What i really like to see that Steinberg is going to change, is the frequency of maintenance releases, fixing bugs mainly and inplementing necessary and long requested workflow and GUI enhancements. Looking over the fence to another competitor I am seeing already a 3rd release (5.1.1) for their DAW during a period where Cubase got nothing at all
Cubase 11 started with a handful of unnecessary bugs and overlooked things. I wish they will change the strategy, which was btw promised with the release of Cubase 10
Realtime export forgotten (Artist)
+6db/+12db not selectable in Master meter
Recent Projects canāt be cleaned up
Input/Output channels not displayed in Project window
No two-lane text in Mixer (Windows only)
Incomplete HiDPi support (Windows only)
No scrolling in left/right zones of Mixer (TBC)
Color palette still limited
Old style GUI still in some areas
MP3 tag issue
too small scroll/zoom controls
Window focus issue (Windows only?)
ā¦
Little things imho which finally have to be ruled out within the lifecycle of a major version.
these bugs in a major release? again and again, long standing bugs and issues, please solve them, not by a new release, but for existing owners. simple as that.
i have bought the upgrade to cubase pro 11 (from pro 10.5), in the hope, all is being addressed. nothing fancy, i thinkā¦
This I have to agree with. That compounded with feature requests from a plethora of users that in some areas contradict each other. Add in to be successful on multiple platforms and āthenā trying to keep up with competitors, it must be a huge headache for the coders especially when they have to address bug issues that arenāt synonymous to any one condition. Who knows what they have to go back on and rewrite. I think they have an astronomical product. The only thing I may not agree with is them being a little distant with support. That may have the need to construct a whole different department altogether. We all know at this time thatās not going to happen anytime soon.
Iām just sorry that it might be at the expense of a recording organization getting stifled in the middle of business.
Get real. I donāt expect every single request, by every single use to be addressed. But some of the bugs and lacking features are just plain ridiculous. They donāt have the āresourcesā to make full screen mode on a Mac for example?
Or they donāt think itās that important.
Or the old code is so messed up they donāt even dare try.
Neither alternative sounds very comforting.
Tbh, I donāt believe users generally care about the underlying reasons/excuses for bugs not being squashed or features missing.
If youāre buying a new car - do you really care WHY the breaks arenāt working or WHY there are dents in the fender?
(āThe breaks are really difficult to maintain due to the constructionā, āSomebody accidentally slipped and bumped into the fenderā).
I think not. You just see a flawed product.
Of course, a DAW is not a car, but a product is a product and the thinking is the same.
In general Cubase bug fixes are sparse and the list is really short compared to other DAWs. I think because they are working 24/7 for the next paid update features. Probably 11.5 Is in Alpha.
I think there should be at least 5-6 bug fix, maintenance, improvement releases between paid updates. Yes it is an old program, big program with lots of features etc but it can get there part by partā¦ If they have time to update the sampler and code new plugins they should find the time to f/e fix the inspector pinning issue for instrument tracks for the past 2 versions. I believe there are people who will be equally excited with hundreds of fixes, workflow improvements, like people who get excited with a new metering plugin.
