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Studio One Project Mode - Reference Tracks

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asked Mar 2, 2021 in Mastering by alexleonard2 (1,790 points)
In the project mastering view, it would be awesome to be able to have a 'reference track' that sits underneath the normal track display. I like being able to line up my different reference tracks against tracks that I'm mastering and being able to solo them to quickly A/B the difference against my master.

At the moment I find myself either using reference tracks in Ozone 9 (which isn't particularly flexible) or else placing additional reference tracks at the end of the timeline and manually jumping back and forth.

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answered Jun 7, 2021 by darrensmith3 (1,290 points)
Great request.
I usually use MCompare in the Project Page but would be amazing to have this native.
All the best
Smudge
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answered Sep 3, 2022 by josteen (140 points)
I second this. Most mastering engineers that I know are using reference tracks in exactly this way, and I do as well. Presonus, let's be honest...this is quite an oversight. Studio One is on it's way to becoming the number one DAW and additions like this would really up the ante.
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answered Mar 8 by alexleonard2 (1,790 points)
I've actually just stopped using "Project Mode". I've just found it too restrictive for my mastering process and just run each track for mastering in its own 'song'.
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