I decided to download the Cubase 6.5 trial and see what Stinkberg has been up...
I had to go dig out my eLicenser....has been put away for years...
Retrologue and PadShop are both quite good...and, as Rain said, just going through the
presets I found myself being very inspired...
VST Expression is awesome....end of story...bye bye
http://www.steinberg.net/en/company/technologies/vst_expression.html Still haven't tried their new Amp Sim yet...will check that out next..
The ability to use my plugs as VST 3 with full functionality..major bonus...
and Cubase automatically sorted my plugs under categories...
Reverb, EQ, Compression, etc....didn't expect that...wasn't there in V5...
Color changing of the interface is very kewl..but very lacking in substance...it's just a color change,
and a very poor implementation at that...I REALLY like Digital Performer 8's "themes" concept.
Don't like the mixer, don't like the interface...on these two things X2 rocks out with it's socks out...
it was the major reason I switched to Sonar, and I don't find the workflow anywhere near as intuitive as I do in X2.
Cubase's PRV has always been lightyears ahead...the editing capabilities are vastly superior to
other DAW's (just MO)
I much much much prefer X2 as far as interface and workflow goes, and a few other things...
If Cakewalk could get off their high horse and get VST 3.x support implemented and implement their own BETTER version of VST Expression. get better scoring capabilities, etc...they'd be beating Stinkberg over head with a baseball bat...as customers who not only WANT those things, but NEED them to work more efficiently, would be flocking to their door...
As Paul Harvey says.....THAT is the REST of the story...