Studio One Presence XT Explained

Join DAW expert Eli Krantzberg for a comprehensive look at Presence XT, the powerful sample player that's included with Presonus Studio One. In this comprehensive Presence XT video course, Eli will teach you how to get the most out of this plugin's impressive list of features. You'll learn how to load samples, presets, and multi instruments, work with different LFO shapes as modulatory sources, use various filters to help shape the sound, and much more. These videos are for new users of Presence XT.

Videos

• Welcome to Presence XT (03:48) - Get an overview of what will be covered in this series and how to load the included presets, multi instruments, and track preset.

• Tour of the Interface (08:17) - Learn different methods of loading presets and discover the key areas of the presence XT interface.

• Understanding LFOs (06:50) - Learn how to work with the various LFO shapes and assign them as control sources to discreet destinations via the modulation matrix.

• Multimode Filter (07:42) - Explore the different timbral variations achieved with the different filter types and slopes.

• Filter Envelope (06:06) - Hear how Envelope 2 is used to shape the timbre of the sound within the time scale of each note.

• Working with the Amp Envelope (03:13) - Discover how the Envelope 1 attack, decay, sustain, and release parameters influence the volume of each note at different stages in their durations.

• Sample Playback & Global Parameters (06:39) - Hear how the sample playback and global parameters influence how Presence XT samples are played back.

• Modulation Routings (05:35) - See how secondary modulations are set up and used, where one modulation source parameter modulates one of the other source parameters.

• Effects (05:39) - Explore the rich and intuitive effects built into Presence XT, including the powerful Gater module.

• Working with Key Switches (03:46) - Many Presence XT instruments include built-in sound variations, otherwise known as key switches. Follow along as a simple guitar part is modified to use several of the sound variations included in the Les Paul Full Presence XT preset.

• Sound Design: Rhythmic Pad (06:09) - Watch as a multi instrument is created from scratch, combining two customized instances of Presence.

• Sound Design: Percussive Synth Bass (03:50) - See how multiple sounds are layered with a synth bass in a multi instrument to emphasize the attack portion of the note envelope.

• Sound Design: Kustom Keys (04:04) - Watch as three customized Presence XT instruments are combined and saved as a Track preset for easy future recall.

• Sound Design: Expressive Lead (03:50) - Learn how to assign parameters from multiple Presence XT instruments to a macro for real-time control over several parameters at once from a single hardware control source.