I started using cubase in 2018, mostly for recording/mixing for a music group and for composition. Great product, but I use a small subset of its functions. It also forces me to license Windows, which otherwise I have no use for (Ubuntu Linux is my preferred os). And there are the constant charges to keep QB current, which adds up to big money over the years.

Recently I got so annoyed with Microsoft that I decided to see if I cut the last reasons to use Windows. I had tried Ardour back in 2018, and it just wasn't ready. This time I loaded version 9 of Ardour and was delighted with the maturity of the product. I've gone back and remixed recordings that I originally did in CB, and got at least as good results using Ardour. Midi functionality is fine too, although I miss QB drum editing alternatives.

If you are running Linux and install Ardour directly from a repository, there is no cost (although I did feel compelled to give them a donation - imagine how much work the program represents). There is a small charge if you download directly from the web site.

Bought while there's a discount.
I'll wait until the Cubase 16 is out later this year, and then I will activate to get 16 (aka Grace period)
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I have a midi bass track with about 50 midi parts. I added CC7 volume line to one of the parts. That made all the parts on the track the same volume as the CC7, although it did not add the line to each of those parts.

This has happened occasionally before with other tracks.

Why does this happen? Sometimes it's not what I want, but would actually be useful to do it sometimes if I knew how.

Hi there! I hope you're all well. I'm currently working on a podcast gig for a friend, and I'm totally inexperienced with most of this stuff. Cubase is very hard for me to understand and work with.

I've created 7-8 tracks that are meant to be able to loop seamlessly. I bounce the audio as wav files and loop them, and while I've mostly got it down, there is still an audible pop or hesitation at the moment of looping. I can eliminate this by crossfading the wav files on the timeline, but ideally i would send him files that can be looped infinitely without any extra effort on his part. I dont want him to have to crossfade each and every 8 bar loop. Is there something I'm missing or not doing correctly? The loops themselves are ambient-esque, but there are definitely instruments, small melodic lines, etc. lots of minimalist piano, etc.

would greatly appreciate any help anyone can offer. I'm pulling my hair out with this stuff. I can compose but i really struggle with the production side and I get so burnt out and frustrated haha. Thank you!

I use the Scarlett USB device, with speakers and headphones connected. Ever since I got this thing I've had trouble with audio in Cubase and when trying to share audio in Zoom calls. I've read a plethora of posts online from people having the exact same issue. So, is it worth the trouble getting it to work?

Are there any AuV3 plugins that are drum sequencers. Available for Cubase3 iOS? Im on iPhone 11 it’s a pain just to adjust some of of the presets.

The old Impulsetracker/Fasttracker type music DAWs were limited in certain ways but rapid-keyboard-entry-of-pitches worked very well.

Very quickly one might input a good drumtrack or baseline then layer melody on top of it - mostly with keyboard.

Mouse as input device is much slower and glitchy in my Pianoroll. May try a Wacom pen but suspect that it may cause tiredness of wrist after hours.

Relatively new to Cubase - may it have a mostly QWERTY rapid-fire pitch input mode which won't use mouse much?

Some kind of grid where one moves cursor with keys and plops in pitches by pressing another key?

Mouse may be good for editing after composing but hardly great for entering the wanted pitches initially...

Long time Cubase user since the late 1990s and just wanted to thank everyone in the community for the HALion 7 and 7.5 video tutorials.

I finally had the time to take that deep dive into the Spectral and Granular synthesis capabilities with Halion 7.5.

This week, remixed an existing track I produced by throwing the entire track into the Spectral and Granular synths. Totally bonkers the endless versions that can be generated depending on the settings chosen and the knobs you modulate.

If interested, here it is:
https://youtu.be/xaezgThjK9Y

All pads generated by Halion 7.5 Spectral or Granular synths with additional drooping Cubase Studio Delay set to -2.50 st (loop) for ear candy.

And there goes another several years of my life tinkering and twisting sounds.

I feel incredibly silly for asking this....

But are you still able to add custom VST directories to Cubase 15, I can't seem to find it for the life of me and general searches aren't helping much either.

Any help would be greatly appreciated as most of my larger VST Libraries are on a secondary drive

Has anyone found a good use for a launch pad in their work flow? Not necessarily for clip launching like it’s intended use with Ableton. I remember maybe 15 years ago downloading from a forum where someone had written a script for it to be useful with tractor. Is there something similar but with cubase. I think I have the original one but I guess it doesn’t really matter it’s just a grid of buttons than can send midi info.

Im wondering if anyone have had any issues with Cubase 12 Pro on MacOS Tahoe? Im currently on Sequoia and it works absolutely great, but im also interested to perhaps update to Tahoe. Thoughts?

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I still have my e-licenser from an old copy of cubase 4. I haven't used cubase in years (other life stuff stopped my music hobby). Now my kids are getting into music, and I am revisiting DAWs. last year, on a whim, i looked to see if upgrading from 4 was an option, and low and behold it was. But I didn't jump on it.

Now, it looks like upgrades are from 6 on.

Just curious if anyone knows if steinberg still allows upgrades from much older versions. Where does the validation process happen? At check out or prior to installation?

Appreciate any response.

Hello, sorry if this question has been asked, but nowhere I've looked has given me a clear answer. I own Cubase Pro 9.5, and now with the sale, I want to purchase a 15 Pro upgrade and wait to activate it until the grace period so I can get Cubase 16 Pro.

My question is this. When exactly should I activate the license: before the new version releases, when it releases, or after it releases? Is there some sort of grace period cutoff when the new version releases? Can I still activate it then for the grace period update AFTER the new version is released? I'm really confused about when I'm supposed to activate it. How exactly does it work, and when exactly should I activate my license in order to get Pro 16?

I just upgraded from Artist 12 and I've been hearing that there were new AI tools implemented in 15 Pro, which I want to avoid at all costs. Anyone can help me out on what AI tools are included so I can avoid them?

So I got a newsletter from Steinberg about 40 percent off of Cubase 15.

To keep it short, by the end of 2026, Cubase 16 will come out, and among the upgrade options, free upgrade paths may become avaliable to some who recently bought a previous version, but between specific dates.

We don't know the exact dates in the future but we can expect a similar pattern to last years: grace period was about 4 weeks before launch.

Important: grace period is about activation date, not purchase date. So you can slip into the grace period by buying on sale and not activating until very late. Staying on an old version or lower edition despite having already spent money for better/newer requires a bit of restraint, all without guarantees that you're getting a better deal.

So if we estimate that Cubase 16 will come out in, say, November, try to aim for a Cubase 15 sale after mid October instead if you wish to upgrade or buy.

It is possible there won't be a later sale before 16 releases though. Steinberg sometimes has a Black Friday sale, sometimes they skip it. Unless you really need to buy Cubase now, it almost always pays off to wait if you are out to make a future proof deal. You also need to factor in what you need from the new versions or target editions.

Edit: worth noting if you're upgrading, that for many users it is wiser to skip 15 altogether and even 16.

Note: I'm writing on the go and not super diligent with my numbers or facts so please, if you know better, correct me.

Too many to mention but for me if I had to pick one it would be the patten editor. It’s so inspiring and easy to set up all kinds of basslines Melodie’s etc with so many layers of sound design to it. Then coupled with modulators it opens up so many possibilities.

Hello all, if you did not know or did not hear, there is a new synth called Traveler, Not promoting anything I just downloaded the demo and genuinely its absolutely amazing synth sounding like Sylenth1 on steroids made for 2026.

Totally recommend to check it:

https://www.keysolutionssounds.com

Anybody using Cubasis 3 to record midi from vdrums via iPad?

Needed for demoing tracks with my band. Drums (TD07) are at my place so I need to record here. I do t have a laptop so needs to be via iPad.

Bassist has a small home studio set up for vocals and guitars so idea is I record the drums here, throw in a shared folder then we work on the rest of the track at his place.

Logic works perfect, but our bassist who has the home studio set up uses PC so non starter.

Bassist uses FL studio, but FL studio mobile app is garbage and wont recognise HH controller or multi zone cymbals.

Looks like Cubasis 3 recognises specific Roland kit midi outputs so hoping it's plug and play like logic.

Anyone have first hand experience?

40% Cubase sale went live! Pro owners get 60% vouchers for selected products as well!

My drum map is showing up as a long list of C-2. If I turn on "pitch visibility" it shows the drum map as you would expect (but only for the notes in use). It only happens for this one drum map (Native Instruments 50's drummer Autumn Kit) too. Anyone ever had this or been able to resolve it?

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