The only thing I haven't really figured out that I really want to is how to "tie" notes together in step sequence mode.  How do I make a note longer than a whole note, for example.  This is kind of annoying to me. 

mixmkr

hbarton

mixmkr
thx Bit... 
I imagine at the Presonus forums...there's going to be a flood of these "newbie" type questions, from people exhausted from reading the manual and just want a quick, clear answer!!
 
What would be cool over there is a "I'm from Sonar DAW" subgroup.  Fielding all these basic questions that are hidden deep in the bowels of the program.
Hard to stop messing with S1 but gotta hop on the BLack Friday stuff too.   All these new toys...

Hi,
I will make the suggestion over on the Presonus forum. I'm not a Studio One tech but will try to help where I can answer a question when I can. Since it is the holiday many from Presonus probably took a well deserved long weekend (but there are still some holding the fort it seems). I did notice that one of the moderators (jpettit) set up a greeting page here:
https://forums.presonus.com/viewtopic.php?f=151&t=27570&p=153954#p153954
That was a nice welcome.   I'm anxious, to say the least.  Will probably wait to see if there is a cross over price, but I'm ready.  I hate to say goodbye to Sonar, but it's like getting something new and the old just doesn't seem as needed.  S1 was a fairly easy learning curve and that's been very beneficial.
 
Probably will not answer all questions, but be a good subgroup starting point for a folks coming from Cake.

That was a nice welcome letter.  I'm getting more and more excited about S1 each time I use it.  The learning curve isn't really all that hard, which is a blessing.  There's some good stuff in there that's new.  The future looks good.

I've shared this in several places here but I have totally loved Studio One since I moved to it this past Spring.  I found it very easy to pick up and discovered many features that I simply liked much better.  Examples:  I found mixer navigation, grouping and routing much more to my liking.  Clip gain, just click the bottom half of a clip, then drag the central blue handle on top up or down.  A single plugin window allows access to everything in a chain.  I just found many things much faster and streamlined with S1 for my workflow. 

Midiboy
The only thing I haven't really figured out that I really want to is how to "tie" notes together in step sequence mode.  How do I make a note longer than a whole note, for example.  This is kind of annoying to me. 

Hi,
If you open the Event viewer (double click the MIDI track) then select both notes. Right click on one note and at the bottom of the list then click the flyout for Musicial Functions - second selection at the bottom is Merge Events.
 
Take care,
h

bitflipper
Example. You select the Paint tool to insert notes, which works great (I like the way you can adjust velocity at the same time). But you then realize you've dropped the note on C# instead of C, so the natural move is to select the note and move it. Oops, you just deleted the note. You have to press "1" first, then you can move it. Don't forget to press "3" again to continue entering data.
 

Ah... I hadn't noticed that... Being playing pretty much all day but totally missed that one. Thanks Dave

Rasure
Does anyone happen to know the midi clock PPQN of S1? did a google search but couldn't really find anything.

Good thought on that. It's very important.

bitflipper
 
Example. You select the Paint tool to insert notes, which works great (I like the way you can adjust velocity at the same time). But you then realize you've dropped the note on C# instead of C, so the natural move is to select the note and move it. Oops, you just deleted the note. You have to press "1" first, then you can move it. Don't forget to press "3" again to continue entering data.

Workflow tip:  Pressing the Ctrl key when the Arrow tool is active in the "Music editor" turns the Arrow tool into the pencil tool.  As soon as you release the Ctrl key, the Arrow tool is available for moving notes and prevents the accidental deletion of previously added notes.
 
Hope this helps,
-- Ron

SquireBum

Antler
I don't understand why people are suggesting a lacking in MIDI capabilities (ok, the editing process may not have been as smooth as in Sonar, but it's not like there was something I could not end up doing). Is there something I'm missing, and will only realise once I'm doing a more complex project (i.e. a 'normal' midi-centric project)?

1.  Do you ever use Process> Find/Change... or Edit > Select > by Filter in SONAR?  S1 has no equivalent function.
2.  Do you draw CC values into the CC lanes in SONAR and depend on seeing the value feedback of the mouse position in the scale in the left margin of the CC lane?  S1 gives no direct feedback of the values you are entering as you draw, only when you are editing individual nodes. 
3.  Do you ever use the Event List in SONAR?  S1 has no equivalent function.
4.  Do you use the "Last Touched" feature in the Note Duration drop-down box in SONAR that allowed you to draw new notes based on the last note you touched?  S1 has no equivalent function.
5.  Do you ever use the "In-line" MIDI Editor in SONAR?  S1 has no equivalent function.
 
If your answer is "No" to all of these items, then you probably won't be missing much.
 
Hope this helps
-- Ron
 

Thanks for this list; looks like I overlooked a few features.

It took e like 5 days to setup a Roland XV-5080.  Studio One does not support instrument definition files so the ins file I have been using for years and years in sonar was rendered useless.  You have to set patch and bank using the MSB / LSB number derived by taking the MSBX128+LSB.  I found most of what I needed, research, research, research across Roland support, my ins files, etc.  This requires that you reference each sound externally, either in a spreadsheet or using reference doc's related to the patches and addon modules.  I spent 10 hours today building a spreadsheet with everything in one place today for my reference.
 
I was very spoiled with sonar, load the .ins and tinker with sound.  I can't find a midi panic or midi reset button in studio one one either, which is a problem as I tinker with the external hardware looking for patches something gets out of sync and studio one won't reset the device so it gets stuck on a specific patch.  If anyone wants my spreadsheet let me know I will share it, it took forever (if anyone even has a xv-5080) to assemble.
 
Studio One does not play nicely with my Motu devices either, the 828 MKII or the midi express.  There might be Presonus hardware in my future (I am sure they will love that).  I ain't got time for shiznit that don't play nice, I need to turn it on and it works.  I have owned studio one for a week and all that has been dedicated to hardware and configuration, I have about 15 pieces of external gear and so far I think I nailed one of them, eeeeeeeeek.

Studio One does have a panic button. It's on the midi monitor page. 'All Notes Off' Not in an obvious place I agree.
To get to the midi monitor click on the little midi icon down below.
You an make a keyboard shortcut for it though.
 
Studio One plays nice with every midi interface I have tested including Midi Express XT. 

As far asI know All Notes Off is basically the same as a rest command. Must admit I don't use it because my Midi Interface has it also on the front panel and it is easy to get to for me. 
 
Studio One X is no longer from what we can tell. There is no info about it. Or how to install etc.. The website has disappeared. You might be better off waiting until V4 comes out and see what happens there.
 
 

If you are good at what you do, Studio One's midi implementation is not going to get in your way. It is faster and that is why quite a few professional users like using it too. No time fiddling around, all the time spent on the music. As it should be.  
 
There is no trouble with Studio One and midi.  All the essentials are there and that is what is important.  And some things that are better, like the overall timing of the midi engine and stuff like that.  Way bigger than event lists and instrument definitions. 
 
 

It can but it looks like you have to change the msb/lsb calculation versus how you use it in the track inspector which is ridiculous. No .ins file makes it almost unusable for outboard midi gear at least from a workflow perspective IMHO.

If using softsynths it's not a problem.

rbrodbec
It can but it looks like you have to change the msb/lsb calculation versus how you use it in the track inspector which is ridiculous. No .ins file makes it almost unusable for outboard midi gear at least from a workflow perspective IMHO.

If using softsynths it's not a problem.

This is exactly why I chose Cubase over Studio One.  Even without Studio One's inability to use definitions, the Cubase Midi is just better than Studio One.   Factor in the very powerful Cubase patch scripts, and the choice was simple for me.