anyone own cubase se ?

got a copy of this the other day.

not impressed:
1. huge "learning" curve
2. difficult gui interface
3. program doesn't like high resolution sound files.


have you experienced any problems ?

are you able to get work done with this software ?

If you're doing audio editing, Cubase isn't the best choice. For MIDI perhaps, although I don't really have much experience.

goose wrote: If you're doing audio editing, Cubase isn't the best choice. For MIDI perhaps, although I don't really have much experience.

what would you recommend for audio recording (multitrack) and editing (non-MIDI) ?

been using cool edit 2000 for several years (it is not available anymore unfortunately), but on the advice of an "expert" decided to give cubase a try with the understanding that it would do much more...


btw, thanks for the reply


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utah_man wrote: goose wrote: If you're doing audio editing, Cubase isn't the best choice. For MIDI perhaps, although I don't really have much experience. what would you recommend for audio recording (multitrack) and editing (non-MIDI) ? been using cool edit 2000 for several years (it is not available anymore unfortunately), but on the advice of an "expert" decided to give cubase a try with the understanding that it would do much more... btw, thanks for the reply .

The best home recording package is an Mbox 2, which costs about 300 pounds but comes with Pro Tools LE and a few other little bits of software (I haven't ever used these). You can also buy Pro Tools M-Powered and an M-Audio interface; I don't know exactly how much this would set you back but I'd guess around £200. If you already have an M-Audio card, then I'd definitely recommend getting the M-Powered Pro Tools, since it's only about £150, and while both it and LE are limited compared to the professional versions, it should be quite enough outside of a big studio, and to use it's basically the same as the pro version, which is the industry standard for good reason.

If you're on a Mac or prepared to try Linux, there's a great and free DAW called Ardour - very minimalist interface but from what little I've used of it seems relatively intuitive; you also have the advantage that you'll never have to pay for an upgrade . I don't know how easy to set up it is on a Mac though, and it's certainly no walk in the park on Linux.
    

Edited by goose - August 08 2006 at 06:43

goose wrote: utah_man wrote: goose wrote: If you're doing audio editing, Cubase isn't the best choice. For MIDI perhaps, although I don't really have much experience. what would you recommend for audio recording (multitrack) and editing (non-MIDI) ? been using cool edit 2000 for several years (it is not available anymore unfortunately), but on the advice of an "expert" decided to give cubase a try with the understanding that it would do much more... btw, thanks for the reply . If you already have an M-Audio card, then I'd definitely recommend getting the M-Powered Pro Tools, since it's only about £150, and while both it and LE are limited compared to the professional versions, it should be quite enough outside of a big studio, and to use it's basically the same as the pro version, which is the industry standard for good reason.

yea, i actually have two m-audio cards in my pc (the 24/96 models). 

so you'd recommend pro-tools then ?

big "learning curve" ?
is the user-interface easy to navigate ?
it'll do multi-track recording i assume.

utah_man wrote: yea, i actually have two m-audio cards in my pc (the 24/96 models).  so you'd recommend pro-tools then ? big "learning curve" ? is the user-interface easy to navigate ? it'll do multi-track recording i assume.

What I've learnt is from assisting people on sessions who really know how to use it; I don't know how good the documentation is but there's nothing madly confusing about it; as with anything so powerful, it'll take some learning to get used to all the functions. The interface is pretty sensible; in some ways I prefer Ardour's but I haven't used that enough to really get a feel for it. If you are going to buy it, make sure it's the M-Powered edition, since nothing else will work with your hardware!    

edit: now I'm not sure if Pro Tools will in fact support these; it turns out it only supports a specific and quite limited range of cards, I guess you'll have to check that first.

Edited by goose - August 09 2006 at 05:39

A'swepe wrote: I've been using SE for about 2 years. Yes, the learning curve can be steep. I've gotten used to th program. It does what I need it to do & it doesn't require a dongle (don't know about SE3).   It has most of the features of SX & more than what I require. 99% of what I do is in the MIDI realm.

yea, se 3 does require the usb "key" (dongle).

have you had any problems with the asio drivers or any hardware issues ?



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Edited by utah_man - August 11 2006 at 19:01

slightly disssimilar theme,well sort of.

mystic fred wrote: Well Cubase seems to be the most popular music recording/editing software out there, but i really couldn't get on with it - i'm not stupid

- well ... i'm not feeling quite as intimidated with cubase now

mystic fred wrote: I suppose you can have too many music programs...

agree.


...thanks for this info mystic fred...






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