Personally I think this version of Cubase is super sharp and neat. Very adaptable even for small screens. I like how you can scale almost all plugins especially EQ. Unfortunately they forgot to show some GUI love for Padshop and Retrologue.
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Hey, I feel that way about cars, but I donāt hear people complaining about it so much.
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Finally native fullscreen on macos! Looks great, thanks all.
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Itās literally always the same. Every November they drop a new version. Itās almost as if you could expect it 
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It is utterly ridiculous youāre dumping 15. This should be 14.5 and free. I feel like we just got 14. Adding more and more until it is a bloated beast with TOO many tools? I donāt get it.
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next Wednesday Cubase 16 !
Rumors on C15 were saying its a massive update, mmm i feel 14 was bigger and more important to me (well every one has different needs and preferences)
Maybe Steinberg will add few more features in free updates later like in Cubase 14 cycle ?
anyway congrats
I agree.
Itās the annual revenue boost they need to make targets. The developers probably hate itā¦ a year is not much time to pull together big features year after year.
But itās either this optional model, or subscriptions. You can bet that gets discussed at SB every year too!
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Iāve been a Cubase user for the last 27-29 years (when Cubase VST first came out). Just 3 months ago in August, I upgraded from Cubase 12 to 14 at $200, mainly because I upgraded my 2013 Mac Pro to a Mac Studio running MacOS Sequoia. The main feature I found useful was the introduction of new key commands that allow you to open the GUI for plug-ins from channel insert slots ā a GREAT feature for someone who works with a DAW control surface.
All of the DAWs, including Cubase, seem to be adding features geared for EDM/hip-hop/non-traditional electronic music creation including for people have little-to-no music theory and/or production training. I get it ā thatās where the market is. But for old-school users like you, me and many others, I feel that the music software companies are not really gearing their updates for us. My studio partner is the hip-hop & ābeat producerā guy. Iām the rock, jazz and live musicians guy. He uses NIās Maschine to create his music and I record and mix those productions in Cubase with rappers or singers. As a guitarist and bass player, I compose music often for film, TV, podcasts and hire players for instruments I donāt play.
Iād love to see, for example, support for polymeters and polyrhythms. (I know of no DAW that supports this). Likewise, Iād like to be able to record parts at half speed and have it play back at double speed just like an analog deck. Pro Tools supports this. Again, I appreciate that there is little demand in the market for avant-garde music and/or recording techniques but Iād love to see Cubase continue its past legacy of true innovation ā like the VST standard that it introduced back in the 1990ās.
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You are totally on point ā Cubase is my bread and butter app. But I have and use Pro Tools and Logic but only for compatibility when we get projects from other studios or producers to mix and/or record additional parts. This version of Cubase is suppose to allow byte-to-byte imports from other DAWās. If it truly works, I would gladly never work in Pro Tools again (except for teaching or working at another studio).
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Just installed and had a look around. I like the GUI better, at least in the Project window. I can see.
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Are you selecting each midi note?
There will be a text box to put a word in the header section of the midi editor to the right somewhere saying āTextā.
Itās the same thing every year - there is a sale, and then a new release. Had you not taken the deal youād have to pay more for C15 at the 12-13 upgrade price. I think itās pretty comparable between deal + cheaper upgrade vs wait for C15 and pay extra to upgrade an older version. (Also C14 is awesome - so there is that too).
Iām in your camp. Still on 12 for the better (not flat) GUI even thoā I paid for 14. Anything else I have needed has been met with 3rd party add-ons. Back to musicā¦
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Iāve stayed on 12 as well. I deplore the new GUI. I used to be a Sonar user and I think it has one of the nicest around. They also do the waveform color the right way with the waveform itself one uniform color and the background clip the colorized portion. Luna is very nice looking but missing basic functions.
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And BAM thatās Xmas again!
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Hi, is there any performance improvement?
Particularly for core handling ?
Like many others Iām not interested in the couple of new plugins or the small UI makeover. But performance and previous bugs removed matter way more to me, thanks.
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This reveals more about people spreading rumors than about Steinberg.
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Ok barring some crazy workflow improvememt features THIS is what could compel me to upgrade. UI look & feel, core performance. Might have to give it a spin
Nothing new in this areaā¦ and still the same bugs as in Cubase 13 and 14ā¦ plus the new ones of courseā¦
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But does it stay dark black across the different screens? Black mixer and dark grey arrange page and sectionsgkr sbiw/hide /meters etc?