An *extremely* valid point. Unless you don't miss something truly essential in the host you're familiar with, why make a switch? Sure, one may miss a few (maybe even a lot) of kickass things, but in the end it'll just confuse you. Just as it (still, *sigh*...) confuses me to work in Cubase. Well, maybe I'm not confused but annoyed - but that's not the point.kritikon wrote: Nowadays I rarely even bother to try out new versions of those hosts. It's a waste of my time that I don't have. It'd take me 6 months minimum to learn a new host and be anywhere as quick as I can be in Cubase, even if I don't like everything in Cubase.
One should always try to get the most of one host, IMO.
Ok, there's a few exceptions, such as subhosts (eXT and the likes) and certain specialized things (Live, Reason, etc...), but as far as the socalled "major" hosts go, any of them will let you get the job done in a reasonable manner. Yes, this even includes Cubase
No, seriously, all the hosts these days are reasonably stable, regardless of the OS you're using. So I'd always prefer getting more comfortable with what I know already instead of having to deal with new menus, shortcuts (those make all the difference in speed!), mixers, paradigms and whatever permanently.
Just as I wouldn't bother becoming a full time keyboarder because I could play closed voicings, whereas my main instrument (the guitar) sucks when dealing with them.
