Interesting workflow. I get all the steps, and how/why they can work effectively for creating a song.

On the other hand, it's not for everyone. For example, I write all my songs before sitting down at my workstation, usually on guitar. From that point on I'm trying to leverage technology in a non-invasive way to translate what's in my head to a finished track. If I'm changing a RealTrack chord inversion in Melodyne, it's because it's what I hear in my head, not because a plugin suggests it.

Not that there's anything wrong with the posted workflow. To each their own. There ARE some amazing tools available today for augmenting and/or replacing musical imagination. Heck, I'll say there are some tools that are SUPERIOR to my own musical imagination. I just enjoy the part that I do, meager as it is, too much to give it up to tech.

I, too miss the Presonus open forum. RIP.

BTW, Presonus is running their summer sale until the end of the month. Resellers like Sweetwater are offering upgrade prices much better than the Presonus site. UPDATE: Actually, you CAN get the upgrade price direct, it's just convoluted. Go to MyPresonus (NOT the Presonus store) and click on "register upgrade license" and then select "purchase upgrade license". They MIGHT have put those in the opposite order, but...

Last edited by DC Ron; 06/24/25 02:47 AM.
DC Ron
BiaB Audiophile
Presonus Studio One
StudioCat DAW dual screen
Presonus Faderport 16
Too many guitars (is that a thing?)