PreSonus, the makers of Studio One, has announced that it has teamed up with Splice to offer a rent-to-own plan for those wanting to buy Studio One Professional.

Unlike some schemes from other DAW manufacturers where you rent the product, the PreSonus/Splice rent-to-own scheme means that once you’ve made the payments then the software is yours!

PreSonus say “Get Melodyne, Chord Track, Harmonic Editing, Transient Detection, the Mastering Suite... and everything else Studio One Professional has to offer for just $16.99 (USD) per month.”

Highlights of the Studio One Rent-To-Own Plan

• Try free for 14 days

• Pause or cancel at any time

• No hidden fees or interest

Studio One Overview

Studio One Professional is the DAW that facilitates flow. It does this by preserving the good things from traditional studio equipment and workflows, and by turning everything else on its head. From its unique single-screen workflow with drag-and-drop functionality to its multitouch support, Studio One is a performance-ready idea machine. It has unlimited tracks, unlimited automation, unlimited virtual instruments, unlimited busses, and unlimited FX channels, 37 native effects, and built-in virtual instruments, so you can just create.

Reveal and rearrange chords with Chord Track, route signals like spiderwebs with the modulation matrix, mangle samples musically with SampleOne XT, sequence melodies and drums with Patterns.

Studio One’s flexible features make it a joy to use, whether you’re making music at home, in the studio, or on the road.

Some features:

- Real-time sampling and time-stretching- Export to SoundCloud- Single-screen workflow- Drag-and-drop everything- Multi-touch interface- Easy groove extraction- Integrated mastering suite- Multitrack MIDI editing- Drum and instrument editor- Event-based effects- Automatic latency compensation- Advanced automation- VCA faders- Extended FX chains with parallel processing- Intuitive MIDI mapping- Responds to keyboard shortcuts from other DAWs- Supports sampler formats (EXS, Kontakt, SoundFont, GigaSampler)- 40+ gigs of loops, samples, one-shots, and instrumentsClick here for a complete list of Studio One Professional features.

System Requirements

For the most up-to-date system requirements and host compatibility details, please visit the manufacturer's website

Mac OS X 10.11+ (64-bit only)

Windows 7(SP1+ platform update), Windows 8.1, or Windows 10 (64-bit only)

4GB RAM (8GB Recommended), 40GB hard-drive space

For more information visit the Splice website