Smooth Scrolling

still mostly using 8.5, but i have 9 and 9.5 installed also and there is not much change…
Was all fine in the old 6.5, scrolling perfectly with a non laggy interface, with the new mixer it is just REALLY laggy, maybe i should post a video to show.
even if i click and hold the scroll bar and physically drag it left or right, it is completely slow to re-draw the graphics…

The MixConsole has scrolling lag, yes. 9.5 should have minor improvements. All this is a known issue.

Ok, so I’ve been using an older mouse I had kicking about and have just discovered that scrolling using the wheel is way better than it is on my Logitech MX2 mouse. Strange thing is though, that when I try and alter the scroll speed setting in the Logitech options app it has no effect in cubase, but it does have an effect in other programs such as Safari. I tried restarting cubase after I’d altered it but it still had no effect. Anyway, this could be a reason why this is an issue for some and not others, with the old mouse the incremental scrolling is no where near as bad as it is using my logitech mouse.


So I’m now thinking it’s a problem with the Logitech software not communicating with cubase properly, i.e. it’s only communicating a definitive speed with Cubase which is too high.

I don’t think the old mouse mentioned above (which is wireless) ever needed any software to get it to run unlike the Logitech one which does.

Looks like other are also having issues i.e. Mouse Scroll Wheel Performance Issues - Cubase - Steinberg Forums

Also wondering if any non Logitech users are having this same issue.

Another thing, my Logitech software does have application specific settings, i.e. you can have different mouse settings depending on which program you’re running, but changing this seems to have no effect on cubase at all, I’ve tried both ways, using it set to all applications, and then having a specific setting for cubase, no difference. It’s as if they’re not communicating the way Logitech does with other software.

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+1 Yes! Long overdue indeed.

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I have only recently started to use Cubase 9.5 on MacOS and the scrolling behaviour is completely different than in Windows. If you hold down Ctrl and scroll with the mouse in Win10 it is smooth and consistent, and most importantly, gradual.
If you do the same in MacOS, one notch on the scroll wheel will zoom in so far that you will be completely lost. The same applies to fader movement, scrolling through menus, the zoom controls on the sequencer, editor windows etc.

It is bizarre behaviour with no option to change it. I am also using a Logitech wireless mouse.

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middle mouse button + drag = scroll as smoothly as you like.

actually, wherever i come across smooth scrolling i tend turn it off, as it simply makes slow to navigate. life’s too short for this

Actually no, middle mouse button + drag = drag as smoothly as you like. And then you have to grab the thing again and again to move forward or back. It’s a nice trick but will never replace the scroll wheel.

The point is, smoothness it’s already there with the click and drag and the scroll bars. It can be smooth so it’s just a matter of linking this to the mouse’s scroll wheel, how hard can that be? Most softwares and browsers have that.

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I’ve never understood why Cubase has been so bad at scrolling and zooming for so long.

also scrolling with touchpad is nightmare in Cubase. its fine in fl, ableton or anywhere else, but in Cubase only stepped mousewheel works fine, two-finger swipe scroll is crazy fast so its close to impossible to navigate this way.

it would be great if I could use 2 finger swipe as pressed middle button on mouse, but afaik theres no option for that

I can’t effing believe this hasn’t been implemented yet. Cubase is basically unusable with a trackpad. Come on, Steinberg!

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I swear this seems worse in Cubase 10 than it was before… come on Steinberg what is going on?

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Would make life so much easier

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This needs fixing ASAP it is so bad.

+1 times infinity for this feature request! I’m using a Kensington TurboMouse (in Windows), which I love so much. The scroll wheel on it really stinks when trying to scroll vertically or horizontally (pressing Shift). Like others have mentioned, it jumps too far ahead/behind even when trying to be as gentle as possible. Pro Tools used to have (probably still do) the ability to make super-fine fader adjustments in the mixer (and sends) when pressing down the “Option” key I think. They need to put something like that in Cubase where you can hold down a key to slowly scroll (and add the shift key to scroll horizontally). I find it surprising that, in light of Cubase being so awesome in so many ways, the ability to easily scroll and also the size of those tiny little scroll bars hasn’t been addressed. Right now my workaround for scrolling is to program a button on the TurboMouse to click and drag and then I can click on the scroll bar and use to ball to scroll. That solution really highlights the fact that the scroll bars are so tiny, though!