I am reluctant to abandon Sonar but consider to have Studio One just in case. I am curious which Studio One FXs and synths can be opened in Sonar? 

None of the Presonus designed plugins from Studio One will work in any other DAWs to my knowledge - I heard they're a proprietary format which only Studio One can use.

They are all locked to studio one and not VST. The only studio one plugins not easily covered by sonar are sample 1 and splitter.

There's always ReWire, I reckon. I wouldn't know...

Which plugins were you wanting to use?

Yeah I tested that out, even my addictive drums 2 wouldn't open in studio one, so I contacted presonus customer support, aparrently the basic studio one artist doesn't allow 3rd party plugins, you need to upgrade to be able to use 3rd party plugins........so I guess Addictive drums 2 and other xln producticts, melodyne  yeah, only 3rd party will work in studio one........however I just installed reaper trial, and everything 3rd party automatiacally loaded up.......

paul jenkins
Yeah I tested that out, even my addictive drums 2 wouldn't open in studio one, so I contacted presonus customer support, aparrently the basic studio one artist doesn't allow 3rd party plugins, you need to upgrade to be able to use 3rd party plugins........so I guess Addictive drums 2 and other xln producticts, melodyne  yeah, only 3rd party will work in studio one........however I just installed reaper trial, and everything 3rd party automatiacally loaded up.......

Yep, for 3rd party plugins in Studio One, you either need to have the top-whack Professional Edition, or you can buy an add-on for the Artist edition to allow them but I think it's close to $100 to buy it. 

Studio One is priced so low right now for Sonar users that it really is a no brainer if you want to switch. The Pro version supports all VST's really well. It has some very useful plugs built in as well. 

Rimshot
Studio One is priced so low right now for Sonar users that it really is a no brainer if you want to switch. The Pro version supports all VST's really well. It has some very useful plugs built in as well. 

Yep the price is a great deal.  $150 until the end of the year.  If I had the money spare I'd snap it up. Sadly I don't! 

dubdisciple
Which plugins were you wanting to use?

Nothing specially, just checking if there are any benefits from buying S1 if I fortunately never have to leave Sonar.