Cubase won the NAMM 2015 TEC award.....

[MikeInBoston]

.....for outstanding technical achievement in workstation technology. You gotta give Steinberg credit for forging ahead with their popular DAW.

And MOTU? Sigh!

Mike

[James Steele]

Thanks. Commercial for Cubase in MOTU forum? Interesting choice. How many awards as DP won year after year? I guess they don't win one and it's big news. I wouldn't want to use Cubase no matter what it's won, but to each their own.

[MIDI Life Crisis]

But for a lame app like Cubase "outstanding technical achievement" can simply mean they got it to function somewhat. Cubase is right up there with Master Tracks Pro. UGH!

[James Steele]

Well to each their own. Never was interested in that app.

[billf]

The Cubase trolls are out today.

[BKK-OZ]

I don't think Mike (Boston) is a troll or advocating for Cubase - he simply reported a fact and his reaction <sigh> to that fact.

[mikehalloran]

So did Izotope's RX 3.

https://streamworksaudio.com/izotope-rx ... hievement/

RX 3? RX 4 has been shipping since September.

[billf]

I don't think Mike (Boston) is a troll or advocating for Cubase - he simply reported a fact and his reaction <sigh> to that fact.

The post came off to me like a troll post, but if it isn't, I apologize to Mike.

[Michael Canavan]

I'm not surprised when Cubase wins an award, they add a lot of features to their latest version.
The problem with Cubase isn't their features, it's the stability of the program. Every person I know who runs Cubase has stability and bugs as their main complaint. As much as I like to complain about DP needing to get new features etc. I am glad that nearly every crash I've ever had can be tracked back to a plug in, not DP being unstable. Plus most bugs are squashed, save Tap Tempo, but to be fair tap tempo is bunk in most DAWs....

[James Steele]

The problem with Cubase isn't their features, it's the stability of the program. Every person I know who runs Cubase has stability and bugs as their main complaint.

This is what I've heard as well. I also thought Cubase had a more intrusive CP method like a dongle? That might dissuade some, although personally I really like having the iLok option for many of my plugins.

[MIDI Life Crisis]

Going slightly o/t having ilok was a big time saver when I had to move back to my 8 core recently. I do need an ilok 2 to authorize Wavearts Masterverb. The installer is ok with ilok 1 but the app insists on ilok2. Weird.

[Michael Canavan]

Yeah iLok is a perfect desktop solution, it's a PITA on laptops though.
There isn't really an ideal solution for copy protection, although all of them are better than what I'm dealing with in Z3ta+2 with Cakewalk right now. They used some arcane part of Mavericks to call to for their copy protection during instal, and now in Yosemite it will not take my serial, and all this won't be solved until they fix it...

[James Steele]

Yeah iLok is a perfect desktop solution, it's a PITA on laptops though.

You mean because of the possibility of LOSING it? You just have to be very careful. I use a specialized app in a video-related business of mine which requires a USB hardware key and I keep the dongle in an oversized locking box along with a special hardware controller which in turn is kept in my laptop bag. I have disciplined myself to have the dongle at all times either in the laptop or in the box it's stored in and not allow myself to become distracted at any time or taken off task during that "dangerous" time in between.

[MikeInBoston]

First of all, I'm not a troll. I am a member of this forum and I post semi-regularly.

Secondly, I was stating a fact.

And thirdly, if you read my post to the end and caught the "sigh", you would have realized that I felt bad that DP, my favorite DAW, didn't get the award. Why? In my mind, probably because MOTU hasn't added anything significant to their flagship DAW in a long while.

I'm looking forward to DP9, simply to get some new features, and prove to me that MOTU is still in the game. Actually, there are some features in Cubase that I would LOVE to see in DP, like (1) the chord track, (2) the letter name of the notes on the notes themselves in the MIDI editor, and, of course, (3) being able to mute MIDI notes. There are others.

Music technology is moving ahead. DAW competition is fierce. The question is: Will DP remain relevant?

Mike

[Shooshie]

First of all, I'm not a troll. I am a member of this forum and I post semi-regularly.

Secondly, I was stating a fact.

And thirdly, if you read my post to the end and caught the "sigh", you would have realized that I felt bad that DP, my favorite DAW, didn't get the award. Why? In my mind, probably because MOTU hasn't added anything significant to their flagship DAW in a long while.

I'm looking forward to DP9, simply to get some new features, and prove to me that MOTU is still in the game. Actually, there are some features in Cubase that I would LOVE to see in DP, like (1) the chord track, (2) the letter name of the notes on the notes themselves in the MIDI editor, and, of course, (3) being able to mute MIDI notes. There are others.

Music technology is moving ahead. DAW competition is fierce. The question is: Will DP remain relevant?

Mike

LOL! Prepare for incoming missiles bearing lists of relative recent accomplishments in DP.

Oh... lookout! Here comes one now!

WWWWHHHUMP!


Lessee... ok, this one says "windows support, 64 bits, Cocoa compliant, new amazing plugins, plugin chooser..." and the rest of it was burned off at impact. Don't worry, there will be more.

Shoosh