Cubasis 2 now available / special launch price

neinneinnein

There one (1) feature I have been waiting for: midi clock input. Aaannnd: no, it is still not implemented. WTF Steinberg!

BiancaNeve

Hardly see that as a cause for swearing, there's hardly any DAWS on desktop or iOS that don't insist on being the Master Clock Source.

LFS

@kobamoto said:
thank you Lars, yes I had seen the cubasis video you referred to earlier, all they did with the spin fx module was automate a filter pass so I was left with the impression that the meat of what the effect could do was left out. The narrator did mention that it sounds good on drums and such just no demo, but the fact that you can apply multiple modules on a track is a very attractive aspect of the update. btw how long will your sale last?

Hi kobamoto,

Sebastian demos several Spin FX aspects such as cycle and filter effects paired with automation in the tutorial.
In our Cubasis 2 teaser Spin FX shows up clearly audible at 0:40:

Please find dry/wet audio demos of Spin FX on our website as well.
Introduction pricing (plus reduction of FX Packs) will last until Oct 6, 2016.

Best,
Lars

Samu

I might be off here but isn't the DAW supposed to be the 'master' anyway?!

LFS

@neinneinnein said:
There one (1) feature I have been waiting for: midi clock input. Aaannnd: no, it is still not implemented. WTF Steinberg!

Hi,

Cubasis works as MIDI clock master.
Please have a look at the setup chapter in the in-app help of Cubasis for more details.
As of yet, we have no plans to change the existing feature set in that area.

Best,
Lars

[Deleted User]

Yep Cubasis or any DAW I've ever used was master.

I'm kind of bummed out though that RDM, Funk Drummer, Soft Drummer, all have the issue of not syncing with Cubasis on start up, why?

@LuisMartinez hopefully can look into this issue because It's annoying for such great drumming apps .

sirdavidabraham

@Samu said:

@LFS said:

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Gave it a recheck this morning and it worked fine with Model 15, Cubasis on the iPad Pro 12.9 on iOS 10.

Model 15 freezing has been working 'flawless' after Moog updated the app
It's Animoog that is the current 'issue' and it needs a similar update from Moog...

Model 15/Animoog both sound super. Pity that they are both married to the woeful IAA. For these kinds of sonic experiences I've had to retreat to Omnisphere on Desktop...white flag baby.

Samu

@sirdavidabraham said:

Model 15/Animoog both sound super. Pity that they are both married to the woeful IAA. For these kinds of sonic experiences I've had to retreat to Omnisphere on Desktop...white flag baby.

You can use them both thru AudioBus(>Cubasis) which works pretty good

If you need to feed them to your desktop StudioMux is a workable solution you can stream both apps on separate channels to your DAW that also sends midi to them...

ElGregoLoco

@MusicMan4Christ said:
Yep Cubasis or any DAW I've ever used was master.

I'm kind of bummed out though that RDM, Funk Drummer, Soft Drummer, all have the issue of not syncing with Cubasis on start up, why?

@LuisMartinez hopefully can look into this issue because It's annoying for such great drumming apps .

+1000

kobamoto

thank you Lars

srcer

So I've been passing on Cubasis mostly on the basis (yeah, pun intended) that I didn't need a DAW. AUM and Audioshare are perfectly fine for the noodling I'm up to. However this https://forum.audiob.us/discussion/15385/video-from-doug-cubasis-2-new-micrologue-synth-the-big-soundtest-demo-for-ipad thread has me thinking maybe I do want it for the synth. I do want to teach myself the fundamentals of synthesis. My question is, coming from the angle of making patches, is there anything Micrologue can do that isn't covered by my current collection of synths? That being DRC, Elastic Drums, Gadget, Galileo, iDS-10, Magellan, Mersenne, Module, and Viking. I'll also most likely be getting Model 15, so if that is better in every way, I should bear it in mind. Though I'm looking at it not just from the perspective of what sounds are possible, but what affordances there are for learning how and understanding why synthesis works. Recommendations for other synths I'd be better off with appreciated as well

Particular sounds that caught my ear from Doug's video were:
High Q Echoes 13:42
Perco Phone 19:25
Pulsar Code 20:53
Whistling Filter 26:16

And from http://www.steinberg.net/en/products/mobile_apps/cubasis_2/new_in_cubasis_2.html
Micrologue Audio Demos 2 - 11 // Synthetic Cello

Another thing I stumbled on while watching the Cubasis 2 Tutorial video is that it can work with FLAC files
As far as I know Audioshare can not. Are there any other iOS apps that can?

richardyot

@srcer while I've always been a fan of Micrologue (one of the best things about Cubasis IMO, it's a terrific synth) and I would definitely recommend buying the app for the synth alone (as well as everything else it offers of course), I think that for learning the fundamentals of synthesis Model 15 is the best bet.

Reason being that it's modular, so you really learn what every part does. It worked for me anyway, and I documented my learning in this thread:

https://forum.audiob.us/discussion/13426/moog-model-15-tips-for-noobs/p1

richardyot

BTW there is a very nice expansion pack for Micrologue and Nanologue here:

http://emergeaudio.com/?dt_portfolio=virtual-universe

LuisMartinez

@MusicMan4Christ Thanks for the report, I'll take a look

[Deleted User]

Thanks Luis!

I truly love your drum apps. Once I have the looping going it's no problem. It's when you stop and restart that it lags. My workaround in the meantime is to insert to bars in the beginning of the song to give the app time to sync.

Really enjoying Soft Drummer! Worth every cent!

@LuisMartinez said:
@MusicMan4Christ Thanks for the report, I'll take a look

mister_rz

I'm very tempted, thinking about getting cubasis and using it in the creative phase of my track building, then taking it into auria pro or logic, does anyone know if cubasis supports aaf file exchange?

Nkersov

@LFS said:
Implementation!

Speaking of which, Mr Lars, is there are way in Cubasis 2 to loop one audio track and keep it looping while others play?

theconnactic

@mister_rz said:
I'm very tempted, thinking about getting cubasis and using it in the creative phase of my track building, then taking it into auria pro or logic, does anyone know if cubasis supports aaf file exchange?

Not, unfortunately.

mister_rz

@theconnactic said:

@mister_rz said:
I'm very tempted, thinking about getting cubasis and using it in the creative phase of my track building, then taking it into auria pro or logic, does anyone know if cubasis supports aaf file exchange?

Not, unfortunately.

Thanks, I will just use stems (if it's supported) as I've convinced myself that I need cubasis in my life, workflow from the vids I've seen looks great and au support:)

Nkersov

@mister_rz said:
I've convinced myself that I need cubasis in my life, workflow from the vids I've seen looks great and au support:) <

FWIW, I'm still preferring to work in Cubasis via exports from Blocs Wave. Being able to add AU effects is such a boon.

mister_rz

@Nkersov said:

@mister_rz said:
I've convinced myself that I need cubasis in my life, workflow from the vids I've seen looks great and au support:) <

FWIW, I'm still preferring to work in Cubasis via exports from Blocs Wave. Being able to add AU effects is such a boon.

I'm finding using iaa is messy, some apps just don't wont to let go, even after you've quit the host, I'm looking forward to everything moving over to au, eventually. Think I'm going to go on an au binge after I get cubasis.

srcer

@richardyot said:
@srcer while I've always been a fan of Micrologue (one of the best things about Cubasis IMO, it's a terrific synth) and I would definitely recommend buying the app for the synth alone (as well as everything else it offers of course), I think that for learning the fundamentals of synthesis Model 15 is the best bet.

Reason being that it's modular, so you really learn what every part does. It worked for me anyway, and I documented my learning in this thread:

https://forum.audiob.us/discussion/13426/moog-model-15-tips-for-noobs/p1

Thank you! Will definitely follow your tutorial thread

LFS

@Nkersov said:

@LFS said:
Implementation!

Speaking of which, Mr Lars, is there are way in Cubasis 2 to loop one audio track and keep it looping while others play?

Hi Nkersov,

Cubasis only allows to cycle song sections via the L/R locator.

Best,
Lars

Tritonman

Per track loops would be awesome!

Samu

@LFS said:

Cubasis only allows to cycle song sections via the L/R locator.

A feature for 'Cubasis' that could be useful is a 'Loop' option for 'Midi Events'.
(In practice it would loop a Midi-Event until it bumps into a new Midi-Event on the time-line).

Both Garage Band and Logic Pro X have a 'Loop Midi-Region' feature that is very handy for creating backing-tracks to jam over. (It's also possible to 'drag loop' a region to create 'referenced copies'(Similar to the Ghost Patters mentioned in the old Cubase 2 manual).

Too many ideas cooking between the ears here... Need to focus

gonekrazy3000

@Samu said:

@LFS said:

Cubasis only allows to cycle song sections via the L/R locator.

A feature for 'Cubasis' that could be useful is a 'Loop' option for 'Midi Events'.
(In practice it would loop a Midi-Event until it bumps into a new Midi-Event on the time-line).

Both Garage Band and Logic Pro X have a 'Loop Midi-Region' feature that is very handy for creating backing-tracks to jam over. (It's also possible to 'drag loop' a region to create 'referenced copies'(Similar to the Ghost Patters mentioned in the old Cubase 2 manual).

Too many ideas cooking between the ears here... Need to focus

let them focus on sidechain and fixing the freeze issues first D=

Samu

@gonekrazy3000 said:

@Samu said:

@LFS said:

Cubasis only allows to cycle song sections via the L/R locator.

A feature for 'Cubasis' that could be useful is a 'Loop' option for 'Midi Events'.
(In practice it would loop a Midi-Event until it bumps into a new Midi-Event on the time-line).

Both Garage Band and Logic Pro X have a 'Loop Midi-Region' feature that is very handy for creating backing-tracks to jam over. (It's also possible to 'drag loop' a region to create 'referenced copies'(Similar to the Ghost Patters mentioned in the old Cubase 2 manual).

Too many ideas cooking between the ears here... Need to focus

let them focus on sidechain and fixing the freeze issues first D=

Offcourse, just needed to type it down before it slips away

ElGregoLoco

Yeah... And it's not like it's really hard to copy/paste your loop (midi or audio) a dozen of times (or more) to have a backing track for a whole song duration...
Frankly, how long does this take... 30sc if you are making a coffee at the same time lol ?

Samu

@ElGregoLoco said:
Yeah... And it's not like it's really hard to copy/paste your loop (midi or audio) a dozen of times (or more) to have a backing track for a whole song duration...

But a pain and creativity breaker if changes to the original back-beat need to be done and the copy & paste procedure has to be repeated all over again...

Even if copy&paste is fast it's not as fast as 'Toggle Loop On/Off'

Nkersov

Cubasis goes screwy?

Dunno if anyone else is getting this, or if I've accidentally altered something. But Cubasis has become more difficult this morning. Specifically, lining up imported .wav files in tracks. Irrespective of whether I place these on the same or individual tracks, I can no longer get them to marry up perfectly so that one flows into the next.

What happens now is that if, for example, an imported sample does not occupy a whole portion of the grid, I cannot move the next one along so that it matches up. Instead, it wants to overlap, which obviously buggers up the end of one loop and beginning of the next.

FWIW, I can line the same samples up with perfect precision in Auria Pro.