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The Ultimate Studio One Pro Book

By : Doruk Somunkiran
Book Image

The Ultimate Studio One Pro Book

By: Doruk Somunkiran

Overview of this book

The Ultimate Studio One Pro Book is a detailed, step-by-step guide to creating music with Studio One’s extensive set of production tools. This practical, goal-oriented resource will help musicians start producing their own music with Studio One and teach audio professionals how to include Studio One in their production workflow. The book begins by showing you how to set up Studio One to work smoothly on your system. The following chapters will walk you through the process of creating a project, along with recording audio and using virtual instruments to construct a MIDI arrangement. As you advance, you’ll find out how to edit your songs to perfection using Melodyne, Audio Bend, and an extensive collection of MIDI modifiers. You’ll also discover how to mix in Studio One with the effects plugins included in it, along with applying audio mastering in the Project window. Throughout this book, you’ll gain the skills needed to leverage Studio One confidently and effectively, as well as build your own unique music production workflow. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to effortlessly translate your musical ideas into complete songs using Studio One’s powerful tools.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
1
Part 1: Getting Started with Studio One
5
Part 2: Creating in Studio One
9
Part 3: Editing in Studio One
14
Part 4:Mixing and Mastering

Installing and Configuring Your Studio One Environment

Installing and configuring software is normally a simple task, but when it comes to audio production software, things can get really messy. Computers are designed to process data in chunks, and in between those chunks, they either process chunks from background tasks or wait patiently for your next command. Audio production, on the other hand, requires processing an uninterrupted flow of data at high volumes, something computers are not equipped to handle off the shelf.

In this chapter, we will take an in-depth look at the strategies you can use to optimize Studio One for your production environment and make sure you get the best performance possible out of your system. We will go over the process of selecting and downloading the software components and additional content that you will use. Then, we will discuss several options available for different scenarios – all the way from a portable rig based around a laptop computer...