I own both Cubase 15 Pro, and Nuendo 15 after this last sale. I did not do a lot of research but only understood that Nuendo is basically a superset of Cubase. I only work in audio, mainly metal production utilizing recorded guitars (plugins mostly with an amp mic’d up rarely) with Midi for my drums and bass guitars/other sound effect VSTs. I mix and master my own work as well. Is there any benefit to having the additional features of Nuendo for audio, or are they strictly for games and movies? I honestly cant make heads or tails of what most of the Nuendo extra features are for. Is it worth keeping given my criteria, or should I save my money and stick to Cubase for future iterations? Thanks in advance for any input!
IMO if you ‘only’ work in music, you can stay in Cubase. You will pay less money for updates and you will get new releases before. I think all additional features of Nuendo that are really useful in film and gaming, gives no extra help in music production.
I wrote ‘only’ between quotes because I consider music as important as film or gaming sound. Two hours of songs surely is, at least, as difficult to create as two hours of a feature film.
That would be somewhere between 2 and 4 months à 10 hours/day.
Fredo
@Fredo Making a feature film requires a lot of work and, of course, a lot of time. And, undoubtedly, a lot of pressure as well.
But try composing 35 songs for a two-hour show… I think that’s hard work too.
Well, clients tell me they can do that themselves in just a few hours.
But let’s not go there.
Of course you are correct.
I just wanted to clarify for those who are not familiar with the business.
Greetz
Fredo
I think way back in the day Nuendo had quite a few features not in Cubase. As I recall things like the Video track, AAF Support, the Nudge Panel, Video Follows Editing mode. These are what I jumped to Nuendo for originally. I think they are all in Cubase these days.
Of course there is support for export to a few extra formats and the Dialog replacement system in Nueno now, which Cubase lacks. But Cubase has come a long way over the years!
Can anyone remember any other BIG Nuendo features older versions of Cubase lacked, that have since made the jump over?
Here’s the comparison.
https://www.steinberg.net/nuendo/compare-editions/
From your post, it doesn’t sound like you’re missing anything. I’d still go through the comparison to see if anything pops up in Nuendo that’s not in Cubase that you require.
There is a beta program, for Cubase but that would be the only reason I would go back.