Hi all, I hope I can get some help in deciding how involved I get with Cubase.
I’ve been a Mixcraft user for many years, coming from Reaper and before that, Cakewalk. I found Reaper too confusing, I preferred Mixcraft no-nonsense plug&play experience. Plus I digged their skin, visually speeding my workflow. At least until they change all this in v9 and 10.
So I’ve been looking at potential substitutes. I recently discovered I have a free copy of Cubase LE from Audient. I have a few months to test drive till January. But when I checked, I did not find a Cubase LE product description. It starts at Elements. So does anyone uses Cubase LE for production (hobbyist)? Or is it just a demo version for Elements? I’d love to find comparative descriptions between the Cubase versions.
Never really looked at mixcraft till now….sorta Reaper-ey looking
As Le is a sorta-freebie-only-bundled-with-various-3rdParty hardware….yeah….le is essentially a demo for the more feature-rich versions imo.
Maybe try the current trials of 15 to poke around with.
If you’re staying in hobby-land….I think there’s a thread around here where existing le guys ask for …..and receive…..a license upgrade to le 15. I think. I don’t quite follow that topic much.
On the other hand, it appears that upgrading from your le to elements 15 is only $50 so that may be a no-brainer.
It’s not a demo version but has limited tracks and plugins. For some it’s enough. If you register it you will get LE 15. It’s worth having a go to see if it is enough for you. It probably won’t be but it will cost you nothing.
There is a 60 day trial offered for Cubase. Maybe that would suit you in order to be able to check out Cubase.
Tipp: when using the trial version hold down the key Alt (Windows) / Opt (Mac) when starting Cubase. Then you can chose which edition you would like to check out (Elements, Artist, Pro).
