Full-time composer considering switch to Nuendo. Question about performance

Yeah, just don’t.

For sure, yeah. I’ve been on Cubase since SX (!!), when I was just starting out, so I know it deeply. A good amount of the features in Nuendo that Cubase doesn’t have are appealing to me, so it’s quite appealing. I never really thought about it before because I assumed it was post features I would never use (ADR, etc., etc.), but when I looked at it more closely after the N15 announcement there were a good amount of little and big things that I feel could speed up my workflow and also would appeal to the technical side of me considering I do a good amount of my music mixes here and am getting into a lot of sound design as well.

The more specific you are, the more Nuendo you are!

I’m often innuendo without being too specific.

I switched over to, Nuendo at version 11, and I haven’t looked back once.

I crossgraded, so I could attain access to the dialog display option, via video so performers can see the words or phrases as sung.

I am curious however, as to whether OmniVocal, will be a part of Nuendo 15, as I am keen to see what its’ capabilities are, in relation to vocal generation, but that would not make me want to go back, since I have a solution in that regard anyway.

Hello,

“Nuendo’s Cue Sheet Export”.I’m very interested in this score export feature you mentioned. How does it differ from score export in Cubase or Dorico format export? Does it offer more detailed score editing capabilities, or is it easier to integrate with Dorico?

I just have cubase 15 and dorico 6,but don’t have nuendo.

Hello,

It is not a score export, but a cue sheet export. It is what you need when you have finished working on a feature film or TV series, and you need to create a spreadsheet for your country’s Performing Rights Organisation, with all the music titles, and timecodes with in and out points. Nuendo can export this data to XML or TXT format, so that you can continue to create such a spreadsheet in, say, Excel or Numbers.

This is still regarded as a post feature, though in this case it is useful for composers for film, TV and theatre also (as long as you don’t have people doing that kind of inferior job for you - maybe that’s why folks like Hans Zimmer and Alan Silvestri still stick to Cubase :sweat_smile:). Nuendo has no additional music features compared to Cubase, so everything regarding MIDI or score export to Dorico should be exactly the same in both applications. :slight_smile:

Hey there,

I have made this very same switch about 7 years ago. I produce music full time; both writing and producing songs for others. I currently have active Nuendo and Cubase licenses (Nuendo for home-base rig, Cubase for away-game rig).

Strong vote for Nuendo here. Everytime I jump into Cubase, I miss the features of Nuendo that are embedded into my workflow. Things like the Control Room Sources, Analyzer Track, Advanced Rename, Cue Sheet Export, just to name a few. Not that I couldn’t get by if it was only Cubase, but life is better with Nuendo. Performance-wise, they both perform great.

Cool thing is, you could keep your Cubase license and just add a Nuendo license; they run deals on Nuendo all the time. If you try it out and feel homesick, you can just go back to updating your Cubase license. I find it handy to have both. Your can open Cubase projects in Nuendo and vice-versa.

Nuendo is basically Super-Saiyan Cubase.

Really, this is not in Cubase?

The pool could be overhauled but basic functions should be present in both DAW’s, I believe.

I believe this option is only in Nuendo. Screenshot attached.

Hey, me too, but this is highly individual. I’m cautious with recommending a switch to Nuendo for every Cubaser out there. 90% of music users will not need these extra Nuendo features.

I don’t, except for the dialog functions (lyrics) but if there was some kind of Lyric Track, then the reason I would be on Nuendo is primarily, stability since most if not all new bugs are eliminated in the Cubase cycle, and I can wait for new features.