Hi Joey,
Yeah I have the exact same issues with Cubase 8.5, and Cubase 7.5 is working perfectly.
Here’s a couple of videos I did (please excuse the unedited iphone recording) showing the difference in performance between the two with midi note resizing -
Cubase 7.5
Cubase 8.5
It’s a show stopper for me and has been the reason I haven’t been able to use any incarnation of Cubase 8 so far. Both paid upgrades so far have been a waste of money imo.
I have a pretty grunty new machine from AAVIM Technology and am still getting this issue.
So frustrating - why did they have to change to this Aero theme requirement?? It’s completely ruined the program for a lot of users. I’m surprised it’s not fixed in Cubase 8.5, and instead we are getting pretty new icons in the media bay rack.