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OT: Cubase 4 first impressions [message #73524]

Tue, 03 October 2006 23:01

Dedric Terry
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Registered: June 2007

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Thought some of you that use Cubase or Nuendo with Paris or on its' own
might be interested in this if you haven't upgraded yet, etc. I took the
Nuendo users' offer to get it for $199 (separate license/dongle) to run on a
VST System link slave PC, though I'm enjoying the new features enough it has
superceded Nuendo 3.2 temporarily on my main system.

C4 adds drag and drop inserts (to and from any channel, or the library).
Very handy, and a much needed addition. There is an extensive
library/preset capability to C4 to greatly speed up saving and loading
presets for plugins, channels, VSTi's, mixers, etc.

One of the biggest new and unsung features is the Media Bay (and Sound
Frame, and Loop browser) which accesses all media on your system, catalogs
it by type and allows you to search, filter, drag and drop relevant files
into your project - there is of course a preview for audio files, in
addition to the ability to preview in context (e.g. project plays back,
audio file plays in time, time stretched to match the project tempo - cool
for loops that are cut to measure boundaries, not as useful for free form
vocal tracks, etc). Sound Frame and the Loop browser are just versions of
Media Bay with filters for audio and loops enabled, respectively. Not
overly different, but perhaps saves a step over turning on filters in Media
Bay.

The sequencer engine has been rewritten from what I understand. C4 feels
more tightly integrated than Nuendo 3.2. It runs really well (not without
some bugs still, of course).

C4 adds VST3.0 support, and new built in VST3 plugins. The new plugins with
are actually very good - new EQs, compressors, expander, gate, chorus,
delays, etc. They will operate in mono, stereo or multichannel depending on
the channel format they are inserted on (the delays and chorus are not
multichannel unfortunately). Btw, a 5.1 instance of the multiband comp eats
up a lot of cpu power. The new VSTi's are also very good - Halion One is a
rompler based on the Motif to some degree - no editing, but has quite a few
useful presets. The other VSTi's are quite nice and creative and stand up
well along side the Raptures and Absynths of the soft synth world (albeit
not as versatile as either of these).

C4 adds the Control Room that is already in Nuendo 3.2 - a great feature for
mixerless setups, esp. with key commands for switching between speaker
configs (multichannel, stereo, mono, etc), 4 different monitor outputs, dim,
talkback, monitor source selects, studio configs for headphone mixes, etc.

Instrument tracks are a quick way to add a VSTi with a track directly in the
project window (doesn't use the VSTi rack). The only downside is only a
single stereo out is used. The VSTi rack still supports full multi-output
VSTi's, but adds a dropdown list on a button next to each insert to select
which outputs are enabled - easing the clutter of VSTi outputs in the mixer.

That's enough for now. fwiw...

Dedric

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		OT: Cubase 4 first impressions By: Dedric Terry on Tue, 03 October 2006 23:01
		Re: OT: Cubase 4 first impressions By: LaMont on Wed, 04 October 2006 06:07
		Re: OT: Cubase 4 first impressions By: Dedric Terry on Wed, 04 October 2006 06:35
		Re: OT: Cubase 4 first impressions By: LaMont on Wed, 04 October 2006 10:55
		Re: OT: Cubase 4 first impressions By: Jamie K on Wed, 04 October 2006 11:41
		Re: OT: Cubase 4 first impressions By: Dedric Terry on Wed, 04 October 2006 19:55
		Re: OT: Cubase 4 first impressions By: Nei on Wed, 04 October 2006 20:58
		Re: OT: Cubase 4 first impressions By: animix on Wed, 04 October 2006 21:09
		Re: OT: Cubase 4 first impressions By: Neil on Wed, 04 October 2006 21:24
		Re: OT: Cubase 4 first impressions By: Dedric Terry on Wed, 04 October 2006 22:52
		Re: OT: Cubase 4 first impressions By: animix on Thu, 05 October 2006 05:04
		Re: OT: Cubase 4 first impressions By: TCB on Wed, 04 October 2006 06:08
		Re: OT: Cubase 4 first impressions By: excelav on Thu, 05 October 2006 07:56
		Re: OT: Cubase 4 first impressions By: LaMont on Thu, 05 October 2006 08:27
		Re: OT: Cubase 4 first impressions-while were at it By: Nappy on Thu, 05 October 2006 09:33
		Re: OT: Cubase 4 first impressions-while were at it By: LaMont on Thu, 05 October 2006 11:18
		Re: OT: Cubase 4 first impressions-while were at it By: Nappy on Thu, 05 October 2006 12:55
		Re: OT: Cubase 4 first impressions By: excelav on Thu, 05 October 2006 09:49
		Re: OT: Cubase 4 first impressions By: Dedric Terry on Thu, 05 October 2006 19:33
		Re: Cubase 4 first impressions By: gmmccurdy on Tue, 10 October 2006 05:27
		Re: Cubase 4 first impressions By: Kim W on Tue, 10 October 2006 07:07
		Re: Cubase 4 first impressions By: gmmccurdy on Tue, 10 October 2006 07:55
		Re: Cubase 4 first impressions By: Kim W on Tue, 10 October 2006 08:11
		Re: Cubase 4 first impressions By: gmmccurdy on Thu, 12 October 2006 05:18

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