I gave the demo a quick test drive (like 30 minutes) on my laptop (not at my studio at the moment.)  I had no trouble getting some AD midi sequences to play or adding a soft synth (SI -Electric Piano.)  I would recommend trying out the demo - it doesn't take long t download and install assuming a decent internet connection. 

Yes and yes.

Why is everybody reading manuals and watching videos? Download the free demo and get your hands on it!!!!!!!

batsbrew
how easy is it, to setup Toontracks Superior Drummer to work properly in Studio One 3 pro?
 
that, and a maudio keyrig, are the only 'midi' items i need full control of.

It looks like there is a 5 minute video on YouTube showing how to set up Superior Drums.  I didn't watch it, but I am guessing if it can be explained in 5 minutes, its not that hard.

jackson white
From the PreSonus Forum
 
"I was commenting on S1's ability to remain competitive when it comes to the feature set, which is sorely lacking in many areas compared to the competition, particularly on the MIDI side of things. The slow development time combined with the radio silence is just frustrating. I feel like S1 just needs a really solid MIDI release, and to kill off a few longstanding FR's like Mixer Undo, Track Notes and an improved Tempo View and it would essentially be perfect. Narech is filling in some of the gaps on the MIDI side of things, while adding some cool functionality outside of the scripts, but this is all stuff I'd just like to see Presonus handle themselves (and do better frankly). 

I'm just getting impatient for a new release I guess. I'm still a fan of this DAW big time due to the workflow and stability, but just want to see the pace of development increase. I'm sure if I were using Cubase I'd be complaining about their poor VCA fader implementation or something else..."
 
...
I've taken a quick look at their Reference Manual. It says enough of the right things, but nothing like actual hands on use for my particular way-of-working to know for sure.
 
Looking for videos for a specific use case, such as setting up a drum map and creating/editing MIDI clips. 

If you want pace of development to increase, I'd suggest looking for another DAW.  S1 is great for what it is, and for 90% of folks it's good enough.  I amazed at the feature set it does have for as short as it's been around but PreSonus in general don't have big development staffs.  Heck they can't even support their interfaces properly with driver updates.  I had the AudioBox 1818VSL which became a paperweight if you had a USB 3.0 with an intel chipset. and people waited well over a year for a fix.
 
You have to understand that S1 was developed to ensure quality/usability with their interfaces and live mixing consoles.  Prior to Studio One they used to bundle with Cubase Elements, and they couldn't sell a 32 input mixing console and package it with a limited Cubase Elements.
 
There was nearly three years between v1 and v2 and four years between v2 and v3.  3.5 just came out and the cool thing is they don't charge for the .5 releases (which Cubase does), but the philosophy of Studio One is give people just enough of what they need, make it stable.  I wouldn't expect SO4 until 2019 or 2020.  That is just their development cycle.

Larry Jones

Karyn
I've been talking to Rick Naqvi, VP of sales at PreSonus.  They will be announcing a special offer for Sonar users on Tuesday.
 

Isn't that the day after their $199 Black Friday deal expires? Why do these decisions always have to be made so difficult?

+1

greg54
In S1 are you able to go into MIDI and edit time and velocity?   And is it easy to do?
 
Greg

Yes - double click a midi track and the Event window will open a piano roll - velocity can be adjusted at the bottom and timing can changed there as well. Again I am not a power user of the MIDI stuff.
 
Hope that helps,
 
h

I downloaded the demo of S1.  I have yet to crack the manual, but right now I'm doing everything in S1 midi-wise that was in SONAR (record/edit noes lengths/pitches/velocity).  Function wise they seem the same, but SONAR was more "elegant" if that says anything.

doncolga

kapelle

soens
I find setting up MIDI and instruments in SO3 is a bit convoluted compared with Sonar. It can be done but there's a learning curve.

Huh? Are we working with the same software? I downloaded the studio one demo tonight, grabbed an instrument, dragged it into the workspace and instantly created a track - it is literally a hundred times easier and more intuitive than sonar.

I was thinking the same thing here.  You drag it to a track and you're done.  Nothing hard about it at all.  I've found Studio One way more intuitive, even after the time I had with Sonar.

Obviously the same software, but apparently doing different things.  Read the 1st page of this thread. Try "dragging" a real synth into a track, or setting it up to access device specific voices, etc. Not nearly as straight forward as Sonar.

What mixmkr is asking about is showing/editing multiple MIDI tracks in one PRV window. I haven't been able to figure that out, either, although I have to imagine it's possible.

bitflipper
What mixmkr is asking about is showing/editing multiple MIDI tracks in one PRV window. I haven't been able to figure that out, either, although I have to imagine it's possible.

When dealing with MIDI clips in S1, F2 is your friend. If you double-click a clip, only that clip will open, and it will be the default "zoomed out" view. If you highlight the clip, and press F2, it will open your clip in the PRV and bring up the PRV settings that you previously set while working. To add a clip to that one open PRV, press shift and click on the clip in the Track View you want to add. Both will appear in the window. Once you have multiple clips open, you can use Track List in the PRV to show/unshow, or click on the pencil in the Track View to lock that clips MIDI notes. Also, click on the empty space in a clip in the PRV, and it will highlight that clip so you can see the boundaries.

Thank you! Pecan is my favorite.

- duplicate -

I took my first look at the SO3 demo the other night, and chimed in early in this thread about the midi implementation being okay in parts, but clumsier than Sonar's. This evening I fired up SO3 again and took another crack at it, and found it much easier to deal with. I am an ITB guy completely, and I have very particular ways of working and setting up my tracks, and now that I've spent some time getting used to SO3's approach and overall vibe, I actually had a lot less difficulty getting going tonight than I did the other day. 
 
Couple of reasons for that, I think: a) simply the fact that there is a learning curve and you need to start working your way around it, and b) last night I was already cranky and unfocused by the time I got to SO3, after spending the better part of two hours trying to wrestle Samplitude into submission -- on top of being pretty down in the dumps over Cakewalk's demise. So I was not really in any mood to be receptive to a new DAW, or unravel a different style of implementing it.
 
I am a bit more impressed with SO3 tonight, and had much better results. Felt I should mention that. A lot of us are sort of casting about for answers after this week's sad news, and are trying to figure out how to best proceed in uncertain times, and I didn't want to cast an unfairly negative light on a potential solution. I am probably going to stick with Sonar until the end (whenever that comes), but after tonight, I wouldn't write SO3 off as a potential option, should the need arise down the road.