While I may upgrade to v3 eventually, I am definitely going to wait for now.  Studio One is my alternate to Sonar Platinum.  To be honest, Studio One 2 is working great for me when I choose to use it, and for now I do not have a need to upgrade.  Like others here, I am more interested in Mixbus 3 and will spend money on it first.

Groove3 have Studio One 3 explained available.

Hmmm, going purely on appearance it looks so much nicer than Sonar, but........
 
having never tried it, can anyone tell me if it is possible to have the console view on it's own on a second screen ? I see that the marketing blurb says it supports mulitple monitors, but I didn't see anything showing how it can be laid out. I can't stand having track view and console view it all squashed onto one screen, so not being able to do so would rule it out for me straight away.

You have always been able to do it. You just float the mixer out of the dock and drag to where ever you want including a second monitor.
 
Actaully on  27" screen it is so well designed you don't need two screens. It is so easy to show/hide the mixer with just one keystroke.
 
New version is very good. An amazing program has just got seriously better. Rock solid too.

FX Chains in the way they are done, AND!!! the multi synth control on a single track is a major jump forward.
 
Downloading the demo which I had no interest in before because of the limitation on multi synths, same as Sonar.
 
If it gets much better than this, will have to even retire Reaper. The flexibility of ver 3 in this aspect is now state of the art without having to resort to third party help. Presonus moved to the head of the pack overnight.
 
Anybody know if the authorization is online activation or if it is a simple key code or serial like Sonar.
 
John

JohnKenn
FX Chains in the way they are done, AND!!! the multi synth control on a single track is a major jump forward.
 
Downloading the demo which I had no interest in before because of the limitation on multi synths, same as Sonar.
 
If it gets much better than this, will have to even retire Reaper. The flexibility of ver 3 in this aspect is now state of the art without having to resort to third party help. Presonus moved to the head of the pack overnight.
 
Anybody know if the authorization is online activation or if it is a simple key code or serial like Sonar.
 
John

 You can use it on 5 machines and authorize and deauthorize. At least that's the way it was with v2.
 

I noticed there isn't a cross-grade price up ... hmmmmmm

mgh
interesting isn't it? As a new user I'd think S1 would get a lot of support. Now i'm invested in Splat and RapPro i'll be staying, but I have Notion 4 and the ease which that integrates into S1 is very tempting (esp given ReWire is, erm...)

I have Notion 5 already.  It would be interesting to see how it works with S1.

check their webshop-
https://shop.presonus.com...one-upgradescrossgrade
 

bapu
They've moved away from the Presonus blue to SONAR black/dark grey.

Actually, you can tint it to a bunch of different shades.  You can also increase or decrease contrast which is very important for very "experienced" eyes.