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billcarroll · Post by **billcarroll** » Thu Nov 19, 2020 2:25 am

Am I the only one who just loves the Cubase interface?

SJ_Digriz · Post by **SJ_Digriz** » Thu Nov 19, 2020 2:33 pm

billcarroll wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 2:25 am Am I the only one who just loves the Cubase interface?

No

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Thu Nov 19, 2020 2:54 pm

Nope.

Although there's always room for improvement, of course.

VitaminD · Post by **VitaminD** » Thu Nov 19, 2020 2:56 pm

billcarroll wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 2:25 am Am I the only one who just loves the Cubase interface?

It's the only DAW that clicked for me near instantly. It just makes sense. It has it's own identity of sorts and I hope it continues to keep it, despite the naysayers that want it to be something that it isn't.

SJ_Digriz · Post by **SJ_Digriz** » Thu Nov 19, 2020 3:02 pm

2 things I don't like
1) Having the stupid apple windowing/master bar is god awful.
2) 10 years later and the key commands between the main page and mixconsole are still borked. And the tabbing focus has actually made that problem worse, not better.

With that said, I beta test software on multiple DAWs and hands down I'll take the Cubase UI.

HTT · Post by **HTT** » Thu Nov 19, 2020 11:16 pm

billcarroll wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 2:25 am Am I the only one who just loves the Cubase interface?

I don't know why but Cubase just clicks for me. Upgrading/installation is the worst of the industry.

Psuper · Post by **Psuper** » Thu Nov 19, 2020 11:26 pm

HTT wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 11:16 pm
billcarroll wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 2:25 am Am I the only one who just loves the Cubase interface?
I don't know why but Cubase just clicks for me. Upgrading/installation is the worst of the industry.

The entire music industry sucks ass for the most part in the installation and DRM dept - years behind in so many ways, always have been. Other than that, C

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codec_spurt · Post by **codec_spurt** » Fri Nov 20, 2020 12:00 am

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Fri Nov 20, 2020 12:06 am

Psuper wrote: Thu Nov 19, 2020 11:26 pm The entire music industry sucks ass for the most part in the installation and DRM dept - years behind in so many ways, always have been.

Music software isn't perfect, that's for sure... nothing like Photoshop, or MS Word or Excel in it. Most of the software has its flaws and its good sides. So... it's rather about picking the one with the least flaws, and the most upsides.

HTT · Post by **HTT** » Fri Nov 20, 2020 12:13 am

So, I upgraded to Artist 11 after 90 minutes of labor including changing passwords, etc.. I get a boatload of content. Yay! I now get no midi input or audio output. WTF!? Now even my 10.5 is blocked from midi input and audio output. Gotta love Steinberg! They are absolutely great, but at the same time, they suck worse than everyone else by a country mile. Steinberg= abusive spouse syndrome in audio/midi company form.

HTT · Post by **HTT** » Fri Nov 20, 2020 12:16 am

Weird dbl post

codec_spurt · Post by **codec_spurt** » Fri Nov 20, 2020 12:20 am

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Fri Nov 20, 2020 3:44 am

For me, a huge part of not coveting other DAWs is the GUI of Cubendo. I have obtained a few of the others, and it was usually kind of jarring.
I don't think Studio One's is that bad but it's not great IMO. Logic, it's not hard to get around in it, but... did they ever decide to do a dark mode? It's hard to look at, I need contrast. I don't see great.
I wanted to like Digital Performer for a couple of actual reasons, and no.
(I also color code things for easier recognition at a glance, and I like that I can control the backgrounds and everything.)

My first session with 11, it crashed two or three times when I was doing just about nothing. Last night I used it and it was fine.
It's not more efficient on a kind of a bear of a project like this one, I don't think, but no big surprises.

I love the bezier curve implementation in Key Editor, particularly as to pitch bend lane. And I never cared much about it for automation.
And having the Tempo Track as a lane in there is kind of a big deal for me.

Just now I wasn't sure how much of the additional stuff with C11 I had installed, so I went to cover that, and found the .pkg installers failed while installation inside the Download Ass't worked A-OK. Damn glad they segregated all that from the application itself, esp if the download speed is like it is at the moment.

Unsure why there are 4 flavors of Halion SE content now, I guess it wasn't convoluted enough before.

JonSolo · Post by **JonSolo** » Fri Nov 20, 2020 3:52 am

For me, as a kid in the 80's, and surrounded by hardware studios...

Cubase/Nuendo feels the closest to the hardware studio. It is like working with the hardware. The workflow is so close to hardware. And tape. It feels like I am working with tape.

Tape. Hardware. Cutape. Nuhardware.

SJ_Digriz · Post by **SJ_Digriz** » Fri Nov 20, 2020 4:00 am

thejonsolo wrote: Fri Nov 20, 2020 3:52 am For me, as a kid in the 80's, and surrounded by hardware studios...

Cubase/Nuendo feels the closest to the hardware studio. It is like working with the hardware. The workflow is so close to hardware. And tape. It feels like I am working with tape.

Tape. Hardware. Cutape. Nuhardware.

Yeah, I think this is the big dividing line between lovers and haters. If you want a clip/modular approach then it really isn't any good. But if you record external gear augmented by VSTi or do heavy orchestration, it's hard to beat. It just feels right. Of course I've been using it since the VST 32 days.... Although I despised the SX days.

So saying, I know amazing composers that work in other DAWs to include the clip launcher ones. So, different strokes and all that. I just find the overall, combined workflow of the editors and project view to be extremely comfortable and mostly obvious.

Cubase 11 available now