Open any plug-in effect or virtual instrument and click on a parameter. Twist a connected hardware knob or press a switch. Click the Link button, and you’re done. Focus mode lets you map controllers independently for each plug-in. What the controllers do at any given moment depends on which plug-in is currently active or “in focus.” In contrast, Global mode lets you map a controller to a single plug-in parameter, and the controller will continue to change the value of that parameter even after the plug-in’s GUI is closed. These assignments are remembered regardless of what Song or Project is open.

In this way, you can configure hardware-control configurations once for all of your Studio One plug-ins and never have to think about controlling them again.