Just took my valuable time to fill out Steinberg’s survey questionnaire. At the end, they asked for additional comments. Below are mine.
I love Cubase and Steinberg products in General. Own both hardware and software. My suggestions:
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Let us, Cubase users, work with you as beta testers – before releasing a new upgrade. Do NOT release the DAW until all the bugs are eliminated. Cubase should be associated with the words ROCK SOLID, STABLE, ABSOLITELY RELIABLE and PROFESSIONAL, not BUGGY, CRASH-PRONE and “PRO-ISH”. I want to feel about Cubase the way I feel about UAD plugins: works as advertised – and solid and stable.
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Protect your integrity. Make sure the things you promise in your flashy advertisements are actually there – and functioning. That’s what we pay for. Do not deceive us. People like me get really ticked off about that and start to cast a “wandering eye” at other DAWS.
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Speak with us more frequently on the forums – like every day, please. Make us feel we are part of one family and part of the processs and that you’re in there with us trying to make it happen.
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Do not even consider this silly rent model that the Protools guys or Adobe currently uses or we will really start checking out alternative DAWS.
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Really ask us what we want and implement them. If not possible, please give us a detailed explanation “why not”. We will really appreciate and respect you for that.
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Please implement ARA now, or make up your own version which does the same thing. Producers like me will immediately benefit from this and this does not diminish or threaten the value of Cubase.
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Hope you guys really listen and this questionnaire is not just some silly time-wasting gimmick. We the users know what you need to do for the programme to be truly awesome. Please start to show us some respect by listening, implementing and frequently communicating.