Hi all.
I am music enthusiast, and was considering getting Artist version of the the software, unfortunately INABILITY of using VST is just big NO!!! for me.
I have bought IK, IN plugins and bunch of others over the past decade, as you normally do, lol.
However, THE fact that you have to pay an extra!!! for using something which IMHO should be included in that particular version anyway is one big nonsense!
I guess, it is all about the $, and not about the Artists, at least not about those who are able to only afford Studio One 3 Artist.
Studio One 3 Professional is one big whoop bleep, hats off.
however how many of us will be able to reach in to our pockets and pull out $400/£279?
How about other software? and I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT ALL OUT VERSIONS, budget one around $100.
Lets do honest comparison of Studio One 3 Artist vs SONAR vs Cubase Elements 8 vs Reason vs. etc...
I have a question, what is the point of introducing mid range of soft, calling it Artist and than locking your instruments away?
anyway,
regards
JB

I think you answered your own questions. For me, I have tried all the major DAW's for years. About 5 years ago when I tried SO v1.0 I was blown away and the simplicity of workflow. They focused on the artist workflow and simplicity to create good music without having to be a pro engineer.
I'm a professional-self taught hack and I was able to do the impossible relative to creating music. Presonus in my eyes speaks not only to the 'Newbs' but is now in the sites of major recording studios.
Without sounding argumentative, this comes down to supporting a solution that supports you. Try out Artist, if you like the workflow and simplicity. If you like the ease of use and the ability to create without having to feel like you need to be a pro engineer....then why wouldn't you simply save up and buy this product?

Mike Murray | Studio One 3 Professional | Windows 10 Professional 64 | INTEL Core i7 | Nvidia 980ti | 32GB RAM | 500GB SSD, Dual Fire Studio Projects | PRESONUS FanBoy

You can always go for the VST and AU and Rewire Support so your Artist can host VST's.
Alternatively, if you don't want to many limits, you can also go for the cheaper Reaper or Tracktion to use your VST's in.
You can only decide what is worth what..

niles wroteYou can always go for the VST and AU and Rewire Support so your Artist can host VST's.
Alternatively, if you don't want to many limits, you can also go for the cheaper Reaper or Tracktion to use your VST's in.
You can only decide what is worth what..

Sure, but I think you missed the point,
well I was asking about ppl opinions,
I think that creating lock for the VST/AU is not what you would normally expect when you are paying $100 for software, isn't it?
I don't understand why to disable those necessary (at least in my case) option and than ask for another $100 to unlock them?
Not cool.
I would preferred if PS put the product together and asked for the price, it's like a add-on in full versions of games on mobile/tablet, well you can play for certain time, when you used it all allowance you can always go to adds-on and get whatever is needed to extend the time for certain fee.
I guess everything will be fine until VST to let say violin would be needed.

dwdrum wroteI think you answered your own questions. For me, I have tried all the major DAW's for years. About 5 years ago when I tried SO v1.0 I was blown away and the simplicity of workflow. They focused on the artist workflow and simplicity to create good music without having to be a pro engineer.
I'm a professional-self taught hack and I was able to do the impossible relative to creating music. Presonus in my eyes speaks not only to the 'Newbs' but is now in the sites of major recording studios.
Without sounding argumentative, this comes down to supporting a solution that supports you. Try out Artist, if you like the workflow and simplicity. If you like the ease of use and the ability to create without having to feel like you need to be a pro engineer....then why wouldn't you simply save up and buy this product?

Sure,
I like how the soft works, user friendly, I like it.
I've noticed that you are using Studio One 3 Professional, your argument is coming from totally different angle. I don't know how PS supporting artists by limiting IMHO access to VST, I think they supporting themselves by charging extra, for something what is available in competitive softs.
You are right about workflow and simplicity, as I stated above it's user friendly. However can we look at comparing Artist as it is without extension/add-on (cause that would be $200) and then have an objective discussion.
Kind regards
JB

Maybe they should set the price for Artist at $180.00, but give a discount of $80 if you only use the native plugins.

Atari 5200, 64K RAM S1PRO Radio Shack Cassette Recorder w/internal Mic, and too many plugins.

I agree with the OP on this one. Studio One is pretty much the only DAW that doesn't have 3rd party plugin support with their entry level software. Here's a quote from me over a year ago when I was considering different DAWs.

miked7 wrote...I'm new to DAWs and have been running the Studio One Professional Demo and I just didn't realize about the 3rd party plug-ins until my Demo ran out. ...(Sonar) supports my plug-ins which are already purchased, Reaper supports them, and Traction 6 supports them, and (I think, but not positive) Mixcraft 7 supports them - all at the entry level purchase price. So why doesn't Studio One? ...
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Yes, Mixcraft also supports 3rd party plug-ins with their entry level DAW.

You can add AudioDesk by MOTU and FL Studio to that list as well.
FWIW, if you don't already have one, you could buy a Presonus audio interface (which comes with Artist) and learn the native plugins, which are really good, then wait for a sale down the road and upgrade at a discount.
To answer the question in the title of the thread - yes! Absolutely! Studio One rocks!

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I'm trying to use the vst of Studio One Artist Piapro Edition in Ableton Live 9 but it crashes Ableton when I load it on a track. I did some digging around and read online that there was an update to the VST that solves this issue (apparently version 1.0.0 is 32-bit and there was an update with version 1.1.0 that makes it 64-bit) but for the life of me I can't find where to download this update!
I read on your site of how to check for updates within Studio One and I did that when I loaded up the software separately and that says it's up-to-date, but the VST is still old. How do I update the VST? I'm on a Mac by the way.

Not sure what you are asking, but you can not use 3rd party vst with S1 Artist. If you are trying to use S1 Artist vst in another host, that won't work either. They are proprietary.

Matt
Lenovo ThinkServer TS140 Win 10 64bit, 8GB RAM, Intel Xeon
Lenovo Thinkpad E520, Windows 7 64bit, 8 GB RAM, Intel i5 Processor
S1Pro V4

I'm not using a 3rd party vst within studio one, i'm using studio one as a vst within ableton. And it doesn't matter that it's proprietary o.O there is a vst version of it that came with it when i bought it. check your vst folder, you should have one too.

Are you talkng about rewire?
Aparently you know more about this than i do, so i will get out of the way here. I have never seen S1 perform as a vst, nor any file that came with it.
Good luck on your search.

Matt
Lenovo ThinkServer TS140 Win 10 64bit, 8GB RAM, Intel Xeon
Lenovo Thinkpad E520, Windows 7 64bit, 8 GB RAM, Intel i5 Processor
S1Pro V4

Ok, after a quick google I found this...
http://piaprostudio.com/?page_id=28&lang=en
... which is apparently a special edition of S1 Artist that loads the 'Piapro Studio' app as a VSTI? No idea if that's done by extension and/or if buyer of that bundle can also load Piapro Studio as a VSTI in other daws .... but that's probably what he's talking about (has to be actually) loading the Piapro Studio VSTI from that bundle in Ableton?
Certainly not loading S1 into Ableton, but using that plugin in Ableton.
I mean, except for the special edition, that plug wouldn't load in S1 Artist since Artist doesn't load third party plugs. I wonder how many 'Special Edition' Artist versions are out there?

It is evident to me that Piapro is a product that is not by Presonus, and is not connected to Studio One. It looks like Piapro is a VST that is supposed to run in DAWS or hosts *such as* Studio One.
So, in the picture, Studio One is shown as one possible host for Piapro. But Piapro is not a special edition of S1 Artist, or any other Presonus product.

Atari 5200, 64K RAM S1PRO Radio Shack Cassette Recorder w/internal Mic, and too many plugins.

It's actually called 'Studio One Artist Piapro Edition' that version of Artist.
Think about it. It has to be connected because Artist doesn't load third party plugins, so that has to be a collaboration or agreement of some kind or that plugin wouldn't even work in S1 Artist.
I've seen that once before recently somewhere, another 'Artist Edition' like that, although I forget what product it was using. Seems to be the start of a trend.
Edit: Here it is below, the Fishman Triple Play, where you see S1 Artist loading a 3rd party VST that it wouldn't otherwise load. I assume that's an OEM thing. I mean, i assume the OP wouldn't be able to load Triple Play in his version and vice versa, an owner of that Triple Play Edition wouldn't be able to load PiaPro...

Just checked again and yep, the vst is called 'piapro studio' specifically. Sorry for any confusion. I just wanted to get Hatsune Miku
So what should I do to upgrade this vst so I can use it?
EDIT: I found it! Here: http://sonicwire.com...rt/prod?lang=en
Now does anyone know how to use it? lol I bought Hatsune Miku and I'd like to load her into Ableton with this but I have no idea how any of Piapro's software works.
Here's what I'm seeing:

georgemylonas wroteSo what should I do to upgrade this vst so I can use it [In Ableton]?

You'd have to contact their support for that. If it only works in S1 as a VSTI the license must be S1 specific.

I googled piapro, and found the site. Fascinating stuff! But half of the stuff is in Chinese, and I'm pretty weary of downloads from China! Still, the software, if uncontaminated with spyware, looks pretty cool. I did see a link on the site that shows you how to use it.
* I also saw a link to 'Studio One OEM'. So, does this OEM spec make Studio One treat certain software programs as if they were hardware? Now I see how it looks like piapro was something that was an version of S1. But if I understand things, there are versions of piapro tailored for Studio One. Is that right?

Atari 5200, 64K RAM S1PRO Radio Shack Cassette Recorder w/internal Mic, and too many plugins.

Chinese, Japanese, same difference.

MacBook Pro 2 GHz Intel Core i7 with 16GB RAM & OS 10.9.5. Studio One Professional 3.5, Notion 5, 2x PreSonus Firestudio Project Interfaces, PreSonus ACP88, PreSonus Sceptre S6, FaderPort, Melodyne Editor 2.1.2, Waves Gold Bundle 9, Nomad Factory Integral Studio Pack, Native Instruments Kore 2 & Komplete 6 (Kontakt 5), IK Amplitube 3, AAS String Studio & Ultra-Analog VA2. Faber-Castell #2 Pencil

please help me.
I recently purchased a product PRESONUS AUDIOBOX Studio. I have a problem with the software STUDIO ONE 2 after I install on win7 32bit. the problem is I can not search for 'VST Plug-ins' on 'option -> location'.
I do not know why. please help me.
thank's

I believe you get Studio One ARTIST with Audio Box, but Studio One Artist version does not support 3rd party VST's. You would need to upgrade to S1 Producer or Pro to use 3rd party VST's.
I will say that Studio One's native effects are very good. You do get a quality compressor, a 7 band fully parametric EQ, chorus, a very flexible room reverb...and much more.
I hope this doesn't disappoint you, but after messing with a zillion VST's (I have S1 Pro), I still mostly use Studio One's native effects. Also, upgrades cost less than buying Producer or Pro from scratch. And, you can always wait for a sale...they do come by every now and then.

Atari 5200, 64K RAM S1PRO Radio Shack Cassette Recorder w/internal Mic, and too many plugins.

sirmonkey wroteI believe you get Studio One ARTIST with Audio Box, but Studio One Artist version does not support 3rd party VST's. You would need to upgrade to S1 Producer or Pro to use 3rd party VST's.
I will say that Studio One's native effects are very good. You do get a quality compressor, a 7 band fully parametric EQ, chorus, a very flexible room reverb...and much more.
I hope this doesn't disappoint you, but after messing with a zillion VST's (I have S1 Pro), I still mostly use Studio One's native effects. Also, upgrades cost less than buying Producer or Pro from scratch. And, you can always wait for a sale...they do come by every now and then.

thanks for your explanation. maybe I'll try to upgrade my studio one pro .. so thank you bro.

Sorry to necro an old thread! This is how I got my new version of Hatsune Miku's v4x to work with ableton live.
First, you download the necessary files and install them to your computer, making sure to install each library and activate your serials.
Because I have my plugins in a different folder than Live's default, I had to take the piapro studio VSTi.dll and copy it into my plugins folder. After a restart, Ableton Live 9 recognizes the VST and works perfectly.
Hope this helps anyone, cause it sure was frustrating for me.