Cubasis 3's latency issues from the last update make Cubasis unusable

Since updating to Cubasis 3.8.5, I’ve been having significant performance problems when editing longer projects.

The main issue is moving audio events. In projects, dragging clips becomes extremely laggy and imprecise. The clip often seems to resist movement, jump, or respond well after my finger has moved. Zooming in sometimes improves it, but the problem returns when working at a wider view.

This is happening even in projects that do not have a particularly high track count. My workflow is mostly spoken-word/audio editing with music and sound effects, so there can be a lot of individual audio events, but the same type of projects worked much more smoothly for me before the 3.8.5 update.

It has become difficult enough that I installed Logic and may switch to that DAW.

Device: iPad Pro
Cubasis version: 3.8.5

Could it be the new adaptive grid that causes this? (ie. check that the Snap Grid for the arranger is NOT set to AUTO).

It does seem to help, but dragging is still wonky.

Hi @riecell,

Thanks for your message, and a warm welcome to the Cubasis forum.

Could you please provide some additional information, including:

  • The exact iPad Pro model you’re using
  • The iPadOS version installed
  • A step-by-step description of how to reproduce the issue
  • If possible, a short video clip showing the steps that lead to the problem

Once we’re able to reproduce the issue on our end, there’s a good chance we can get it fixed.

Thanks,

Lars

Absolutely,

Thanks for looking into this! Here are the details:

iPad model: iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation)

iPadOS version: 26.6

Steps to reproduce: Open a Cubasis project and try moving clips around the main timeline. The clips become noticeably laggy/choppy and don’t track smoothly with my finger. Zooming further into the timeline helps somewhat, but the issue returns at a normal working zoom level. This started after the recent Cubasis update, the same projects were much smoother before.

@riecell For what it may be worth, I have the same issue with very long projects in Cubasis 3.8.5, and it was introduced with the update. Moving audio events lags greatly, to the point of slow motion. And the events move by themselves long after letting go.
I’ve sent a test project to Steinberg where the bug occurs, so hopefully they’ll be able to reproduce the issue and look into it.

Same issue with an ipad 12.9 3rd gen cubasis 3.8.5 lag or delay when moving events very frustating ios 26.5

Hi all,

Cubasis 3.8.6 is now available and should address this problem, alongside many other user-reported issues.

Please find out more at:

Have a great weekend,
Lars