Get Started in Presonus Studio One 4.5 | Made SUPER-SIMPLE & IN-DEPTH!

If you are completely new to DAWs/Studio One, this tutorial was created with you in mind.
I cover topics at a slower pace and briefly explain music production terms and concepts in a palatable way. Topics covered in the tutorial include: setting up Studio One, recording live instruments/vocals, laying drum tracks in several different methods (MIDI), adding effects, and much more.
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[@quantaaudio]

Check out my new 6+ hour downloadable course for Studio One 5.5, here!: quantaaudio.com/store For information on one-on-one web training, check out my site, here: quantaaudio.com/webtraining Intro............................................................ 0:00 Setting Up.................................................. 2:08 Start Page.................................................. 8:04 Song Page................................................. 17:20 Recording Live Instruments/Vocals........ 23:20 Laying Drums - Several Methods(MIDI).. 44:00 Recording Synths/Melodies.................... 1:09:45 Exporting Your Song................................. 1:22:03 Final Tips................................................... 1:23:28

[@jamesc1698]

Quanta ...Thsnks for your reply..this is definitely helpful.

[@jamesc1698]

Quanta ... So i want to Record a Video of me playing a Sax to a backing track. How do I take the Recorded audio from that video and separate it that I may add Reverb or echo or other effects ? I know how to bring the video into Studio One. Is it possible to do what I want in the above question?

[@rivertillotson4791]

@@jamesc1698 I THINK I UNDERSTAND, its been a week and i think perhaps your grammar may be misleading me, ive also literally only just gotten the thing on splice and im about as little idea of how this wonderful machine works ,but i think if you would taken the time to fully detail what your question is, the more likely you will receive and answer . onto the answer , you could just record you playing the sax as just an audio clip preferably and then you could do whatever post processing to that one, and as you would also have a video of you playing the sax, if you just fade in the nice processed one it will be a1 steak sauce , its like what the sexy sax guy did

[@Dani_London]

Mate, you are a legend. I've never really used a DAW before but am learning with S1 and you have made so many videos on it over the years that I honestly just want to thank you for sharing your knowledge with us (and you have SO. MUCH. KNOWLEDGE!). I am extremely, extremely grateful (and lucky!) to have people like you, who make these videos for us dum-dums/newbies. From the bottom of my heart, thank you, I really mean it!

[@uniquetruth2097]

@@jamesc1698 download davinci resolve there you can seperate things and then you can use onnly the audiodata sperated from the video and then later on put them together again but then you use only the video data while your old audiodata will be replaces with the new one .... its funny you asked a question i could answer because that happens often to me when i find unwanted tiny errors in video projects but do not want to do a new voice over so i extract only the audio and make instead a new video content

[@ronbenson8801]

finally, someone who understands that a person new to DAW needs to hear tutorials simple, slow and clear. Good for you.

[@gsmit2925]

This is exactly what I needed, very clear and simple tutorial, step by step. Thanks a lot!

[@quantaaudio]

Awesome, glad you found it helpful!

[@Southernguitar74]

Maybe you will read this, and maybe not, but you have been a tremendous help to me, and I genuinely thank you for taking the time to do this. Blessings

[@whiteowl8703]

Hello and I thank you for this video. I am a 59 year old guy that’s never mixed more then a bowl of pancake batter. I have recently become extremely interested in producing my own music. As a new guy I didn’t even know what DAW was. Lol As I study the tutorials I seldom understand wtf there talking about. Common sense seems to me that if one is doing a how to for beginners they would cover it as if the listener is hearing these things for first time in life. Like I am. Again I think you for helping me to understand how to get to where I’m wanting to go and what I’m wanting to do. Thank you 🙏🏽

[@Audioslayer]

Brand new here, but having these tutorials in a comprehensive playlist is beyond amazing. Thank you SO much for being a great teacher and helping people who are excited to learn StudioOne. Much love!

[@frankpaulicki8515]

Hi there - I really appreciate your opening comments - you are spot on - its terribly confronting seeing a DAW screen for the first time, and then trying to figure out how to even get one sound out of speakers!

[@Matty.B]

Thank you for this well-spoken, thorough, and easy-to-understand tutorial. Really appreciate it!

[@dongossett110]

I’ve been struggling with studio one for a month. I’m an old guy as I begin with a DAW. The most complicated program I’ve used is Microsoft word😅. I found your tutorial among the most helpful of all I’ve watched, and I’ve watched a lot of them. I saved it for reference. Thanks.

[@ADYLEON]

I was looking for someone who knew how to describe studio one step by step. Most of the tutorials do not cover everything omitting important things. I just saw the first video and I will continue learning. Thank you. Very good work!

[@henningbesuden6757]

I am a total beginner, and this video has given me hope - thank you!

[@randysaffer]

This has been the best Studio One intro that I've watched, and I've watched a ton. Thanks so much!

[@davidballard2484]

This was exactly what I needed. Clear and concise. You didn't talk to me with to much recorder jargon. Really to follow especially since I can pause/ restart

[@samspade9838]

Thank you so much. I have been searching for a real DAW demonstration video for a year at least and this is hands down, without a doubt, the best one out there. You truly understand what the beginner needs. Bravo!!!!!!!!

[@davidkirby8236]

I did some production in Reason 3 years ago - this platform (I have Studio One 5) is light years past that, and when I first pulled the Prime version down, I was drowning. Thank you for this !!! Going through it, taking notes....Consider me a grateful and loyal subscriber. I am determined to make this work for me, and you saved my bacon !!

[@quantaaudio]

Cool, glad you found the tutorial helpful. Thanks for the sub!

[@davidkirby8236]

@@quantaaudio I went out to your site for a little guidance on mixing. I'm doing sort of chill/ambient pieces for a video slide show and I want to be able to fade in/fade out tracks, and I'm not finding much love in the other videos I see out there. Do you have another video on basic mixing, or another website url ?

[@rolandmackenzie5262]

Great start for me, as I knew nothing, now I know something. I will have to go over this several times, being a bear of little brain, and to review the spots where fluff got in my ears. Thank you very very much for simplifying. Your work has been well appreciated. Sincerely Roland

[@briandeel5874]

Just wanted to shout out a huge thank you for creating this video. I just downloaded Studio One and this is a huge help in getting set up and having a decent foundation.

[@danshepherd4448]

I gotta say this is amazing and exactly what I needed to spark my creativeness. Thank you very much. I plan to watch all of these videos. Very knowledgeable. Thank you

[@MrSeinfeldFan2]

FANTASTIC STUFF.... yes, I AM A BEGINNER and I am grateful you have such an insight into what is like to be a newbie. Thanks.

[@quantaaudio]

Glad is was helpful. Thanks for watching and taking a moment to leave a message.

[@maxcamman]

Thank You ! You are my guy for learning Studio 4. I am a musician you has been out of the game for 20 years, and has been struggling with the complexity of Studio 4 when you first look at it and dont know how things relate. Your speed and style of teaching is perfect. Please dont stop doing what you do, Im your student for a while.

[@quantaaudio]

Steven, thanks for taking a moment to leave a message. It's always good to hear that folks are finding the tutorials helpful - a lot goes into them! Thanks for supporting the channel and all the best with your music journey.

[@stevekaiser3745]

Great! Thank you for taking the time to help Noobs like myself that want to get up and recording ideas. You can get so lost in learning software that you never create anything. You are good teacher! Thanks again.

[@deancampbell8856]

Thank you. I know how to read and write music very well, but I NEEDED SOMETHING THIS SIMPLE AND STEP BY STEP. Thank you SOOOO MUCH.

[@fearless2170]

Man, I really want to thank you for taking the time and making this video. You really explained this program beautifully and now I have the confidence to successfully make a beat.

[@quantaaudio]

Glad to hear it was helpful. Thanks for watching and taking a moment to leave a comment.

[@SamGlasser]

Very Nice, just watched the first 44 minutes, Up to MIDI, will watch the rest after I repeat the first section a few times. Lots of great and useful information.

[@twontywon5144]

Thanks man! I Iearned some briliant shortcuts! I always tried to get warm with FL-Studio but it always felt clunky and the UI is like its a programm from 2003. Studio One on the other hand is really well designed and super intuitive with a logical concept and really short distances between most relevant functions and u have like every function well sorted on right click. I am really impressed by this masterpiece of software. Fastest Workflow for me without endless menudiving.

[@bobsofficial4945]

That was the best hour and a half I have spent on any demo ever. You explained this perfectly, I was able to follow along step by step and replicate what you did in the video. Seeing you do it, and then stopping the video and doing it myself helped me immensely, thanks for presenting such an easy to follow video.

[@quantaaudio]

Awesome, glad you found the tutorial helpful.

[@TheDeastman13]

@@quantaaudio it was very informative...but when you got to the second half, it seems you lost focus a bunch...talking about programs you're using, etc...i think you were hungry/tired...(retired nurse/therapist...i tend to recognize these things). but, overall, BIG help...just like hedges said, i opened the program and followed, step by step, taking notes...lots and lots of VERY helpful information...definitely made me feel like i had a foot in the door...thanks...

[@StephSancia]

This is fabulous ! I bought studio one 4.6 pro yesterday and have come from another DAW so will surely be spending some time here and there's an incredible amount of work here in this video and i surely appreciate this. Gratitude

[@quantaaudio]

Thanks for the message, Steph. All the best on your production journey in S1!

[@PresetsDiscovery]

Thank you SOOO much for this video. It's been 10 years since I've used Pro Tools...and this refresher was awesome. Thank you so much for taking the time to assemble this video. It really helped out!

[@spockadoo1]

Ordered my DAW and midi controller.. this video is perfect. Can't wait to get started Thank you xx

[@MarvinXOnline]

Wow , buddy, thank you! I just installed Studio One for the first time yesterday (v4.5). I just finished your first go around here - it was great! I did find that I had some of the same concerns others had commenting on that previous video. Kudos for not only listening but finding the time to do a version 2! Ya know how freakin' rare that is these days? More who are interested in instructing could learn something here too! Outstanding!

[@jeemahoney9500]

Great! Thank you ♥️ keep updating this series on Studio One :)

[@quantaaudio]

Appreciate it, Jee! More content is definitely in the works and thanks for checking out the video!

[@Aamir_shadan10]

This is the best and super simple tutorial

[@toneswilson]

Thank you for this tutorial. I am a new beginner to Presonus and this helped me out alot as a singer who wants record their own music...You explained the terms very well and I was able to grasp the info and follow along on my laptop.

[@katjammer488]

Great job on this tutorial and I look forward to absorbing more of these from you. I have spent a week slowing injesting/applying your teaching and it was well worth it. Please keep up the good work as these are quite helpful. Appreciate you man!

[@ThatBBShopSound]

Yep, I'm sold. Buying the software now. Great tutorial, but I did have to speed up the playback a bit. The only thing I still wanted to know how to do was stretch tracks, but I think that might be the button you passed over.

[@fmouse2]

This is an excellent tutorial! I've worked on "both sides of the microphone", run my own small studio back in analog days, and have many friends with similar studio experience. I'm 79 and cut my teeth in performing music back in the "folk scare" of the 60s and 70s. Basically, I'm not too senile to understand new technology, nor did I just fall off the turnip truck when it comes recording, engineering and production (or working with a DAW). I moved up to Studio One from working with the free DAW Audacity, which is simple and intuitive - and has nasty latency issues (except on Linux) which make it pretty much unusable for professional quality recording. I was frankly appalled at the poor quality of the official PreSonus manual which comes wiith Studio One Professional 5! It's the most poorly written piece of **** I've come across in many years of working with software and hardware, both in music and in IT. The Audacity manual is, by contrast, absolutely first rate, extensively hyperlinked internally both on terminology and concepts, with graphics of various screens which are clickable, and take one to clear, well-written discussions of every feature of the software. Studio One's documentation, on the other hand, puts me in mind of the documentation for the early 8-bit personal computers, much of which was written by engineers and programmers who were brilliant at what they did, but couldn't write a clear and understandable paragraph of documentation if their lives depended on it! I can explain the math behind third harmonic distortion on tape, and have _written_ good software documentation, but I was left clueless and floundering in the Studio One documentation and in some of the tutorials. By contrast, your SUPER-SIMPLE introductory tutorial was excellent! A lot of the material was already familiar to me, so it was review, but there were certainly gaps in my knowledge that you filled in, so I didn't mind listening to your well presented and well organized discussions of concepts and tools which I had already figured out. You have a gift for teaching, sir! I look forward to working my way through some of your other, more advanced tutorials for Studio One. Thank you!!

[@ggrunau]

I just turned 67 and as a retired Graphic Designer and amateur songwriter/musician, built my first recording studio during the pandemic. I have looked at Cakewalk, Ableton Live, Adobe Audition and now Studio One. This seems like the one! Very casual instruction and it doesn't make me feel like an idiot!

[@henryakwetey3685]

Best tutorials for us in Africa it's very detailed and clear to hear everything thanx bro for this superb A-Z tutorials

[@mohanpremathilake915]

Learning from a project is the best method of learning new things, thanks for the great video lesson

[@freddys-wing9574]

I´ve got the Presonus studio one 5. I am getting ready work, thanks for this tutorial

[@billbock2795]

Very Cool....Been Wanting To Use My Studio One....You Explained So That I Could Understand...Thank You

[@davidhepworth7084]

What a great video; until I found this I was struggling with Studio One, so much so that Iwas going to ditch it - no longer - now I'm good to go. Thanks for putting this together.

[@quantaaudio]

Awesome, glad you found it helpful. Thanks for watching.

[@testu4peace]

Thank you for sharing your S1 knowledge, the way you've approached teaching this DAW is one of the better methods I've experienced.

[@quantaaudio]

Glad you're finding the tutorials useful, Chay. Thanks for watching.

[@LadyTzardust]

Thank you I’m so excited to get started!

[@quantaaudio]

All the best in your music production journey!

[@michaeljavelet9537]

Wonderful approach! I have been looking for you fro about a week now! I am happy to have found you!

[@teejaydee255]

Great tutorial - just what I needed as a newbie! Thank you very much, and keep up the good, and very absorbing, work.

[@alfredteoh4265]

Thank you! It's like learning 10000 mathematics formula before even doing a maths question.. it's good to actually directly show a real example/demo right after showing a function.

[@JoseCorrea]

THanks a lot just got my audiobox today, didnt know what to do! you made it so clear! love it!

[@djrickysmith]

Thank You !!! I've used other programs, but I decided to go with studio 5 to use with the studiolive 32 board.

[@SteveJones-qi5hn]

Nice video. Well done for a raw beginner like me. Answered many questions and I will go back through it a couple times I am sure.

[@j.c.galianojr8364]

This was fantastic! Thank you so much for taking the time to do this! Grace and Peace

[@quantaaudio]

Glad you found the tut helpful. Thanks for watching and taking a moment to leave a message. Best!

[@suharasp]

Great tutorials from you. I just started using StudioOne and your tutorials have helped me so much so far! Keep up the good work brother!

[@quantaaudio]

Sweet, that's what I like to hear! Yeah, there's much more in the works and new content on the way!

[@ttp666]

Great introduction to this software.

[@ChristopherJGould]

VERY useful. I bought two Udemy courses that did not cover things so clearly and comprehensively. Thanks!

[@quantaaudio]

Glad you found the tutorial helpful. Thanks for watching and taking a moment to leave a message.

[@ChristopherJGould]

@@quantaaudio I really think Presonus should hire you. You do a far better job than the guy on their own video channel. Thanks again, I cannot tell you how many of my questions you have clearly answered here.

[@johnphillipamato]

Just subbed. I have studio one on the way. Thank u.

[@quantaaudio]

Hope you've received it and are getting some of your music production ideas in action!

[@OllesKanal]

Thank you for this excellent tutorial. It was just what I needed: a very basic introduction to Studio One!

[@FifthnLincoln]

Thank you :D Very helpful. I just bought Studio One yesterday and this was a great introduction video.

[@jessimacleod6734]

Great tutorial! I have version 4.6 but everything here applies still. Now, I can't wait to make some music!

[@sibusisomashaba3708]

You are such a great teacher dude.

[@quantaaudio]

Appreciate it, man. Thanks for watching.

[@ontogeny6474]

Thanks bruh -- you worked hard putting this together and it's appreciated.

[@quantaaudio]

Appreciate it, man. Thanks for watching.

[@jasondubose4163]

Quanta, thanks for a fantastic intro tutorial on Studio One 4.5. I learned so much. I have been trying to do this from my old analog Tascam Porta One years ago/ standalone digital recorder Fostex VF160 , last 15 years way of doing things. Upgrading to a DAW and studio one a couple of years ago has been more of a challenge that I wanted to admit. Mostly just wanted to plug in and start recording and now under stand why I was having trouble with some of the virtual guitar processors like ampire having the latency and got possible ways to fix it. Now havin this background I have a better feel of how to do that and make something that sounds good. Especially liked the part on the drum pattern creation. Thanks again

[@quantaaudio]

Hey, glad you're making progress on the recording front. Once you get over the learning curve it will all become second nature for you. Just keep at it! Thanks for the message and best to you.

[@viphomeconcerts]

This is excellent. Just what I need. Thank you!

[@whatnow9159]

This is very good. Thanks. I can start using Studio One with confidence. All the best to you.

[@skyoverclouds1]

So glad I found this thank you.

[@navypti]

EXCELLENT. THIS is the vid I've been looking for. Thank you so much.

[@ahmedjohn8554]

Fantastic tutorial!

[@normanwei529]

Aight now i finnaly get how i can modify my voice, now i need to figure out how to not let it drown in the beat Thanks alot 👌🏾xD

[@Arya110]

you did a great job, waiting for the next one, thanks for the time and effort.

[@ethanclarke2050]

Great, thanks man! Having no idea what to do, to now knowing the basics. Subscribed 👍🏻😎

[@asimnyc5460]

Thanks for getting me started. Simple straightforward information.

[@axelbouffier348]

I`m glad i found your tutorial. Very well done. Thx🥇

[@quantaaudio]

Appreciate it!

[@didodnfriends44]

Mantap... Suwun om untuk share ilmunya semoga anda banyak rejekinya..aamiin

[@quantaaudio]

Terima kasih. Senang Anda menemukan video bermanfaat.

[@Aesprit]

You a real GOAT for this. Thank you

[@quantaaudio]

Glad you found it helpful, Ashley. Thanks for watching and taking a moment to drop a message.

[@gokhantaylan8219]

You are the king of S1 KZbin Tutorial =)

[@quantaaudio]

Haha, thanks man. Glad you're finding the tutorials helpful.

[@kalalkarkarybroadcast9904]

This is fabulous.. Thank you so much

[@seaverlavender3079]

This was great! and thank you.

[@kxc83550]

THANKS SO MUCH QUANTA

[@lightningboltbob8720]

Excellent video I really learned a lot in a short time very very helpful thank you

[@happyandblessed5640]

Thanks for this.

[@dale8809]

Nice videos. I'm a newbie learning this program and it's pretty user-friendly and I've got some stuff recorded but I'm having so many issues with latency so I'm going to try the pointers you stated at the beginning.

[@GarryLubana]

BEST TUTORIAL FOR BEGINNERS pERIOD +1

[@quantaaudio]

Appreciate it, man.

[@MasterAlexxx.Dominant1LLC]

Thank you thank you thank you thank you!!!!! I am totally new...I was gonna just pay the 3k to have some one do it for me.

[@MrSamslab]

Dope video! Very very helpful

[@donaldbittner4654]

Great job

[@bryanmcneil9872]

Thankyou so much for this

[@bestmusicservices]

Great tutorials! Learned a lot.

[@johnnyberglund841]

Great tutor!

[@billleclair6633]

Excellent....

[@Blackmind0]

..i think about buying studio one...this was helpful...greets bm

[@imzaazmi]

Thank you for this tutorial.. Newbies here 🙏👍❤️

[@axetrac10]

Wow...that was a detailed video. Thanks

[@imzaazmi]

Very useful for me thanks 👍👍

[@GenieKR]

This is fantastic!!! Thank you!

[@SjaakShirly6559]

Incredible job. Thanks.

[@sheskimusic]

New subscriber. Fantastic video. Thanks much!!

[@ham60]

really helpful Thank you

[@TheKflow]

This video helped me out

[@petera1033]

Very useful guide for rank beginners - like me - much appreciated. I need to figure out how to link my MAschine Mk3 to the software now..

[@TeflDude]

I wish I had found this earlier - it's so well explained. Any chance of finding your 6+ hours videos.

[@quantaaudio]

Yes, please contact me via my website at: quantaaudio.com/contact I can send you an electronic invoice and then share the course with you via Google Drive. Thanks!

[@rocknrollamps]

excellent video

[@yramhossoo8586]

You are the best