PreSonus, the makers of Studio One, has announced Studio One v5.3.

New features and improvements in Studio One 5.3

• Musical Symbols playback with Sound Variations

• MIDI channel support for Sound Variations

• ZIP conversion option for documents including upload to PreSonus Sphere

• Chord Track chords to Note Events conversion

• Drag & Drop support for Presets and FX Chains on Show Page

• Seamless Patch changes on Show Page

• Note Controller support for VST3 instruments via VST Note Expression and MPE

• Updated manuals in English and Japanese

This is the second update to Studio One in less than three months, this is what PreSonus say about the update;

“Version 5.3 adds major new features for scoring, creative production, live performance, and general workflow, many in response to feedback from Studio One users and PreSonus Sphere members.

With the addition of musical symbols playback in Studio One 5.3 Professional, composers working in Score View or Piano View can now connect musical symbols and dynamic markings to Sound Variations, which were introduced in version 5.2. Musical symbols playback works with any orchestral library that features corresponding articulations. A new tab in the Sound Variations mapping editor enables mapping symbols to Sound Variations using simple, intuitive drag-and-drop or by auto-mapping based on the Sound Variation names of the currently-selected instrument. A new Musical Symbols lane for the Note Editor lets you view symbols and Sound Variation events side-by-side. Apply musical symbols in either the Note Editor or the Score View, and they will render accurately in both. Output mapping of Sound Variations has been extended to include MIDI channel information as part of the activation sequence, enabling virtual instruments such as Native Instruments’ Kontakt to address specific articulations.

Version 5.3 also adds several new save, export, and archive options, including the ability to upload Zip archives directly from Studio One 5 Professional to a PreSonus Sphere workspace—great for backing up Songs, Projects, and Shows and sharing them with other Studio One 5 users. A consolidated “Convert To” option in Studio One Professional’s File menu enables exporting and archiving documents for easy transfer and backup, including all referenced media files and alternative versions, with optional lossless audio file compression. Save Songs as AAF, Capture Session, MIDI File, or Open TL from the same menu.

Fulfilling a major user request, the Chord Track, introduced in Studio One 4 Professional, has been significantly enhanced, adding the ability to convert Chord events into Note events by simply dragging the Chord events to an Instrument Track. You also can extract Chord notes from an Audio event, then apply them to a MIDI Instrument–all via drag and drop.

Studio One 5.3 adds a long list of other new features and enhancements. The Show Page in Studio One Professional adds drag-and-drop support for FX Chains and seamless patch changes between sounds, so sustained notes are not cut off during patch changes. MPE support for VST3 instruments has been implemented using Note Controllers in Studio One Artist and Professional, and shortcuts have been added to quickly open the External Device editor from a PreSonus ATOM or ATOM SQ pad controller.”

Bug Fixes In Studio One 5.3

The following issues have been fixed

• [ATOM SQ] Device script sends Sustain message 2 times

• [ATOM SQ] Japanese characters result in blank display cells

• [Drum Editor] Transform tool misses last note of a given selection

• [Impact XT] Eco Filter causing high level noise with certain samples

• [Note Editor] "Fill with notes" in custom pitch range adds unwanted notes outside the range

• [Note Editor] In certain situations, "Length / Legato + Overlap Correction" creates unwanted note length

• [Note FX] Arpeggiator not triggering with note values less than 1 beat

• [Pro EQ2] 12th octave spectrum meter is incorrect

• [Pro EQ2] Potential crash when using LowCut at 48dB/Oct

• [Project Page] Undo history doesn't call out parameters and values

• [Score Editor] “Fill with rests” causes the score to be drawn incorrectly

• [Score Editor] Potential crash when repeatedly executing enharmonic respelling tool

• [Show Page] "Add Player" commands disabled depending on workspace focus

• [Show Page] Selecting a patch containing a splitter creates a phantom splitter

• [Sound Variations] "Find and Apply Variation" during recording won't record already activated variation

• [Sound Variations] Momentary Sound Variations can be stacked but only the one added last is visible

• [Sound Variations] When applying momentary sound variations to a note, the same (momentary) variation can be added several times

• [Waves Plug-ins] Graphics may become sluggish when hovering the mouse pointer above plug-in controls

• [Windows] Cannot save song when it's selected in the browser

• [Windows] Incorrect resizing when moving plug-in window from regular to HiDPI display
  w/ certain plug-ins

• Actions are not aimed at multiple selected events/parts after shift+deselect

• Automation follows events may create redundant nodes

• Buses jump out of folders in Console when editing their automation

• Collapsing a Multi Instrument inside a folder hides Multi Instrument

• Commands inside a macro can change behavior if keyboard shortcuts use modifier keys

• Compare button does not toggle with 3rd party plugins

• Drag & Drop from Steinberg Backbone VSTi not working

• VST3 compatibility improvements

• Editing an automation curve might show unwanted behavior

• “Follow Chords”, "Play Overlaps" and Tune Mode doesn't copy over when executing 'Duplicate Track Complete"

• Marker list is not shown in Studio One Remote

• Mouse wheel is inverted on chord track inspector octave field

• Moving an External Instrument Track from one Bus Folder to another loses the Input assignment of its Aux Channel

• Outputs to bus reset to Main when folder track is removed

• Play Overlaps checkbox doesn't get copied over to new track when using "duplicate track
  complete"

• Potential crash when triggering "Zoom Selected Track" after mixer scene change

• Range Select+Copy pastes range at incorrect destination when there is automation data

• Renaming audio files fails w/ error message "file is in use" in certain cases

• “Show in Context” does not work for effects on browser home page

• Small 3rd-party plug-in window is not centered

• Tone Generator pops in certain situations

• “Transform To Audio” changes the track's Tempo & Timestretch settings to "default"

Users can download the latest version of Studio One from within their Studio One application or from their PreSonus account.