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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

Understanding different recording modes

There are several different methods to record audio in Studio One, each designed with a different purpose. Understanding these modes will make life much easier and recording a much less stressful process.

Basic recording

Here’s the basic method to record audio:

  1. Arm your track(s) to record by clicking on the Record Enable button. If this button is red, then the track is already armed for recording.
  2. Set the playback cursor to the point where you want the recording to begin.
  3. Press * on your numeric keypad or click the Record button on the lower panel:
Figure 5.8: The transport controls on the lower panel, including a) Stop, b) Playback, c) Record, and d) Loop

Figure 5.8: The transport controls on the lower panel, including a) Stop, b) Playback, c) Record, and d) Loop

  1. If Precount is enabled, the metronome will click for the number of bars you specified in the Metronome Setup window, and then the recording will begin.
  2. If Preroll is enabled, the playback cursor will jump back for the number...