![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The one that impressed us most was the Vintage - although it offers only Attack, Release, Input and Output controls, this simplicity is what we found so appealing. The Compressor section provides Tube, Vintage, and Standard models, each with its own collection of controls. Then there's an Envelope Shaper with - as you'd expect - Attack and Release knobs, along with Length and Output controls. There's also a Saturation section, offering Tube and Tape modes, both of which give you control over drive, output and low- / high-pass filtering. The Noise Gate comes first, with its Threshold, Attack, Release, Freq and Q controls - just enough to do the job in a hurry. You can arrange them in any order you like some offer variations on a theme, while others do one job. In fact, we prefer accessing it this way as it gives a better overview than the narrow vertical display in the MixConsole, enabling you to see all its five sections at once without scrolling. The new Channel Strip isn't just an element of the MixConsole but is also available when viewing the Channel Settings window. ![]() Old tools like in-line EQ curves and large meters are still available. You can show (and grow) only the fader sections, for instance, or toggle a notepad for each channel, channel overview and more. The Visibility/Zones column enables you to decide not just which channels you want to see but in what order they should be arranged. The new MixConsole is entirely configurable and can be expanded to fill your entire screen. However, for the most part, the size of all of these elements wasn't adjustable. You could collapse the bits you didn't want to see, toggle showing inserts, EQs, sends, etc, and you could have three different mixers available at any time. However, we've been spending a lot of time with it and can assure you that the new features are nothing short of inspirational. If you're in the latter camp, you may be taken aback by some of the sweeping changes that have come to Cubase in this new version. Some might say that Cubase has been looking slightly stodgy in comparison others might champion its familiarity. Elsewhere, you have newcomers like PreSonus Studio One and even the upcoming Bitwig Studio that are not tied down to years of established convention. Steinberg's updates have, of late, been designed to open users' wallets with the promise of creative inspiration, while rarely delivering the sort of sweeping changes that would rattle them or have them scrambling to the user manual.īut times have changed in the DAW scene, with some competitors offering quite radical updates - see Propellerhead's introduction of full audio editing/recording and plugin Rack Extensions to Reason, or Cakewalk's deep rework of Sonar as Sonar X1. The only indications of the actual Cubase version you’re using will be the startup splash screen (it will only show the name of the activated product), and the Help > About entry once the program’s loaded."Times have changed in the DAW scene, with some competitors offering quite radical updates" The weirdest thing about the combined installer is that it places an icon on your desktop named “Cubase LE AI Elements 7”. So, AI has more plugins than LE does, and Elements has more plugins, more features, and fewer restrictions than both of them. And Elements includes some plugins that neither AI or LE have. The main difference between AI and LE appears to be that AI includes several plugins that LE does not. In terms of core functionality of the DAW environment, Cubase AI and LE appear to be the same (and both are more limited than Elements in this regard). I’ve never owned Cubase Artist, but my impression is that Artist and Full Cubase do have separate installers (their download sizes are different on the Steinberg download page), however there is indeed only a single installer for the three products Elements, AI, and LE, and it’s your activation key that determines which product you get to use. The order of Cubase versions, in terms of completeness/functionality is: But to summarize and clarify what’s already mostly been said: This whole situation is very confusing, and Steinberg could do a lot by cleaning up the website and updating the product comparisons to reflect the current product line. ![]()
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