What would you like to see in Cubasis 4? Let's discuss

[CJ_Monster]

If the buttons are too small and too close to eachother.. why are you using the tablet xl screenmode?
The smaller the screenmode, the bigger the buttons are.

I think that’s the whole idea for having choosable screenmodes instead of locking this modes to actual screensizes, which is the standard normally with most mobile apps.

[Shoobidoo]

Because one of the reasons for upgrading from an 10.2" iPad to a 12.9" iPad Pro was to get more screen real estate. But to clarify, I have no problems using any of all the buttons in Cubasis, except the three I mentioned. And to use what becomes an oversized GUI on a 12.9" just to not hit three buttons by mistake isn’t a proper solution.

I have no problem using the GUIs of most other apps; Cubasis (and also Dorico) stands out for me as difficult to use regarding touch screen implementation. But that mostly concerns note editing. Their overall GUI designs and control panels are generally good, in my opinion.

[CJ_Monster]

I think the bigger and more urgent problem is: why doesnt the ipad come with a pen?

Im on an 11 inch tab and i use the xl screenmode, which makes the gui pretty small and proximity close,buttonwise .. but using a pen i’m never run into problems in controling gui elements..

In general (outside of cubade) finnicky tasks like,wave editiing or video (timeline) editting are such a drag doing themvby finger that having a pen makes a world of difference.

[Shoobidoo]

@fixitmania53

this subject has been discussed many times and apparently this is normal behaviour, I disagree, it is frustrating having to constantly swipe left or right to edit different MIDI events at different positions on the track.

Yeah, I remember reading about that in some topic, and fail to see what the intended touch screen behaviour should benefit.

My background is a lifetime of using Cubase/Ableton Live on Mac and PC, and on desktop DAWs, MIDI editing behaviour is generally far more stateful and persistent. In Cubase, follow playhead is usually reliable and predictable. Project window and Key editor both maintain their own independent follow behaviour, and with Auto-Scroll the editor continuously tracks playback unless manually interrupted. Reopening a MIDI editor restores last zoom level, horizontal position and vertical note range.

This is the way

@fixitmania53

My fingers are like fat pork sausages and until I purchased a pencil, editing in fine detail was a nightmare, you do need a pencil and there are many on Amazon for less than £30 that work well in Cubasis and last a long time between charges​

Thanks, I actually had an Apple Pencil on my ol’ trusty iPad 9th gen, but it’s not compatible with the iPad Pro, so I gotta get a new one. It’s a game changer in Cubasis; most frustrations are out the window.

[Shoobidoo]

@CJ_Monster

I think the bigger and more urgent problem is: why doesnt the ipad come with a pen?

Because Apple wants my money, all of it! Yeah, they really should come with a pen; makes a world of a difference in all apps with editing.

[Bluto]

What would you like to see in Cubasis 4?

1. Comping

2. Comping

3. Comping

4. Have I mentioned comping already?

[jimmy_g]

To be able to use Cubasis 3.8.3 on Android with an external QWERTZ keyboard via Bluetooth, I would like to see the following options: Cubasis should also offer the ability to select MIDI ports or MIDI inputs on Android. This would allow third-party apps (e.g. Novaryn’s ‘KeyCaster’ or Snarp’s ‘MusiKraken’) to be integrated accordingly. Alternatively, the option to convert input from an external QWERTZ or QWERTY PC keyboard into MIDI could be integrated directly.

[CJ_Monster]

I wish we could play keys on a qwerty keyboard.. (like back in the days if you hadnt had a midi keyboard)

[somniumdigitalmedia]

Off topic, but you can do this in Ableton Note and also Grooverider 2

[Samuel_Lindeman]

+1 a classic ‘Tracker Layout’ (2 1/2 octaves) would be very nice!

[CJ_Monster]

Protracker/fastracker/renoise/octamed

[Samuel_Lindeman]

Bingo!
SunVox uses the same keyboard layout as well

[CJ_Monster]

I was using Trackers (Protracker/Octamed on the Commodore Amiga) in the mid 90’s and Fasttracker/Renoise on PC in early 2000.

When you understand how it works, it’s one of the easiest ways to create music.
It kinda force you to look at music mathematically and once you master the math it’s so easy.

I loved making the reverb/echo effects (with the volume code) and phaser effect (by taking 2 the same waves and placing them millisecond after eachother) manually.
It was more work but extremely satisfying.

[Samuel_Lindeman]

Or do some fake ‘time-stretching’ by re-triggering the sample and adjusting sample-start (9xx) or just do some regular sample-slicing by jumping to certain points int he sample..

Cubasis needs that ‘Sampler Track’ functionality from Cubase really bad at this point, we could just automate sample-start and re-trigger the note, or just enable stretch depending the needed flavor of stretching.

I started with Chris Huelsbecks Sound Monitor on the C64…

[EZ-music]

it would be great to be able to add bars any where, instead of moving around all events.