It would be interesting if Steinberg commissioned a poll after a few weeks, asking people which D5 features they found themselves using regularly. Here is how they come in for me:
Will use regularly:
- Scrub playback
- 66 for dotted crotchet (who would have guessed?)
- Multiple item creation
- Drag and drop notes / Live note editing
- Groove agent integration
- Scrub playback
- Text frame BG and border colors (People are using pads more. Color is a thing.)
- Playback suppress on pass
- (Un)follow playhead during playback
- Space & Stage map / mixer
- Pitch contour emphasis
- Improved rehearsal mark alignment
- Did I mention Scrub playback?
Will use occasionally
- MIDI trigger regions (would use a lot if GA had the patterns that fit my work)
- Alignment options for chords
- Key editor enhancements
- XML import/export improvements
- Note grouping in cut time
Probably won’t use
- Additional fonts
- Instrument editor
- Scripting