PreSonus has officially released the latest update for their flagship software Studio One, now featuring version 4.6, which can be downloaded for free from Studio One 4.5. On this tutorial we will present the new features added to this important update. The list will be divided into five blog entries, this is the second part.
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Studio One 4.6 includes almost 30 new functions and improvements that help the traditional engineer, composer and musician as well as the modern non-linear producer.
The second new feature we will be evaluating is the updated PreSonus Ampire effect. The picture below shows the way this window looks now:
It is easy to note from the picture above, the new version of Ampire contains a new design that includes three main sections:
- Amplifier head
- Cabinet
- Pedals
If the user clicks on the amplifier head located at the top left of the window, the amplifier selection menu will appear as:
From this menu, the user can select the amplifier head by simply clicking on it. It is easy to see how PreSonus presents different options modeled after some of the most famous companies in the market such as:
- Vox
- Marshall
- Mesa Boogie
- Fender
- Ampeg
Once an amp head has been selected, the controls of that head can be accessed from the main Ampire window. They should appear right in the center of the window as:
From this main window, the user can click on top of the small cabinet that appears on the top right and the cabinet selection menu will appear as:
The user can select the desired cabinet by simply clicking on it. Once selected, the plugin will go to the default view:
The bottom part of the main Ampire window shows the user the possible pedals that can be added to the signal chain. There are 8 available slots for pedals and these can be selected by simply clicking on the small dots above the numbers labeled 1 to 8 at the bottom so that the list of pedals appears as:
The list of pedals include a vast amount of pedal emulations from the most important electric guitar companies in the market.
Once the user clicks on the small image of the pedal, it gets added to the signal chain and it should appear as:
At this point we have evaluated the 3 most important functions of Ampire. The user is encouraged to experiment with different amplifier, cabinet and pedal options in order to explore the different guitar tones that can be obtained from this piece of software by PreSonus.
We hope this series on the new features included in Studio One 4.6 was useful, for more questions please contact us.
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