Available now...

https://www.steinberg.net...amp;lan=EN-DE-ES-FR-IT

The new feature set looks, at least on the surface, as not terribly exciting.  Two features which many in the Cubase community has been requesting for roughly forever are Bezier curves for automation and MIDI CC lanes and more than six pre-fader plug-in insert slots in the mixer.  Once again, this segment of the community has been totally ignored.
 
I'm just wondering - any of you that keep current with SONAR releases, can you tell me where SONAR is as far as these features are concerned?

It's a great update, for me, and gives me the mixer undo that I wanted. There are numerous other workflow enhancements that are nice, too. I didn't think much of the Sampler Track, but after spending all evening with it, it's now part of my workflow. If you're into sound design, it makes things quick and easy when it comes to sample manipulation. Being able to dump your edit into a synth at the touch of a button is icing on the cake. I'm on Win 7, and an older project ended up using less resources and I didn't see the spikes like I used to with Kontakt. Overall, a great buy for a 100.00.

Cubase blows S1 out of the water when it comes to MIDI, so it's not even a contest. Just the Logical Editor alone in Cubase sets it apart. Add in Expression Maps when you do orchestral work, and the two couldn't be farther apart. S1 can't even get their automation to work correctly, and the Project section of the program hasn't been updated in forever, which is the only reason I still own it. The S1 incompatibility with ilok/softube, etc... I could go on. The complaint with Sample One is the same complaint everyone has with S1. It uses too many resources. I can load Slate plugs that take 1 to 1.5 % in either Cubase or Reaper, and they take 5% in S1. In every stress test, S1 comes out with the lowest performance.
 
Just a sample :
 
https://forums.presonus.com/viewtopic.php?f=213&t=22254&sid=d9f6cd4fb4ce2217778e66a70c75d6fa
 
Then again, does it matter what I say? You seem to follow me from thread to thread either here on the Sonar forum or the S1 forum. If you want to talk ****, do it to someone else.
 
 
 

It does depend on what DAW's you like working in and they all appeal on some level.  It is interesting though how Cubase has taken a very definite Studio One like direction.  Granted Cubase has extended midi functions but many also do not know the full extent of what S1's midi capabilities are either.  You have to use it all the time.  I use a pretty decent hardware setup as well as software and it handles all that rather well.  It is also very stable now too.
 
I have never noticed CPU usage with Sample One really.  It is more about getting the job done I guess.  It is still very handy and easy to drag things in play around with.
 
Cubase would be good though if you are using a Steinberg midi interface. It allows all the LTB stuff where midi timing is very accurate and on each port very tight. I assume Cubase 9 still offers this.   Some still say the mixer could be better overall.  I must admit how good Mixbus is in this role.
 
It is only time before S1 offers mixer undo or history. They will just implement it in a nicer way perhaps.  I have not missed it too much personally.  The version saving concept is very good for saving and recalling mixer scenes.

that's cool. I don't have JBridge.  really don't wanna pay another $50 just to have my plugins work like they did last week.
 
progress I guess.
 
it's good that there is a solution and that it's not just an arm cut off deal with it thing.