It contains a USB Flash Drive containing all included content. Makes for a quick install for those customers who have slower internet download speeds and small bandwidth. 

Studio One 3 Professional from PreSonus offers an integrated approach to recording music, from tracking to mixing to mastering and distribution. Featuring a flow oriented, drag-and-drop interface, the software is built for intuitive use, speed, and efficiency. The software includes the fully licensed Integrated-Melodyne pitch correction plug-in, Red Book CD burning, and video playback and sync.

Studio One 3 is robust enough for the most complex productions, delivering full audio and MIDI recording and editing capabilities with 36 audio effects plug-ins, 4 Note FX (MIDI effects), and 5 virtual instruments, including the new Presence XT sampler and the Mai Tai polyphonic synthesizer. There are no limits on track count, plug-in instantiations, or editing features. Studio One Artist 3 is compatible with any ASIO, Windows Audio, or Core Audio compliant audio interface, including the entire line of PreSonus interfaces.

What's New

- Arranger Track with Scratch Pads to quickly build and rearrange songs and experiment on alternate ideas

- Build custom sounds with Multi Instrument and Extended FX Chains

- Presence XT sampler with 15+ GB sound library and EXS, Kontakt, and Giga support

- Mai Tai polyphonic, analog modeling synth with character morphing, modulation matrix, and zero-delay feedback filters

- Note FX (Arpeggiator, Chorder, Repeater, Input Filter) to assist composition and add dynamism to virtual instrument tracks

- Updated content browser with drag-and-drop functionality and keyword based "musical" search; find, preview, and drag-and-drop tempo-matched backing loops, samples, effects, instruments, presets, and more

- Integrated online PreSonus Shop provides easy in-app access to more professionally produced contentUser-definable Track/Mixer sync and resizable, color-coded faders

- User-definable smart tools

- Macro controls make complex instrument or FX combinations easy to use

- Studio One Remote for iPad

- Automation curves

- Native Fat Channel plug-in from StudioLive AI mixers includes low-pass filter, gate, compressor, parametric EQ, and limiter

- Updated AudioBend real-time time stretching and pitch shifting with Elastique Pro 3.0

- Customizable, high-dpi UI with multi-touch support for Windows and Mac