Safe to say that maintaining this phase correlation through the early stages of processing, makes for awesome peace of mind and better sounding stems at the instrument busses. ProEQ2 has received a linear phase high-pass filter, which is an awesome addition to a tool which is likely to see more use than almost anything on a mix. With Studio One 5.2, PreSonus look to have a landmark release on their hands in regards to their flagship recording software, continuing to straddle the line between stage and studio in effortless style, and with some powerful new features that are sure to appease both the drag and drop and linear schools of production workflow in equal measure.įirst point of call is PreSonus’ generously large native effects library, which has received a lot of love in this upgrade.Īnalog Delay now looks and sounds more analogue, both due to its new funky design and improved hardware modelling of analogue gear, which has been applied to a range of native effects across Version 5. What started as a sister piece to their ubiquitous and game changing StudioLive series of interfaces/mixers has over time, grown into a sophisticated recording software all of its own, with a powerful feature set and one of the smoothest and most intuitive workflows going.

PreSonus have been in the DAW world for the past ten years, which by the standard of modern recording software officially makes them a veteran in the space at this point.Ĭatch up on all the latest music gear reviews here. Words by Sam McNiece Link Audio | Expect to pay: $599.99

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