--- title: Studio One Reviews meta_title: 'Studio One Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 54 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Studio One works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.4 review_count: 54 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-07-12' parent_category: name: Design url: https://www.g2.com/categories/design --- # Studio One Reviews **Vendor:** PreSonus **Category:** [Audio Editing Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/audio-editing) **Average Rating:** 4.4/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 54 ## About Studio One Music is our life, PreSonus is our day job. ## Studio One Reviews ### 1. Studio One is a great DAW for beginners and music creators **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 11, 2018 **What do you like best about Studio One?** I like the ease of use for commonly used features. **What do you dislike about Studio One?** I do not like some of the limitations traded off for ease of use. **Recommendations to others considering Studio One:** It's a no brainer. **What problems is Studio One solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am able to import tracks from others using studio one for ease of transmission. ### 2. The perfect tool for personal or professional music production **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alessandro C. | Full Stack Developer, Marketing and Advertising, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 25, 2016 **What do you like best about Studio One?** The price is what made me switch from Digital Performer. There's a completely FREE version for you to use without time limits. It's really basic and comes with limited features, but at least you have all the time you need to gain experience and feel comfortable before purchasing the full version. There are 3 different version with different features, but the price range is low compared to other DAW, and every once in a while PreSonus releases good offers to upgrade. Clean, slick and visually appealing UI. Hundreds of built-in features to speed up your workflow, powerful built-in virtual instruments even for the basic version, smart tools with handy shortcuts, fast and reliable software. Even with lots of tracks and effect, I never experienced a slow rendering/playback or crash, on a 2011 MacBook Pro. **What do you dislike about Studio One?** The amount of options can be overwhelming at first. You can literally do everything you want, and this much freedom can confuse you and loose you inside small options windows or editing panels. An aspect not directly connected to the software is that, because it's a fairly new DAW, it's hard to find good resources or tutorials online, compared to other products. **What problems is Studio One solving and how is that benefiting you?** Finding a cheap and professional software for home recording and music production. Having the ability to seamlessly upgrade to a more complete version in case of business necessity. ### 3. Studio One **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Media Production | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 02, 2016 **What do you like best about Studio One?** Visually clean, works well, functions properly. Can import shortcuts from other DAWs. Is fairly intuitive. **What do you dislike about Studio One?** I dislike having to select a piece of audio before being able to select all the following audio pieces with key commands. I wish I could click anywhere and then use key commands to select all following audio. Also, it is hard to find some things in the menu, when trying change options. **What problems is Studio One solving and how is that benefiting you?** Editing radio shows with phone interviews. ### 4. Studio one review **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 04, 2016 **What do you like best about Studio One?** Softwares came free with the purchase of the USB audiobox. **What do you dislike about Studio One?** Hard to find compatibility driver whenever mac os is updated **What problems is Studio One solving and how is that benefiting you?** Recording, post casting is great with studio one, handle multiple channels at once ## Studio One Discussions - [Where i can get another soundsets?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/36696-where-i-can-get-another-soundsets) - 1 comment, 1 upvote - [Is Studio One a DAW?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-studio-one-a-daw) - 1 comment - [Is Studio One Artist free?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-studio-one-artist-free) - 1 comment - [I made a a heavy metal song I wrote just for fun but the quality in the end was blurry after using all inbuilt effects, can you guys suggest some better settings to blur out the additional noise because of distortion and poly-rhythmic sounds?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/30082-i-made-a-a-heavy-metal-song-i-wrote-just-for-fun-but-the-quality-in-the-end-was-blurry-after-using-all-inbuilt-effects-can-you-guys-suggest-some-better-settings-to-blur-out-the-additional-noise-because-of-distortion-and-poly-rhythmic-sounds) - 1 comment - [Any thoughts & suggestions to make Studio One even more over the top for those like me using it to compose for film?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/27386-any-thoughts-suggestions-to-make-studio-one-even-more-over-the-top-for-those-like-me-using-it-to-compose-for-film) - 1 comment - [View Studio One pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/studio-one/reviews?page=2§ion=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-07-17+16%3A48%3A37+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=fa6dc13c-2498-49ae-baea-c6b608e2ba86&secure%5Btoken%5D=77d65c700d0a095f129c517c904528c389a046174280095d7cf22f438a472a54&format=llm_user) ## Top Studio One Alternatives - [Audacity](https://www.g2.com/products/audacity/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (456 reviews) - [Adobe Audition](https://www.g2.com/products/adobe-audition/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (413 reviews) - [GarageBand](https://www.g2.com/products/garageband/reviews) - 4.3/5.0 (275 reviews)