Yuri Tremolo
Active Member
For 1) - why not assign it to hotkey and use on midi / instrument track? Have done it myself, and it is now part of my muscle memory.
Cubase 13 released! Now available for purchase
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ALittleNightMusic
Professional Amateur
Step input improvements are really fantastic!
Fever Phoenix
I do things.
I usually do not jump on the update.. this is the first time ever I've downloaded the new version right away and put it to the test on a new project..
yes. you are right in your assumption. It crashed.. hard.. all is frozen forever as it seems.. I should ve known beta.. better I mean.. :/
yes. you are right in your assumption. It crashed.. hard.. all is frozen forever as it seems.. I should ve known beta.. better I mean.. :/
Pier
Senior Member
@Daniel S. thanks for the info on expression maps.
Do you know if there have been any talks to improve the routing of insert effects?
These days Ableton Live, Bitwig, Studio One, and FL Studio offer a way to create some kind tree branched routing for effects for parallel processing. I think Cubase and Logic are the only DAWs that don't support this type of workflow.
This is a video from Studio One describing the feature in case you're not familiar.
Do you know if there have been any talks to improve the routing of insert effects?
These days Ableton Live, Bitwig, Studio One, and FL Studio offer a way to create some kind tree branched routing for effects for parallel processing. I think Cubase and Logic are the only DAWs that don't support this type of workflow.
This is a video from Studio One describing the feature in case you're not familiar.
Guy Rowland
Senior Member
Thanks Yuri. In general I'm more mouse than keyboard-focused - if I'm using a hotkey it's usually a last resort as the mouse version is too buried / complex. Also the keys don't work on the laptop where the on-screen keyboard is usually open - those keys don't work as shortcuts. That's another thing - I'd love a mode where the on-screen keyboard is just what it says it is, and not mapped to the physical QWERTY keyboard.
But given everything, with this poor implementation it might make sense - the old yellow arrow in the inspector caught the eye quickly, now the universal grey colour scheme has made it anonymous and the picture isn't available on midi tracks, so it's not reliably there in any other way.
For a real improvement it's always amazed me that there's never been an option to automatically open an instrument VST (or bring it the front) when you click a track. That alone would be 10x the productivity value of... oh, say the channel pane.
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mducharme
Senior Member
Has the new Orchestral Articulations Profile standard in MIDI 2.0 had any impact on this? Given that MIDI 2.0 will have that new way of handling orchestral articulations, I wondered if the development of fixes/changes for expression maps was being delayed until that is closer to being finalized, as the expression maps will eventually need to work with that standard as well. After all, it wouldn't make sense for Steinberg to redesign expression maps, only to find that the new redesign doesn't quite work with the new MIDI 2.0 Orchestral Articulations Profiles and that it needs a second redesign only a few years later.
ALittleNightMusic
Professional Amateur
Hmm - Cubase 13 respects my Cubase 12 key commands, but not the color scheme I had for the arrange and other windows. Anybody know of a way to migrate that?
Greatest feature so far is I can use horizontal scroll with my Magic Mouse in the Mixconsole on top of the faders and it doesn't modify the track levels when doing so.
Greatest feature so far is I can use horizontal scroll with my Magic Mouse in the Mixconsole on top of the faders and it doesn't modify the track levels when doing so.
Daniel S.
Dorico Product Manager
We're certainly keeping an eye on this aspect of the MIDI 2 project (and Steinberg is quite closely involved in MIDI 2, as you might expect), though to the best of my knowledge it's not directly a factor in our near-term decision-making.
Daniel S.
Dorico Product Manager
I don't, but I'm sure this must be in the hopper as a future idea.
@Daniel S. hate to bother you with this, as I know you're the Dorico lead (brilliant program, btw)...but it's been so difficult to ascertain any concrete information on this topic, I wonder if you might indulge me? The local undo in the key editor feature that vanished between Cubase 10 and 10.5....any insight as to why this was removed and if it has a realistic chance of returning? Many of us have been petitioning for its return for years now. Greg Ondo has told me he brought it to the developers' attention at one point over a year ago and that they weren't even aware it was gone and were "looking into" possibly bringing it back. Apparently several testers were also petitioning to bring it back for V13.
Obviously I realize not every feature request makes the cut for each version, but this was a critical feature for many of us that we DID have at one point, but lost about 5 years ago. Is it actually being considered for a return, or has it pretty much been tabled indefinitely? Any info you would provide would be very much appreciated.
Obviously I realize not every feature request makes the cut for each version, but this was a critical feature for many of us that we DID have at one point, but lost about 5 years ago. Is it actually being considered for a return, or has it pretty much been tabled indefinitely? Any info you would provide would be very much appreciated.
like the little things, like start modes, range tool in key-drum editor and more.
the new UI, seems little odd, maybe need some time to used to it.
hoped a new feature got in cubase 13, Tabbed insert window with option to follow track selection, its a chase to open and close plugin GUI all the time !
my index finger got "schwarzenegger" mode with so much clicking
the new UI, seems little odd, maybe need some time to used to it.
hoped a new feature got in cubase 13, Tabbed insert window with option to follow track selection, its a chase to open and close plugin GUI all the time !
my index finger got "schwarzenegger" mode with so much clicking
PaulieDC
Too much gear, not enough composing. Oy vey.
Good grief, I had to take the day off of work and spent hours sanding the ceiling in our master bedroom after doing joint compound to fix a bad contractor "upgrade", and I missed all of the fun! Now there's pages of all of the "constructive feedback" to have to go through, lol!
Maybe I'll just upgrade and install blindly, and see what blows up before I read anything. That sounds like fun. I'm too sore and stiff to get out of my chair anyway.
Maybe I'll just upgrade and install blindly, and see what blows up before I read anything. That sounds like fun. I'm too sore and stiff to get out of my chair anyway.
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wing
Senior Member
I think I might be the outlier here but I actually really love the new UI and channel tab! Feels a lot more modern to me, and I like how the channel tab feels more streamlined than the inspector which I'm now going to keep hidden most of the time. I use notepad and track versions every now and again, but I access my strip, inserts, and sends hundreds of times a day, so for someone like me this looks a lot better and easier to navigate. When I need the inspector or visibility tab it's just one key command away.
MIDI tracks don't have the little instrument icon, but you can still open the instrument under the routing section of the inspector
You can change the instrument there, or click the keyboard to open up the instrument that the track is routed to.
The only difference is that there isn't a little picture of the instrument. But exact same functionality.
Is this what you were looking for?
Brent
You're not alone. I really like the changes too. It isn't perfect, but a vast improvement on previous versions (which I already liked). A lot of little workflow improvements here that were worth the upgrade.
Heck......vertical zoom alone would have gotten me to upgrade. I can't tell you how much I've wanted that.
Brent
dpasdernick
Senior Member
Steinberg is my favourite VST company. Cubase is the best software investment i have ever made.
Thank you Steinberg for creating these fantastic tools at affordable prices. If you stay away from the subscription model, you have a customer for life. Even my mom loves you guys. Keep up the amazing work!
Thank you Steinberg for creating these fantastic tools at affordable prices. If you stay away from the subscription model, you have a customer for life. Even my mom loves you guys. Keep up the amazing work!
You can make the selected track essentially white. but the problem is that the text is also white (the image below isn't as bright as it can be, you can make it "whiter":
Of course, if you mouse over the track, you can see the text better:
So maybe they can make a text color setting in preferences.
You CAN make it not quite as 'bright' so that the text is still more visible:
You can go a little darker still to increase the contrast. Or, if you colorize your tracks, you can adjust it so that selected tracks show brighter colors, making it obvious which is selected as well:
You can even turn off the colorizing for tracks EXCEPT when selected, if you like the tracks staying default colors, but want them more visible on selection:
I realize it would be nice to have the text darker on selection, so maybe they can add this preference. But just posting so it's clear that you CAN change the selected track brightness or tweak the settings to make it more obvious which track is selected.
Brent
