Oh and for the record, I have not turned AERO offā¦ The only tweak that I did for Windows 8 is customize indexing so that I know exactly which folders will trigger indexing ā¦ so that it wonāt interrupt editing/recording
Really annoyingā¦! ā¦not
Cool!
Yeah well my experience tells me that itās sometimes behind the keyboard.
Surely a āthanks Steinberg Iām loving itā would have sufficed. Given that you have seen a number of users who are experiencing difficulties a little bit of tact might have worked better. I personally have had good experiences with Cubase, but I can accept that others through no obvious fault of their own have not.
I like Freddie, and Iām glad heās joined us from over in the Cakewalk forum. Heās definitely made an upgrade from Sonar. We need someone here in this forum who uses different fonts and all the emoticons ā someone who is always jumping up and down like a happy teenager. Seriously. I mean it. This forum can get a bit glum sometimes, since most happy Cubase users are actually off making music, not hanging around here too oftenā¦ and people like Freddie spice things up and bring some extra cheer.
Glad youāre here, Freddie! Hope you enjoy Cubase as much as I have! (Well, judging by your forum posts, Iād say you already have!)
And yes, I agree with the sentiment of your OP. Cubase is amazing!
Thanks!
Best Regards
Freddie
Short answer: The point is that theyāre happy with the application the way it is. Other users demand more from Cubase. However, since 7, it seems to be regressing in many more ways than it is evolving.
I urge you to voice your opinion in this thread: http://www.steinberg.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=181&t=51853 that I created, so that users who demand more from this application can have their voice heard.
P.S. I quoted you original post in the other thread because I thought it was very concise and informative.
Cheers
Sorry, Freddie, I just think that with you as with several other inconditional Steiny lovers, there are no longer any dialog possible :
- Iām talking about missing features in RCE, trackpresets, etc. : you talk about āClosing on exitā which was never one of my pointā¦
- Iām talking about UI regressions and white masked cursor : you talk about āAeroāā¦
- Iām talking about Genric Remote features and layout quirks : you talk about āXP32ā tweaksā¦
- Iām talking about features removed : you talk aboutā¦ nothing. Itās not even considered.
Few things, though :
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Strangely, with Cubase 5.1 and 6.5, I have an optimal system which is working surprisingly well, considering that I have systematically three VSTBridged plug-ins in almost all my projects. And, most of all, both have a clean and working UI with several features that are missing in C7, this with much less resources usage and a great responsiveness. Isnāt it strange, and how do you explain that ?
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A last one : I sent three months ago at Fabio Bartolini (guess you know who he isā¦) a complete .nfo file of my system (in the same way, I guess that a Windows āspecialistā like you knows what this also isā¦). Guess what ? He admitted in return by PM, after being, as you, suspicious about my DAW, that my system had nothing that could be really problematic. This was initially about an exchange concerning the dreaded 7.0.5 bug which was crashing Cubase when hitting āF3ā to close the MixConsole. Remember this one ?
Iāll stop here. End of this useless exchangeā¦
And back on topic after another derail
+1
This is a god send
They do integrate very well but there is a little latency but nothing that canāt be dealt with .
I completely agree
+1
As a DAW professional, i can attest that Cubase is the very best in computer-based audio software, not to mention the most innovative program available. While there are various other applications that can do the job; most will fall short in critical areas, namely MIDI and audio processing. Sure there bugs but a true professional will present their critique in a positive way because they rely on it for their living or because they make great music.
Lets face it Cubase has to be more than an alternative to Pro Tools.
For me the fact that is more than just a studio recording software is itās strength. I am a guitarist but love playing about with sounds and going places I have never been before. Steinberg has always been a DAW that encourages us to think outside the box. (I have been using Loopmash to re-sample my playing.) I guess that is why there are so many bugs, because they want to be so many things to so many users. I for one love that. I certainly am glad that I am am not stuck in a studio with bands rehashing all the old clichĆ©s - I would rather rehash my own and perhaps add a few unexpected things on the way.
I am not knocking those of you who run studios. Far from it, I think you do wonderful stuff and provide a really valuable service. Not to mention living a financially precarious life. However I baulk at the use that many people make of the word professional, as if it is a passport to some higher plane of knowledge and creativity. What is a DAW professional? I mean anyone can claim whatever they like on a forum and nobody would be any the wiser. After all did I not just claim to be guitarist.
The value of Cubase to me is not itās perfection, because it quite plainly isnāt. It is its versatility and the possibilities that it offers its users. I may not be the best musician, but I have the best fun. Sure I get cross with Steinberg at times and irritated with Cubase. I am sure we could say the same about our partners, as they could about us. However, we still love them in spite of all that. That is the value of a long term relationship.
this is a inverse trolling? ahahahhah
Exactly +1
This is meant to be a feel good thread even thou a little bit OTT on the subject but non the less should still be kept a feel good thread and I find it really irritating that a person that was screaming and shouting for people to keep his threads in order has decided to act god and intervene on every feel good thread he feels he has the right to and change to subject back to his usual one man war on Steinberg ! VERY IRITATING
Can I join your club?
Do I need a degree?
What are the requirements?
Do I need extensive use with PT, Logic, DP, Sonar, S1 or that free thing everyone rants about because he has excellent communication with his users?
Orā¦do you mean every-day Cubase user for the past 15 years who has grown weary of workflow and genuine issues being ignored while Steinberg prioritizes new features that attract EDM and new users with every new upgrade/update? Iām not attacking this stuff, but Iām totally against them making this stuff a priority.
I agree with you. Relatively speaking Cubase is still the best DAW for me. It still has a long ways to go, and Iām pessimistic about any real marketing/policy change because itās the EDM and new users who subsidize what you call the āDAW professional.ā Ever wonder why EveAnna Manley signed that agreement with UAD? Ever wonder why Nuendo costs so much more than Cubase?
By the way, yeah thanks Steinbergā¦your amazing. (relatively speaking when compared to the competition)
I have said enough now. I fear Sgt. Schultz is coming for me.
Guys, I hear what youāre saying, but come on, let Freddie be Freddie. Of course Cubase has bugs, of course it isnāt perfect, of course there are people who are dealing with issues, just like any major software! Iāve criticized Steinberg my fair share in due course.
But to give Freddie a hard time when all heās doing (in my view) is expressing his enthusiasm, just seems a bit glum, as I implied before. Just let him do what he does. Frankly, I enjoy reading his posts from time to time, and I think heās generally more like a Steinberg cheerleader. So what? We could use that around here!
When we need a serious thread, we can start (yet another) serious thread. Thereās plenty to be serious about. But letās give the guy some space.
And who cares if heās shouting with caps and fonts and smilies? He rarely says anything directly offensive, and if he does, itās generally well-meaning from what I have seen. We actually need more people like Freddie in the world. And besides, those font/smilie options are sitting right there in the forum interface, and if you find it a breach of netiquette, just ignore him.
And finally, no one is saying that serious people and serious threads are wrong or not needed. I have had my share of problems with Steinberg over the years, and I will join the occasional angry threads if I think it will help. But this thread and other similar Freddie threads are just generally intended to be light-hearted, positive testimonial and opinion in my view, as are most of Freddieās posts as far as I can see. Heās human too, so Iām sure he crosses a line sometimes, but generally, I find his posts positive and good-natured.
My two bits only. I have no beef with any of you. I also donāt know Freddie personally, although I remember him from the Cakewalk forum, and he was a positive upbeat guy there too for the most part. And I definitely agree with the sentiment of the OP. Cubase is indeed amazing. Perfect? No, of course not! Amazing? You bet. Letās take a moment every once in a while to get some perspective. Granted, Freddie takes more than ājust a momentā expressing his enthusiasm, but so what? Iāve been around DAWs (and just before DAWs) long enough and can appreciate the golden age of awesomeness weāre in right now, and frankly, I can use a dose of enthusiasm to remind me.
If this Freddy is Tommy then he means nothing by his actions , heās just a flamboyant showman and you should respect his way of communication .
@Bredo your not exactly the most eloquent communicator on this forum so give Freddy the respect you expect for yourself and stop disrupting his thread , your the one after the attention and yes itās working isnāt it .
Freddie for president! put the cat amongst the pigeons - how dare you! lol
Apart from all the bugsā¦
+1
I have dared more than one on this forum to PM me with their info, in an attempt to discuss important matters on equal terms. Not one has taken the challenge. Go figure.
likewise i have dared those complainers to PM asking for details as to my personal website, which via Whois could produce a name but at all times was refused.
Sometimes Iām staggered by the expectations, demands and moans of certain self-proclaimed professionals, and others, on here. I started with Pro-24/Atari and was THRILLED to be able to program drums and no longer be dependent on lame TR-707 loops. As far as Iām concerned, since those early days Steinberg have increasingly provided me with useful ways to while away the time between making a bob or two, the features and sheer power offered by Cubase in 2013 are WILDLY beyond anything anyone could have imagined in the early years. I made a living writing midi files in the 80ās - no DAW has ever surpassed Cubaseās midi implementation.
How can Freddieās post possibly have been seen by some as provocative? Thanks to him Iāve looked again at my old XP tweaks, turned my AERO back on and background services to programs - stability and performance have improved as a result. I really LIKE Freddie, and Cubase too - all you moaners should sort out your own systems before accusing Steinberg of writing anything but GREAT software.