I will say I had 2 projects freeze up on me today using Cubase 8.5
Since the release isn't official I won't call it a bug.
I do expect the same problem happening if this is the version that's released.

Seems to be the norm for the updates and versions to cycle through.
 
I find Cubase can be somewhat finicky until a few updates come and go, and then all of a sudden it'll be really solid - seemingly overnight.
 
Just something I've come to expect since I bought in at 7.0 two and a half years ago.
 
But thanks for the news there Carl - can't wait.
 
I've really been enjoying 8.0.30 and I'm quite looking forward to continuing on with it.

Here's some vids they released:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfeJ3ei6wk4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er8f1S9cWSw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Gg6TA3X_Q
https://www.youtube.com/w...0&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HavO4ByIamw
https://youtu.be/fnfmHDgzipE

carl
Here's some vids they released:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfeJ3ei6wk4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er8f1S9cWSw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Gg6TA3X_Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV7yyWnMzk8&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HavO4ByIamw
https://youtu.be/fnfmHDgzipE

Awesome! Thanks for the links there Carl. I'll be sure to check them out.

Their site is on 'maintenance'
Releasing 8.5 today

Are all Cubase updates paid for?

No, there's usually a few free patch releases between the paid update.
They're not all 49.99 like this point release though. IIRC it was $99.99 for Pro 7.5 to 8.0..

jimusic
Seems to be the norm for the updates and versions to cycle through.
I find Cubase can be somewhat finicky until a few updates come and go, and then all of a sudden it'll be really solid - seemingly overnight.

You might be right. After 20 more projects no more freeze ups or problems.
I have a feeling it was doing something like propagating files early on. Hopefully this version won't create any new bugs.
famous last words...

Now available-
http://www.steinberg.net/..._new_in_cubase_85.html

mudgel
Are all Cubase updates paid for?

Any maintenance updates are free. For example, with Cubase 7 they went all the way up to 7.07, all of which were free.
 
Then 7.5 went to 7.5.10, .20, .30 & .40.
 
Now 8 Pro is up to 8.0.10, .20 & currently 8.0.30.
 
So one would [or would have] paid for 7.0/7.5/8.0/8.5 [and 9.0 when it comes out most likely next Dec.] but not the sub-number updates [fixes] in between.