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A user interface designed to be used
July 15, 2021

A user interface designed to be used

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Cubase

Cubase is used in our audio department for, recording, editing and mixing of audio. We use Cubase in an Audio Visual Event setting.
We are often required to record and mix down audio for conferences and live stream post production for upload to youtube or similar or to be distributed within businesses as promo content etc.
  • The user interface is very accessible and easy to operate
  • Cubase will run fine on most PCs with regular hardware
  • VSTs are easy to manage and install
  • Audio routing within the mixer is very simple
  • Keyboard shortcuts aren't the best, I find it tedious to zoom in and out of the timeline
  • Multi-track recording of multiple takes can become hard to manage
  • Composing with Midi can be hard, the midi editing is a bit outdated
  • Easy to use user interface
  • Easy to use media import feature and media management (pool)
  • Low requirements for PC hardware
  • Using Cubase over something like Protools means that new users are more likely to be successful during training and due to this, decrease training time.
  • More trained staff means that we are able to complete more projects faster instead of waiting for a more skilled staff member to become available.
  • Implementation on-site for on-site recording has been very reliable and has decreased the amount of failed recordings during events.
Cubase was our choice based on the cost of the software as well as an easy to user interface, this coupled with the low hardware requirements meant that roll out was easy and cost effective.
We have used Pro Tools in the past and found that training staff to use this software was more time intensive, FL Studio while a great tool for composing, does not have a full feature set when it comes to audio recording.
Audacity is only a very basic audio editor and the tools it provides are very hard to use in that users have to make their settings, process the audio and then listen to the result which is in my opinion unusable for mixing audio.

Do you think Cubase delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cubase's feature set?

Yes

Did Cubase live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Cubase go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cubase again?

Yes

Cubase is great for mixing down all forms of audio, the included audio tools are quite good, although I believe that most users would supplement these with 3rd party VSTs. At the end of the day, most audio editing and mixing software produces the same outcome, for me it comes down to ease of use and a great user interface, which I believe that Cubase has. For this reason I believe that Cubase is more suitable for less technical users.
Cubase can edit audio with Video playback, however I have always found it easier to edit the audio and then combine with the video using another software.