Yep, I'm more annoyed they went with Fender Studio Pro instead of Fender Studio One. But I guess the marketing dept did that on purpose, they want people to say the Fender name, otherwise it's just a generic name. They know no one said Presonus Studio One, and just changing it to Fender wouldn't change that. That's my only gripe with the change.

 

100%

 

I previously used Studio One 6 Artist.
Yesterday I purchased an upgrade to Studio One 7 on Thomann.
Today (and after 24 hours), I claimed Fender Studio Pro 8.

This way, I upgraded from Studio One 6 Artist to Fender Studio 8—and also secured the installer for version 7—all for less than $99.

 

R2R team need a new method? (just thinking)

 

Not as far as we know, we just need the installer but no one has provided it.

 

i have no plans merging to version 8 for now.. im using 7.2 runs great on windows 11

 

R.I.P. I guess, I expect similar "end" like Cakewalk

 

Reports of its death have been greatly exaggerated!

Studio One is indeed very modern and advanced. The workflow, in particular, makes it valuable for many users. It also depends on how many new customers can be acquired, or, to put it another way, which musicians who aren't even born yet will be using which DAW?

The global size of the DAW software market is estimated at US$1,013.62 million in 2026 and is projected to reach US$2,094.68 million by 2035, representing an annual growth rate of 8.4% from 2026 to 2035.

Price list dated January 15, 2025:

Fender Studio Pro 8 with 12M Pro+ - 169 €
Fender Studio® Pro - 199,99 €

Image-Line FL Studio Producer Edition - 225 €
Image-Line FL Studio All Plugins Edition - 535 €

Steinberg Cubase Elements 15 - 98 €
Steinberg Cubase Artist 15 - 319 €
Steinberg Cubase Pro 15 - 569 €

Avid Pro Tools Studio Perpetual - 599 €
Avid Pro Tools Ultimate - 1.499 €

Ableton Live 12 Intro - 79 €
Ableton Live 12 Standard - 279 €
Ableton Live 12 Suite - 599 €

Bitwig Studio Essentials - 95 €
Bitwig Studio Producer - 195 €
Bitwig Studio - 379 €

Magix Acid Pro - 189 €
MOTU Digital Performer 11 (E) - 459 €
n-Track Studio 10 - 69 €

n-Track Studio 10 Extended - 139 €
n-Track Studio 10 Suite - 229 €

Cockos REAPER - discounted license 60 $
Cockos REAPER - commercial license 225 $

 

Last edited: Jan 15, 2026 at 5:48 PM

2 days since release and not a single thing on a sister site.
Damnnn...

 

what AI says about numbers of paying users? because price lists are irrelevant to DAW lifespan, (paying) user base is.

 

Hi, it's me again...

So, we have a situation…

LANDR bought reason, Fender renamed Studio One to Fender Studio PRO.. and that's just since the beginning of the year… I can't count how many times I've seen R.I.P in messages… through various forums and social networks in the past few days. For both programs.
Let's try to look at the situations a little more soberly and with a little distance… and for the sake of the truth, let's be honest.

So… Reason, Studio One, Cubase, Sonar, Pro Tools.. and the rest, have completely different stories and situations.

Sonar
From the beginning they were Cakewalk, then sold.. First to Roland, and later to Gibson. Gibson did not sell it further, they decided to shut down Sonar by Cakewalk at a given moment. As far as I know, Bandlab bought a CLOSED project and waited a certain period specified in the contract and revived Sonar as Cakewalk by bandlab. It was free for a some time, and now it is charged. Again, let's be honest that Sonar is a good product and a very modern DAW..

Cubase/Nuendo/Waveform
Steinberg was sold to Yamaha, but probably the contract says that they CANNOT change the name... let's assume that too. Now Yamaha can't or won't change the name.. but, here is version 15. am I wrong? So the team has remained the same, they have been improving the software and adding new things for years.

Pro tools..
a student project at some point buys Digidesign. He sells to Avid, and now the entire AVID is owned by the private company Symphony Technology Group.. Their reasoning is: Why change a recognizable name... I guess. I have no insight into their contracts.

Reason
It was simply sold. Again, propellerhead's assessment that it was time to sell is theirs. Reason is a good program! Excellent!! A complete self-sufficient solution. No third party plugins, no sharing of instruments, no 3rd partz VST. a framed closed system. The only connection with the "outside world" was through REWIRE.. and then they discontinued it... introduced audio recording... removed rewire, introduced some things, removed some others.. but, still somehow closed to cooperation, let's say so... and there it is. It was sold. I'll say it again, we'll see what happens. It depends on the vision of LANDR management. But it's alive! YET!

Waveform
Mackie is the original owner of the Tracktion program, later they became independent and regularly release updates and various refreshments in the program itself. The fact that it is less popular does not mean that it is bad. I even think it is excellent...

Samplitude, Sequoia, Music maker.. were also sold. They have their own audience... they are not bad. On the contrary... they are good. But they are not closed, they are not worse.. Some says that says that Sequoia is exellent for mastering.. I didn't try it.

Even Fruity loops is now FL studio. Right? Did someone write R.I.P.? I don't remember...

Presonus was sold to Fender. 2021.. Presonus is the owner of Studio one software… so they went as a package… For four years they didn't touch anything, nor did they fire anyone. In the meantime, they released V5, V6, then V7 version of Studio one program.. in the meantime, they created Fender studio application which is an audio only recording program. In the end, they released V8 with FENDER in the name… They didn't create a new program. They didn't touch the workflow.. they just made some makeup and added some things. After all, why would they create a program from scratch, when they already have a finished product.. And Fender + Studio one, there is a great chance that united they will improve market share.. (unfortunately, that's how it goes... "Money makes the world go round" sung Lisa Minnelli) because both names are well-known.. Let's hope that it will be good at the end.

I wish Gibson had renamed Cakewalk/Sonar to something like "Gibson studio world".. or something similar. Maybe they wouldn't have to shut down Sonar. Who knows. But their vision of Cakewalk Sonar was not the same as mine as I write this...

In the end... (who knows how many more "situations" there are...) everything runs its course. Remember how much fuss there was around Beringer who gathered and bought a bunch of manufacturers of famous brands... TC electronic, TC Helicon, Midas... they are still alive... in the sense that they have not collapsed... one example, and there are many. Ah, yes... I almost forgot. My favorite hardware brand, M-audio, I would ask you to go to the "inMusic Brands" website and see which companies are under them...
So yes, the market share that I mentioned in the post about Reason plays a big role, but also some security that allows various brands to develop and/or grow. Whether it is software or hardware. A lot depends on management and intention. What the buyer intends with it and what vision he has.

It does not necessarily mean that sales will destroy a product. Be it Hardware or Software.

And yes.. ALL, but all programs are buggy... PT, SO, Cubendo, Sonar, ... when you consider that it's thousands and thousands of lines of code... so something must be fucked up somewhere. Now.. how soon will it be corrected...

My message at the end.. let's be a little careful with R.I.P writing.. "It ain't over till it's over"


P.S.@ admins, maybe this can be a new thread if does not belong to this thread...
and P.S. 2 again, this is by translate... maybe some miss understand will occur

 

I couldn't care less about the name change, however, it really pisses me off that the transition from the old presonus product portal to fender I have no record of my previous licenced studio one pro 7. Its just offering me a $160 upgrade to the new rebranded product. Its got me revisiting reaper

 

I was on the Presonus Bandwagon for quite a while. Jumped from Logic Protools to Logic to Studio One. Good DAW, but I was using Bitwig in Parallel and TBH, Bitwig overtook PreSonus for sound design. I like the fact that they both adopted th .daw project extension. I have copies of Live and Reaper, but it's a headspace, although a very, very powerful option now. Fender buying Presonus? It's a strategic play as their modellers get better; it's a pre-acquired customer base. However, I don't know how loyal people are nowadays. The DAW wars are never-ending. I like to use Bitwig, but another vibe every now and then is a good thing. Who owns what and what do they call it? It's a niche tech stock for "creators" designed to be flipped and consumed... it'll all have Suno in it eventually and be remotely controlled from a prompt. Look at Apple's new creative suite, everything to everyone, all at once. Bring back my E16, time-locked to the Atari Falcon running flaky Cubase audio.... yeah, nah, maybe not.... 2xSM57's + 1x 144 + 1x echoplex + 1x boombox + a lot of real = Nebraska

 

Recently updated my S7 to Nov 2027. I logged in today to discover I now am also registered for Fender Studio Pro 8 to Nov 2027 gratis . WOW I am so impressed. Seems too that the original Presonus team remains unchanged, so I'm optimistic the change is for the good.

 

Log in to your account and you'll see that everything you own and can download is listed correctly. You'll also find download links and your activation details there! It's perfectly normal for a company to advertise its products.

 

Studio One was a bad name!

What daw do you use? - the answer is usually Presonus, not Studio One.
Just like Live. People are going to say they use Ableton, or rarely Ableton Live.
Cubase, Pro Tools, Reaper on the other hand are clear brand names.

It's also not too well thought out either. Studio One Two, Studio One 3, etc. That's just silly.

Now it's even more confusing!

What DAW do you use? I used to use Presonus Studio One, but now it's Fender Studio One, no sorry Fender Pro Tools Studio, or Studio Tools Pro, you know, they bought it and now I dont know whats it called anymore.

Only semi successful name transition I can think of was from Fruity Loops to FL Studio. And people still mention "it was called fruity loops" when they mention it.

 

I disagree with you:

For a simple answer to the DAW question, the following terms could be used:

Studio One, Pro Tools, Cubase, Acid Pro, REAPER, FL Studio, Studio Pro 8 and Ableton Live.

When I communicate, I always use the company name first, then the product name, for example:

PreSonus - Studio One,
Avid - Pro Tools,
Steinberg - Cubase,
Magix - Acid Pro,
n-Track - Studio 10,
Cockos - REAPER,
Image-Line - FL Studio,
Fender - Studio Pro 8,
Ableton - Ableton Live.

As you can see, a hyphen perfectly distinguishes between company and product!

I find the precise name important to prevent misunderstandings. Even the use of jargon or abbreviations due to laziness, like S1 (Studio One), always leads to misunderstandings or texts that are difficult to read and understand.

 

Last edited: Jan 16, 2026 at 8:42 AM

I just hope the release will have a "HAPPY NEW YEAR" banner.