Out of curiosity, why are the Audio Settings located under “Edit” instead of a different section such as “Studio”? They actually link together but are in completely separate sections in the main menu.
Also, since they are related, couldn’t they be combined into a larger window and use a logical structure of UI Tabs to create separate sections of parameters?
Edit | Audio Settings
Studio | Audio Connections
How odd…..I’d never noticed they were there, they are also in Studio Setup under Audio System which has a relatively logical structure of UI tabs
From what I heard Steinberg received feedback from beginners that the dialog was hard to find and hard to understand. So they created a simplified version of it and placed closer to the Preferences.
On the Mac you can find these entries in the Cubase menu. It probably makes much more sense on that platform.
Okay, thanks. That’s very interesting… I hope that’s not true though. It means Steinberg created two separate sections with the identical parameters/information? From a User Experience and Product Design perspective, that’s a surprising approach. Hopefully it’s a short term solution.
I think I initially assumed that they are supposed to do different things or that it was an accident.
I’ve worked with lots of software where there are different ways to do the same thing
In the menu system?
From my experience I normally see it in terms of workflow such as:
This scenario seems to be like this:
In other words, if the one comment earlier is correct, Steinberg felt it was easier, for some users, to find those settings under “Edit” instead of “Studio”. That may be the case but the problem is: 1) they’re both nearly identical and 2) if one of them easier and provides the same outcomes, why not get rid of the more “complicated” approach?
That’s where my critique, if that’s the scenario.
Is this just a Windows thing Not seeing them under Edit in N15 on Mac. On my computer they’re under Nuendo and then in the Studio>Audio Connections menu option.
I guess it’s partly a Windows thing although it sounds like it’s still duplicated in two different parts of the menu system for both OSs. Which I found odd.
The answer was posted before your question! For cubase at least.
