Become Lightning Fast in Studio One

Being fast matters. Get faster with these Studio One tips from Joe Gilder.
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[@bodeghost]

Wait! Pause... Take notes... Play... Listen, giggle with delight... Pause... Take more notes...! WASH, RINSE, REPEAT! BRILLIANT TIPS, I CANNOT BELIEVE THE Timestretch or WAV. nudging trick. 2 CLICKS & AN "X' ! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?! THANK YOU A MILLION TIMES OVER, SIR! THANK YOU! 😉 💜 🍀 🎶

[@CedricMialaret]

Efficiency tip nr1: start at 2:53

[@InactiveNode]

You beat me to that remark :D

[@kennethbate2778]

You the real mvp!

[@DamamakeBeats-RnB]

Lol thanks

[@pypsnoop9557]

LOL

[@johne1599]

For the first 2 minutes and 52 seconds I was thinking, SPEED KILLS! Lol Oh, come on, y'all. That's funny if you grew up hearing that for years. ;

[@AndreaPessino]

Not a single one I didn't know already - in fact, you left out some I use so much I am wearing the keys out (such as shift+L to zoom to the loop range, which is way more useful than alt+z, or shift+s to zoom in/out of the selected event). I guess after 5+ years on S1 I am officially a power user. ;) I also think that Studio One is one of the best designed pieces of software anywhere - even beyond DAWs. Its power/usability ratio is unmatched, IMHO... it is fast, streamlined, solid and so cleverly designed. I just love it.

[@HomeStudioCorner]

Andrea Pessino 🤘

[@thearno2885]

I am struggling with virtual instruments still. Any pointers to what videos I can watch. At the moment it seems like I always have to mess around to get a vst to work.

[@HomeStudioCorner]

@@thearno2885 What's your struggle? Can't get them to work or can't get them to sound good?

[@thearno2885]

@@HomeStudioCorner Hi Joe, no its the routing in the DAW . Coming from Pro Tools i find it counter intuitive.

[@itsdash9374]

Well. Ake a video and stfu. Who cares lol

[@jelanmaxwell4762]

Transitioning from PT to Studio one, and videos like these are making this so easy. Absolutely loved this!

[@jonmessenger5621]

Welcome to Studio One!!!! I stopped using Pro Tools a number of years ago and went to a new DAW called Studio One. I have not been sorry one time. Pro Tools is so overrated in my opinion not to mention the high cost of it. Mr. Gilder is a master at Studio One and a great teacher of the DAW. He won't steer you wrong. Take care my friend and stay safe.

[@jeshuabenson12]

Good choice man!

[@Joeman7890]

To zoom out full horizontal and vertical with one click I programmed a macro to do this. -select all -zoom to selection -deselect all

[@Tx66]

Joeman7890 👌👌👌

[@HomeStudioCorner]

They added Zoom Overview!! Look it up in keyboard shortcuts

[@seanhayes2998]

@@HomeStudioCorner Assigned it to shift O. Very handy!

[@xmateosx]

You said, "Gobs of time". I'm here because I'm new to Studio One, I paused the video, tried out what you were saying, every step of the way. You measured correctly, Gobs of time! Thanks

[@JansleyMusic]

That last tip was legendary.. I will use that indefinitely from now on!

[@maelyyngrey8198]

I was so overwhelmed before I watched this. Thank you so much!

[@ChannelForty2]

This quick workflow is what sold me on studio one. It keeps me focused on creating and that's really what's important. For me studio one is a godsend and I don't see myself ever working another daw!

[@chrisbrowning7926]

Been mixing for years but fixing "manually" though, the last few minutes of this vid will save me the most time

[@richmillerofficial]

You can also right click on the timeline and select "Fit timeline to contents" and it will give you the global view you were looking for. There's no default shortcut key for this, but of course you can set one up.

[@HomeStudioCorner]

richm99 found one! It’s called Zoom Overview. Go find it. Amazing.

[@djstatix26]

That last part and the scrolling is saving so much time. The Alt +Z is Q#@#$#@ amazing. Ive been doing this manually for months!

[@joev4483]

love it Joe! Glad you got the gig, natural choice ... also, Shift Option will give you a magnifying glass to capture view you want, very helpful for those graphic folks coming from Adobe products, etc ...

[@chrishorton8460]

I use “selected tracks to bus” feature all the time, I did not realize that YOU were the one with the ingenious idea to keep new selected tracks within that routing to the same routing. Not sure I said that right, but I super super appreciate that Joe! Also, you have possibly saved me decades if not maybe even centuries with your last tip in editing. THANK YOU!!!!

[@peterbaird7597]

Coincidentally I was putting off editing some acoustic guitar tracks because I just couldn't face it, and then I saw your workflow at around 23:00 in. Snip, snip, slide, fade, done. Now that's a tip I'll use the heck out of. Gotta say it's pretty annoying working S1 on a newer MacBook Pro, though--PreSonus hasn't done anything for the Touch Bar, which means the Function keys require a press of the "fn" key before they appear, they just say F1, F2, etc., and the keyboard overlay obviously doesn't cover the Touch Bar. First World problem, I know.

[@presonus]

Go to your keyboard settings on the mac, you can tell the Touch Bar to default to showing the function keys. That's what I do when I'm working in S1 on my laptop, then I switch back when I'm done. - Joe Gilder

[@binarysun_]

This is very helpful. Thank you Joe. Efficiency is very important to me. Since I don’t have that much time on my hand to make music my studio is set up to be record ready within 1-2 minutes usually for spontaneous sessions. When I plan ahead for a longer session I even set everything up the night before so I am ready in under a minute. Saves sooooo much time and especially nerves.

[@GeorgeBonez]

I just got SO5 and it’s incredible folks. Definitely worth the $$$. I have large touchscreen and I have it tilted way back as I sit on a high stool and it’s almost like using a real console. Especially moving the sliders.

[@MusicShed]

TY JOE! So helpful. Btw, I just made B my keyboard shortcut for "Create Bus For Selected Tracks", cause B was an open key, so no more drop down for me

[@russzimmer5263]

My late additional tip I haven't seen here is (I am on Macbook Pro): while E and W zooms in and out horizontallhy, SHIFT E and SHIFT W zooms vertically in and out while the selected track stays central. I use it all the time. Thanks Joe - great vid(s)

[@philfyphil]

Tip when cutting an audio, always put cursor before transient then press TAB key and it will move it tighter to the transient. You then put the cut exactly on the marker (keep moving the scissors until you get the really thin cut line) When you cut it there more often than not you don’t get clicks so cross fades are less required.

[@anotherchrisperry]

Regarding zoom commands, the feature you are looking for at 9:30 exists already. Just make a macro with whatever zoom parameters you want and assign to a key. Maybe opt-z

[@stephenfell4338]

Thank you joe for these tips some i didnt know great! &​easy

[@warlanefam]

I learned something today: Boom. Boom... BOOM 😂👌 Happy new year, Joe

[@stephenfell4338]

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[@thomastreppenhauerphotosho3972]

Great vid, Joe. Still not done watching it. But already now it saved me a great deal of time and also will in the future. Thank you so much

[@jasonpocorus2338]

0:00 to about the 2:30 mark, I've got a more efficient, time saving method of saying everything you just said 0:00 video intro 0:10 "Tell me why being fast is bad" 0:12 *L O L* EPIC video, bro. Pure Epicness. Part Deuce?? EDIT: As long as your talking to the guys who create the DAW, you might ask them for the ability to resize channels in the mix widow. Sometimes, it'd be handy to grab a channel and make it wider. Would also be handy to view the level meter thing at a reasonable size. I've got better than 20/20 vision but, I'll be looking to make sure everything is at say -6db, and I can't see it cause it's so friggin small

[@WASpectrum]

This is such a great video. I find a lot of people to be so boring when they talk about this stuff. You kept my attention the whole time so I could actually learn some things. Thank you!

[@shaneanglin3476]

Studio One Macros will allow you to zoom in and out horizontally and vertically, overview to loop level if you create them as such... lots of great videos out there that explain all the options and how to build Macros then ties them to the Macro tool bar and keyboard shortcuts

[@Simeonital]

Absolutely great tips though, most I already use, some I've learnt. Been a Studio One lover for 6 years after discovering V3 and moving from Pro Tools and Logic. I was banging on to anyone that would listen - and anyone that wouldn't - that Studio One is going to be the next big thing in DAWs. And so it's proved. I love it!

[@MrDJSTRATEGY]

🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿 that last tip 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@johncurvyroot9217]

I love Studio 1 for its intuitiveness ❤️

[@mikesplitmusic]

Ah thank you so much :D I laughed especially on the audio manipulation in the end... I love it!

[@kbgws]

This is the kind of info I need and love. Quick, simple, detailed. Thanks Joe, and thank you Presonus! (Joe, do more of this style for HSC VIPers.)

[@HarleyBob957]

Wow..great shortcuts Joe...Much appreciated ..Thanks..

[@Capt-Cran]

Appreciate the video ... very helpful ... and your instructions are ALWAYS so clear and understandable ... TOP SHELF!!

[@Breakingtheglasswall]

AT 13:00 my favorite way to do this is just to press number 8 and it brings up the listen tool. Clicking anywhere on a track will solo that part of the track.

[@presonus]

Nice! - Joe Gilder

[@seeker7truth1]

The trick with the function keys was with the price of admission... THANK YOU!!!

[@EdRamseyJr]

I watched this last night and am watching it again today because it was eye-opening for me. I have been using Studio One Pro for a couple of years now and never explored the trackpad efficiencies Joe demonstrates in this video. Wow. This will transform how I use the tool. Thanks!

[@HomeStudioCorner]

Ed Ramsey nice!

[@Breakingtheglasswall]

7 minutes in and this has already changed so much for me. No idea shift and scroll zoomed horizontally. This is great with a gaming mouse that has a free scroll wheel. A gaming mouse is also great because you can set a lot of those hotkeys to the extra mouse buttons.

[@presonus]

YES. You should watch more of Gregor's videos if you haven't already. He uses a gaming mouse and maps all kinds of macros to those extra buttons. It's madness. 😊 - Joe Gilder

[@harmsvideo]

Thanks Joe. Love the Last Tip!

[@JMSGroovetank]

Informative as always Joe, but there are those of us mixing with a faderport surface so a few of those tips don't apply,,,,Lol.... Just a jab my friend, I always look forward to comparing my studio one knowledge with yours, over the years I've learned some great stuff from you ,. Been on St. One since early version 3, when Presobus comped me being a SamAsh pro audio sales person,,,,,,,IVE NEVER LOOKED back (cubase, samplituse, Sonar, and a few others learned and left behind, Studio One just wins Hands down! KEEP IT UP BRO, GREAT STUFF

[@KRMoore731]

I have a shortcut set up where I press shift a and programed it to select all and fit selection on screen, it does exactly what you're talking about when you want to see everything on screen 😊 I actually use it all the time

[@presonus]

💪 - Joe Gilder

[@chuckfarley4401]

Thank you for this. As a total noob this will help me a lot.

[@zipperhead101]

Great stuff for us “non-power users”. Seriously, I have two pages of notes and as soon as I feed the chickens, I’m headed out to the studio to rehearse them all. Thanks!

[@DjAfficial]

I absolutely love how you make the mental struggle very relative thank you may the force be with you

[@rodrigoDOP]

Awesome tips - that command shift S/M - made my day!!! Regarding the "Option -Z" at 9:00 if you like to change the horizontal not showing all the free space: go to song settings and edit the end of the song to the length of your song and it will zoom to that length. 13:30 - I think its easier if you just wanna know what that is - press 8 and click on the clip - that is one of my favorite features of Studio one!!

[@presonus]

Thanks! I actually found a new macro/shortcut called "Zoom Overview." I've mapped that to Z on my keyboard, and it works perfectly. - Joe Gilder

[@ronnyb5890]

great shortcuts Joe,thanx,i will surely use them

[@DavidPresent]

Thanks!! There is another one. When you "rename" the track, hold shift and press "enter". It puts the name all the track in the arrangement!!

[@chrishillery]

9:14 FYI, in Studio One 5.4.1 at least, it appears to work the way you said you wanted it to. Alt-Z (I'm on Windows) always zooms vertically and horizontally so that the session fills the available space, including adjusting for the Mixer/Edit pane if it's open. Horizontally it goes from the start of the song to either the End marker or to the right-most event in the Arranger, whichever is farther right. Horizontally it zooms so all tracks, layers, and enveloper are visible, even if there are some empty tracks at the bottoms of the arrangement.

[@830jkl]

Another awesome video. Thank you so much Joe🎶 Please keep ‘em coming.

[@mauroinnocenzi9420]

Yoi approach to time is pure Austrian economics, but ypu moght know it. Great explanation and love your approach “a Daw needs to do Daw things”

[@leearmitage]

thanks Joe some good tips that I will incorporate

[@nkozi]

Great tutorial, should have come long ago! Especially for us former Ableton users. My big hope is that Presonus start giving more features for electronic musicians/people who use hardware synths!

[@TwinParksBX]

Nkozi Cole All the plug-ins are made for you guys that’s not enough 😂

[@keysbythenumbers]

Former my grits, they play well together...life is always better together.👊🏽

[@rastAsia]

22:32 that slip cross fade short cut is da bomb! Clip Clip. Alt Cmd drag. X fade. Home by dinner! Thanks for that.

[@presonus]

"Home by dinner!" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 - Joe Gilder

[@ivannikolaev2293]

Just a couple of tips: 1 To focus on one track I nevertheless use Editor, much quicker than zooming in and then out. One press of F2, some fixing, F2 again and everything in arrange view is left how I remember it, but the track is fixed. Insane thing, always use it. 2 Global Solo remembers your choice in one more way, that I use aaall the time. Say, I selected several tracks, soloed em and then un-soloed them all using Global Solo. Now I press Solo on some other track, then on some other one (using Alt-click on Solo button), then one more, and I un-solo that last track using S button or press Solo button on the track. Now I use Global Solo and it returns that my first multi-track solo! That was a total game-changer for me, when I realized how it actually works. Presonus makes me feel fingerless in any other DAW after Studio One.

[@csguerin]

Wow!!!! Fantastic video with a bunch of nuggets (especially someone going from PC to Mac)

[@lnxguit]

Well done, Joe. I like what you are doing with PreSonus studio one. It would be nice to have a cheat sheet for these.

[@keysbythenumbers]

Check on his homestudiocorner site or YT channel

[@jonhough7447]

Pae-web.presonus.com/downloads/products/pdf/STUDIO_ONE_-_KEY_COMMANDS_SHEET.pdf

[@lnxguit]

@@jonhough7447 Thank you!

[@BassGoneWilds]

Man, your a life saver. I really appreciate your videos. Loving Studio one 6 so far. You the man! To bad I'm a windows user:)

[@nesanort]

Don't know about you, but editing is the fun part for me :D

[@MarvinSheats]

Thank you Joe. This helped so much.

[@adamredmond6255]

Thanks! great info! Appreciate the help!

[@jazzytea]

So...after a year spent in Cakewalk, I`m now starting Studio One. And I must say, most of the things in this video were like "yaaawn, ok, I know this..."....and then FREAKIN' 23:30 HAPPENED!!! Thank you! Both Studio One and my interface Studio 24c are amazing stuff, I love what you do!

[@EyesOfTruthmusic]

Yeah slip editing is the best thing ever created!

[@WE2019]

I am not going to get tired because I am enjoying doin g this. However, you are helping me a lot.

[@SmallAxeMP]

When you ate doing the editing by cutting and moving click the tab button to get right to the transient and set B to split in macro so you would click B on keyboard to split then X and that's even easier. Imagine things can even be easier lol.

[@MadMike099]

You saved me hours of editing time by teaching me that Command + Option and drag trick when editing split items... holy crap, thank you THANK YOU THANK YOU lol

[@EddieSlowhands]

Hi there Joe ! Thanks for the best video tutorial I have so far watched on Studio One. It's really helping me as a newbie to this DAW ! Time saving is really great and leaving time for creating and recording more music in less time. Best Regards . . . Eddie ( a UK Musician ).

[@OCUBOX]

With a Wacom tablet and your trackpad...editing becomes FUN! Because now you're combining multiple Key combinations to ONE Express Key, which can also set off MACROs, Yeah, S1 is really getting sweet! Only thing is, on my M1 with performance or CPU usage at a steady 1-2% I get BUFFERING! If I edit a certain way, Granted the timeline is ~4 hours (audiobook), but WHY the buffering?

[@thusharafernando2624]

Thanks, I learned a lot. From you as well as from the comments from other users here. Thanks again.Keep it up.

[@messor6371]

Wow! Thanks Joe! can't believe I've been S. O. user for years and didnt know these shortcuts.

[@ContentScientist]

This is Hooping Joe - you are SUPER Hooping right now.......

[@MiSFiTEDM]

On the topic of zooming in and out, you can zoom horizontally with "W" and "E" and vertically with "Shift+W" and "Shift+E"

[@higherrealityvision6302]

I would say that saved my day! Amazing, simple, smooth and fun to watch. Love PreSonus Joe and Gregor. It's just on point!

[@jivitesh1990]

Such a great video . Thank you !

[@AdamClaySiriuSound]

I used Cubase4/5/6 then Digital Performer-Fruityloops-Protools-Reason4/5-logic8/9/10-StudioOne. I never liked the layout of Ableton and FL Studio but i love the features. Reaper seems good.These DAWS are mostly the same, you just have to learn its logic and its strengths. Choose DAW that fits your workflow, your equipment and features you desire most. StudioOne just sounds better to me.

[@sirjoshuapaul]

This is great! Thanks so much.

[@jonhough7447]

Great primer for those of us moving from a different platform

[@grassgeese3916]

The scroll tips changed my mf LIFE thank u!!!

[@Beerbatter1962]

You are an excellent teacher. Good stuff thanks.

[@iamXnl]

The moment you watch a presonus video and already know and use (and improved on ) all the hacks, sorry... tricks. It's a proud and lovely moment. Still watched the whole video because, you know... it's Joe. You just listen to the guy and feel understood ;_)

[@presonus]

Love that. - Joe Gilder

[@fenderben]

Wrote them down. Super helpful. Thanks.

[@ExpatZ266]

All of it, thanks dude!

[@b.colinlaborde6829]

Thank you Joe. Also, if you use a touch screen desk top/laptop you can do the same as the touch pad.

[@MikeDKelley]

Yeah, some of this stuff doesn't work for me. Maybe it's because I'm using Windows, or maybe just the latest version has changed and Joe hasn't updated () but when I press S with one highlighted track only the track itself changes to solo -- the rest stay whatever. Same for mute. Would be NICE if they flipped all at once, but doesn't happen for me.

[@MarioMendozaSEO]

loved the tips, definitely gave me alot of cool ideas to practice with. I need to get better with my shortcuts, stubborn.

[@kjemradio]

Been using Studio One since version 1 and it's the only DAW I'll ever use. Slow Tools, Illogic, NoBase etc. are just not epic as Studio One. Many moons ago I started with Cakewalk Express Gold 6 and it worked but you could only save MIDI. No WAV, MP3 AU, notta. Discovered the Krystal Disk Engine (which is the original heart of Studio One) and it blew my mind. Once I got the FireStudio Mobile and gave Studio One a go I was hooked. Less than 10 minutes I was recording. :-)

[@thepeladeauprojectband8943]

Thank you for your videos! I do not yet have studio one, I do like all of the hardware products that support studio one. It looks like the DAW program is very well laid out, efficient and very capable in a professional studio environment.

[@hagopbasmajian1069]

Thank you information

[@JustinNathanielAdams]

That trackpad looks heavenly

[@BrentIraEnman]

Great tips Joe! Thanks soooooo much!

[@braule80]

Another way is Set Midi Buttons. Save / Play / Rec / Zoom can all be Set on a MIDI Button on Midi Keyboard e.g.

[@dkkrecords]

Shift +F in cubase to zoom back out and use the whole time line real estate…….pity about option+Z….but the subtle differences are intriguing, but globally it’s just so much easier in a session with shortcuts

[@malcolmpalm]

Super awesome, Joe. Thanks so much.

[@AndrewStonerock]

One of my favorite things is templates. I love making templates, and going balls out on a record.

[@sebastianrolland259]

After using logic pro x for a long time i am considering swithing over to this one. Looks very good, and has a real nice workflow!

[@presonus]

You'll LOVE it. - Joe Gilder

[@JimsMusicLegacy]

Very helpful. Thanks.

[@coolchib15]

Thanks for the tips Joe! Great content as always my man.

[@ReachingWisdom]

Thanks for sharing 👍!

[@thalescatao]

This is a must

[@larssonulrich6700]

This was all worth it for the command + option slide on the manual edit trick!!!!! thank you!! @24:00

[@Roger-1j4]

Agreed. Having one small problem. Windows user here. Looks like you just left it on the multiselect tool and pressed CMD to do your split. I can't seem to make that work, and keyboard shortcuts isn't letting me assign it to split at cursor. I have to select the split tool, do the split, then the Ctrl-Alt sliding. What's the trick?

[@dspoet1]

Will rewatch later. Good stuff.

[@biglipzit]

14:55 If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands.

[@presonus]

😂 - Joe Gilder

[@830jkl]

BiGLiPZiT Right?!😆