Hosts & Applications (Sequencers, DAWs, Audio Editors, etc.) • Re: Why did you leave Studio One?

PreSonus has now gotten rid of upgrade pricing to Artist version where you now have to pay full price.

You can upgrade Artist right here in the KVR Marketplace for $50.

Your choices are to get the subscription, pay full price or upgrade to pro version. I have numerous DAW's including the pro version of Cubase, Samplitude and other programs, too many to mention. I have no use for the pro version of Sudio-One since I don't exclusively use a single program.

So what? The full price of Artist is the same as the upgrade price for Pro. You're no worse off, either way. And if you don't feel you need Pro, then you probably don't need to update Artist, either. Again, nobody is worse off.

I didn't see any announcements or received any emails stating their intent to cancel Artist upgrades.

Why would they, are you a shareholder?

You can get the EDU version at the Artist upgrade price

Are you sure? At my local music store, Edu pricing is double the price of Artist.

I would never feel comfortable investing the price to pro version just for them to decide at anytime to get rid of what you're paying for and replace it without notice or stop offering upgrade pricing for pro. No thanks, I'm out!

I wouldn't like to wake up with a horse's head my bed and I reckon that's just about as likely as that bullshit you just sprouted.

I don't have a problem in theory with the two pricing models coexisting, but it really does feel like the subscription model is becoming their first priority

Why do you say that? I don't get that impression at all. In fact, if you guys didn't mention it, I doubt I'd even remember they had it.

it makes me a little uneasy committing to the software in the long term.

Why? Is it not working now? Assuming it is, why would you care what happens in the future?

Every DAW has a bunch of little things that annoy you, don't work how you want them to, or are missing

No, they don't. I can't think of a single thing in either Studio One or Orion that would fit those categories. That's why I am perfectly happy using Artist as my only DAW - it has everything I need, has no annoying foibles and it all works exactly how I'd expect it to. If they never updated it again, I see no reason why I wouldn't still be using it when I'm 80 years old.

Statistics: Posted by BONES — Sat Feb 24, 2024 1:30 pm

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