Cubase is genuinely impressing me...

...especially its midi implementation, which is first rate. I know it has its quirks -- like every other DAW out there -- and I'm sure there is a ton of improvements that could be made. But I'm enjoying using it, and throughout this two week demo process, I've been very productive with it. 
 
One thing that has impressed me, in particular: when it comes to running synths, Cubase seems way more efficient than any other DAW I've tried. I can pile on more synths in Cubase without freezing or rendering tracks than I ever could in Sonar or Studio One. 
 
Is anyone else finding this to be the case?

I too went to Cubase. Sadly my PC is broken at the moment but I’ve been checking out a lot of the online videos. I’m impressed by the Steinberg video efforts on YouTube. Very high quality and the program looks great. Can’t wait to really get into it.

p.s. - at least learning Cubase is taking my mind of the Ashes series at the moment. Your team's really taken us to the cleaners this time, Mike!
 
jdf

Thanks jdf. I had a minor stroke, but all is well. I'll be back in the saddle after the holidays.

Hi Raisindot. Go to the top right hand corner of the screen. There's a little icon you can use to turn off the zones in Cubase. HTH

The audio setup in Cubase works that for each in and out on your Interface you can either add them in Stereo busses two at a time, or mono busses one at a time, or both.  You can then type in a custom name for your setup and save it as a preset.  It's different than a lot of other DAW's I've seen, but let's say you have an 8x8 audio interface and you are only seeing stereo bus 1 input 1 and 2, you just need to hit the Add stereo buss 3 more times and add stereo pairs 3/4, 5/6, 7/8  and/or add mono bus 1 - input 1, mono bus 2 - input 2, etc.  just  keep adding mono buses to add the devices.  Same thing on the output tab, you add busses for the number of outs, either in stereo or mono, or both.  it's tedious at first, but save your preset, so you can recall it at any time.
 
And for the "zones" as Cubase calls them, just do as Sir William said, the 3 icons in the upper right hand corner.  One confusing thing that I found is the mix zone doesn't detach, you just hit F3 to bring up a separate mixer pane.  So you can actually have a mixer pane and the mixer zone up at the same time, which is actually kind of cool if you run two monitors and could come in handy.

mettelus

Sir William
Hi Raisindot. Go to the top right hand corner of the screen. There's a little icon you can use to turn off the zones in Cubase. HTH

The "X"??

(Sorry, couldn't resist)

😂😂 d'oh!!

Joe_A
Someone pls remind me when the Cubase special offer ends? (My apologies..)
I'm was planning on getting the EV 15" PLX I believe, powered monitor about 449.00 but don't want to miss the Cubase offer. I think I'm sold on Cubase.....but wife may not appreciate both right now. She's great about these things but at Christmas it may not be a great thing....😊

The end of the year so 31st December...

Thanks for the book recommendation, Andy, seems like a must-get.
Brian - yes I found the right click menu, it's just not quite as convenient at Sonar's. It's so near that I feel lazy in admitting it, but it's just that right-wrist fine control to select the appropriate tool.
 
jdf
 

Nice to see some newer user thoughts on Cubase.  I've not been able to give advice from that perspective for quite some time since I've been using it and it has been my main DAW choice for tracking and composing for a very very long time.  I can see how some things may be counter intuitive for newer users, that's a fair assessment IMHO.
 
The audio setup is something I really like in Cubase - once you get a handle on it, that is.  It is quite useful for me as I've set up three MR816 interfaces daisy-chained so having some flexibility in handling just the 24 channels of analog in and out would otherwise be a chore even with the nice integration they've built in.  This is also why I like Control Room quite a bit but feel that it can be a bit much for some setups as mentioned above and can be a bit of a bear to set up initially.   It is indeed great if you record groups and need talkback and several cue mixes, etc for sure.
 
I did just start using v9 though, I wonder if I'd benefit much from reading that book.  At that price it might not be a bad idea to pick it up regardless, perhaps when I get the odd helper in here (rare, and usually my daughter who doesn't like this side of the recording process anyway so she's a resistant teenager throughout) it could help me teach them how to do things in a way that is easily understood - or in a way I could send them off to read while I do other things

Something else that's nice with Cubase is GPU accelerated UI. Doesn't seem like it should matter much, but it really makes things look and feel smoother. Just helps the overall thing feel more responsive.

Today Cubase is not producing any sound. Did all the normal checks but nothing. All other DAWs work.

I also got Cubase 9.5, just to start learning it while gradually transitioning from Sonar Platinum.
I really do like a lot of the features, but being such a long time Cakewalk user, I find myself trying to make it behave just like Sonar.
 
Firstly, I programmed all my FAV Sonar keyboard shortcuts, so I can keep a similar workflow that I've been accustomed to. Then, I found a way to import track stems from a few Sonar projects, in order to learn on the fly.
 
It's going well, but there are a few things that really bug me about Cubase that I haven't figured out yet:
 
How do you remove, or even replace VST instruments ?
Also, trying to clean up things . . . there are channels (from a Cubase template) that I want to remove.
I have spent a lot of time studying this, but can't find any menus where these can be removed.
 
I've attempted to integrate into the Cubase forum, but it's kind of stiff compared to the good old Sonar forum, where creativity, ideas and opinions flow so freely.

jerrydf
 
Andy said -

 
I'm expecting it to arrive after Christmas so will post more about it once I have had a chance to check it out.


Thanks Andy
Jerry
 
Edit - sorry - I've just spotted that Andymusic  is actually Graham.
 
Cheers Graham
Jerry
 
 


That's what I get for having a silly handle from the 90s inspired by my kids names.