Sean J
Noise Maker
Cubase 11
The notation editor supports other fonts now. It's now in the league of Noteworthy composer, MusicTime Deluxe, and others who support multiple fonts. I didn't expect Dorico level, but Studio One added the full Notion editor. It's lightyears ahead of the Reaper/Cubase 90's era paradigm. Will Cubase get there? Maybe someday, in 2 to 12 more years. The marketing picture shows multiple disconnected/overlapping points. Nice 3D angles don't exactly hide the truth here. It's still a messy editor. The sequencer overlay has also been in Notion for a decade. Nothing new.
The piano roll now has curves. AWESOME.... 1) It took this long to replicate a feature in a 2nd editor? 2) Why wasn't it done when automation was? 3) others had curves a -->decade<-- ago.
StaffPad is lightyears ahead of Dorico and Dorico is lightyears ahead of Cubase on one point: Expression Maps. StaffPad has tap to swap Spitfire & Berlin, and the in-app sample store. I'm not saying SP is perfect, but it's a joy to use once you get the hang of it. Dorico clearly needs a lot of work still. Cubase takes years to get the hang of how deep it is, and isn't a joy to use. What's more, the Expression Map GUI hasn't been improved in Cubase in 10 years now.
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Okay, snarky attitude off.
Look, I get it. Dev takes time. But I also understand that when a developer feels they have to re-program the cursor cause Microsoft apparently got it wrong, things take ASTRONOMICALLY longer. It's good to see them improving existing features before adding tons more, but the rate at which these things are coming leaves me thinking that these are all .5 update features. To me, it's just underwhelming next to StaffPad & Studio One.
Are half the big ticket items really just new plugins? Is the market suddenly sparse of plugin development?
Am I missing something?
The notation editor supports other fonts now. It's now in the league of Noteworthy composer, MusicTime Deluxe, and others who support multiple fonts. I didn't expect Dorico level, but Studio One added the full Notion editor. It's lightyears ahead of the Reaper/Cubase 90's era paradigm. Will Cubase get there? Maybe someday, in 2 to 12 more years. The marketing picture shows multiple disconnected/overlapping points. Nice 3D angles don't exactly hide the truth here. It's still a messy editor. The sequencer overlay has also been in Notion for a decade. Nothing new.
The piano roll now has curves. AWESOME.... 1) It took this long to replicate a feature in a 2nd editor? 2) Why wasn't it done when automation was? 3) others had curves a -->decade<-- ago.
StaffPad is lightyears ahead of Dorico and Dorico is lightyears ahead of Cubase on one point: Expression Maps. StaffPad has tap to swap Spitfire & Berlin, and the in-app sample store. I'm not saying SP is perfect, but it's a joy to use once you get the hang of it. Dorico clearly needs a lot of work still. Cubase takes years to get the hang of how deep it is, and isn't a joy to use. What's more, the Expression Map GUI hasn't been improved in Cubase in 10 years now.
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Okay, snarky attitude off.
Look, I get it. Dev takes time. But I also understand that when a developer feels they have to re-program the cursor cause Microsoft apparently got it wrong, things take ASTRONOMICALLY longer. It's good to see them improving existing features before adding tons more, but the rate at which these things are coming leaves me thinking that these are all .5 update features. To me, it's just underwhelming next to StaffPad & Studio One.
Are half the big ticket items really just new plugins? Is the market suddenly sparse of plugin development?
Am I missing something?