Hi guys,
Im very new here, but have used Cubase for years… what I would really like to know is this…
I had a core2duo machine built in 2009, with 2GB ram, and a hitachi 7,200 rpm hard drive (120GB) running windows XP (32-bit) and Cubase SX3, and Cubase 5… meager specs compared to my newer system… but running Cubase SX3, it ran smooth as silk, no matter how big the project…
So, when Cubase 6.5 came out, I watched with excitement the new Padshop and Retrologue VSTi’s that were bundled with it, and loved the new GUI… it all looked so swish, and modern… compared to SX3/5!! so I decided that my old system was getting old(!) and I needed a new system… so I built this…
Gigabyte X58A-OC Mobo,
Intel i7 960 (8-cores)
Corsair 16GB (1033Mhz) DDR3 Memory
8TB storage ( SATA II/III)
GeForce GT440 1GB DDR3 (PXI-Express x16 2.0)
for me, this system should bloody well fly to the moon and back! lol… anyway, i installed a fresh windows 7 ultimate 64-bit on it, and bought Cubase 6.5… everything got tweaked, i followed all the advice about disabling things/services, etc… im a bit of a geek with computers ( aren’t we all ? ) and noticed something really odd…
Maybe Steinberg could answer this question directly ?
Why is it that on every so called “newer” DAW release the GUI gets slower, and slower ?! If i load in a project from SX3 with 100+ audio tracks, and tons of plugins, I can move windows fast around the screen without it glitching and locking up (audio is still fine though ) whereas on a supposedly “newer, better” DAW like cubase 6.5, it completely freezes up if i move the mixer on larger projects… ? Why !!!
come on steinberg, fix these GUI issues… its annoying when mixing on projects when the fader levels are all lagging… !!
rant over, and out.
P.S. oh, and just so you know, pro tools 10 ( yuk ) is EVEN worse… like were expected to “put up” with it as its the “latest” and greatest version. now i sound like a moaning old nag. lol