As a full time Studio One user I am pretty happy with this major upgrade. There has been some mixed reactions over there but for me it is extremely well behaved and an almost perfect .0 release. I think I am lucky or something. The GUI is very nice. Much better on a 27" monitor though.
 
All the new stuff is excellent. Scratchpad is way good. I am using it already. The synths are great too. I am not having Mai Tai trouble in terms of CPU like others are right now. I can run many without a slight hitch. Presence XT is great too.
 
Midi FX are a welcome addition. It is possible through routing to record what the Note FX are doing. I have got a slightly complex external midi hardware setup and two midi interfaces. Both 8 IN 8 OUT devices. I can send midi data around very easily. The Note FX all get sent out to any external hardware. It is easy to send that effected midi signal back into the computer for me and record a second midi track at the same time. The first has just your live playing captured and the second has all the note FX on.
 
They have blended some Sonar, Cubase, Pro Tools and Logic elements in there as well with this new upgrade. The content is excellent. The midi side is still powerful and much can be done now. I would like to see full Sysex recording etc in the next little while hopefully. I have got  Roland JD800 and all the front panel controls send out data that Studio One presently won't record. 
 
Great upgrade though, a great program just got a whole lot better.

There is reasonable crossgrade pricing. This is getting tempting. Hmmmmmmmmm..........
 
Rocky

BD..the deeper I get into this the more I like it.

I haven't really "loaded it" yet to see how it compares under a project with Sonar.
(by loading I mean "stressing with a lot of plugins")
 
I love Sonar...greatly...but with the features this is offering, if I really start working with
it I may get hooked...I can't believe some of the things in here...it's amazing...
It's a very impressive program....was before...but REALLY is now...plus integrated
Mastering, Melodyne Integration, etc...it's certainly more then most offer...and ALL DAW's could
learn from the browser in it (IMO)

I have yet so see ANY update to PT 12....after several months...

Sonar still wins for GUI....but the GUI in S1 3 is quite usable...

On the other hand...Sonar has made leaps every month since the release of Platinum...
and that is worth quite a bit also...it's not often that a DAW gives you new VST's or features
every month...THAT says a lot about Sonar and Cakewalk to me ....

Maybe we'll see some of this in later "Versions" of Platinum...

But I'll still be working with S1 3 also...and PT 12....etc...blah blah blah..etc...ad nauseum...
just to keep up with the industry...

Ha...that's a good one 

Check out some of these...

http://www.studio-one.exp...%203%20News%20Week%201

I think I said in another post that the scratchpad and arranger track was enough reason to spend a lot more time with S1v3.
I really need to get into a big project.

I have been using the scratchpad a lot already and it is excellent. If you are someone that likes to create chunks or ideas it is very cool. The cursor wont play from one thing into the other. eg from the normal timeline into a scratchpad. They are quite separate.
 
There is no limit to the number of scratchpads so having several is very good with each one starting at zero, bar 1 etc..They can be shown or hidden.
 
A good thing to do is to create arrange sections in the arranger window in each of the scratchpads too. Then it is just a simple matter to drag the arrange sections into one final arrangement.
 
You can use the scratchpads for different versions of a full complete mix too.
 
You can still save multiple versions of the same piece as before under one Studio One song. Each version can have a scratchpad or multiple scratchpads too.
 
I am about to do a children's album for a client. There will only be 5 or 6 songs on the album but 4 or 5 versions of each song though. The scratchpad concept will come into its own for this.
 
It helps to have a larger monitor when scratchpads are in use.
 
 

Have you moved yet Jeff?

Hi Mike. No still in Melbourne. Been going up there a lot and checking out houses. It could be Sunbury or Ballarat but Ballarat is looking better. Got to get a job there as well. Not rushing at this stage just looking for the perfect house.
 
 

I'm sure you'll sort it out. Let me know when you're up we can get together for a cuppa in town.