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What do you like best about Cubase?

Most Of Cubase i Love How the Program Got So Much Potentially and With New Version extended That Much That You Can Do Anything’s With Program From Writing ✍️ Tips/Notes to Play With Sound and do It So Much that Program Plugins give You Enough to Do Top Quality Sound to Produce Top Vox Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cubase?

Most I dislike is Not Possible get Old. Version As i seen A Lot Easier to Use old Program Like Cubase 5 for Starting Artists production and Engineering. Which May Bring more Attractive View of Program and Learn from Basic. Also There Could Be More Template or How it Should Look on style Of Music. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cubase:

Best Choice Could Be Made With Lots Of Potental with free VST but With Waves And Instrumental You Just Swim and dont want To Finish Recording because Its each Time Better Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cubase solving and how is that benefiting you?

To Be Honest Sometimes being Lost In menu installation of vst or Opening Templates That i start Working With.

Aswell More Help With audio or Midis Plugins.

And more Help with Fx channel automation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cubase Overview

What is Cubase?

Cubase offers tools for musical genres and lets you record, edit, and mix your songs like a musician, while providing a professional, studio-grade audio quality at all stages of the creative process.

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Cubase offers tools for musical genres and lets you record, edit, and mix your songs like a musician, while providing a professional, studio-grade audio quality at all stages of the creative process.


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Cubase is the best DAW for recording music i use for 9 years and love it so much.
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Jessy Liangmai Newmai N.
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What do you like best about Cubase?

Cubase is the best DAW for recording music i use for 9 years and love it so much. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cubase?

I love cubase i doont have any dislike for cubase Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cubase solving and how is that benefiting you?

There is no pproblem usin cubase Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Cubase?

Cubase has always been rich with features and always meets my needs to enhanced audio requirements Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cubase?

To be honest, nothing. I have not had a situation yet that this DAW didn't meet my requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cubase solving and how is that benefiting you?

Variety of audio editing and general DAW requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Cubase?

Cubase is a straightforward tool for both recording and live performance. VSTs are included, and the software is very light to install and does not require a powerful machine to export good-quality music files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cubase?

Cubase is expensive, not very popular but when compared to other services, such as ProTools is less costly and does an excellent job compared to itscompetitors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cubase solving and how is that benefiting you?

Cubase helps me create music with ease and pleasure. I can record professional songs within a couple of hours, add virtual instruments, record voices, chords, and keys and export to mp3 format in minutes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Cubase?

The Interface. I just Loved the interface of this DAW. First I found it a little complicated but after exploring it, I found it easier. At a moderate price, it is a good purchase. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cubase?

I found some Audio libraries a little confusing. I was not able to understand the shortcuts. Some documentation I found is a little confusing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cubase:

Must try this amazing DAW, as it has a good library and user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cubase solving and how is that benefiting you?

My music-making is going to the next level. the sound library is amazing. I'm saving my time more as it is very user-friendly if you understand it properly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Cubase?

The efficiency of working with VST plugins is essential and provides greater stability while optimizing the team's resources since virtual memory is not wasted on a fancy graphical interface, all the tools are included with the base version. Great compatibility with all kinds of music hardware and controllers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cubase?

It is complex, you have to understand very well how it works in order to make good use of it. You need training and many hours of practice to master this software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cubase solving and how is that benefiting you?

Producing music is not easy, but Cubase helps to produce with professionalism, its virtual instruments save large sums of money by not having to spend on physical instruments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Cubase?

What I like the most is the perfect integration to work on your music through the Midi language, in addition to the possibility of integrating any vst effect or instrument, the interface has improved a lot and the user experience has become very pleasant. The color system it uses is also appreciated, which helps prevent eye strain. It has everything one looks for in a professional digital audio workstation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cubase?

What I don't like is that latency has to be managed manually, if you're not aware of this, latency can give you a big headache. It's annoying to hear some of your audio tracks or instruments out of time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cubase:

If you are going to work with MIDI music or virtual instruments, as well as audio mixing and mastering, I recommend this software. Be careful with latency if you don't know how to configure it, it can work against you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cubase solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have produced music in multitrack Midi format. I have analyzed audio samples and complete mixes for subsequent programming. I have made recordings of voices and instruments. I have made audio mixes and musical arrangements through virtual instruments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Cubase?

It is a powerful music production tool, it has no comparison. The work flows flawlessly, I like the way they've been boosting midi sequencing lately. The built-in audio effects and vst are sufficient for any producer with medium knowledge. I like how intuitive and stable the software is to record, edit and mix both audio and Midi, either with external instruments or with built-in vst, it also has a huge sound library. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cubase?

I have had sudden crashes, and sometimes I have to reconfigure the outputs of midi instruments because they disconnect when the software is closed or the computer is restarted. I don't like that setup with most midi controllers has to be done manually and that takes time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cubase:

If you are going to produce music, with vst or MIDI instruments this software is the best of all. although if you are going to work only in audio mixing and mastering, it is convenient to look for other options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cubase solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have recorded, edited, mixed and mastered my music in multiple formats, such as MIDI Multitrack, Mp3 or Wav, the software allows me to create in a very entertaining and professional way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Cubase?

I like the amount of third-party effects that can be included via vst plug-ins. I like how the interface has improved and all functions have been stabilized, the work to produce MIDI music is the best I have been able to try. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cubase?

I don't like that latency is handled manually; In other software dedicated to the same, latency is managed automatically. I don't like having to configure my midi controller manually. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cubase:

This is one of the most complete and powerful programs for the realization of any audio project in the music industry. Although it still has some things to improve, I highly recommend them as the work flows flawlessly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cubase solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have made musical productions in multitrack midi format, I have made audio samples of these songs for clients attending all the capture, editing, mixing and mastering processes only with plugins that come by default in the DAW. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Cubase?

Stems export options (trust me, it's a GAME CHANGER). Midi functions ,Chord Track, Logical Editor, Track visibility options. Mixer views. Customizable midi lanes on the piano roll. Freeze instruments options. The new supervision plugin is AWESOME. Accurate LUFS metering, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cubase?

Price of the updates. Dongle needed (but they are going to fix it). The .0 versions of every update are usually buggy. It would be great to have a good stock limiter (the current one is really bad). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cubase solving and how is that benefiting you?

Cubase is the ONLY software I need to run my music business. Either if I'm hired to mix, master, compose a soundtrack, whatever. I can do everything with Cubase. I can do it fast, and with no issues at all. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Cubase?

I love how easy it is to edit audio clips and tune vocals on straight on the daw without needing additional plugins. I also love the easy of using adding and using midi instruments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cubase?

I personally found it alittle tasking to add and manage bus sends. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cubase:

Cubase is a tool perfect for someone who does both production and mixing/mastering as it is a good jack of all trades. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cubase solving and how is that benefiting you?

The biggest problem I have solved is recording and producing (midi) for tracks on the same DAW. I used to use ableton for production and pro tools for recording, editing and mixing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.