<s>
The	O
KRISTAL	B-Application
Audio	I-Application
Engine	I-Application
(	O
commonly	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
KRISTAL	B-Application
or	O
KAE	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
digital	B-General_Concept
audio	I-General_Concept
workstation	I-General_Concept
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
successor	O
to	O
this	O
product	O
became	O
what	O
is	O
now	O
known	O
as	O
Studio	B-Application
One	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
KRISTAL	B-Application
began	O
development	O
in	O
1999	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
university	O
thesis	O
project	O
of	O
Matthias	O
Juwan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
a	O
public	O
beta	O
period	O
,	O
the	O
initial	O
version	O
,	O
renamed	O
to	O
the	O
KRISTAL	B-Application
Audio	I-Application
Engine	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2004	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
developer	O
name	O
of	O
Kreatives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
24	O
December	O
2004	O
the	O
KRISTAL	B-Application
development	O
team	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
KRISTAL	B-Application
Audio	I-Application
Engine	I-Application
,	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
new	O
infrastructure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
team	O
planned	O
for	O
this	O
successor	O
to	O
include	O
cross-platform	O
support	O
for	O
both	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
macOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
18	O
September	O
2006	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
all	O
work	O
and	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
K2	O
had	O
been	O
taken	O
over	O
by	O
KristalLabs	O
Software	O
Ltd.	O
,	O
a	O
private	O
start-up	O
company	O
co-founded	O
by	O
KRISTAL	B-Application
lead	O
developer	O
,	O
Matthias	O
Juwan	O
,	O
and	O
Wolfgang	O
Kundrus	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
previously	O
worked	O
on	O
Cubase	B-Application
,	O
Nuendo	B-Device
and	O
HALion	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ownership	O
for	O
the	O
original	O
KRISTAL	B-Application
Audio	I-Application
Engine	I-Application
,	O
however	O
,	O
did	O
not	O
transition	O
to	O
KristalLabs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
this	O
acquisition	O
,	O
the	O
final	O
result	O
of	O
the	O
K2	O
development	O
was	O
re-branded	O
and	O
released	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
PreSonus	O
DAW	O
,	O
Studio	B-Application
One	I-Application
,	O
for	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
former	O
KristalLabs	O
logo	O
(	O
representing	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
hexagons	B-Application
,	O
like	O
the	O
one	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
KRISTAL	B-Application
Audio	I-Application
Engine	I-Application
logo	O
,	O
tessellated	B-Algorithm
together	O
)	O
was	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
the	O
logo	O
of	O
Studio	B-Application
One	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
all	O
versions	O
of	O
Studio	B-Application
One	I-Application
have	O
been	O
developed	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
PreSonus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KRISTAL	B-Application
is	O
free	O
for	O
personal	O
&	O
educational	O
use	O
,	O
with	O
licensing	O
options	O
for	O
commercial	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
built-in	O
effects	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
EQ	O
,	O
chorus	O
,	O
delay	O
and	O
reverb	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
supports	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
third-party	O
VST	B-Application
plug-ins	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
uses	O
32-bit	O
audio	O
processing	O
and	O
supports	O
both	O
MME	O
&	O
ASIO	B-Library
drivers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
its	O
native	O
Kristal	B-Application
project	O
files	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
also	O
compatible	O
with	O
WAVE	O
,	O
AIFF	O
,	O
FLAC	B-Application
and	O
OGG	B-Algorithm
Vorbis	I-Algorithm
files	O
.	O
</s>
