Would you be willing to pay for a new version of Cubase that strictly focused on functionality improvements, bug fixes, workflow enhancements (lessen the amount of clicks required to do tasks, scroller issues, etc) to make it as stable as possible and fun to use, if it meant that there would be no new features?
Stability and bug fixesâŚno, a professional piece of software at the price of Cubase SHOULD be stable and working. Sure, itâs a complex piece of software but itâs also mature. I expect stability.
Stability is not a problem for me but Iâd like everything thatâs already there fine-tuned and improved. Add a few new bits and pieces but making Cubase even better than it is, is the one for me.
Whoopee a new synth. If you canât get a decent sound out of the synths we already have then you need to move on. McDonald are hiring.
When I proposed no ânew features,â I was referring to no additions that arenât already there, such as adding a new plugin, or adding a new function like a new midi ability that didnât exist before. Rather, to improve on existing functions. Improvement of existing functions makes those old functions better, but does not (for the sake of this poll) warrant a new feature per se. So if something is done better, itâs not classified as a new function - itâs just a better way of doing the old thing. A workflow enhancement is still doing the same work as before - itâs just doing it better. There would be no additional workflow windows that add capabilities that didnât exist before.
For example, if a new UI update made the lower mixer more visible with inserts and sends and faders without having to click around to show each section, itâs still a mixer that has the same functions. Itâs just a better way of looking at the mixer which improves visibility and workflow, hence, an enhancement. So again, the change of an existing ability is an enhancement and not a new feature, because you arenât adding something new - you are simply improving the old way of doing the same thing.
I think thatâs getting into semantics. An updated UI is not necessarily a ânew featureâ per se in the sense of adding something like a new effect or similar but Iâd certainly consider it ânewâ and a âfeatureâ.
I think that is the point of the poll. The OP is advocating fr a major release that is nothing but bug fixes and clean-up â no new features. As much as the user base may say that is what we want, I canât see any vendor trying that. They believe cool features sell, and they are probably right.
yeah to that!
the progress bar of technical achievements for the last 20 years is glowing and shaking. Whatâs needed is a sabbathical version. Take a break from new features for a year. Open the windows and doors and let the bugs and old code out. Speaking of which ⌠those ancient progress bars that looks like they´re leftovers from Cubase SX days and the Key Commands Editor and some other dialogs with that light bluish gray look are so swearing ugly and out of place theyâre like visual bugs haha!
Then fix all these simple things you donât need any research for like reordering the instruments in the VSTi rack. You have the reordering working for insert FX. How different can it be from the VSTi rack? There are hundreds of feature requests for these simple but immensely important features for the workflow and much more powerful than ⌠another library of 808 kicks ⌠* sigh *⌠or a felt piano haha! Run The Grand or Yamaha S90/HSSE through Quadrafuzz and Multitap delay and how close would that take you? Pretty close on a vibe scale even if the actual sonic difference would be noticeable, right?
We already have more spectacular tools and noises like SpectralLayers and PadShop than we need, donât we? So Iâd happily pay what I just paid for this Cubase 12 update to have this long list of small requests cut in half no problem.