices. I will be glad to answer any question on my work flow when it comes to these DAWs.

I have both. I got studio one with the presonus live 24.4.2 board. I also have capture for live recording which I control from my ipad. I usually take the live recordings from capture which I use for composing and extract it to Studio One for editing. While I do like presonus I am a Pro Tools head. For Pro Tools I use a Delta 1010 with a Command 8.


Most Pro Tools sessions are with my hip hop set up which is MPC tracking and Reason, vocal recording, mixing etc.

I enjoy both and would not say one is better then the other because as mecaudio stated:

I use threeDAWs depending on what the job requires.

....if you're depending on file exchanges in post pro and stuff, there's still no way around pt..
if you're a recording artist on your own, studio one is best choice these days....
it's fresh programmed....got no old shit to carry with it and puts together pretty much best of all worlds so far.....you'll find pt, cubase, logic and even ableton live details in it's workflow....
but if you go for s1.....take the one with the melodyne license.....that makes s1 a real weapon.....

and sorry, but a hardware harddisk recorder like a tascam is only a good choice for catching stuff on the fly in rehearsal rooms......you can't really do a state of the art pro mix on it....no way.
well, maybe if you spent some extra money each time for mastering....