Have you always wanted to get started making your own music track? This is no problem at all with the free Studio One 4 Prime program. It even comes with a great selection of free sounds, loops, and instruments.
Presonus Studio One 4 Prime
PriceFor free
Language
English German
OS
Windows 7/8/10; macOS
Website
www.presonus.com 8 Score 80
- Pros
- Lots of tutorials on site
- Free loops and instruments
- Surprisingly complete
- Negatives
- learning curve
- Download requires registration
Studio One is a professional program for composing, mixing and producing music yourself. The light version is called Studio One 4 Prime and offers you enough options to make a good-sounding music track. By the way, Studio One 4 Prime should be read as version 4 of Studio One Prime.
Register
To be able to download the program for free, you need to add it to your cart via the Studio One 4 Prime site and sign up for a Presonus account. Make sure that you do not check the box for receiving offers when registering. Activate your account and you can download Studio One Prime. On the download page you will also find loops and sound sets to get started with Studio One right away. The big difference with big brothers Studio One Artist and Studio One Professional is that you can't run plug-ins (Audio Units and VSTs) with the free version and that a number of effects and virtual instruments are missing, otherwise the Prime version is surprising complete.
daw
A digital audio workstation (daw) such as Studio One requires some knowledge, just like when you start working with a video editing program for the first time. Fortunately, Presonus has some good tutorials on its website. As soon as you start a new project, the program asks what tempo you want to use and how long you think your song will be. Step by step you can now add audio loops or instruments to your arrangement. In addition to the free loops and instruments, you can also download additional material from professional sound designers from the application.
Conclusion
Working with a daw always requires some attention if you have never worked with such a program before, but because of the many tutorials you will quickly become familiar with it. The free program is very complete and offers you plenty of options to create your own track.
