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Pro's of Cubase
- It's pretty easy to get to gripes with (some people will disagree, but if you think of it, if you are a little acquainted with how stuff works in a studio (like with hardware) it's laid out pretty logically).
- Steinberg are the makers of the VST technology. So it's support is very solid (most VST software will be tested on Steinberg hosts first).
- The engine has a well defined sound that a lot of people may like.
- Some well implemented features, like the Timewarp tool, which can come in handy for some people (that's always a plus, you never know when you'll need it).
- In my experience, pretty stable.
Cons
- the plugins that come with the package are pretty weak. Compared to the stuff you get with Sonar or Logic it's even mostly abominable. But I don't fool myself, most people will use third party plugins anyway.
- The bussing system should change, following a scheme like in Protools or Logic. No possible way to do sidechaining internally for example (you need dedicated plugins, and there are not very many of them who offer the option). They really should add the feature of free assignable internal busses. It is promised in VST 3.0 though, so SX 3 should have it.
- Some MIDI devices still drift, even though a lot has been solved with the last update.
- The sample editor is pretty basic, but that is the case with most sequencers. A sequencer is for sequencing, they got Wavelab for something (and if they would include a full featured audio editor, well they wouldn't sell as much of Wavelab, business is business).
It's a really good sequencer in total. Not necessarily worse than Logic, Sonar, Protools or Samplitude for that matter, but not better either. In that league it's more a matter of preference and a matter of which features you need.
On the other hand, I follow theCyrus here. Cubase is a sequencer, so aimed mainly at creating music. It has basic functionalities for premastering, but indeed this is better done in a fully fledged audio editor like Wavelab (which has VST support too). The only sequencer I'd personally recommend which is really capable in this area is Samplitude (it started as an audio editor, and got sequencer features added afterwards). Version 7 is already a beast, and version 8 is due out soon. If the evolution continues like it did with the previous versions, then I see Samplitude become a serious contender in the big league (well to be honest, it already is).
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anyone know?
