Studio One 3.3 has a nice focus on composers, score writers, drum editors, and notation lovers.

Version 3.3 Release Notes (August 25, 2016):
New features and improvements:

• Integration with Notion 6: transfer audio and note data between Studio One and
Notion, anywhere on your network
• One-click global Effects on/off
• Combined On/Off for multiple selected Effects and Instruments
• Disable Tracks, Instruments or Plug-ins
• New Autofill option for multitrack drum quantization in Slice mode
• New video engines replacing QuickTime
(Win: Microsoft Media Foundation; OS X: AV Foundation)
• Transform tool for note velocity
• Performance improvements for Mix Engine FX
• ¼T added to Quantize grid
• Updated MP3 decoder (compatibility improvements)
• Improved tape-style monitoring
• Copy Track now includes automation
• Resizing notes respects initial mouse offset
• Note events no longer jump when clicked
• Note events no longer played when deleting or lassoing
• New crop events and note selection shortcuts in Music Editor
• Navigate between channels from plug-in header
• Multi Instrument sub outputs now listed in stem export
• Mixdown without master effects state now saved
• [Studio 192 / Studio 192 Mobile] Direct control of Mute, Dim, Talk and speaker
selection from Studio One mixer (requires UC Surface 1.8.1)

The following issues have been fixed:
• Extract Audio from Video not working (macOS - 64-bit)
• Crash with Console Shaper
• Missing audio in Melodyne when event is trimmed
• Crash when exporting many audio clips via drag&drop to Browser
• Double-click on a negative bar value in Melodyne ruler starts playback from current
play-cursor position
• Automation does not follow when dragging event to Scratch Pad
• Automation bracket tool is jumpy on certain track heights
• Magnifier tool shortcut (shift+alt) shouldn't toggle snapping
• Add ranges via SHIFT should not deactivate snap
• Extra automation point created when copying
• Part automation of layered parts are lost on merge
• [Win| Switched to dynamic Universal C Runtime (increases number of simultaneous
unique plug-ins)
• Crash when entering faulty ISRC code
• Crash after canceling external instrument bounce
• GUI update very slow when lots of events are in a folder
• “Record Takes" for part automation broken
• Crash after canceling external instrument bounce
• Tooltips missing when changing event volume
• Bus channel order changed after mixdown
• Track within a folder changes position after transform
• Time-stretched audio is shifted by 1 sample on each bounce
• Move folder track under another open folder not possible
• [OS X] GUI glitches with Melodyne 4 on Retina Macs
• Crash when disconnecting external storage
• Crash in Presence XT scripting engine

 

wonder if its installable right over older versions. earlier we have been able to get the demo and voila

 

I'm extremely happy about those.

 

Loving the way Studio One is going. Now just need to try and get out of Ableton sampling habits and learn for Studio One before my conversion is full!

 

This looks like a really nice n' tidy update.

The best (for me) keeps on getting better...

 

Disable track/instrument - the most valuable one. It will surely have favourable effect on cpu but now I won't be upgrading it until I've read some reviews on CPU handling.

 

Global fx handling is really awesome. Finally they did it. It's really useful when you want to check how cumulative fx like tape and console emulations are affecting your mix.

Also, it seems that they did some real improvements regarding Console Shaper's CPU usage.

Overall, this seems to be a really significant update.

 

There seems to be a 3.3.1 update released on September 6th that addresses some issues for Windows users.

Here are the official release notes:

Version 3.3.1 Release Notes (September 6, 2016)
The following issues have been fixed:
[Win] Melodyne 2.1.2 causes Studio One to lock up on launch
[Win] Older Win 7 machines are missing a MS dll
[Win] Softube Console 1 fails at launch
[Win] Moving an Arranger section does not move included events
[Win] Plug-in compatibility issue with outdated PACE implementation
[Win| compatibility issues with certain audio interfaces
Preview function for layers not working
Disabled Tracks and instruments lose bus routing
Missing a "Cancel" option in Combine/Load Instrument dialog
Disabled Channels are part of Mix Engine FX signal flow
Disable-state of Plug-ins not saved/restored in presets
Activate monitoring after enabling Track not working
Output routing changed for disabled instruments


I'm curious if the AudioUtopia releases from last December will be compatible without having to run S1 in Win 8 compatibility mode on Win 10, based on this comment below from the list of fixes.


The following issues have been fixed:
Plug-in compatibility issue with outdated PACE implementation"

 

ZOOP!

 

Great update as usual. Now they just need to integrate Notion inside the software (a lite version or something since they still want to sell notion as a separate product) and I'll be the happiest person on earth.

 

just i hope the fix the cpu problems with spikes i recentry make a hackintosh with i7 6700k and i feel spikes with low buffer even with just few plugins

 

Exactly.
For me if they resolve that on level of v2.5 I could live with other issues. I don't need more features, I just want that those that I have, work well.
Besides spikes being no1 issue zoomed audio quantization freezes are close 2nd.