I have the, possibly erroneous, impression, that a lot of users thought V13 was a bit, shall we say, garish. Maybe in V14 the devs sought to redress that balance?
I think your point is spot on. They got my upgrade money twice. Iām sure Iām in the minority of not liking the interface now. Iām using Pro Tools more and more because of it.
1 Like
Well, they havenāt achieved it. although I was hoping to see the old or new GUI option in the preferences menu. (It would be the best in my humble opinion to at least try to make everyone happy.)
2 Likes
Same Hereā¦i HATE the new GUI.
Old design, looks from an old time. Godā¦Please, add an option to go back to C12 design button ! 
3 Likes
Exactly Pro tools used to get lotās of complaints for the gui they still do lol but not for the gui anymore because they now allow you to change everything color aspects and brightness of it, I talk to lots of software engineers and they tell me if Cubase was an open source platform they could make it look however I wanted for little money since fonts, colors , brightness etc is easy to adjust, those white numbers kill your eyes when you use it for prolonged periods of time, let developers make skins for it and we could buy them if needed.
3 Likes
Exactly Pro tools got me back just for the interface alone, I can work for hours and hours without getting my eyes stressed, Pro tools now has the best looking interface of all daws.
Thank you OP - couldnāt agree with you more. Itās like its been designed by designers who donāt actually USE the program for actual extended work. I think C12 was pretty great overall and now it looks like a bit of a mess tbh that I have to squint at. Itās such a shame.
5 Likes
And donāt get me wrong dark themes are the best I love them but as long as you can have elements with color like numbers etc and readability on fonts , because that black and white nonsense is outdated for real , there is so much technology available now that makes this a breeze to fix
2 Likes
I know you,sirā¦cheers!!!
2 Likes
I also went from C12 to C14. The look of C12 is modern, inviting and attractive. I find that the C14 design is flat, robotic and lacks personality; especially the Control Room. The faders look blurry at the top and bottom. Donāt like it at all. Maybe Steinberg can include a āthemeā function in future updates to switch between C12 and C14 looks.
-Mark
4 Likes
I know you too 
1 Like
This is also pretty annoying, the scrollbar that overlaps the button and depending on the direction you land on the button it appears and prevents you to click whatās under your cursor. (This is on Windows 11)
4 Likes
Yes Steinberg needs to listen to their users not their designers
2 Likes
The same thing in Mac.
1 Like
I disagree with this. Cubase is also a creative tool. A musical instrument. Engineers are not the only professionals using DAWs. Those times are long gone. DAWs and music software in general should be beautiful and inspiring as well.
That said, I do gree that 13 and 14 do have many questionable design choises. Beautiful doesnāt mean bad UX, tiny fonts and lack of contrast.
2 Likes