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I have all the Groove 3 courses you list here.  Pretty decent.  They just had a "Cubase" sale a week or two ago where everything was half priced.

I have this as well - much more in depth.

https://streamworksaudio.com/tutorials/swa-complete-cubase-pro-10/?fueid=18608&qid=27162

6 Hours worth of instruction.   It's 35% off right now (until 5/31) with Code ELFF-6KRH-DHHE

$22 upgrade if you have Hive 1 - well worth it!

Zinc - you need it.  You can take a simple drum and synth loop and apply all kind of weirdness to it.  I can spend HOURS playing around with this.

1 hour ago, ZincT said:

Yes it's just something to get used to Larry. It doesn't seem to cause any problems as such it's just my OCD wishing it wasn't there 😀

Yeah - me too.  Its a common complaint of Cubase Windows users - from what I've read, it's due to the common codebase they use for the Windows and Mac platforms.   The UI does take some getting used to.  

19 hours ago, chris.r said:

Am I loosing much of the excellent MIDI tools (whatever they are) if I go for Cubase Elements instead?

This may be helpful:

https://new.steinberg.net/cubase/compare-editions/

Rob Lee closed up his shop a few months ago.  VSTBuzz now has some of his expansions for free at https://vstbuzz.com/freebies

There are free expansions for 

• Sylenth1
• U-He Zebra HZ
• U-He Diva
• Synthmaster
• Synthmaster One
• As well as Dune 1, 2, 3 / Predator / Tal-Mod

Run the XLN Installer.  Just the Addictive Keys seems to have an update.

1 hour ago, Sergio said:

Matthew, how do you rate Cubase's MIDI editing capabilities/tools compared to Sonar/CbB? I keep reading elsewhere that Cubase has the most advanced MIDI editing tools but my only experience with it was an old SE version in early 2000's.

I went to Cubase after Sonar died.  I haven't regretted it (even though Cakewalk is alive and well).  Midi and support for external devices in Cubase is unmatched.  

Expression maps and per note expression are highlights.

Great prices on Cubase.  Wish they would have discounted their updates as well.

Thanks guys.  I think I'll pass on it then.

17 hours ago, abacab said:

I loved the graphics for the Caribbean waters and the ships!

 

That was the best part of the game - ship to ship fighting.

Thanks Abacab.  I've only played AC Black Flag, which I thought was good.   Couldn't get into AC III, so looking forward to this. 

Anyone have this? 

Quote Shakespeare to them Lars... 

Wait... you guys can afford to drive? 

We're lucky to have him. 

Yeah, same here.  I think Waves attempts to make up the money on the WUP.  I know this - I got three Waves plugs today for the grand total of $25.88

Thanks Lars!  Love freebies...

Finished out my H Series

Just looking to upgrade my 305s

Lars, they had a similar sale during Black Friday.  Do you happen to recall what the price was then? 

Looks like I found my new Plex server...

Will the real cclarry please stand up, please stand up, please stand up....

17 minutes ago, Tezza said:

Not anymore, it was popular in the 90's and 2000's but today it struggles badly against the most popular DAW's, Alberton Live, FL studio, Logic, Pro tools, Studio One, etc there are many DAW's more popular than Cubase today and their forums are not choc a bloc full with the number and sort of problems being reported on the Steinberg forums for Cubase 10. Even the pro's using it in film and orchestral composition are not upgrading.

Cubase 10 was quickly patched together to try to compete with the other DAW's marching forward, lots of bugs to get through there.

Most people using Cubase today are throwbacks from a bygone era using version 7 or 8 because they bought it years ago when it was popular and never upgraded (I wonder why) or pirated it. They keep it on their computers as some sort of hilarious side show while they use an alternative more modern and easier to use DAW as their main DAW.

That's great for you but the question arises if you are not using Cakewalk, why are you even on this forum, this is the Cakewalk forum.

Well, since you don't even use the program, it's hardly surprising you don't know what support is like. 

I can tell you my experience. I sent a message to support and was surprised that a tech person called Mike quickly answered my concerns and we had a long conversation of quick emails that solved my problem and went a lot deeper into discussing the program and he was genuinely interested in my experience of using Cakewalk.

In addition to the best support ever, I have encountered using a DAW, there is this fantastic forum that is an invaluable resource. And while I, as a non sonar Cakewalk user am getting a bit tired of a small minority of old Sonar users using this forum to gripe about some injustice years ago, in general this forum is great and extremely quick to respond. Perhaps you should post your disparaging comments about Cakewalk 2 years ago on the old Sonar forum where they belong.

This forum and this Cakewalk program is not run by that company.

 

 

I've clearly hit a nerve, just relax Tezza.   😀

You have a grudge against Cubase, and don't like it.  That is OK with me, it doesn't bother me in the least.  People love or hate DAWs, it is really an interesting psychological phenomenon.  I happen to love Cubase, and have had zero issues with it - on either version 9 or 10.  That shouldn't bother you either.  I chose Cubase when Sonar went under because of its world class Midi implementation.  I researched and demoed many DAWs, during that time, and the choice was clear to me.  In the space that I'm working towards (orchestration), Cubase is by far the number 1 DAW (and its not even close).  My anecdotal experience in those spaces (Cubase groups, VI-Control) show that the majority have moved to Cubase 10 and don't have issues.  One of the best things I've found about Cubase is the sheer amount of quality documentation and online videos about the product.  Want to know how to do something?  Someone has a great video on YouTube on it - using a current version.  Very helpful to someone like me.  That was always a struggle with Sonar - the old Sonar forum was great for some help, but the number of Sonar users seemed to be much smaller than Cubase and other DAWs, and the amount of online videos showed that. 

I'm on the Cakewalk (actually just the deals) forum because of folks like @cclarry, @Fleer, and @abacab.  Larry does a great service to the community by posting deals - I love plugins, reading about them, playing with them (and sadly too often purchasing them).    Folks like Fleer and Abacab are great community members who are very helpful.  That's why I'm here.  

7 hours ago, abacab said:

Just a reminder to always keep a piece of ductape over your webcam lens!

My father in law actually does that....