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.