New features and improvements:
● Native support for Apple Silicon (M1) processors
● Plug-in Nap – CPU-performance optimization
● Performance optimizations for Mix Engine FX
● Improved Autosave behavior
● Export Song to multiple audio file formats in one pass
● Realtime chord display in Editor
● New Chord Display floating window
● Improved chord detection
● Note Controller support for Audio Unit instruments
● Additional HD video frame rate support
● New “Set Time Offset to Cursor” option
● Updated Plug-in Manager with statistics
● Manual blocklisting of plug-ins
● User-definable diagnostics report and profiling options
● “Copy external files” option for Songs, Projects, and Shows
● New command “Insert Instrument Parts from Chord Track”
● “Remove all” option for sends
● Time Display and Remaining Record Time window now resizable
● FaderPort 8 + 16: On/Off for individual send slots
● FaderPort 8 + 16: Display send or cue mix slot numbers on display
● Switch Mono/Stereo for multiple selected tracks
● Mixdown settings also stored when dialog is canceled
● Improved file naming for mixdown between markers
● Long track names now abbreviated in plug-in window header

The following issues have been fixed:
● ROLI Equator (v1) VST3 plug-in no longer blocked
● [ATOM SQ] Control Link parameter drag and drop not working
● [ATOM SQ] Macro commands not displayed correctly
● [ATOM SQ] Text updates exceeding a certain length are ignored
● [FaderPort 8/16] Some tracks not shown after opening a song
● [FaderPort 8/16] Operating mode is not detected on launch under certain conditions
● [macOS] Delay in drag when moving a pinned editor
● [macOS] Playback may get stuck when using stock instruments
● [macOS] Security mechanism misses Waves 11 plug-in crashes
● [Note Editor] Editing might lag in certain cases, e. g. with many sound variations
● [PreSonus Sphere] Deleting multiple files in a workspace in Cloud tab is limited to two files
● [Sample One] Potential crash when playing reversed samples at 96 kHz
● [Score Editor] Certain transposed instrument tracks not playing back correctly
● [Score Editor] Duplicating musical directions causes overlaps in most situations
● [Score Editor] Jumps after entering score symbol
● [Score Editor] Sometimes incorrect rests are entered when editing events
● Alt + mouse wheel to select next layers stopped working
● Arpeggiator Note FX auditions without receiving events under certain conditions
● Arranger/Chord/Marker tracks cannot be opened in certain situations
● Automation tracks packed to a folder don't follow Solo/Mute state
● Broken automation lane for FabFilter Simplon
● Dragging audio clips from Pool to Impact/SampleOne not working
● Exported MIDI file contains scratch pad data
● Folder tracks do not follow "Disable Events under automation envelopes" option
● Horizontal scrolling with mouse wheel in Console only works properly above faders
● Impact XT pitch names out of sync when used in Multi Instrument
● Instrument automation keeps writing to undo history during playback
● Note Controller not reset when part removed
● Note Controllers don’t reset to default as expected for VST3 instruments
● Output Movement from Studio Magic Bundle does not appear in Studio One 5 Prime
● Parts and events should be selected exclusively when drawn with pencil tool
● “Play Overlaps” settings revert to default when tracks are transformed
● Potential crash when selecting Browser tabs
● Potential crash on deleting unused instruments while multiple songs are open
● Switching process precision changes event gain
● Track Notes width not stored properly
● "Select Highest/Lowest Notes" macros select too many notes
● Very long audio files may loop unexpectedly

 

Last edited: Sep 14, 2021

I must say, the first two new additions have been standard in other daws for time. And hardly an exciting feature.
Plugin nap sounds cool; I guess for cpu.
And Apple Silicon, well. Expected.
It's a good stable daw though, I like it.
Having always been a Logic user that's saying something.

edit:
OMG. Just saw this.
From last month.
Raving about MIDI automation on delay.
As we have been doing for the last 20 years...in any daw.
Why is Joe of Presonus 'begging friend', talking about the most basic thing ever?.
I really don't understand...

 

Last edited: Sep 14, 2021

Chord display is a bit useful.
Not very impressed, it's not a major update

 

It wasn't supposed to be a major update. I just checked their update history and they never released .4 versions. I suppose they needed to release M1 support earlier than next year and decided to just throw a few additional things in this unexpected update to make the rest of users a little bit happier.
Everyone is waiting for version 5.5, this is where we will have a bunch of major additions.

Anyway, the update hasn't been released yet and we have to wait till tonight to see the entire changlog.

 

Yeah, Joe is a weird guy. The funny thing is that PreSonus themselves were always silent about a huge number of small features they have that could be actually used for those videos. Sometimes they even forget to put them in release notes lol

 

last time i watched, he does not even know MIDI Chase .. he needs to learn more about basic

 

I believe most of those videos are made for newbies.

 

and to win new customers.

 

Win 10 only? Not thanks.

 

Be grateful it's not win 11 only and move on, brother.

 

Yeah As a loyal Studio One User/evangelist/early adopter who is an apple silicon platform user that refuses to sign up for subscriptions.. fucking Sphere users get it first?

 

No, still waiting

 

No thanks. NOTHING will make me give up my Windows 98SE

 

What’s wrong with win 10?

I ask that genuinely, I’m not that computer savvy, not when it comes to very technical aspects

I’ve been using 10 and never had a single issue with it, yet I see many people not wanting to use it and often wondered why.

 

No, Sphere users get those "insides" a few days earlier than the rest of users.
But when it's released, it's released for everyone.

 

Windows 10 is completely OK, there are people who use Macs and a Windows user does not understand the Mac user, vice versa the same thing, there are also people who neither use Mac nor Windows and swear by Linux, there is diversity in life. Some like to eat cherry jam, others swear by strawberry jam, some eat no jam at all and buy honey. Diversity instead of simplicity = human life

 

That feature has been in Studio One since forever. Joe makes basic tutorials for beginners, everyone has to start somewhere.

If you want more advanced tutorials then watch Gregor, he has a number of excellent intermediate to advanced guides.

Major feature updates are usually reserved for x. updates or x.5 as @Karate Grownup correctly pointed out.

 

Honestly, I shouldn't be bad mouthing Joe, but it seems like he either is a half-knowledge guy or just the videos are made for true Noobs. On the other hand, Gregor's videos are enjoyable. I don't like Joe's videos at all.

 

Now 5.4 is available!

 

Well, this is not a bad update, let's be honest.