Question

I will uninstall this software and reinstall it without upgrading to 4.6.

How could you take something that works in one, strip it down and now say we have to purchase what we had in the previous one.

No wonder most people head back to Reaper,  at least they have a flat rates for their software.

I have a friend who brags about your software, but he was surprised at what I told him.

I should return the interface  and monitors to amazon and get my refund and buy a cheaper more reliable interface.

Thanks for nothing

Answer 1

You get Studio One Artist for free, when you buy a PreSonus hardware product. Updates are also free (within one version), but 4.6 has indeed seen a major change. The completely new developed Ampire has become a "state space" plug-in, which can be used in any DAW, not only in Studio One. The Fat Channel plug-ins are also available in VST3/AU/AAX formats now. We might not really like the decisions of PreSonus, but who are we to critize them? Artist has the Ampire plug-in with one amplifier model, so if you want all the "rest", why not buy the set? Here is some additional information:

"Ampire is available in VST3, AU, and AAX formats for a U.S. price of $59.95 from the PreSonus Shop. Studio One Prime and Artist users can upgrade their Ampire experience with this Add-on. Studio One 4 Professional users will receive a complimentary license for Ampire in VST3/AU/AAX formats."

https://www.presonus.com/press/press-releases/PreSonus-Updates-Ampire-and-Releases-New-State-Space-Modeled-Plug-Ins

This is the link to the Ampire add-on for Studio One Artist:

https://shop.presonus.com/Ampire

Answer 2

You can have parallel installations. Just go to the My Presonus website and you can download any previous version of the software, like 4.5.5, and install it, and run both.

Also, the free Ampire Classics XT Extension probably has what you need. Not entirely sure why they made it so you have to install it separately but whatever.