One right click with split to mono under event category, making the mono split right there in the timeline with a lot less fuss?

As a member of the growing masses of "SONAR refugees," one feature I have come to rely on in SONAR is the ability to launch an external wav editor (for me this is Adobe Audition, but other applications are used similarly). I have asked about this and was told to add a feature request as there is not currently one in existence. As background, here is how it works in SONAR: An audio event (clip) is highlighted, and a menu option can be user-configured to launch an external application. Edits are made and saved, and when SONAR regains focus, it detects that the audio event has changed and re-imports the file. I use Audition very frequently to edit wav files after tracking for 1) noise removal and 2) destructive gain adjustment prior to mixing, and this ability is typically a "30 second or less" operation. In Studio One, I have been able to launch an external editor from the internal browser, but the audio file is still locked by Studio One, which disables the ability to save the file inside the external editor (at least in a way that would allow Studio One to recognize that it has been altered). This FR would require the following changes: 1. Allow the user the ability to launch an external editor on a highlighted (single) audio file in use in Studio One. 2. Release the file for editing by the application it was passed to. 3. Re-import the file which was saved (edit detected by Studio One) by the external editor to the same location it was in prior to the edits.

I tested the stem separation and S 1 V7 it is compared to Logic very bad. I used a track by Stereolab "Baby Lulu" and in S 1 are tons of brass in the vocal part, the bass has no attack an is probably in the also blurry drum part. The other track is thin and no bottom end in the guitar. All in all it is Logic much tighter in all parts and S 1 totally mushy with all stems and not really "intellegent"

Since Studio One 7 all of my Mono bounces now bounce to stereo. Please fix this and make it so that Mono bounces to Mono. I know there are workarounds but there should not have to be, workflow is key.

This one has been requested on the forum a lot since the Macro Controls where introduced. Currently when automating a Macro Control it writes separate automation lanes for each attached target. I would like to request a feature where it's possible to create an automation track/lane for the actual Macro Control itself (like it's currently implemented in the Multi Instrument). This is very useful if you want to attach, detach or modify targets or transitions later on.

 Studio One has a really cool feature called shared copies, more commonly known as ghost/alias/linked clips in other DAWs. The idea is that if you edit any one of the shared copies, all the other shared copies are updated to match. This way, if you have a bass line that you use throughout your project, you could just use shared copies and later if you need to change a note or something you only need to change it in one place. In Studio One, the concept of shared copies only applies to MIDI clips (or "instrument parts" if we use Studio One's weird jargon). You can tell a clip is a shared copy by the small ghost icon in the bottom-left corner of the clip:  Unfortunately, there is **no way to tell which clips are linked to which** just by looking at them, and Studio One doesn't provide **any** tools/commands to manage shared copies. In the screenshot, "CLIP ONE" and "CLIP TWO" contain the exact same MIDI notes, but can you tell if they are linked together? The fact that the color (fuchsia vs yellow) and the names ("CLIP ONE" vs "CLIP TWO") are different doesn't necessarily mean they are not linked because Studio One allows renaming and coloring shared copies of the same group differently. This is one of those typical features that were half-implemented and never revisited again. What is needed: **1\. New context menu commands for shared copies:** To enable users to select (and therefore visually identify) all clips that belong to the same shared copy group. Once selected, users can do things like delete all copies in one go, etc). The commands are: * _Select all shared copies on this track_ * _Select all shared copies_ **2\. Select all shared copies:** Same as the above two new commands, but accessed by clicking on the small ghost icon in the bottom-left corner of the shared part. _Single-click_ the icon to select all other instances of the shared copy on the same track, _double-click_ to select all instances in the entire project i.e. any track. **3\. Rename all shared copies automatically:** If any one shared copy is renamed, all other linked instances should be renamed automatically since they refer to the same data and are identical. Ideally **any** changes made to one shared copy (rename, color change, whatever, anything, everything!!) should be propagated to all the other copies. This keeps things consistent. **4\. More about clip color:** Shared copies should only follow track color if set to the default (color-less) color in the color picker. Once set to a specific color, all shared copies of the same group should use that color regardless of which track they are on. Some more thoughts, for audio parts Studio One already provides two commands, _Select in Pool_ and _Select on Track_, the latter selects all instances of the clip in the arrangement. This is very similar to what I'm requesting here (except it applies to audio events). Without these tools, shared copies are almost useless and that is a real pity. I hope not to come across as harsh or presumptuous I'm just hoping to make my favourite DAW a little better, thanks for reading.

**Current Part Automation behavior** Currently you can add automation lanes within Instrument Parts pointing to automation parameters of the connected VST Instrument, called Part Automation. Part Automation is exclusively available for the VST Instrument connected to the Instrument Track. To automate a parameter of an insert residing on the audio channel of the VST Instrument you have to add an automation lane to the Instrument track or an automation track. **Part Automation can be found here:** **** **Extended Part Automation (primary request)** I think it would be great if we could also add automation data for VST inserts residing on the audio channel of the VST Instrument as Part Automation. So extended automation and musical data are residing in one Instrument Part. **Global Part Automation (secondary request)** Since it often happens sounds triggered by an Instrument Part are modified further in the chain (e.g. by bus processing, FX channels etc.), it would be very convenient if an Instrument part can contain automation data of ANY VST automation parameter available in project. So you can keep all relevant automation data in one part. With global part automation you can basically create automation clips with Instrument parts. **Example:** A part on Instrument track #1 contains Part Automation to an insert residing on the audio channel of Instrument track #2. To keep it simple for people who don't need this, it might be a good idea to create a tick box for the Part Automation dialogue where the user can choose to show Global Automation Parameters, to view all available automation parameters in the project (disabled by the default). **Audio Part Automation (tertiary request):** Additionally audio parts (so merged audio events) could also benefit from Part Automation. This way (global) Automation and audio data can reside in a single clip, just like it's done with Part Automation for Instrument Parts (primary request).  Audio part automation could be even stronger when it is combined with the possibility to automate Event FX parameters as requested here: [Can we please have the abilty to automate event fx??](http://answers.presonus.com/6915/can-we-please-have-the-abilty-to-automate-event-fx)

It would be great with an auto crossfade when dragging two audio parts over each other. It would also be nice if the fade-in and fade-out automatically disappear from the audio parts when dragging them apart.

Why dont we have the ability to do smooth pitch automations on audio tracks in studio one 4?? Ableton has had this for years. If you can do full chord changes on audio tracks this should not be difficult. It is a seriously lacking feature. lame.

I would like to suggest a feature to automatically play Arranger parts according to a playlist. So you can arrange the way arranger parts play simply by reordering the playlist and without the need to physically move, duplicate or remove items on the timeline. For instance when you want to try out how a different progression sounds or how it sounds when you double the chorus, put a sketch in residing in scratch pad, or you just want to try out how the song sounds without a certain part.  It would be nice if there is an option to **loop** parts for a X amount of time. And also visual representation of Arranger parts residing in the **Scratch pad**. Also would it be sweet if Arranger parts in the playlist can be **disabled (muted)**, so they will be skipped on playback. Finally it would be very cool if the Arranger playlist can be **freezed**, so the entire playlist structure is parsed as arrangement to the timeline of the current song, or a new song. This is very useful if you want to use the Arranger track as a creative tool. Additionally an option to **export** the Arranger playlist from the _Export Mixdown_ dialogue as _Export range_ would finish it. Not really a priority, but being able to create several Arranger playlists for the same song, would be nice. As an extra low priority option I would like to suggest a feature to trigger Arranger parts in the playlist by MIDI input. **An example of an Arranger Playlist:**  **Case study (Cubase Arranger Chain)** This is an example of Cubase's Arranger Chain playing 4 Arranger Parts according to an Arranger Chain, with overlaps and loop.