There are several windows through out Cubase that you can open with a KC, but not close except with a mouse. And very difficult from what i have been told to fix.
Some KCs have on/off, others toggle.
The History window is just one of many examples that have no close KC.
And the Windows shortcut to close is not a substitute since it needs focus and not all windows cycle.
Hi,
I don’t want to discuss your list at all. I would like just to show some ways, how to solve some of your points:
You can Lock the FX/Group Channels to prevent the automation overwritting.
You can create automation nodes and randomize their values.
Right-click the parameter and select: Show “parameter_name” Automation Track from the drop-down menu.
You can use Esc.
All software as complex as Cubase has flaws and quirks. These often only become apparent with regular and intensive use.
The DAWS you dont use as regularly (and have yet to learn all the shortcuts to) don’t advertise their limitations, only their strengths. Its not until you’ve invested time and energy in them that you discover their limitations. There is definitely an element of “the other man’s grass is always greener”. In my humble opinion the time invested in learning shortcuts and managing flaws and hiccups is too valuable to throw away by moving to another DAW …it’s a lot like a marriage.
Those ugly lines appear for EVERY newly created group and Fx track so you’ll be clicking the lock button your entire Cubase career. I explained that.
Randomizing Automation nodes for drum hits… great another clunky work around. Throw it on the pile. Can’t wait to draw in all those hi hat automation points.
Right clicking the parameter only works if the plugin isn’t using right click for something else. Nowadays my guess is less than 50% of the time the right click will work.
ESC to close ONLY works on plugins. It works on plugins but certainly not the Color window or fade editor which only uses the mouse to be closed
Here are some things i LOVE about Cubase.
-Honestly I think the Interface is pretty nice looking
-The Performance for 13 seems pretty solid , minus some window sizing bugs.
Non- destructive swing and quantize is a absolute stroke of genius that effect midi AND audio
The algo used on the Hit point detection is just ChefsKiss* along with editing hit markers + Warp markers
Volume Drawing is pure genius along with any of the envelope shaping found in Cubase.
Direct offline processing is great and is pretty responsive for being not real time
Love how far I can zoom Out.
Info line is really quick.
Cubase has a great fade system
-Cubase doesn’t create unwanted “Analysis wave for files” like ableton Reaper etc
Indeed, 15 years old, it’s still a teenager.
I hear this is in the RoadMap for Cubase 15 - German Sushi flavoured. AI will automate the toppings.
You’re right and seriously, there is nothing wrong with wanting to change your DAW and this is legitimate for everyone when you consider it necessary to do so.
Recently I saw Luna appear in UA Connect. Version 1.6.1 for Windows is offered to me free of charge as a Beta Testing application. The software is not perfect and mature, but what a Look, ergonomically speaking the environment is remarkable and the UAD sound is impressive. I don’t believe for the moment the application is comparable to Cubase in terms of all the editing features, but the environment is comfortable.
My perception is that Luna could be an application that could possibly be a really interesting alternative to Cubase in the near future.
Nowadays, Cubase is the best feature-wise DAW in the market. At least v12, that’s more stable and less buggy than 13.
Hey brother, your here with the rest of us aren’t ya ?
hmmm
I put in a feature request for coffee way before this, they better not do cupcakes first!
There’s plenty of other options out there, but I feel some people just want something that allows them to mentally control the DAW without learning any process or developing a workaround. It’s kind of like in the film ‘the Matrix’ where they download Kung Fu skills into Neo’s brain. Some humans want maximum learning returns from almost zero time investment.
I work in education and hear this a lot. I have even had a student ask me how to read academic articles without actually reading them.
I don’t think any DAWs do it perfectly, as there is always a method or an interface barrier that irks someone in some way. If anything Cubase has too many options because the developers have continually adopted user requests over time and this had led to a complex system under the hood with a lot of ways to do things.
As humans are all wired up a bit differently and have various learning methods and personality types it makes it impossible to suit everyone with any given product. I made the move to Cubase from Reaper, mainly because I wanted more MIDI tools/options and the UR824 interface I purchased had some compelling intergration features with Cubase. I was never really unhappy in Reaper. Pro Tools was fine for me as well when I was at audio school (I still have LE 8 and an Mbox2 which works fine in Win 10) but Pro Tools is an expensive system to get into if you want the full program.
I feel like the points I brought up showed I at least know what I’m talking about. I thoroughly used Cubase 13 and sincerely used it on projects. I used it on and off since 10 so I’m not a pedestrian. I work daily in audio production and have used other DAWs too.
Would/could someone that was not thoroughly invested in Cubase bring up such highly technical points like I have? Or defend them on a technical, and work-flow/ Use level ?
I agree with you on how everyone is different. But I guess that’s why I titled it “Why I’m Leaving” and not “Everything Wrong with Cubase”.
Yeah I think there are lots of options so worth trying what’s out there.
Well, good luck to ya buddy, let us know how this worked for you.
What DAW are you moving to, and have you ascertained that it doesn’t have similar or even different problems that are going to annoy you to the point of wanting to switch again??
Well, I love Cubase, but I’m using it probably since 1994, or 1995. Is it perfect? Probably not, but I wouldn’t know which program would be. It enables me to work with it as if I would compose writing notes on paper. And that’s the way I prefer to use it. In some instances the cursor doesn’t go to the point where the next note should be, especially if I work a bit outside the beat.
What I miss most from my earliest, or at least a much earlier version of Cubase, I think 3.1, is the function to save synthesizersounds with what was named the studio module. It gave the possibility to store sounds from my synthesizers on the computer and switch them, so I could create new soundsets. I still have those soundsets, but not the possibility to use them with my synthesizers. I know there is some kind of studio module in the current version of Cubase, but I think the only synthesizer that I could find in the set-up that I own is the Yamaha TX81Z and I still haven’t been able to do anything with it. And making modules for my other synths seems to be to much of a hassle.
But still, I love Cubase and don’t think I will ever choose another program.
D’u know, I tried to move away from Cubase. I wanted to go to S1, but it wasn’t for me.
I also visited their forum, and like here, there was an endless stream of topics about bugs and problems…
Thank you for that important data point!
I’ve been using a combination of Reaper and Studio One since 2010ish, as it turns out. I hadn’t realised it had been that long!! I’m a big fan of Studio One. Much more so than Reaper. In fact as I said before, I’m moving away from Reaper to Cubase 13 more and more.