I usually -hate- vague, ‘Make it better’ posts, but…
I think it’s fair to say that the overall focus on Cubase development has been towards -audio-, with MIDI getting less and less attention since ‘Expression’. Almost all the money features have been MixConsole related.
Apparently, I am one of a dying breed of ‘composers’ who rely on MIDI and notation to make a living. In the past, I didn’t grouse much because, frankly, Cubase was miles ahead on MIDI and the audio needed work to even compete with P/T, let alone stop people from moving away.
OK, can we agree that now, MixConsole is basically feature complete? Yes, the UI is an inconsistent fruit cake, but with Direct Routing and VCA faders, it basically now does -everything- a reasonable engineer needs.
So… PLEASE give some much needed attention to MIDI. You’re now starting to lag.
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Easy (not ‘easier’, I mean -easy-) drawing of CC automation.
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Easier simultaneous editing of multiple events. The current system makes it too darned hard to work on subtle stuff, like instrumental doublings… it’s literally hard to see notes on top of notes.
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Improve the LE… Loops, true scripts. And this means Key Commands and Macros. The issues are well-known.
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Much better ‘Instrument Tracks’… and by that I don’t mean ‘Instrument Tracks’ per se, but the ability to edit, at a glance, both the audio -and- MIDI… there should be a way to ‘see’ the audio automation in the same window as the Key Editor.
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For the love of Brahms, partner with VSL or Spitfire and make Note Expression a -reality-. It is MADDENING that you’ve had this great technology for like 5 years and NO ONE can use it! It’s worse than an electric car with nowhere to plug in.
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MUCH better click… the issues are well-known.
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Mute as well as solo buttons for Lanes.
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Stupid, simple stuff like a LOCK LOCATORS command.
I haven’t mentioned notation, because clearly that’s headed south.
I’m not interested in this ‘list’ per se. Please don’t post … ‘And also…’ The features have all been talked to death. My real point is that MIDI needs to be reconsidered for the first time in many years.