Jeff Evans
This is mainly rubbish. Time to debunk a few myths. I tested 4 DAW's in summing mode only some time back. Logic, Studio One, Sonar and Pro Tools. I maintained pan laws and level settings only. Got perfect nulls with all of them and a room full of experts could not pick one DAW over another. So we have sorted that summing wise now thanks.
Rubbish huh? First off, you would do well to be a bit more respectful to a new user who is genuinely hoping to have a good experience with Studio One. I hope this rudeness is not the normal behavior of the average veteran Studio One user. This is not a good way to welcome new users to say the least.
Second, just saying that this is a myth doesn't make it a myth. I am prepared to document my test in videos to demonstrate step by step exactly what I am talking about. Now granted, my test did involve 5 mono tracks and one stereo track of live acoustic drums which required the bottom snare mic to be phase flipped, which of course Studio One cannot do without a plugin. SONAR has this built in. It is possible that the Studio One plugin doesn't accurately flip the phase and this could indeed cause a perception of low-end loss. So, tonight I will strip down this test to only include 1 mono kick, 1 mono snare, and 1 stereo overhead track so I won't have to use the phase flipping plugin from Presonus.
I will do one test where the tracks are pre-mixed and will not require any fader movements at all. Just running it through the summing.
I will then do another one where I will do fader movements only, no panning. My goal is to get these results to null. This is really what I am hoping for. If they don't though, lets face the facts and expose it in hopes that it can be improved. I am in with Studio One now, so lets try and get along and help each other out and make Studio One the best it can be.
Jeff Evans
So much mis information has been spread about Studio One in these parts already. It is way powerful, very deep under the hood, midi wise is excellent and it goes on. The problem is many don't really have a deep understanding of it so you think it can't do most of what you could do but in fact in most cases you can. It is just a matter of learning it properly and using it everyday.
I have picked Studio One over Cubase, Pro Tools, and Reaper. So I agree it is a very good DAW. I have been learning it and working with it over the last few days and becoming more familiar with it. I do indeed have enough of an understanding to perform these tests. I only say this to say that my tests were not screwed up because I am doing something wrong. I will perform the new tests shortly. It might not be until Wednesday because I have some work to finish up for paying clients (in SONAR.)
I would love to see your test results if you can share them.