PRESONUS S1 Artist 3.0 [8/307] Installation and activation

Installation and Activation

This section takes you through the Studio One installation and activation process.

Installation

The process for registering, installing, and authorizing your copy of Studio One will differ, depending on the method you

used to acquire it.

Retail Purchase If you bought Studio One in a retail box and only received a Product Key in the box, you'll register the key

and then download Studio One, and then activate it online upon first launching the product.

Direct Purchase from Shop.PreSonus.com If you bought the software directly from http://shop.presonus.com,

installation and activation happen entirely online and the purchased software is automatically added to your user account.

Retail or Direct Purchase of USB Flash Drive If you're installing Studio One from the USB flash drive which comes

with select retail versions and is also available as an additional accessory purchase from http://shop.presonus.com, your

activation will happen online using the Product Key after launching the product for the first time.

If you purchased Studio One by any of these three first methods, see Register and Download Studio One for further

details on registration and downloading your new software.

PreSonus Audio Interface or Audio Mixer Purchase If you bought an AudioBox, FireStudio or StudioLive Ai Mixer

product, these all come with a bundle version of Studio One Artist. Registering the hardware in your My.Presonus account

automatically gives you access to Studio One and a corresponding Product Key. When you launch Studio One for the first

time, you can authorize the software using the provided Product Key.

If you came about acquiring Studio One by purchasing a PreSonus hardware product and wish to claim your Studio One

Artist license, see Register and Download Studio One Bundled with PreSonus Hardware for more information.

Creating a My.Presonus Account

You must have a PreSonus account to install and activate Studio One for use on your system. If you bought Studio One

from our website, you already have a My.PreSonus user account. If you do not yet have a My.PreSonus user account,

you'll want to create one.

Beyond being a requirement to download and activate the latest version of Studio One 3, there are many benefits to

creating a My.PreSonus account including easy access to additional documentation and other content files, access to the

user forums, latest tips and product videos, and the ability to easily create a technical support ticket.

To create a user account, go to: http://my.presonus.com. On that web page, click [Create My PreSonus Account], then

fill out the provided form and then click [Create My PreSonus Account] again to create your new account.

If your computer is not connected to the internet, you can still download and activate Studio One by using a different

computer that does have internet access, as described in the Offline Activation section below.

Once you create your account, a verification email from PreSonus is automatically sent to the email address you provided.

Click on the link in the email to activate your account. You are now ready to download and install Studio One.

To download the Studio One installer, log into your My.PreSonus user account at http://my.presonus.com. Click the

[Register a Product] button, choose Software or Extensions from the Choose Product Type menu, and enter your

Product Key.

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