There are 2 things that pushed me over…
- The Mackie control does not get any feedback from mixconsole if the user eg clicks a different track. What that means is that any PLE etc no longer work.
- After years of developing workflow, all the rest is in place and works BUT Im told that even if they bothered to fix it, would not be for C12 and Im not changing atm
THIS is the most critical things…broken but no chance to recover
Here is a post about it…related to it if interested. I was really hoping to go “next level” and add more enjoyment != mouse clicks
- There is no actual macro language ie for the UI that allows users to do basic stuff. You can kind of hack it using midi/generic remotes etc but some of the address handles are missing and even if it were in the api to program, if its not in the generic or remote editor I absolutely refuse now, to waste any time programming basic requirements and if Steinberg no longer have staff that understand that automation and the ability to easily implement (OR finished) then Im not going to argue, they obviously dont know what they dont know…but after 36 years…muscle memory is the magic and when doing an automation pass, your eyes are closed and you feel it…no need for edits or mouse generally. As mentioned, they wont even consider exposing the window handles for 3rd party ie Autohotkey
Yeah and they took away simple but vital parts of it like More/wet dry mix
Mainly live recorded music…it used to be 90% midi and was good for that but as you get older it seems live connection with people produces a magic that midi is so dry and lifeless but its great for sketching out stuff. I just play everything in now as well…maybe a minor tweak but generally just retake if its not good…took a while to get enough controllers…not 100% Reaper but its free to try and like $60/225. If its good Ill be happy to pay the $225
I dont do midi orchestration anymore either…great quartet can do so much and the live interaction once again…so good.