I Hate Cubase!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[regotheamigo]

I was all proud of myself, because I pretty much finished one of my songs today on Cubase. All I had to do was redo a solo, master it and I was done. Well right before I was about to transfer it over into Sound Forge so I could master it, for some unknown reason half of my song was deleted????????????? I couldn't ****in believe it!!! For some reason every audio that was after the last marker was cut off. There's the beginning marker and the ending one. It happen at the ending one. Has this ever happen to any of you??? I guess I should be thankful the whole song wasn't deleted, but GOOD GOD that shits annoying!!! This is a major shot in the dark, but is there any way to retrieve what was deleted? Thanks

[pbradt]

I Hate Cubase!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Doesn't everyone?

I don't rememebr enough about it to be able to say. Once I got Pro Tools I tried to forget everything. Look in your audio files folder, see if there's anything in there.

[joseph]

This is a major shot in the dark, but is there any way to retrieve what was deleted? Thanks

Open up the "Pool" and see if there are files in the "Trash" folder, and if so try to restore them.

While working on Cubase, it's helpful to regularly and periodically hit the "save" function, just like you used to do with Word processors in earlier versions of Windows to prevent your business/term paper from disappearing.

Just a thought... but if the above step(s) don't help, Save your project BUT with ANOTHER NAME (Save as ________ ver 2, etc) then shut down your computer, and reboot.
Sometimes the original project will re-appear with it's original name.....and the mutated version will still be there, with the new name. good luck!

[VSpaceBoy]

I agree with Joseph, its probably in the pool. Also, are you sure its deleted from the files your looking at? Have you tried manual extending the wav? (dragging out the file)

[flatfinger]

[quote=joseph]

While working on Cubase, it's helpful to regularly and periodically hit the "save" function, just like you used to do with Word processors in earlier versions of Windows to prevent your business/term paper from disappearing.

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there's also the create back up function( which creates another .all file)

Yup.... Almost forgot, I hate cubase!

[silot]

I was all proud of myself, because I pretty much finished one of my songs today on Cubase. All I had to do was redo a solo, master it and I was done. Well right before I was about to transfer it over into Sound Forge so I could master it, for some unknown reason half of my song was deleted????????????? I couldn't ****in believe it!!! For some reason every audio that was after the last marker was cut off. There's the beginning marker and the ending one. It happen at the ending one. Has this ever happen to any of you??? I guess I should be thankful the whole song wasn't deleted, but GOOD GOD that shits annoying!!! This is a major shot in the dark, but is there any way to retrieve what was deleted? Thanks

Been working with Cubase/Nuendo for many years now, and only when the hard disk is ready to go, or there's not enough space , problems like that occur...

Anyway, what's you version ?
Do you use the same computer to access the Internet ?
Do you use a partition or an extra hdd for the audio files ?
What's the ram ?
Do you record from a usb interface while there are many other usb devices (protocols) running ?
And most important of all .... is there an antivirus installed and running in your computer ?

[PAF]

I hate it too, haven't been able to get used to the interface after having learned (sort of) ProTools. Anyone have any suggestions of a better software choice to use with a Firepod?

[loudguitarz]

The last marker is seen as the end... It won't record past that

[shoe]

You're not recording on the same drive that your OS and Cubase are running on, right?

[alfonso]

Hi rego,

If you recorded those tracks and you have listened to them in their complete duration, they probably still exist in the hard disk.

Maybe you just exported the multitrack to a stereo file and you found it truncated? that would be normal, because the default export option is "between locators".

Check well, because I'm almost sure you still have your recordings.

:)

[drfrankencopter]

I can't help with the problem, but I 'd like to add that I can't stand the interface for Cubase....it's just not musician friendly. Too slow and convoluted for just getting right into laying down tracks. Probably MIDI guys find it logical, but for someone more used to a console and a recorder it's just baffling how the various functions/menus are set up.

Cheers,

Kris

[ZiggY!!]

I can't help with the problem, but I 'd like to add that I can't stand the interface for Cubase....it's just not musician friendly. Too slow and convoluted for just getting right into laying down tracks. Probably MIDI guys find it logical, but for someone more used to a console and a recorder it's just baffling how the various functions/menus are set up.

Cheers,

Kris


Not musician friendly? Sounds more like you can't get your head around it than anything else. I've sat and watched guys fly through nuendo projects so fast that I can't keep track of what they are doing... The depth of the software alone demands more complexity, im curious as to what you consider "musician friendly" software?

It is the most straight forward and simply software to use if you actually learn how to use it. But like everything it is pretty summed up at a first glance... Why learn to use something new when you have know how to use something that does exactly the same thing?

I'd take cubase over the bastardised, crippleware that is Protools LE.

[drfrankencopter]

Maybe it's me....I'll admit it that's apossibility. everyone has their preferences, and I'm certainly not trying to say that cubase sucks...but the interface doesn't work for me. That's not how I work.

Easy to use software....well, I use Emu Paris (RIP). It doesn't get much more straightforward. There's very few menus to get encumbered in, and it really feels like a console+recorder+patch bay in terms of layout. Not half as many features as cubase, but its faster to get around in for someone like me (I come from the 2"+console school of thought), and for me that's what matters...when inspiration hits I need the ability to start laying tracks fast. I never got there with Cubase...user error, probably, but heh, lucky for me there's lots of other software/interfaces out there to choose from.

Cheers,

Kris

[mdog114]

I love Cubase, been using it since it was ported to the PC platform.

I've been using sequencing/recording software since the DOS days and with ANY platform, you'll have glitches setting up your system.

Once you get your system configured, you should be able to run it smoothly. A good practice is to use a machine that is not on the interent, the virus problems can reek havoc! I have a wireless connection that is always disabled, unless I need to authorize something.

[clothwiring]

I had major headaches with Cubase, switched to ProTools about 4 years ago haven't been happier.

[Powerfibers]

I got a free version of Cubase LE when I purchased my FIREBOX last year. I was used to using Samplitude v.6, and did not find any need for Cubase. I tried to use it a few times, and whether it was simply my familiarity with Samplitude or whatnot, I was not impressed enough to switch. IMHO, Samplitude is a great program. It works fine with my FIREBOX, so I assume it will work with any PreSonus box.

Bob

[enharmonic]

I use Cubase SX3. No problems here. My guess is that unless you lost more than the audio files, they're still on your drive somewhere.

[dougb415]

I was all proud of myself, because I pretty much finished one of my songs today on Cubase. All I had to do was redo a solo, master it and I was done. Well right before I was about to transfer it over into Sound Forge so I could master it, for some unknown reason half of my song was deleted????????????? I couldn't ****in believe it!!! For some reason every audio that was after the last marker was cut off. There's the beginning marker and the ending one. It happen at the ending one. Has this ever happen to any of you???

BZZT - this is known as OPERATOR ERROR. The beginning mark tells Cubase that this is the beginning, and the ending marker tells Cubase that this is the end. Cubase did exactly what you told it to do.

BTW, this is a common error, it's just something that you have to remember. Cubase will export whatever you tell it to export. No reason to hate Cubase....

[enharmonic]

Now, if only I could remember how to use the LM7 sounds for my click track...:o

I had it working about 6 months ago when I was working with real instruments, but I've been in VST land for months, and forgot how to set it up. :jo

[Carterco]

I signed into this forum just so that I could chime in about my hate for cubase. God, what an awful piece of software. I use Pro Tools about 95% of the time, but I have to use Cubase every now and then. The more I use (and get more familiar) with using Cubase, the more it makes my stomach turn. My latest theory is that the people that made Cubase must be analog purists at heart, because if I was trying to make the switch from analog to digital and Cubase was my entry point into digital, I would curse digital recording fiercely. If there is anything positive to come from this negativity I hope that someone might read this and decide not to try out this insanely buggy and un-intuiative (maybe it's because I'm American??) software. Buyer be warned!

[Bassomatic]

5 year old zombie thread?

I'm on Nuendo, happily as ever.

Seems like a poor carpenter that blames his tools, especially at this stage of the game.

[Nelson89]

I signed into this forum just so that I could chime in about my hate for cubase. God, what an awful piece of software. I use Pro Tools about 95% of the time, but I have to use Cubase every now and then. The more I use (and get more familiar) with using Cubase, the more it makes my stomach turn. My latest theory is that the people that made Cubase must be analog purists at heart, because if I was trying to make the switch from analog to digital and Cubase was my entry point into digital, I would curse digital recording fiercely. If there is anything positive to come from this negativity I hope that someone might read this and decide not to try out this insanely buggy and un-intuiative (maybe it's because I'm American??) software. Buyer be warned!

Meh, i've used a few in my time, unless you're using Protools HD, every DAW i've tried is about as buggy as the next. Most people who have a problem with any given DAW, its because they haven't spent the time to actually learn it. I've used Cubase 3, 4, 5, Nuendo 3, 4, Protools 7, 8, 9, Protools TDM (5 or something?), Protools HD7, Logic 9, Garageband '09, Adobe Audition 2, 3, Reaper, Harrison MixBus. All of them have their in's and outs, and all of them are buggy at first until you work out whats happening with your hardware and workflow. Most of the time when anything detrimental happened, it was because of user error.

When it comes to un-intuiative, i actually find Cubase/Nuendo to be more intuitive than most, but YMMV.

My main DAW now is Logic.

[Nelson89]

5 year old zombie thread?


Just noticed that...why would you sign up for a forum to express your hate for a product in a thread that hasn't had any responses for 5 years?

[GerryJ]

Still using Cubase SX3 on a windows XP machine, rme interface. 'Ancient' setup, 2005.
Works fine and is very stable. But it was my first foray into DAW and the first few weeks were incredibly frustrating.
Hobbyist. No prior background with an analog board, so all the talks about 'busses' and send, receive, was new too. Although ultimately, not having analog board background probably was a plus more than a minus, nothing to 'unlearn'.

But I am NOT looking forward (or more precisely, my brain is not looking forward) to the day my PC dies and I may have to update the DAW simply because of hardware, plug-ins etc.
Question: how 'alien' are current versions of Cubase, or Reaper etc compared to Cubase SX3 - does the learning curve get a little easier when you change to other DAWs?

Do a lot of you just stick with a DAW system that's tweaked and forget about 'newer' versions, ie, treat it as if it was an old analog system or a guitar amp, turn it on and use it. It's not broke, don't replace it. ?

[slayerbear17]

My Daw is about 2005/2006 I think. Looking forward to a new build. Cant wait to use Win7.

Well I use Win 7 on my laptop works great! XP works great but time to move on!

[Nelson89]

Still using Cubase SX3 on a windows XP machine, rme interface. 'Ancient' setup, 2005.
Works fine and is very stable. But it was my first foray into DAW and the first few weeks were incredibly frustrating.
Hobbyist. No prior background with an analog board, so all the talks about 'busses' and send, receive, was new too. Although ultimately, not having analog board background probably was a plus more than a minus, nothing to 'unlearn'.

But I am NOT looking forward (or more precisely, my brain is not looking forward) to the day my PC dies and I may have to update the DAW simply because of hardware, plug-ins etc.
Question: how 'alien' are current versions of Cubase, or Reaper etc compared to Cubase SX3 - does the learning curve get a little easier when you change to other DAWs?

Do a lot of you just stick with a DAW system that's tweaked and forget about 'newer' versions, ie, treat it as if it was an old analog system or a guitar amp, turn it on and use it. It's not broke, don't replace it. ?

Cubase 5 was a big step up from sx3. The basic functions were the same, it was just a better sound engine and just had more useful stuff. There isn't much of a learning curve between the two, just a couple of things have moved.

Moving to reaper is a bit harder because it has a different user interface you have to learn obviously. But it's not as big a learning curve as learning from scratch cause the basic principles of volume, pan, inserts, sends, busses etc etc are the same. It's just learning where everything is...

[RVB]

is it possible to change the pitch of an imported audio file with Cubase LE5?

[Nelson89]

is it possible to change the pitch of an imported audio file with Cubase LE5?

Not quite sure, haven't used Cubase LE5 and haven't used Cubase 5 in about a year, but the places i'd be looking is right click the waveform and there should be a menu that pops down, there should be either a separate arrow/drop down section, or possibly a "process" section. Wish i could help more, but i no longer have the dongle to run it on my computer.