Free util to convert .cwp (CbB and earlier) to .song (Studio One)

[bapu]

I’ve been the main alpha tester for this program for the past several months and I have achieved very respectable results with both Studio One v6 and v7.

https://www.azslow.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=5saal2em8erts5s7bm5pa456v3&topic=659.0

Don’t expect a true null but do expect a reasonable translation to work with. You main goal would be to start (re) mixing the CbB created song in Studio One with most (if not all) 3rd party plugins being in the Studio One project as well some reasonable translations of settings for Pro Channel Comp and EQ using Presonus plugins.

Please read the whole above linked thread so you’ll know what to expect and how to use the program.
Happy translating!

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[peter]

That’s me. I’m looking to move to Studio One from Cakewalk.

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[jih64BANNED]

I moved over 9 years ago, I think about this time during 2015, actually I just looked it up on my account at PreSonus and I am coming up on an anniversary. I purchased Studio One 3 Professional on the 11th of September 2015, and there started my journey with Studio One.

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[bapu]

jih64BANNED wrote:

I moved over 9 years ago, I think about this time during 2015, actually I just looked it up on my account at PreSonus and I am coming up on an anniversary. I purchased Studio One 3 Professional on the 11th of September 2015, and there started my journey with Studio One.

@jih64, I purchased Studio One (v1) on 12 Jan 2011, and upgraded all versions but started in earnest on V4 after the Gibson shutdown. I also studied Reaper and Samplitude deeply at that time. Studio One won out even though I bought and maintain/upgrade my license for Reaper. I’ve stopped upgrading Samplitude two versions ago.

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[cclarry]

I didn’t have to move…I’m a multi DAW user!

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[Brian]

I also am a multiple DAW user. I rationalize that trying to remember how they all work is good exercise for my aging brain. GAS sufferers are very good at rationalization. I switched to Cakewalk around Studio One V4, which apparently had a disagreement with my hardware at the time, making it run like a slug. About six months later I tried a newer S1 release and it worked as expected (same hardware), so I went back to S1. I still am current with Studio One 6.x, but I tend to use FL-Studio or Ableton most often. “Pattern arranger” DAWS tend to fit my composing style better than strictly linear.

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[bapu]

cclarry wrote:

I didn’t have to move…I’m a multi DAW user!

#metwo

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[antler]

Already there – I moved over when Sonar collapsed.

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[Cecelius2]

Looks like this will be a great and useful tool.
I too am multi DAW. Use Cubase 12 Pro, Studio One 6 Hybrid+, Mixbus 10 Pro, Mixcraft 10.5 (occasionally), and yes, I do still use Cakewalk CnB and the new Sonar by Bandlab. . I still load tests of new plugins into Cakewalk CnB first simply because I know it best. Then I copy stems over onto Mixbus 10 for that great analog tone.

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[peter]

To all of you who use multiple DAWs, how do you feel Studio One Pro stacks up when it comes to workflow? Do you find it more or less intuitive than CbB or Sonar?

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[fretman]

CdB’s MIDI/VSTi implementation seemed very awkward to me. I never got the feel of how that worked. Studio One’s approach seems much more intuitive to me. Plus, it’s plethora of training materials let’s me find what I want pretty easily. The work flow just seems to fit my style (mostly acoustic driven instrumentals – all VSTi).

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[peter]

fretman wrote:

CdB’s MIDI/VSTi implementation seemed very awkward to me. I never got the feel of how that worked. Studio One’s approach seems much more intuitive to me. Plus, it’s plethora of training materials let’s me find what I want pretty easily. The work flow just seems to fit my style (mostly acoustic driven instrumentals – all VSTi). https://www.taxi.com/members/fretman

I admit, I was looking at Cakewalk Forum last night and Wookiee — FTR, a really sweet and kind person, who poured out some heartbreaking things in our PMS,  I have nothing but fondness for him and would love to see him here  — posted that Studio One Pro perpetual license was kind of a joke and that you need to buy a subscription for it to be worthwhile. I was kind of blown away that he wrote that, because it seemed in the realm of competitor bashing and stretching truth in order to pump up his BandLab.

As I contemplated buying a perpetual license update for Studio One Pro this week, I’d be interested what actual users of Studio One Pro users have to say with regard to Wookiees point. Is it BS? Is he just trashing a competitor and being dishonest about Studio One Pro in order to hype on BandLab as it appears he is doing (it’s not subtle), or is their any merit to his trashing of a BandLab competitor’s product?

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[bapu]

On peter said

fretman wrote:

CdB’s MIDI/VSTi implementation seemed very awkward to me. I never got the feel of how that worked. Studio One’s approach seems much more intuitive to me. Plus, it’s plethora of training materials let’s me find what I want pretty easily. The work flow just seems to fit my style (mostly acoustic driven instrumentals – all VSTi). https://www.taxi.com/members/fretman

I admit, I was looking at Cakewalk Forum last night and Wookiee — FTR, I really sweet and kind person, who poured out some heartbreaking things in our PMS,  I have nothing but fondness for him and would love to see him here  — posted that Studio One Pro perpetual license was kind of a joke and that you need to buy a subscription for it to be worthwhile. I was kind of blown away that he wrote that, because it seemed in the realm of competitor bashing and stretching truth in order to pump up his BandLab.

As I contemplated buying a perpetual license update for Studio One Pro this week, I’d be interested what actual users of Studio One Pro users have to say with regard to Wookiees point. Is it BS? Is he just trashing a competitor and being dishonest about Studio One Pro in order to hype on BandLab as it appears he is doing (it’s not subtle), or is their any merit to his trashing of a BandLab competitor’s product?

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Well, Wookiee is a bit behind the times. There was time when perpetual licenses for Studio One *did not* include their newest synth. It was only available via subscription.

Seems Presonus has listened to their users (like Waves did). Starting with V7 perpetual licenses and subscriptions will have identical content.

So, if you upgrade/crossgrade to v6 right now you will get v7 for free (upon release) and all of the same content as a subscription.

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[garrigus]

PreSonus is definitely doing things the right way with version 7. You can get a perpetual license plus one year of subscription access for a decent price. So you can just do perpetual, do subscription, or get both and still keep your copy at the end of the sub.

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[peter]

On garrigus said

PreSonus is definitely doing things the right way with version 7. You can get a perpetual license plus one year of subscription access for a decent price. So you can just do perpetual, do subscription, or get both and still keep your copy at the end of the sub.

How many of us bought a bunch of Scott Garrigus’ books on various Cakewalk software versions over the years?

I just registered @garrigus for LinkedMusicians and was pretty honored to have someone who’s been responsible for so much of my learning about DAWs over the years.

Scott, I’m waiting for Black Friday to upgrade my Studio One Pro 3 to the latest version of software. Forgive me for not knowing the answer to this, but do you have any books, articles, or training videos on Studio One Pro 7? I’ve learned so much from you over the years and found you an excellent author of training materials. For people who don’t know Scott, I highly recommend his writing.

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[timboalogo]

Hi all!

I registered at the Studio One site and it is 270 Cdn for a new user to get the Perpetual License, which is “Perpetual software license or license upgrade with one (1) year of new feature releases included.”

Does that mean you can always use it but don’t get updates after a year?

Tim

[bapu]

On timboalogo said

Hi all!

I registered at the Studio One site and it is 270 Cdn for a new user to get the Perpetual License, which is “Perpetual software license or license upgrade with one (1) year of new feature releases included.”

Does that mean you can always use it but don’t get updates after a year?

Tim

Yes, that is their new model. However each year after that the upgrade/update will be $149US (unless the resellers go for less like they did this year, $125US)

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[peter]

On bapu said

On timboalogo said

Hi all!

I registered at the Studio One site and it is 270 Cdn for a new user to get the Perpetual License, which is “Perpetual software license or license upgrade with one (1) year of new feature releases included.”

Does that mean you can always use it but don’t get updates after a year?

Tim

Yes, that is their new model. However each year after that the upgrade/update will be $149US (unless the resellers go for less like they did this year, $125US)

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I greatly appreciate that PreSonus offers a perpetual license option, but even PreSonus’ their way of doing their subscriptions is far more honest and a vastly superior option for consumers than BandLab’s subscription model.

With BandLab, when the customer stops paying the subscription fee their access to their projects ends. I’m confident that many BandLab / Sonar / Next customers will have no idea about this until it happens. So, every song they’ve created with Sonar or Next is inaccessible once they stop paying. With a PreSonus Studio One Pro subscription, if you stop paying your subscription fee Studio One Pro continues to let you access all of your projects, you just won’t be getting software updates. That, IMO, is an incredibly more honest and decent way to operate than the BandLab model.

BandLab’s Jonathan Sasor berating customers who simply asked if BandLab was still open to a future possibility of perpetual licenses spoke volumes of the corporate culture’s poor ethics and disrespect for customers. When your brand could learn lessons on ethics and listening to customers from Waves, you know that it has some major problems. #TeamPreSonus

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