I’ve concluded another reason everyone might like to consider…
I think Steinberg HQ believe the feature is already available elsewhere (Definition Tab in the Audio Editor Inspector). Thus, having Beat Calculator was simply duplication of existing mechanisms… Primary aim was to update ‘Tap Tempo’ tool; unfortunately, that’s where the Beat Calculator lived (UI) and so a decision made to remove it entirely.
I say this, because that’s what I’ve taken from Greg Ondo’s latest view/demo, when responding to a direct question on the matter, in the Club Cubase live stream last Tuesday.
Time stamped video…
Of course, love him bless him, there’s lots wrong with Greg’s response. What he demonstrates is NOT an alternate method for the use case of BC. Namely, he starts off with an already known, clearly labelled clip (80bpm); second, looking closely his fumblings in the Definition Tab eventually returns a value of 87.07 bpm.!
That’s how reliable/robust that tool is… (note, he did ensure Musical Mode is off - meaning correctly, project tempo is ignored for the purposes of the Definition Tab ‘calculations’).
I despair that Greg’s thinking is by proxy Steinberg internal thinking too. Probably.