As above. What doesn’t make the transition? I’m specifically concerned about Expression Maps and Instrument Track settings.
I moved over, from the music platform, to the “post” platform, quite a while ago now and I noticed nothing untoward, in regard to project compatibility.
I don’t believe there is anything in Cubase that isn’t in Nuendo, in terms of core functionality, and in relation to the latter mentioned aspect, Instrument tracks work just fine, albeit they are only stereo.
I can’t comment on Expression Maps, as I do not use Steinberg Sounds, just their DAW and mastering software, which in my mind reigns supreme.
I moved from the former to the latter, because I wanted to have a video screen display lyrics while a song is playing, however I haven’t implemented that as of yet but I don’t regret changing, since even though the update schedules between the programs is not dissimilar, I am happy to let the music people sort the bugs before the post people test the fixes.
Hope that helps.
I seem to remember that VCAs are implemented differently. However, I don’t know if this has any effect on the the way levels and automation are actually read. Might be worth investigating …
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Everything works just like in Cubase. Including Expression maps and track settings. It’s the other way around that could possibly be an issue if you’ve used Nuendo-specific features and open your Nuendo projects in Cubase.
Wait - does that mean that Nuendo can’t (and Cubase can) have a drum instrument multi output as individual tracks for each drum in the kit?
I have Nuendo and Cubase, Cubase and Nuendo work similar to how a smartphone company like Apple works.
You have a set standard operation (Code) but slightly different teams will be working on the products.
Cubase is in Nuendo, Nuendo is not in Cubase, Nuendo is the supped up version of Cubase, it has added components of the core product, and a much more dedicated team regarding testing and debugging. (The clients buying Nuendo will be less forgiving if the product isn’t up to spec, editing 3 hour films is a lot more work than editing 5 minute pop records.)
I have various projects in Nuendo with EZ Drummer 3 with 32 Outputs going to 32 separate Stereo channels.
In order to get 32 Mono Outputs going to 32 Mono channels, you need to configure the plugins in there own settings, but both Cubase and Nuendo can do Instrument | Multi-Outs in Mono or Stereo.
The Plugin’s settings are the key to getting Stereo or Mono outs !
Not on the output side, that’s for sure and there are limitations on the MIDI side as well, that make it unusable in some scenarios as a multi-timbral/multi-output instrument, or track type.
Interesting - I thought that Nuendo was at least a capable as Cubase for midi and/or instrument tracks.
This simply isn’t true. Nuendo can do multi output instrument tracks just like Cubase. There’s absolutely no difference. Same goes for MIDI. No difference.
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I moved to Nuendo 13 last year or so and haven’t noticed any loss of features from Cubase 13. As someone posted, the handling of VCAs is different, but beyond that I think they’re pretty compatible. In fact, I’ve jumped back and forth on a couple of older projects and it always looks and feels the same. That’s been my experience — it’s all good!
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So how does one use multiple MIDI parts?
It would appear that its’ usefulness (for me at least), may not go beyond using a Drum Map, since I don’t wish to use multiple midi performances via the same part and it seems like a half-baked idea, in my view.
Not exactly sure what you mean by “multiple midi parts”, but if you mean you want to use a multitimbral VSTi and you want to assign different midi tracks to different channels, you first create an instrument track, then you create one or several empty midi tracks, and assign the output of these tracks to the instrument track and select the appropriate channel on each midi track. Or you can even use the same channel on multiple midi tracks, if you wish. This is the same in both Cubase and Nuendo.
There’s also the ‘lanes’ option, available on both instrument tracks and midi tracks, where every recording becomes a separate part on the same track.
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