Poll: Who here is using modulators consistently in their productions, how often?

Cubase
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Just curious as to how many people have integrated them into the production/writing/composition/studio biz/etc

  • Almost Everyday/Every Project
  • 1-3 times per month
  • 1-10 times per year
  • Never Use/Used Them
  • Stopped Using Them Prior to 2026
  • Stopped Using Them Prior to 2025
  • Would but don’t because of bugs/problems
0 voters

For those who do use them, tell us a bit how - genre, what type of work, personal projects, client projects, etc

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Interesting results so far…

I’ve done some of the coolest sound-design/programming in my entire career with Modulators - unfortunately, I’ve encountered some bugs I have not been able to resolve that make them professionally/commercially unusable.

I’d love to hear from the Never Use/Used them camp - is this because you have no use for them, just haven’t got to them yet, or have issue with their implementation?

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I’m curious to know if you have created some threads on the bugs that you’re experiencing with the modulators?

I’m still currently using Cubase 13. But when I eventually upgrade I could see myself using the modulators in the majority of my projects. I work in various electronic genre’s, and many times I am doing pure experimental sound design sessions and recording it to audio to build up material to continue on with my projects.

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@wavefunktion

There’s an ongoing thread here:

Modulator assignments disappear from projects?! - Cubase - Steinberg Forums

and a potential related one here:

Modulators lose all their connections - Cubase - Steinberg Forums

… If you want to be a gem and download the C15 demo and test following my steps, it would be appreciated.

Steps:
Steps

edit

There is also a lack of general protocol integration, which is difficult to tell if a bug, or an actual lack of integration:

Modulator Management/Integration/Protocol (Currently there is no way to save complex setups) - Cubase - Steinberg Forums

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Unfortunately I have already used my Cubase 15 demo and it has now expired. I’m currently unable to test that for you sorry.

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I generally use automation way way more than modulators.
But modulators can be cool to create new sounds, eg when I wish for any plugin to have an LFO, then I open up a modulator, for example to replicate what an auto-wah does but with another plugin parameter, either using LFO or enveloppe.

I am sure the Modulators UX will receive improvements, looking forward to C16 !

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I voted “Would but don’t because of bugs/problems” and I have stopped using them because the bugs would be completely showstopping (automation would break, and I’d have to go back and individually re-automate everything I bound to the modulators.

I stopped using them shortly after they were originally released because of this, but I will say I upgraded to that version of Cubase (I think it was 14?) specifically for the modulators (which to my disappointment, didn’t work right).

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Personal electronic music (currently Goa Trance). I’m using it “daily” if considering a few days per week when I work on my personal music.

At work I can’t recall if I used it even once. Probably yes but it’s very rare.

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It would be nice,

If you take a look at my integration feature request thread, there is a lot missing in just basic protocol function like duplicating track doesn’t properly duplicate Modulators:
Modulator Management/Integration/Protocol (Currently there is no way to save complex setups) - Cubase - Steinberg Forums

This is interesting, I hadn’t encountered the conflict paradigm of automation vs modulator, have you made a thread about this? or created a screen-capture video of the problem?

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Thanks to those who participated.