I would be interested to know how many other Cubase/Nuendo users are still using v12 because they find the new GUI and layout in v13 a step backwards to use. I have been using Cubase for 32 years and find this new GUI the worst change made by Steinberg in all that time.
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Still on 12 for the same reason
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The updates in C13 caught me offguard, but I got used to it and now I love it!. It seems most of the changes are to preserve screen-estate I think, hence, some elements now look a lot more simple now.
Actually to me it does feel like Cubase 12 has an outdated GUI whenever I reopen it to work in an older project. But that could be subjective.
Generally, I always try to keep an open mind. Things are changing and adapting to new environments keeps the mind fresh.
Iām used to the appearance and layout now, and actually like it. Some of the other improvements have been welcome as well.
But more importantly (for me), Nuendo 13.0.21 is very stable. (I still had to do all the W11 tweaks though). Also, I have better performance in V13 than I did in V12.
I have no reason to use V12 anymore because older projects I needed to work on, work just fine in V13, so it has been deleted from my system.
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Honestly, I quite like C13ās UI. Itās clean and functional and speeds things up for me.
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Iām fine with the gui and really like the new mixer strip on the left side of the screen. Fits perfectly to my workflow when in arrange mode. Iām struggling more with the fact that Cubase 13 (as well as 12) have an performance issue on my Silicon Macs. I went back to Reaper for audio recording because I want my audio system to be 100% reliable when recording and Cubase 13 Pro spikes even in very simplistic constellations.
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Still on 12 for the same reason here as wellā¦
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Iām still on 12 mostly because there are no real updates that I cared about. The UX /UI was fine (itās a tool) but there still is no options for metering or other improvements that have been suggested by some really smart folks here.
Very little real value in the update (Mac Mini, M2Pro), but YMMV. A real waste of an opportunity to advance the package chasing something that really no one asked for, IMHO.
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This question has been raised numerous times in different guises, and I always have to chime in to say that for me 13 is 100% stable, unlike earlier upgrades, and although I had initial misgivings about the UI itās just part of what I do now, and I agree that going back to C12 looks a bit āoldā already.
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Youāll get used to it after a couple weeks. Itās fine.
Cubase / Nuendo 13 is very reliable here and we like the UI a lot. Wouldnāt want to go back to V12 at this point.
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Iām an outsider who crossgraded from Logic to v13, and I really like how it looks. When I see images of v12 it looks somewhat dated to me with the fonts and such, but all in all not remarkably different as someone who hasnāt spent years in this software. As a newcomer Iām very happy to call this home.
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I didnāt like, that I lost the original mixer setups. Rather than just appearing - now there are too many things hidden and it takes more clicks to open everything up so slowed everything down. Annoying.
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V12 here too.
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C13 GUI much nicer and clearer than previous versions.
You have to just not be scared of change and endure the warming phase.
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Yes, I paid for C13 and using C12. I deleted C13 and will revisit in the C14 world.
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Feel exactly the same and why Iām still on 12. No desire to upgrade whatsoever.
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Sigh - Hi Everyone - think what you like of course.
I ask only that you see: ~> āthe two important bitsā (below)
I have become obsessive about various changes in many areas of life over the decades too.
TOPLINE: the upset-ness over āthe lookā (except for people with eye problems Iād say) and stopping yourself from using CUBASE 13 you may wanna convince yourself isnāt a problem.
THE TWO IMPORTANT BITS (below)
ā OPEN YOUR NEWISH PLUGINS THAT CAN BE RESIZED FROM SMALL TO HUGE
- amazing right?! - so, what happened?
ā NOTICE THE FONTS ARE ALL FLAT AND THE SAME
The removal/replacement of gradient PNG files on the mixer and the arrange page etc., besides the massive slowdown and bulk they add (hello ARTURIA) is all part of āresize-abilityā with added immediate benefits, and, towards the future.
1) Cubase 13 has a breath-taking number of absolutely essential improvements in my view.
Taken a look at the list?
2) I have ZERO issues. Yet, do see the graphics card tweaks and other deep system mods as ITāS a COMPUTER program and like all BIG apps can benefit from LEARNING stuff, often necessarily.
The whole knowledge is power thing.
3) Best wishes to all - especially if you need to use Cubase well over 10 hours a day as well.
Please donāt recoil in horror at the above without seeing my other very gentle posts on such issues. At a guess most of this has been mentioned by those more deeply technical that me.
Mostly, just trying to be helpful here. While also, the posts on the forum about missing using CUBASE 13 causes disbelief, so Iām trying to get over that feeling as well. heh-hehā No, really, painful to read kinda, as i wish the obvious big benefits of CUBASE 13 to make people happier. Something like that*-)
AGAIN: flat fonts are on ALL your plugins that are able to resize beautifully.
EXPECT CUBASE 14 to WOW YOU - as plugins and then apps transition to ālookinā good at wildly different sizesā*-)
plus, I donāt know of any other DAW that has the right click on top line of plugin to āALLOW RESIZEā which works great.
I WANT TO BE THE PROBLEM - and pretty much always am, happily.
And when Iām not, Iām always happy, gleefully proud even (haha) to have found a real big bug.
At least big for me.
P.S. Iāve noticed scores of people have changed their mind about āthe lookā over the last season.
A powerful mind-tool Iāve used myself as touched-on up at the top here.
FLAT-FONTS are in ALL the newly PERFECTLY re-sizeable plugins we are seeing more and more.
CUBASE has the option to right click on a pluginās top bar to āAllow Resizeā if the plugin is still āold-skoolā graphically and not yet modernized for ANY screen resolution. Something like that - woohoo!
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What a h???
Flagged content ā¦ childish
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