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By Computer Music ( Computer Music ) published 25 July 2016

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Steinberg Cubase 8.5

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“In the Atari days, I started on Cubase and stuck with it for many years. But everybody seemed to be using Logic, so about eight years ago I switched. It was the most unproductive period of my life! Great program, but the audio management wasn’t what I wanted. I swapped back and can’t see me ever changing again.”

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