

With the exception of the rather clever Lyrics Track, the developers of this release have taken the refreshing approach of making innovative improvements to many of the DAW’s existing features, rather than trying to convince users that they’ve re-invented the DAW wheel. Now Sphere is the flagship of PreSonus’ software range, and with good reason, but more on this later. Sphere was launched with v5, but had an underlying sense of PreSonus trying to gauge the reaction of the fanbase to fine-tune how Sphere might actually work. To me, this release represents PreSonus putting its full weight behind Sphere, the subscription model of Studio One. Gaining popularity with each new version, the release of PreSonus’ Studio One 6 marks some interesting waypoints in the evolution of the DAW. However, as version 6 actually offers some impressive improvements I can confidently report that the sky didn’t fall, and that the good ship PreSonus is sailing on safely without a penguin in sight - let alone any icebergs.
PRESONUS STUDIO ONE ARTIST UPDATE
After the demise of another popular DAW (Cakewalk - Ed.) following its purchase by a well-known guitar manufacturer (Gibson - Ed.), users were worried that a similar fate might be in store for Studio One when PreSonus was acquired by Fender back in 2021 - and with this being the first major update since then these apprehensions seem quite understandable.
