

- #DIGITAL PERFORMER 8 VS CUBASE 7 FULL VERSION#
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The Saturation effects are both very realistic. That gives drums a very Led Zeppelin-esque treatment.

I like increasing the Release control on a drum track to bring out more of the ambience or microphone bleed. The Transient section holds the EnvelopeShaper plug-in and when used on percussive recordings like drums, pianos, and comp synths can produce some very intriguing results. The result was very punchy and completely disciplined drum recording. It kind of looked like 'Punish', so I decided to punish a drum track. The Punch button on the Control Strip version of the Vintage Compressor was labeled “Punsh”. I did find a little bug in the beta version that made me laugh. The Loudness Meter also offers AES17 levels for adherence of different loudness standards.įigure 4 - The Tube and Vintage Compressors. It works with many loudness scales including the popular K-System developed by Bob Katz. The MixConsole also has a new Loudness Meter, which provides you with information about the perceived volume of your Cubase project. But now that it's part of the MixConsole, the result is you needn't open an additional window to alter any of the four Cue (formerly Studio) settings. The Control Room Mixer was (and if desired, still is) a separate window. It reminded me of the time I spent behind that big ol' Amek console from which I learned the basics of mixing.Īnother feature I really appreciate is the integration of the Control Room Mixer into the MixConsole. In fact, the Hardware (for Steinberg-branded audio interfaces like the UR and MR-series), Pre section, EQs, the new Channel Strip (more info below), Sends, Cues, Quick Controls, and Device Panels can all be viewed and edited on the MixConsole without the need to open any additional control panels.
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(…oh, my.)įigure 1 - The MixConsole in Full Screen Mode.Īs you can see, full screen mode truly gives the user a more analog desk-like look and feel, in that there are many more controls under your virtual mouse-driven fingertips. When the MixConsole is placed onto any display in full screen mode, the entire area (or in some cases, acreage) will be filled with meters and faders and knobs. But Steinberg recognized that high-resolution displays (1920 x 1080 or higher) have dropped in price exponentially, and therefore many Cubase users have added at least one extra display to their computer. Perhaps the most significant of which is the full screen mode, which is helpful for both single- and multi-monitor users. It still does what the mixer did, but is now capable of a wide array of customizations. But Steinberg has completely redesigned the mixer to such a degree that they even changed the name to MixConsole. The Cubase mixer has always been a functional and highly capable tool.
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But for this review, I'll be using the full version of Cubase 7.) Note: Cubase 7 also comes in a lighter version called Cubase Artist.

And with Cubase 7, it seems that Steinberg knew both what users were looking for, as well as what we didn't know we needed.

Yet with every new revision of Cubase, Steinberg ups their game to a whole new level. You see, creating art from technology is hard enough, but creating highly functional art, like a DAW program, is a very tall order.
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Whenever a new iteration of Cubase is released, I get very excited because I know the artisans at Steinberg have improved on an already powerful and irreplaceable tool in my music production kit.īut is 'artisan' too lofty a label for a software engineer? Hardly. I'm realizing how woefully behind I am in my holiday preparations, and 2.
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Supported OS: Mac OS X 10.4 or later, Windows XP/ Vista/ 7/ 8/ 10/ 11, Linux 2.5 kernel or laterĬonnectors: USB, MIDI out 3.As I write this article, the date is December 5th. Supported hardware: Elektron (Digitakt, Digitone, Octatrack), Akai MPC, Native Instrument Maschine and others.
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Supported software: VCV Rack, Ableton Live, Apple Logic, Apple GarageBand, Steinberg Cubase, Max/MSP, Pure Data, NI Reaktor, Cakewalk SONAR, Avid Pro Tools, MOTU Digital Performer and other software that can be controlled by CC messages. You can assign these controls to whatever you like in music software or hardware.Ĭolors: white/black (specify the color in the message) You just plug it in via USB and the faders immediately spring into life, giving you hands-on control of your grid, instruments, effects and mixer. It is pretty much the quickest and the easiest way to produce and perform electronic music.
