Cubase 7.5 official announcement!

[lfm]

Studio One: No hardware lock requirements - should promote less sales
2.5 and 2.6 - dot upgrades - upgrades free of charge.

Steinberg: Hardware locks - should promote they actually get paid for more what is used.
Only paid dot upgrades.

So are Steinberg more gready - or are hardware locks not at all better as authorization to get paid for what is used?

Make your pick.

[chk071]

@ sockofgold: Even the official Steinberg representative here posted it in this thread.

Hello budweiser,

Those who want to stick to C7.0x now know "hay - bugfixes? pft... buy C7.5". Wow.

After 6.5, cubase 6 was still updated so i believe it will the same for c7. I have to agree an updated freeze (among other things) would have been good instead of plug add ons... But anyway, i'll update .

That is correct, even after the release of Cubase 6.5 we released a Cubase 6.0.7 update with bug fixes.
So, customers who decided to stay with Cubase 6.0.6 will also benefit from the bug fixes included on the 6.5 update.
And after Cubase 7 was released we also updated Cubase 6.5.4 to Cubase 6.5.5

Best regards,
GN

[ericj23]

So where does this rubbish come from ???

Wow, relax! If I made a mistake, I am happy to be wrong in this case. Just take it easy, though--it's going to be okay.

If I'm wrong, then awesome on Steinberg. I didn't realize they did that with version 6.

Reading that back I realise I got a bit over excited - sorry - end of along day at work that I just want to end - thank god it is Friday and all that.

[ObsoleteAcc99]

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[Alfalfa]

I am happy to announce the latest version of our flagship product Cubase 7.5.

This is the update I've been waiting for. The updated Instrument Tracks look great. Pat yourselves on the back and go celebrate this weekend. One happy customer here.

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[LawrenceF]

Looks really good to me. It adds most of the stuff I wanted back in version 4. If they'd done this much earlier I'd probably still be a Cubase user. Multiout instrument tracks and playlists are the real "biggies" there.

Good stuff. Good luck with it Steiny.

I can move the cubase dongle and in 30 seconds run it on another machine, or keep it plugged into the same machine and run it on 30 different OS installs (of course this is an unrealistic scenario but just making a point) if i so choose.

And here comes the daw war stuff.

You can install S1 and it's licence on any system faster than even installing just eLicenser, let alone the full Cubase, so all that is really moot.

C 7.5 looks great. I'm really happy for Cubase users.

[chk071]

You can install S1 and it's licence on any system faster than even installing just eLicenser, let alone the full Cubase, so all that is really moot.

That's actually the point where it matters more which DAW is started quicker i guess. It always enlightened me how quick Reaper is up and running for example, Sonar is almost the same, lightning fast up. Cubase is pretty slow in that regard unfortunately. I'd like to see some improvements there, pretty sure it's possible to do that a bit better.

[killmaster]

Do all the 7.5 updates apply to Artist and the full version? It doesn't specify on the "What's new in Cubase 7.5" page. I'm an Artist user.

Also wondering why the Chord Assistant is split out from the Chord Tracks in the Artists version. Seems like they should always be together.... ? But I guess that's another topic.

[kmonkey]

In what way does s1 not have hardware locks? for one, on windows with a network card, it needs 2 unlock codes to launch when you're online or off. You get 5. On one machine, just one, i could use 4 of my 5 unlocks with my dual boot mac, and the two i need for windows in bootcamp. So i couldn't do that on a a second machine. Impossible.

I can move the cubase dongle and in 30 seconds run it on another machine, or keep it plugged into the same machine and run it on 30 different OS installs (of course this is an unrealistic scenario but just making a point) if i so choose.

Point is, S1 is very much locked to the hardware, one's COMPUTER hardware, as is any C/R.

I think he meant to say that s1 don't need hardware usb key to work - which is true

You can't really compare usb dongle key to computer and say it's the same copy protection thing because it is not.

Example, once when s1 is authorized you can run it anytime. You don't need activation again and again and again. And most users surely doesn't have two Mac operating systems and windows in bootcamp - everything at the same computer.

Once when you plug out usb elicenser you can not run Cubase on that machine until usb is back there (and i know you already know that so i am surprised you are making such analogies).

And lastly what is this? or keep it plugged into the same machine and run it on 30 different OS installs (of course this is an unrealistic scenario but just making a point) if i so choose i don't get it why would you choose to run even at one computer when you work on another?

Note that this is not intended to be harsh and disrespectful but it seems that your scenarios are always a bit extreme in everything not just in posting (or whenever someone disagree with you).

[LawrenceF]

That's actually the point where it matters more which DAW is started quicker i guess. It always enlightened me how quick Reaper is up and running for example, Sonar is almost the same, lightning fast up. Cubase is pretty slow in that regard unfortunately. I'd like to see some improvements there, pretty sure it's possible to do that a bit better.

Well, not really even so much how fast it launches, just install. The installer runs in about 15 seconds and activation is done from inside the app. Most people who use daws have 3 systems max, a main system and maybe a couple of additional systems at home. 5 licenses is enough and they always refresh the 5 on demand so 5 has never been a hard limit.

You could pretty much just run it from a USB key if you wanted and activate it when you launch it on another system.

But let's just praise Cubase 7.5 (it appears to deserve it) and not get into all of the negative daw war stuff yet again. Go Cubase! Steiny is fighting back.

[lfm]

In what way does s1 not have hardware locks? for one, on windows with a network card, it needs 2 unlock codes to launch when you're online or off. You get 5.

On one machine, just one, i could use 4 of my 5 unlocks with my dual boot mac, and the two i need for windows in bootcamp. So i couldn't do that on a a second machine. Impossible.

I never noticed using two activations for S1 on my machine.
I was online though when installing - but always offline when running. 4 activations left.

If using more than one activation - does that mean you have to unlock one of them?
Never needed duplicate machine stuff - but good to know if that happends.

But I get your point - hw locks are better under some circumstances.

But Waves stuff can use any usb flash you got(or store on computer) - and never have to fiddle with separate updates of licenser stuff - all transparent. You buy a product and that is all you have to deal with. Rather well implemented.

That is one obstacle with these Syncrosoft and iLok stuff - you have to deal with this separate software updates yourself(at least with Syncrosoft, that is what I experienced).

[sockofgold]

@ sockofgold: Even the official Steinberg representative here posted it in this thread.

Right, but not in the first post. I know it's bad forum etiquette, but I do not have time to read all three pages of posts before posting. Guillermo should consider editing the first post in this thread to reflect this fact--otherwise, there will probably be more people coming in saying the same thing I did.

Honestly, it seems pretty obvious to mention this fact directly with the announcement. The cynic in me has a pretty good idea why it isn't mentioned upfront, but I will keep my thoughts to myself on that one.

Anyway, yes, I know I made a mistake, and I am happy to see that Steinberg will supposedly continue updating the 7.0.x series.

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