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Average user rating 4.5 of 5

• Knarly1

  

  Sun 9 Nov 2008, 6:20 pm GMT

  User rating 5 of 5

  I'm new to Cubase and I love it. It's quick to learn if you do tutorials and read the manual!! Sound quality is fantastic as is the quality of the VST's. The GUI is easy on the eye for those long sessions. I'm on Cubase 4.5 now and the updates have been good one's with the addition of sidechaining etc. Its been very stable for me and I am really enjoying the learning curve. Again 5 stars (all my products on my profile have 5 stars! I can't help it, I luv 'em all!!) :-)

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• mozzymozzer

  

  Sun 12 Oct 2008, 3:31 pm BST

  User rating 5 of 5

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• dysamoria

  

  Sat 26 Apr 2008, 5:30 am BST

  User rating 3 of 5

  Pros:
  Lots of features, including synths, effects and cataloging of media (similar to NI Kore's idea, but inclusive of all Cubase content types and very helpful for auditioning synth patches for included synth plugins). Dongle copy protection (good for selling your copy legally or moving from machine to machine at convenience).
  Cons:
  HalionOne sucks (CPU). Not all plugins are Universal Binary on Mac version. The media cataloging browser is a great idea but the GUI is annoying and there are lots of crashes with this feature. Lousy GUI organization and behavior, crash prone, even on version 4.1 on a MacBook Pro, compatibility issues with 3rd party VSTs (which is ironic since Steinberg are the creators of the VST technology) and the general state of user community impression of Steinberg's support: i hear of MANY complaints about a "less than friendly" support reputation. Price is high compared to similar products like Cakewalk Sonar 7. Dongle copy protection (bad if you lose it, if it dies, if you break it, etc., since Steinberg will not replace it for you - it IS the product you paid so much money for).

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