I don’t see this as a missing or added feature when looking at the comparison chart with cubase pro vs. artist. I do not see the button for “plug-in” when direct offline processing or even when I just chose to “process” audio. What’s weird is at the track level I can insert and use plugin effects all day long, but when I actually try to edit any audio file part/clip I cannot use cubase effects or plugin effects. I can only do basic audio processing like reverse, fade in out, etc. I do not see this button like you see here in this screenshot. The plugin button in the top left
Oh, I definitely have direct offline processing. I just can’t use “effects” on it. I can direct offline process all day long. See here where I am offline processing and audio clip with reverse and normalize. I just don’t have the “plugins” button as a choice or any effects for that matter.
As advertised. Sorry, but the other button is only available with Cubase Pro and Nuendo.