Not sure what to make of this update. Nice new features, but none game changing for me (and others like me) as a heavy midi manipulator. If those curves were implemented with CCs, it would be a different situation... the old automations were not something holding me back. Nor do I need the control room always opened, I am sure I'm gonna keep using it in the mixer. Don't care about plugin makeup either... offline processing, great, but I dont mind adding one more track... Midi into sample track, another nice shortcut, sure...
This larger amount of inserts is actually making a problem for me, coz my workflow is based on using the project window as much as possible and avoiding opening the mixer. I made all of my midi/audio routings in the inspector and have all the inserts, sends and faders there opened all the time for every instrument/articulation. But now, with much longer insert list, with AFAIK no possibility to hide some of them (like in mixer), fader+sends+inserts don't fit in my 1400pix hight of the screen anymore. A slight bummer...
I guess I have to write a feature request for the next release, hiding not-used inserts in the inspector.
It seems to me that this update is heavily featured towards one side of the studio production, and not really for the other, which is kind of a shame for me coz I would say that the other (midi) side is something that made Cubase huge. Focusing the market part that is less covered, and neglecting the part that you own, is kind of lame to me. I say, make them all happy! I am just romantic like that!
I went and bought this update the moment I saw it, and I will continue to do the same for every next one coz Cubase is my DAW of choice, a great tool that makes my work possible, and I am really not a guy who normally complains about someones work however it affects me, I am happy about other people getting the features that they wanted, the features that I am gonna use for sure, but...I guess I am just little sensitive to corporate strategies and stuff
Milos