Having lots of glitches from Cubase 12. Currently lost all - except one - Loops and Instruments. Also Waves NX CLA not working right..... So hard to get help? Tired of the glitches with other versions. I think 11 was their best as far as working. For those who had Cubase and changed. What DAW you get? Was it better? Do you have problems with other DAWS and what are they?
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Have you changed from Cubase?
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I started with Cubase and after much frustration, I saw an article that Sonar had been taken over by Band Lab and they were releasing a free full featured version call Cakewalk. I never looked back. Lots or YouTube tutorials and for me a much more intuitive interface.
Good luck...
Good luck...
Cakewalk, I have heard of it and know someone who uses it. Is this version, which is free a onetime version, then discontinued? Just surprised its free. What is their benefit to that? Sure, it's great but just curious why its free if they are continuing updates etc. towards their product.
I've been using it for about 3 years now. This guy mike @ CreativeSauce.com has quite a few tutorials and I like the way he presents the info. One issue is that it is Windows only (I'm not an Apple user so it was fine for me).
Check out this video, it covers most of your questions. One of things not mentioned is the web based Cakewalk studio, a light version of the download. I use it to share practice sessions with my bandmates, upload tracks to the web and they can download and use (or edit). It actually supports online DAW functionality, but I find it a bit clunky. The full download version is much better. The online version (Band Lab) is a bit like Sound Cloud and it allows for networking with other musicians, that is probably their revenue model as there are some ads and a lot of music is released there.
Good luck...
Check out this video, it covers most of your questions. One of things not mentioned is the web based Cakewalk studio, a light version of the download. I use it to share practice sessions with my bandmates, upload tracks to the web and they can download and use (or edit). It actually supports online DAW functionality, but I find it a bit clunky. The full download version is much better. The online version (Band Lab) is a bit like Sound Cloud and it allows for networking with other musicians, that is probably their revenue model as there are some ads and a lot of music is released there.
Good luck...
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sorta. I bought a Cubase 10 Pro and considered migrating to it. after third bugfix the stability and performance was still awful and ARA integration wasn't the best, so I sold the damn thing. I considered switching from Studio One then, which I'm happily still using at the moment. Studio One was created back in the day by two former Cubase developers BTW.
after unsuccessfully mastering some Cubase, I also took one more dive in Reaper and some Cubase experience helped me to understand, why Reaper is, uhm, so strange sometimes. in fact, it addresses some Cubase problems, sometimes at the cost of being too configurable.
Reaper is great in macros, automation and customization, once you have your established workflow in some other DAW, you're able to mimic it in Reaper. Studio One is another beast: it's ready to use just from the box, but customization and macros suck. once it fits your workflow, it's good, if it's not, uhm, good luck.
I'm sticking to S1 as two things I depend on are done in it better:
1. personal headphone mixes. it was done just right in Studio One and in Reaper all we have is implementing submixes through buses, which is awkward and annoying at best.
2. low-latency tracking while having lots of heavy plugins on other tracks. Reaper has PDC and to some extent it works, but a heavy project will still require increasing the buffer if you want to play it. S1 runs the non-record-armed tracks at higher latency behind the scene, so you can have both minimal latency for the tracks you're recording and stability with heavy plugins on the tracks, you're only playing.
after unsuccessfully mastering some Cubase, I also took one more dive in Reaper and some Cubase experience helped me to understand, why Reaper is, uhm, so strange sometimes. in fact, it addresses some Cubase problems, sometimes at the cost of being too configurable.
Reaper is great in macros, automation and customization, once you have your established workflow in some other DAW, you're able to mimic it in Reaper. Studio One is another beast: it's ready to use just from the box, but customization and macros suck. once it fits your workflow, it's good, if it's not, uhm, good luck.
I'm sticking to S1 as two things I depend on are done in it better:
1. personal headphone mixes. it was done just right in Studio One and in Reaper all we have is implementing submixes through buses, which is awkward and annoying at best.
2. low-latency tracking while having lots of heavy plugins on other tracks. Reaper has PDC and to some extent it works, but a heavy project will still require increasing the buffer if you want to play it. S1 runs the non-record-armed tracks at higher latency behind the scene, so you can have both minimal latency for the tracks you're recording and stability with heavy plugins on the tracks, you're only playing.
I used Cubase almost every day for 20 years or so. So it is ingrained in my brain. But from Cubase 9 or 10 or so they started introducing all kinds of extra screens and options I would never use. The UI got really unclear and crowded because of that. Since it really annoyed me.
I took a try at Ableton several times before but it didn’t stick. So I went back to Cubase. But then I tried recording several songs from start to finish and after a few months of extensive use Ableton sticked. Now I only use Ableton since a year. It has a totally different workflow than other DAWs and the shortcuts and editing stuff is fairly different. So it takes quite some time getting used to.
I took a try at Ableton several times before but it didn’t stick. So I went back to Cubase. But then I tried recording several songs from start to finish and after a few months of extensive use Ableton sticked. Now I only use Ableton since a year. It has a totally different workflow than other DAWs and the shortcuts and editing stuff is fairly different. So it takes quite some time getting used to.
Been using Logic for the last 2 months, however, I didn't do anything with Cubase for a bit before that. Part of me wishes I had built another PC and just gone back to Cubase, but being a first time ever Mac user that still hates the interface that kind of talks down to you with unnecessary security prompts, well, I am pleasantly surprised. Really happy with Logic. My current problem is that the script I have to "normalize" a Korg Triton rack doesn't seem to work. Need to fix something or get a workaround. This would not be an issue in Cubase/Windows. Probably could've used my old soundcard too. So, Logic does a lot of things very well. The Apple must is a major downside. If I needed a LOT of samples and triple digit tracks I would probably stick to Cubase.
I still own Cubase 12 but have switched to MPC 2 and Logic. Interestingly, my success with using MPC 2 led me into the land of electric bass. Long story that is OT.
You might want to give MPC Beats a try. It is free. It makes a great complement to whatever DAW you settle on using.
I was horrible with beat making (my biggest song writing weakness) until I started using MPC. Now I am decent enough to not be embarrassed with my drums.
You might want to give MPC Beats a try. It is free. It makes a great complement to whatever DAW you settle on using.
I was horrible with beat making (my biggest song writing weakness) until I started using MPC. Now I am decent enough to not be embarrassed with my drums.
