The Show Page plays backing tracks, does patch management for virtual and real instrument players with the Studio One Song channel strips, mixes, and virtual instrument patches all directly exportable to the show.

Set list items can be rearranged and skipped on the fly making running a show simple and reliable, whether you're playing with backing tracks, controlling virtual instruments, running plug-ins as a virtual effects, or all three at the same time!

Composers and arrangers will appreciate Studio One 5's dedicated Score View for the Note Editor. Score View is available on its own or as a companion side-by-side view with the Piano and Drum views. With version 5, Native Effects has a new modern interface with the dynamics effects now having sidechain inputs, and the Pro EQ plug-in adds a linear-phase low-cut filter, 12th-octave spectrum display, and input and output meters.

Studio One Artist now has built-in support for VST and AU plug-ins, ReWire, and PreSonus' Studio One Remote control software for iPad® and Android® tablets. Formerly, these were only available for Studio One Artist as separate Add-ons.

I'm only scratching the shiny new surface of this wonderful update! Studio One 5 Artist is $99.95; updates from version 4 are $49.95. Studio One 5 Professional is available for a U.S. street price of $399.95; updates from Studio One 4 Professional are $149.95.