Hi folks,
I am curious to hear from Cubase 13 or 14 users who have upgraded to Windows 11. I have read that Windows 11 is supposed to be better for Audio production, but was hoping some users here on the forum might help me decide to upgrade or not.
I’m interested in reading your thoughts if you have a moment to spare, and here are some questions I have, but any feedback you have on upgrading is welcome!
How is performance for your rig?
What’s your DPC latency like since upgrading to 11?
Are you running other software while using Cubase? If yes, what?
Do you think Windows 11 offers anything significantly better over 10 for Cubase or other audio production software?
Any major “gotchas” or issues to look out for when upgrading from 10 to 11?
Watching with interest as just built a new I7based system and considering putting it to Win 11. Will be exclusive to my Cubase 13 studio setup, so if anyone has any streamlining tips that would be helpful.
Windows 11 has Thread Director, which in theory should yield better performance. On my 12th-gen i7, Cubase 13 and 14 seem to be running a little more smoothly after the Windows 11 upgrade, but that’s a subjective statement (I haven’t measured anything).
I have windows 11 with i9 13900K on Gigabyte Aorus Master z790 Motherboard, I tuned the computer to perfection and only for Cubase. That thing is a beast. Runs tons of tracks with heavy load at 32 samples. I have RME UFX +. It’s incredibly fast and stable. Never had a single crash with top performance all the time, and I push it hard. I tweaked the crap of it. Weeks of work but it shines. My Latency is unbelievably low, check out the image.
If anyone needs tips how to teak for performance I can help.
Lot of BIOS and windows 11 tweaking. I strongly recommend Windows 11 based machine for Cubase. ROCK SOLID!!!
I won’t help if anyone is using Nvidia GPU, that thing just ruins everything.
Hi Jack, impressive latency ! I am curious about your experience with tweaking Windows, and the BIOS, could you tell us your top tips perhaps or share resources? And I’m curious about what made you reject NVIDIA?
Looking forward to your stories !
This is just the start - win 11 added it’s own assigned audio internal monitoring so it was creating feedback even before cubase (14 pro) was started, when I did start it I had to ‘teach’ win 11 to accept steinberg’s ilok key, further into the cubase start up I got a message my midi I/F device and two internal midi ports were now ‘unassigned’, checking it I found the midi layout listings had also been altered - I didn’t have any time left last night to delve deeper in cubase for further ‘interference’ from win 11, I’m confident there will be more to come - luckily I seperately cloned copy win 10 first, I will now have to do a comparison/take notes between win 10 and 11 to see exactly what the heck they have done to a previously working set up - meanwhile nothing is being created or produced..
DEFINITELY was from Steinberg mentioning a iLok - it didn’t specify, might have been for one of it’s plug ins ? - or is it another of windows 11 ‘curiosities’ with cubase ?? will get a screen shot next time.
I think I got it - I have apps WITHIN cubase still using iLok, yes the message was regarding steinberg/cubase with the iLok but not specific enough to identify as just being apps within cubase ?
Again, Steinberg products have nothing to do with iLok. If you receive a message regarding iLok issues then it’s about a 3rd party plugin alone. You can’t possibly blame this on Cubase which happens to be the DAW hosting that 3rd party plugin of your choice.
I suspect not and or you’d authorised ilok plugins to the machine rathr than the ilok itself, which is all fine and dandy and will give you 2 licenses often.
Instaling windows 11 is a completely new OS so quite often any machine authorisations will need to be ‘moved’ by deauthorising them from your old windows 10 machine first. I suspect you didn’t do this.
Windows 11 and Cubase works very well, there are no inherant issues with windows 11 and Cubase 14. Everything else will be down to the user.
‘Windows 11 and Cubase works very well, there are no inherant issues with windows 11 and Cubase 14. Everything else will be down to the user’ - short sighted rubbish, the issues I am finding with win 11 simply don’t exist in win 10, that cannot be argued with as the FACT is it is NOT a ‘simple problem free transition’, otherwise I wouldn’t be here in the first place !!
Just one example - now EVERY time I load win 11 it still pumps out 100% level of it’s own CREATED internal audio monitor return creating feedback, regardless if I previously set it’s level to zero or even muted it - sorry win 11 apologists, ugly reality is beginning to appear with it.
