Cool video! Couple of tips for you: - CTRL/CMD+click resets fader (or most controls in Cubase) - You can completely change the look (and thus contrast) of Cubase - You can even drag the chords from the chord pad to your desired instrument track. - You can record midi in lanes (audio too) so you can decide what take suits you best. - I don't understand your Groove Agent issue, since GA comes with even the "free" version of Cubase. I think you might just need to activate your license. (I guess because it was all under trial) I love and agree to your final thoughts. Changing DAW or learning anything from scratch takes time. And yes, the best DAW is the one you're most comfortable with. I"ve been using Cubase for 15 years and it's the best for me. I tried several others but always came back. But great that you challenged yourself! Keep up the cool stuff!
"- I don't understand your Groove Agent issue, since GA comes with even the "free" version of Cubase" that's Groove Agent SE (the free edition). But Steinberg Download Manager also lets you download Groove Agent 5 (the "pro" edition) that's not free and it's just a trial until you buy it
Sound Designer and composer here. I designed the majority of the creatures in Gears of War 4 and wrote 1/3rd of the music in Gears 5 using Nuendo (Cubase with extra post and game features). I've used Logic, Protools, Ableton and Reaper and while they all have their strengths, I've yet to see anything that they can do that I actually would use that Cubendo can't. In fact, everything you called out in your video is easily doable in Cubase if you just take a few moments to look it up. A good tip is to open the key commands manager and search for functions - you find a ton of stuff that way. Most of the Reaper Scripts I've seen are built to do stuff that Cubendo already does natively or can easily do with its Logical Editors and/or macros. The one DAW that stands apart is Ableton because of the clip view and triggering system. That is something that's not handled well by any other DAW except for Bitwig. It doesn't apply to what I do for 96% of the time so I stick with Cubendo. In terms of speed of composition and production, nothing touches it. Regarding performance, it's a matter of balancing the ASIO settings. Plus, you can use "constrain delay compensation" (and map it to a key command) so that you have zero latency when playing/recording parts. I think Reaper is fantastic (and some of my sound designers use it religiously) but when I use my custom workflows in Nuendo I run circles around them. What you said about learning a new DAW is bang on but I feel it's important to give it an honest shot if we're going to try at all, otherwise we do ourselves a bit of a disservice.
This video gives me more conviction to stay with Reaper! Thank you for taking the time to do it. Now I'm interested to see a BitWig challenge this time! it has some powerful features too, especially the well integrated modulation in the grid for sound design.
Lord, I've been through so many DAWs dating back to the 80's, beginning with Cakewalk, Sonar, Fruity Loops, Ableton, etc. and it wasn't till I landed on Reaper that I found something that was easy enough to grasp. I'm happy to say that I was finally able to stop the never ending chase for that elusive DAW, and have found the one that fit my needs. With Reaper...I'm finally home.
I'm in the same boat, tried everything, but I ended up with Mulab. You better choose the easiest one for you(for you it is Reaper), cause the sound won't make any difference, but you're gonna build better tracks easily.
Hey Hammy, very interesting video! I have to admit, this was sent to me by several people and I found your journey with Cubase fascinating. I use multiple DAWs for client work but for film composing I would never switch to something else than Cubase (composers like Hans Zimmers, Hildur Guðnadóttir Alan Silverstri, Lorne Balfe, Pinar Toprak seem to agree too ;) ). What you experienced here is identical to what everyone experiences when they come from a DAW they’ve been using for ages to another DAW as you very rightly pointed out in the end. :) I am sure that if I asked a Logic user to use Reaper, they would be pulling their hair out in 5 min after using the DAW. Reaper is an amazing DAW but even experienced DAW users get lost. One thing that I could say about Cubase and film composing is that it has some tools that are second to none when you want to sync hitpoints of a film to the music. And of course MIDI functions simply cannot be beaten. I’ve personally done many tutorials about these but they can easily be hidden behind the TH-cam algorithm- and your video also showed me that maybe some things that we, Cubase users take for granted are widely unknown to users of other DAW and most importantly, we don’t touch on them because for us these are “old news”. Reaper is a massively younger DAW than Cubase and many of Cubase’s “cool” features for film composing were around before even the birth of TH-cam so not many people touch on them. There are many sound designers using Cubase by the way, including Robert Dudzic that’s responsible of some of the sample libraries you use ❤ if you’ve found your sweet spot in Reaper, this is perfect. I would still give Cubase another chance for film composing (the plugins are darn good as well but the way). But at the end of the day, it’s not your DAW, it’s your skills and talent that matter! Thanks for posting this! 😊
@@DomSigalas Hey Dom!! I'm a huge fan of yours! At the studio I'm currently working with, everyone, including the engineers, uses Cubase. So I'm starting to use it to fit into their workflow, even though I've been unconsciously resisting it. I've seen so much fighting (even in the comments too ;) that one thinks their DAW is the best, so I went ahead to see what are the thoughts behind that. However I believe that with enough time, we can become more comfortable with a new DAW. A musician once amazed me by composing something incredible on an iPad using GarageBand, despite his strong preference for sticking with GarageBand alone. I've watched tons of your tutorials, and while I didn't focus much on the DAW, I was captivated by your exceptional talent in composition and orchestration. It's clear that skills and talent matter more than the choice of DAW. I'll definitely give Cubase another shot! 😊 Thank you for commenting on my post. Wishing you all the best!
Really cool video! I started with Cubase back in the 00s, then moved to Reason, then to Reaper, then to Studio One, and never looked back. It has, like, the best of all other DAWs and is so fast to learn and fast to use.
I'm glad I purchased Cubase a few months ago when they had their latest sale, however I have not had adequate time to begin learning it yet *What is it about Cubase that is better then your previous DAW?*
@@GetPianoLessons Great to hear you got Cubase during the sale. It has extensive plugins, but it can take a long time to go through and learn all of them. Once you start using it, I'm sure you'll find some features in Cubade that you love to use a lot.
I love Reaper, too. What you say at minute 3:31 doesn't work on my computer: when I vary the time the bars seem to expand and shrink depending on the time speed, putting me in great confusion. For this reason I use, for scoring film, Reaper only as a second DAW.
I confess that I have tried and gotten used to other DAWs, but I found my home in Cubase. I think it's incredible how well it works for composition, mixing and mastering. 😅
Well, good for you. We both use Cubase 🥰🥰😍. However, I must say that there are a LOTTTTT of Midi-related THINGSSS/features that Cubase can do [e.g. Input Transoformer, Logical Editor, etc], but you will NOTTTT be able to even ATTEMPT doing these things with OTHER DAWs. Cubase is NOTTTT an equivalent of EVERY other DAW. It is KNOWN and RESPECTED for its EXCLUSIVE-to-Cubase Midi-processing features 😍🥰🥰.
1:47 I have accidentally did this a few times in reaper, but I don't understand its purpose. Can you explain what's the use of having an instrument with multiple outputs?
It sets up the track to receive and process MIDI data on 16 different channels. This allows you to send MIDI data from various sources or plugins to a single track, with each channel carrying a MIDI information. For example, if you have one instance of Kontakt open, you can assign different instruments or patches to each of the 16 channels, allowing you to control and play multiple sounds from a single instance of the plugin instead of loading a separate instance of Kontakt on every track.
because you can hear them better, ergo you can have better control over its sound when mixing.this is specifically true for drum kits because while it is seen as a single instrument, it does have many parts and you would generally wanna hear them all.
Imagine a virtual drum kit instrument. If you want to process each kit part individually, you should have multiple outputs routed to DAW’s mixer. The same with Kontakt’s or Falcon’s multiinstruments.
..im a logic pro user for 12 years and now tried cubase for one year, cubase 14 is amazing if you know it..has so many features like no other daw...and it works great on mac m3 no problems no glitches...regards
Reaper ladies FTW!!! let's goooo! I just tried Cubase and Studio One... I can't do it after working in Reaper. Everything is just so simple BUT Reaper keeps crashing which is the only reason I considered trying other DAWS. After exploring, I think I'm going to try harder to figure out why Reaper is crashing so much since it is the clear winner in every other category.
@@Hammy.CinematicEverything is thrown there. Caution: very steep learning curve. It will help if you have a tablet and throw in commands that are deeply imbedded in the menu. Worth it though.
100% correct ! Once you have cut through Cakewalk, Studio One, Reaper, and the famous FL Studios and Ableton Lives, the MOMENT you land in Cubase and then soon-after you enter into the neighbouring land of Nuendo . . . you are NOT going back 🥰🤩👌👌👌EVERRR ! You shall ALSO NOT even go FORWARD into things like Pro Tools and BitWigs/etc . . . whatsoever ! Steinberg Nuendo is WHERE the Road Ends, period !
Cakewalk 5 -> ... (all Cakewalk Pro Audio and Sonar up to Sonar 3) -> eMagic Logic 4 -> Apple Logic 6 -> Cubase SX -> Nuendo 2 -> Reaper... Not looking back. Still have Cubase 13 and Logic, sometimes forced to use them.
@@Hammy.Cinematic I don't know if you are using any community made scripts in Reaper, but it's one of the most powerful and unique features of Reaper that you can extend its capabilities with 3rd party scripts, some other daws also have it, but no other daw has it at the level of Reaper.
In Reaper you need a third party plugin for every feaature that other DAWs have. Does Reaper have a script which works like the Grid in Bitwig Studio? Or a script which does Stem Splitting like Lgic or equivalent of Studio drummer / Studio Bass in Logic. Can you configure different articulations per MIDI note in MIDI editor like in Logic? Actually, I mostly use Logic Pro. Cubase is not my favorite DAW, but if I have to choose between Cubase and Reaper it would be Cubase for sure, especially for any MIDI work. As an audio editor Reaper is ok.
@@FirstLast-nr6gf You don't need scripts for everything but using scripts can add a lot of features that other daws have, but Reaper doesn't natively and a lot of times scripts add features no other DAWs have in the first place and yes, pretty much everything you mentioned, there are scripts for that in Reaper. Logic is fine, I've used it for few times, but it's a toy compared to the ridiculous flexibility you get with Reaper because most of the time you use less than 20% of all the features in any daw, so it's not always about the which daw has all the features, but which one does it better or for Reaper lets you do anything you want. There's a reason why Reaper is the industry standard in game audio. You are welcomed to have your opinion, but that doesn't change how the world works.
Thank you for all the hard work and effort you put into making this video and for trying out Cubase to put this out there! I've been a Reaper user for over 3 years and I've struggled with certain aspects of the DAW. These have mainly been the visual aspects of Reaper and the lack of sound features compared to other DAW's. I tried out Studio One which looks great, but it couldn't handle anywhere near as much as Reaper does. I've played with Logic Pro which is also great, but found the same thing. Reaper wins hands down for me because the main thing is it's stable and reliable (just like you said when using the buffer size you used). It might not have all the bells and whistles like the other DAW's, but it works and I can achieve far more in Reaper such as finishing projects which is the main thing, instead of trying to get things to work in a DAW!!! I think I've finally overcome my boredom (DAW-dom), and I'm sticking with Reaper! All the best, Chris
Your journey with Cubase is filled with a lot of holes, but the main one by far was expecting it to work like Reaper. When you try another DAW, you have to be open to a completely different mindset. All the popular DAWs have a ton of overlap in terms of features, but the way they achieve tasks can at times be completely different. Cubase is no exception. In fact, a person coming from another DAW into Reaper might experience the same level of frustration you did with Cubase, unless they come to it with an open mind by accepting its strengths and weaknesses. Over the years I’ve switched from Reason (back when it was just a MIDI Sequencer), to Sonar, to Cubase, to Studio One, and now back to Cubase 14. I’ve tried pretty much all of the other DAWs on Windows, but those I mentioned were the ones that I got proficient at. It takes time to really learn a DAW, so switching to a different DAW is not easy (though I do feel it gets easier the more you’ve done it). Cubase is the standard for scoring to music for a reason, but I feel you didn’t give it a fair chance. The problem is that, not only did you expect it to work like a reaper as I mentioned, but there were also a few things during your trial that were either user error, or basic misunderstandings of how digital audio works (like that “issue” you had with latency in Cubase; or setting the sample rate to 96KHz+, which accomplishes nothing when you’re dealing with sample libraries that are mostly recorded at 48KHz. You’re simply wasting disk space for ZERO benefits. Also, each doubling of the sample rate lowers the latency by half for the same buffer size, etc). Like I said, your trial was full of holes.
Once you deeply learn a daw (like work on it for over a decade) it's almost impossible to switch over. But it's cool to lean them all and see what fits best. I actually "use" 4 different daw's but 95% of the time I'm just on the one that fits my workflow.
@@Hammy.Cinematic I've always loved technology and music. Started on a 4-track tape, then a digital tascam and then computer 20+ years ago. I really took the time to learn these different DAWs and mixed full albums on actually more than 4. But because of the work that I do I always end up going back to Pro Tools. For composition and the fun of learning I switch between Logic, Cubase and Live. But have also deep dived into Studio One and Reaper...
@@eaccin I wish more musicians were as open-minded as you, willing to explore and learn new programs. Each DAW brings its own strengths and workflows. Pro Tools no doubt has always been the industry standard.
Great video I need to do one of these challenges on my page as well.. I use many DAWs and currently Reaper is my go to ... It did take some tme to get everything setup but once I did it opened up a whole new world. I was having the same buffering issues with Cubase its the only DAW I used that had that issue. People forget that Reaper can look and function like almost any DAW on the market and has the smallest fingerprint it even loads on a flashdrive just crazy .. you just gained a subscriber looking forward to checking out some more of your videos.
@@XELOhh1 Glad to hear I'm not alone (with the buffer size issue 😭!) Indeed Reaper can be customized to look similar to any other DAWs. Love your channel btw, you just gained a subscriber too!! Looking forward to your challenge video on your page.
I had already decided to switch from Cubase to Reaper before I saw this video, but the doubts I had are now gone. I'm very thankful for that. What finally made me leave Cubase was the crashes and an increasing feeling Steinberg is a victim of the managerial class cargo cult syndrome in which incompetence equals promotion, leading to a company culture that says "only fix it if enough people complains for a sufficient number of decades". In a chat with a high-ranking Steinberg employee, I complained about a missing feature it was absurd they hadn't included yet, then he told me he had complained about that exact same feature internally for years and still, nothing was done about it.
I’m testing Cubase Pro 13 on Windows now. It crashed yesterday once after I imported few layers from Spectralayers. Later audio stopped working. I had to close and reopen the project. Then somehow another audio track got corrupted. So in a few hours I had 3 serious issues. Before I was using Cubase Elements on Mac. It was more stable.
To each his/her own! As Cubase Pro 14 user I am so happy with its flexible and powerful functionality that I couldn't care less about Reaper or other DAWs. Frankly, you missed to get a lot right in Cubase in your "challenge", and have not really accessed its capabilities in a proper way.
Funny thing is, I used Cubase 8 for a long time and then before upgrading to Cubase 11 I considered Reaper. Tried it, and it went about as well as your Cubase endeavor. I also felt like I was looking at bland xrays and couldn't find even the simplest of features in the interface. I think Reaper and Cubase are two of the more difficult DAWs to learn though. Trying Studio One or Logic could be interesting.
I own almost all the daws thats out there. PreSonus Studio One since version 2 and now I have v7, Cubase 14, Ableton v12, BitWig v5, Reason v13, Nuendo v12 And out of all of them, I usually use Presonus Studio One v7 the most and then Ableton v12.
I use FL Studio and have tried many DAWs. The fastest and most convenient ones for me are FL and Reaper. The only DAW that opens as fast as FL is Reaper. For other DAWs it takes like a week!:))) . Reaper is a masterpiece in coding, functionality, and customization. It reads whatever file you drop in and has fantastic track management. But one of the main reasons I still prefer FL is its Piano Roll and the Sampler, which let you shape sounds exactly the way you want. Also, I know it inside out.
I've used FL before, and it's a great DAW, but if you are still using it just for the piano roll, you can customize the Reaper's piano roll to work just like FL or even better, Learning Reaper on YT has tutorials on that. I can do things faster in Reaper than I've been able to do in Ableton and FL simply because I've customized it a lot which Reaper lets you do unlike FL or Ableton.
@@decathlonvideos Haven't seen many who use Digital Performer. Did some research, it seems like an interesting DAW! I might give it a try some time (but first need to wait for some discount, it's still $499 on the market now😄)
I used Abelton for years, now I'm mostly working in Cubase. In my view Cubase makes Ableton look a bit simplified, sort of sanded-down to the point that its hard to hurt yourself with it. My first DAW was Reaper, many years ago, back through the mists of time. I found it intensely ugly and difficult to use but well worth the 45 dollar license, especially at the time. Once I'd gotten my hands on Ableton Live, though, I dropped Reaper (probably) never to return.
True. I have Ableton, Reaper, Cubase and Logic. For some reason, the simplicity and straightforward Ableton abandoned the rest of DAW's. *I did installed Pro Tools (Trial), and Studio One (Free version).* Still, I never touched them again after that.
I tried Reaper multiple times, but it looks so ugly and it is very hard to figure out how it works. In my opinion GarageBand on Mac probably has the most intuitive and best looking UI and is the best DAW for beginners. I mostly use Logic, but I like Steinberg Groove Agent and FM Lab. Sometimes I use Bitwig Studio also. For some reason I never liked Ableton.
Great video, even tho cubase has a huge history and legacy in the music production world and as people say it's a standard for composing music better than any other daw, from my experience it's not that different from Reaper and does the same but worse (for me) as well. And even it had more features than Reaper out of the box, it lacks the crazy flexibility and customizability Reaper has. Good to see you came to the same conclusion I've come up 5 times by now lol. Realistically, I've tried many other DAWs as well aside from Reaper and even tho they have a lot of cool stuff going on, just like Cubase, the more I use other DAWs, the more I like and appreciate Reaper.
That was interesting, thank you. I learned some things about Reaper there that Steinberg should take note of. I've been using Cubase since version 5, and am now on 14 Pro. A lot of the things you struggled with I think, were because you were trying to use Cubase as if it were Reaper. You simply wouldn't do some of things you were attempting in Cubase that way,. The functions you wanted are absolutely there, but you were, to a Cubase user, doing some very odd things!n. A few points; • Groove Agent is a part of Cubase, and you don't need to buy it separately, I suspect that that was a trial licensing issue. • Your issues with freezing tracks was because you simply didn't have the inspector visible. • The latency issue was very likely to be within the ASIO guard and other settings that you didn't seem to find. I have no latency issues using a much lower spec PC. It was quite fascinating to watch, as I was constantly confused, wondering why on earth you were doing some things so strangely to me, a Cubase user. I tried a 30 day trial of Reaper and absolutely hated it, as I was probably doing everything incorrectly! 😊🧡
@@-Deena. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and advice 😊 It seems once we're used to a DAW, it is difficult to change our mindset and learn a new DAW. I'm sure Cubase is fantastic, and glad it works very well for you!
Could you make a video about setting up Kontakt in Reaper? Also it would be nice to know if there is something similar to Cubase's Expression Maps in Reaper. Thanks!
@@Kupnu4000 Thanks for the request! I'll post a video on Kontat routing, expression maps, automation, etc. at one point on my channel. The logic of Kontakt routing is quite similar across all DAWs :)
Cakewalk is too unstable for me, in Abelton and FL I don't find the screen layout optimal and in Cubase everything is very cumbersome. In the end, I am more satisfied with Reaper than with any other program.
It is funny for me to hear how you say that you are struggling with something and how easy it is to do in Reaper. I had exactly the same struggle when I tried using Reaper. I knew that I can do something with 2 mouse clicks or a shortcut in Cubase but I couldn't figure out how to do that in Reaper. So the conclusion is simply that the best tool is the one you know best. :)
Studio one combine the best of all DAWs in one, the work flow, the way it’s designed, very light on CPU, handles big projects and the the warp tool that everyone is crazy about it in Cubase can be done the same here, using key switches and organizing it, the mixing console ability etc…etc…
Ultimately, it's up to you to choose the DAW that best suits your needs. For me, it's been Cubase since the days of the Atari ST, and Logic Pro for compatibility reasons. I understand that Reaper may be better suited for you. I have to say, though, that the video gives the impression of being a bit of a poorly made promotional piece for Reaper. A lot of the issues you had could have been easily fixed with a thorough read of the manual. I didn't have any problems with buffering on my older Dell Precision M4800 workstation with a 4th generation i7 processor and only 32 GB RAM. I tested it specifically with a Focusrite 2i2 3rd Gen., but I usually use an Arturia Audiofuse 16Rig extended by two Behringer ADA8200. If Reaper is the DAW that best suits your needs, then that's perfectly fine. But to act like you're so clueless about it is a bit much, don't you think?
This is kind of my concern. I have been using reaper for years and it suits my needs. I'm not sure I necessarily want to learn the intracies of a different just to squeeze a handful of perks out of them that reaper doesn't have.
@@MisterChrista Reaper pretty much has everything we need. Even if some features are lacking, you can always find a workaround. There's certainly no need to spend so much time learning another new DAW.
Hi. I use reaper, but I want to switch to cubase, because I use cubasis on the tablet. I have a question: is cubase better in work and how does it load the laptop?
The CPU and RAM utilization depends on how many tracks you have. Are those audio tracks or virtual instruments. Some VSTs like Vital or Serum use a lot of CPU resources. Sample based instruments need more RAM, but less CPU. Effects and other plugins also use computer resources. In Cubase you can disable tracks to save resources. The same rules apply to all DAWs.
@@Leprelf It really depends on how many tracks you have and what VSTs you load. As this fellow musician mentioned above (very brilliant answers above) many DAWs are CPU and RAM intensive. Effects and plugins can consume CPU and large sample libraries can take up a lot of RAM space. If you've checked the beginning of my video where I talk about my computer specs, you can have a reference to it and compare :)
@@Hammy.Cinematic I have a PC with a Core i5 6600k processor, 16 Gb ram. I use the most famous VSTs, but I would like to add more productive VSTs to my work, such as Omnisphere and Contact. I understand that my PC's power is not enough for new VSTs. I am already considering upgrading my PC or switching to a Mac, but I use Cubasis on a tablet and Cubase is more suitable for this. You can't transfer a project from Cubasis to Reaper, you just need to rewrite each track in Reaper and select sounds similar to VSTs. And since I haven't worked in Cubase, I'm interested to know which is better.
@ I haven't used Cubasis but I believe it doesn't have the ability to export midi files. If you need to migrate the projects from Cubasis to computer, I'd suggest that you use Cubase instead of Reaper simply because compatiblity issues. I did some research and it seems you can migrate projects from Cubasis to Cubase. In terms of upgrading the hardwares, more RAM is indeed needed (16 isn't enough if you're using famous plugins and libraries Spitfire). I'd say 32GM is the minimum and you might encounter crashes and loading issues. So more would be recommended. I personally prefer to use PC since it's easy to upgrade parts and customize. However this is just personal preference :) Mac can work pretty well too.
@@Hammy.Cinematic The Cubasis application has the ability to export project tracks to a midi file and other options for exporting tracks, as well as a project. But the sounds of the instruments are then difficult to select in VST on a PC so that they are as similar as possible to the Cubasis instruments. And in Cubase this is well implemented, judging by the video instructions.
As i am a really old cubasist (since version1 on Atari 1040ST) - there are really powerfull tools like PLE and many many different things (i use it for post for music and for audiodramas, so for everything, especially, bc all my controllers are perfectly matched to my workflow) - But like always - every DAW has different Names for different Actions - it is confusing for somebody who is switching - but you did really work hard on it, but i normally suggest, if you wanna switch, to have a kind of "mentor" who shows you everything and can answer your questions. ;) - so great video! thanks!
I find it relatively easy to get things done with Steinberg software (Cubase and WaveLab) while Reaper makes me totally confused and somewhat even angry.
For any customization and in depth Cubase settings i would highly recommend watching Dom SIgalas' videos(which have popped up a few times in your YT researches). I use Nuendo for sound design and post production but it is essentially the same thing. I have learned a lot when it comes to the settings and "hidden" features on both Cubase and Nuendo and i can confidently say that he has a video or a segment in a longer video about pretty much everything you have addressed. But as always these are just tools, whichever one gets the job done is most likely the right one for you :)
I composed the same music barely in all DAWs out there to find out the one that worked for me. Cubase was the selected one and I sensed it since the very beginning. I don't face any glitches as you mentioned or issues at lower sample rates. Probably you need to fine tune your PC/kernel for music production, you can't use the OS and Bios/UEFI default settings for audio production keep that in mind. I didn't like Reaper at all because I couldn't put my ideas on that DAW as fast as i could do it in Cubase and mixing on the fly. I found Cubase faster and more intuitive for musicians and composers than any other DAW i tried. Summarizing we need to select the DAW that makes you comfortable to work with, i guess you found yours :).
Cubase learning curve is insane, i gave up and went to studio one and i an satisfied. Reaper is perfect for professionals i have used it but i do not have the time to customise it properly
@@sfisodlamini54 The learning curve for Cubase can indeed be challenging. I’ve heard Studio One is good and might try it myself. It’s all about finding the right fit
You dont need to customise Reaper for it to be simple and easy, Studio was fun but then two things drove me away from the Studio One, the timeline is annoying, you have to click a very small portion on the top part of the screen to be able to choose what bar you want play, after few times I got fed up, I found using Reaper more and more and forgot about all the other DAW.
@@AndyK70 Absolutely, I’ve heard great things about Studio One. Definitely considering giving it a try to see how it compares to Reaper. Appreciate the input!
I've been working with REAPER for a while now, but it doesn't help me compose. Cubase - especially the new Cubase 14 has excellent tools for exactly that. That's why I start using Cubase more and more often instead of REAPER and the deeper I get into Cubase, the more fun it is - and REAPER is unfortunately losing out in the meantime.
I switched from Reaper to Cubase and then to Logic. It was surprisingly quite smooth because I find that the basics of these DAWs are similar. Initially, when I started I was using FL Studio and that DAW is so different from the others.
@@kurttomlinsoncompositions1067 Absolutely. The basics of DAWs do share similarities. It's the specific features and workflow that can make one slightly different from another.
Cool video! I used to use FL Studio, but then I switched to Ableton Live and I don't regret it:) Moreover, for me this program is convenient for absolutely any music.
I personally used both for quite a long time. Cubase mainly for composing music, Reaper for mixing (we did all audio school projects with Reaper). Both DAWs are quite capable, and have their ups and downs. I use Cubase 90% of the time, because I think it has more features for midi, handling of big projects and mixing (for example audio warp and vari audio). I also prefer the UI. But I use Reaper from time to time, I think its more efficient and faster when I need to quickly edit some audio. And if you use one daw for a long time, others are seen as stupid and unintuitive 😂
another person could make the opposite video with the same result. Its absurd because most of the issues u had could be fixed in half a day.. glad you have so much time for influencing 😊
10 years with reaper. No 1 problem . All vst work all plugins too.. I now big studios use cub. Protuls.. or another daw . But only reaper gives me a live ❤😂
I was currently looking for an instructor in Reaper and am sad finding out that you will switch to Cubase but maybe I’ll give it a try after learning Reaper. Keep it easy!
I switched to Reaper back when Pro Tools was still 32-bit only and all other DAWs were at 64-bit. When the new version at the time was released and it still wasn't 64-bit, I figured I'd try something, anything, to break that 4gig memory limit to deal with orchestra libraries. Reaper's price got my attention, and honestly I thought it wasn't going to be professional quality software, but I figured I'd try the demo just to at least see if breaking that 4gig limit was *really* where I needed to be before jumping to a new DAW. Haven't looked back since! It's such a great DAW if you're a tech savvy person. But if you're not, and not really interested in its flexibility or customizing your work flow, you might prefer something else. Personally, I love it, but everyone has to figure out what works for them.
@@fretnoize Thanks for sharing your journey! I was surprised by Reaper's pricing initially too and had my doubts. I appreciate your insight about it not being for everyone, as it definitely requires more technical skills and is ideal for those who enjoy tweaking things to fit their needs and workflow.
Very interesting video! Well Im little bit on opposite side but to be complete honest im never try reaper yet. Im use Fl studio since remember but, since i realize im composing much more "film" music then im noticed and realize how FL is terrible for this. (i was on version 9 back then) I decide to switch from FL to Cubase because of opinions of "bigger" professional composers. Im working on cubase few years since that moment and still learning. But to be completle honest in my opinion its one of the best if not the best daw ever created. (maybe except paid updates every single time) Its only my private humble opinion. But i would say these dayse DAWs are so simillar and well.. honestly. The best DAW is the DAW You know how to use ;)
Really it's a slightly biased video as you are very familiar with Reaper but you are brad new to Cubase. Everything you were having trouble with in Cubase is just a case of not knowing how to do it. Everything in Cubase is as easy as in Reaper if you know how to do it. It's just a matter of learning. Perhaps you should do a 30 days to learn Cubase video which may help you and other beginners. Cubase can't be so bad for scoring if Hans Zimmer uses it 🙂
I’ve been using cubase for work with film. I find the warp feature to be the defining feature that makes me stick with cubase. I can make music and freely warp the grid to match the scene. It does so in a rather elegant way. It does take a lot of practice and googling to learn how to use cubase. This makes me want to check out reaper.
I started out in Cubasis 1.04 which was in a floppy disk (that's how old I am). I switched to reaper in 2019, and haven't looked back. We'll I did actually revisited Cubase for a project, but abandoned it after half hour and went back to reaper. I can't find anything Cubase does better than reaper except crashing. 😊
@@jeffreyhanc1711 Im' sure Cubase is a good software now, but yeah, I won't come back to it either... at that time it felt such a clumsy sluggish mess... I switched to Reaper in 2015, what a breath of fresh air it was!
@@LudoTechWorld cool. Yeah I went Studio one around that time then just went ham and went Bitwig lol. Bitwig’s awesome In it’s unique sound design and experimental ways, but sorta lacks in more traditional daw functions. So hopped on the Reaper train last month to work alongside my Bitwig addiction. Reaper is great 👍
Cubase has drum kits, pianos, guitars, organs, basses, and other instruments. Reaper doesn't have any instruments. Most DAWs have instruments. Groove Agent is very easy to use for drum parts. Adding your own samples, including multiple velocities is also very easy. Even $100 Cubase Elements has Groove Agent. To use drums in Reaper you have to buy a third party library. I could not stand Reaper user interface. It is ugly and very non-intuitive and almost impossible to customize.
@@FirstLast-nr6gf Built in plugins and samples are useful for kids and beginners, but it's a bloat and headache for pros, they have their own selection of plugins, especially when the internet is full of stuff like that. Reaper has its own sampler which you can use to make a drum machine, you don't have to use 3rd party plugins to do drums in Reaper. Reaper doesn't look the best but saying it's non-intuitive and impossible to customize has to be the stupidest and the most idiotic thing I've ever seen on the internet. Reaper has the action list where you can find everything this daw can do as she has shown in the video, and impossible to customize? Basically every single thing in Reaper is customizable, from how it looks to how it works, I don't like you have a single clue about Reaper and know anything you are talking about.
want to learn reaper i know it to some extent but always get pushed back cos all i can do in studio one is not easy in reaper ..... reaper is great sometimes use it for mixing but when it comes to routing output in kontakt layering more than one vst on a single channels like it is called combine instruments in studio one i find that hard to do and i will really love it if i can make all the background dark in reaper
@@akeyzstudio6620 there are probably more tutorials and resources available for Studio One compared to Reaper. However, once you get the hang of it, routing in Reaper becomes pretty straightforward. I might post a tutorial on how to route output in Kontakt and layer multiple VSTs on a single channel in Reaper sometimes, hopefully it'll help lots of users :)
This is the Reason why i left cubase for Reason Studio arround 2003 i was using the MIDI version since Atari ST computer but the PC version able to record audio was always a pain to use even Da vinci resove Fairlight module for sound are much more easy to use same for Reaper and Ableton live, Reason studio is very stable full of virtual synth and sampler and looper ready to use like an AKAI mpc live hardware...
@@Meteotrance I've read numerous positive reviews about Reason's stability and reliability and it's vast build-in toolsets. It's definitely one of the Reasons I'll be giving it a try sometime!
Cubase does have buffer problems vs latency. TH-cam devotees seem to swerve this fact. However Cubase is probably the most powerful DAW available once you get to know it. Steinberg's support needs a kick up the as, but I simply cant see that changing anytime soon. Nice work though.
I found glitches and performance problems in cubase aren't necessarily the fault of the DAW but "not so well" developed VST instruments, esp those built with generic VSTi "construction kits" that already eat up a lot of memory for their runtime code. have ten of them up and running and a lot of RAM is wasted for pretty hidef pictures and animations instead of being used for the audio delivery.
@@Hammy.Cinematic I don't think that's Cubase's or any DAW's job. A host may however decide if it shows the fancy graphic UI or just some generic form controls (sliders, knobs, inputs etc) for whatever parameters the VST has defined. But then you loose grouping and workflow. Devs are responsible for the design and they're creating more and more larger UIs with plenty of unused space and load badly compressed hi-res true colour PNGs. They all seem to believe theirs is the only plugin people will use and "waste away"... Some newer plugins seem to use SVG vector graphics which are much smaller files and allow seamless UI scaling but that appears to be an exception. However SVG still needs a *render engine* for _each_ plugin instance. FWIW I don't need all these bells and whistles and some UIs are almost unusable because of their fancy unfamiliar, non-standardised GUIs. Once params are set I don't need to see that shiny GUI anyways 🙂
@@CirTap I'm not a tech person here, but I get what you're saying. A lot of VSTs seem to prioritize aesthetics over functionality, unlike Cockos with its simplistic GUI (if that's the right term). Hopefully, Steinberg will try to optimize this, but so far, it looks like they don’t bother to change anything anymore.
@@Hammy.Cinematic well, they opened the gates decades ago to allow VST2 developers to be in full charge of the interface. So I believe this ship has sailed and Steinberg has no say in this (anymore). People like pretty things even if their are a pita to use. Just ass you wrote: some prioritise aesthetics over functionality and ignore (or have no clue of) usability. In the beginning these images were primarily used to represent the appearance of an existing hardware device (a studio rack, a synth) which does make sense for people knowing the original hardware and wanting that in their DAW but for less money. These "alien" interfaces we face today were a consequence when plugins became their own thing, mushing and merging technologies that didn't or couldn't exist as hardware. It's like with some websites that look pretty but are literally unusable because the designer ha a cool idea... Every good idea will be eventually be abused for all the wrong reasons 😉
@@Hammy.Cinematic I had to look up Cockos cos I don't use Reader. But that's essentially what I mean and what early VST1 (in 1996) plugins looked like: standardised "boring" controls vs. images that look like real world objects. Then VST instruments appeared on the scene with VST2 (in 1999) and design hell broke loose. and here we are today🙂
I've been trying to work with Cubase for about 2 months now, but I think I'm about to go back to Reaper as well. I've been using Reaper since roughly 2010, and it just does everything I *need*. Cubase does a couple of really nice midi-tricks, but all of my NKS stuff (Komplete 15 Collectors, Heavyocity, etc) works FAR better in Reaper than Cubase.
You shouldn't use Kontakt as a rack-instrument with several Kontakt Libraries loaded. Instead you should load every Library in a separate Kontakt-instance as an "instrument-track". This will lead to a much better performance, because then the workload is better distributed among the cpu-cores. I totally understand, that it's impossible to find the useful settings in Cubase within 30 days. On the other hand, as a long time Cubase user, I think there's not much that is really missing in this DAW , but it takes lots of time to explore it. It is also very customizable, it really doesn't have to look so boring.
you earned a sub here just by your humor alone. Incidentally I am also on a phase to try out other DAWs than Reaper because I want to find out which DAWs are especially good with certain workflows and I landed on Cakewalk again since they're being "revamped" for the nth time now. I think the main gripe with Reaper is the fact that there are no good instruments to use straight out of the box, and that the general UI is in need of an overhaul for the modern times. While both are valid reasons and I can definitely see the rationale behind them, I think both points are mere cosmetic and doing otherwise would defeat the purpose of what Reaper is going after and that is to make a feature-packed application while keeping it as fast and as responsive by keeping it lightweight. just my two cents.
@@Huginnm Thanks for subbing! It’s great to hear that you’re exploring other DAWs and chose the one that works best for you. I’ll definitely take a look at Cakewalk sometime as I've heard lots of good features about it. Definitely, I can see why some users find the lack of built-in instruments in Reaper as a downside, along with the need for a more modern UI. I appreciate you sharing your thoughts!
I can see the point with UI, but stock instruments? I'd rather have a good daw with bad stock plugins than a bad daw with good stock plugins, because one is interchangeable.
@@ranajoyshil well you can't really expect that sort of expectation from people who is just getting started and not knowing what's good and what is not. Most people would expect some sort of instrument that would let them play around with ideas straight out of the bat, but instead they're presented with jsfx and rs5k which could be daunting if youre just getting your feet wet.
There’s so many great free plugins these days I think the first point is sort of moot. But as a new user of Reaper: yes, the UI’s 1990s ‘charm’ can get irritating after a while.
@@Huginnm well everyone is a beginner at some point and just because some plugins have pretty ui that doesn't mean it would be good functionally, i do get that it could be daunting to use plugins that sound good but doesn't have good ui, and that's where the yt videos come in and in this generation, most people are more likely to watch yt tuts than read manuals to figure out how a software works, and reaper mania got you cover for that.
Probé y sigo probando todos los software , voy comparando sus actualizaciones, en reaper logré tener todas las herramientas de todos los otros software en uno solo ,la lista de acciones de reaper ofrecen un mundo de posibilidades
Cubase user since 1994 here... tryed every single DAW expect Reaper... always coming back to Cubase, every single time. So I think Reaper is my "Endgame Boss" 😂
In my case, I use Reaper to add sound/sfx to animations and compose some soundtracks. I don't miss anything at all. Although they are just tools, some of them are easier to connect with and feel comfortable with. I'm happy with your choice, which seems to me to be the right one :)
@@rickarroyo The Cockos plugins are awesome. Reaper feels like it’s developed by real engineers, capable of handling even the most complicated tasks. I'm happy you chose Reaper for SFX for animations :)!
Been on reaper for about 12 years. Its amzing. Its litterally whatever u can dream. Ince ya got sws and reapack well....enjoy the rabbit hole of infinte custimize lol😂❤. Studio one is pretty fun. I started with cubase 3. Was trained in protools. But when i got reaper i just cant look back. Reaper = freedom ....(in my mind).
Cubase is for those who love pain and humiliation, which I have already spoken about more than once. ps the delay is set in the midi settings, but it resets every time you restart the program. They never fixed this bug, it moves from version to version
@@WAN2TREE4 Yes. Try to set the minimum midi delay anyway (edit -parameters - midi -midi delay mode, minimum) also, if you want to get more responsiveness from cubase, then I strongly recommend buying a card from steinberg. I'm working and I can write something small in 32 samples and nothing will crack.
Nice video! About ten years ago, I switched from Cubase to Reaper on a friend’s recommendation. Back then, Reaper’s compact size, speed, and intuitive workflow were a big draw. The transition took time, but once I got comfortable, Reaper covered all my needs, and I used it exclusively. Two years ago, though, I decided to give Cubase/Nuendo another shot, trying versions 12 and now 13. And something unexpected happened-I can’t seem to go back to Reaper! Watching your video, I kept thinking, “This is so straightforward” and “That feature is right there-it’s even implemented better here.” Nuendo’s new interface and enhanced features have made it my preferred DAW for composition, arranging, music, and film production, even though it’s not as optimized for multi-core processors as Reaper. Reaper’s optimization is indeed much stronger, handling larger projects with ease. But even so, Nuendo has become my go-to.
@@DmytroZaitsev Thanks for sharing your experience! It’s interesting to hear how you transitioned from Reaper to Cubase/Nuendo. Nuendo's features and modules do seem very impressive, especially for composition and film production. I've been thinking about trying Nuendo myself for those exact reasons. :) Maybe that's the next move!
On Mac Reaper and Nuendo 13 is about the same performance. Cubase 14 seems little bit snappier, so I will test agains Reaper. Both programs use the multi core’s efficiently.
Complete nonsense! Compare the DAW you know and the one in which you are a complete zero. Such reviews give an absolutely distorted idea of the subject and confuse those who suffer with the choice of suitable software. Therefore, your comments on Cubase look very, very incorrect. In other words, you are misleading potential users about the capabilities and characteristics of Cubase.
Cool video! Couple of tips for you:
- CTRL/CMD+click resets fader (or most controls in Cubase)
- You can completely change the look (and thus contrast) of Cubase
- You can even drag the chords from the chord pad to your desired instrument track.
- You can record midi in lanes (audio too) so you can decide what take suits you best.
- I don't understand your Groove Agent issue, since GA comes with even the "free" version of Cubase. I think you might just need to activate your license. (I guess because it was all under trial)
I love and agree to your final thoughts. Changing DAW or learning anything from scratch takes time. And yes, the best DAW is the one you're most comfortable with. I"ve been using Cubase for 15 years and it's the best for me. I tried several others but always came back. But great that you challenged yourself! Keep up the cool stuff!
@@DEADLINETV Glad to hear Cubase is working well for you! Thanks so much for sharing your experience and tips!! I've pinned your comment
@@Hammy.Cinematic you're too kind!
Cubase love i you ❤
"- I don't understand your Groove Agent issue, since GA comes with even the "free" version of Cubase" that's Groove Agent SE (the free edition). But Steinberg Download Manager also lets you download Groove Agent 5 (the "pro" edition) that's not free and it's just a trial until you buy it
@@foljs5858 the Download Manager lets you download any of Steinbergs products and sure they are not all free.
Sound Designer and composer here. I designed the majority of the creatures in Gears of War 4 and wrote 1/3rd of the music in Gears 5 using Nuendo (Cubase with extra post and game features). I've used Logic, Protools, Ableton and Reaper and while they all have their strengths, I've yet to see anything that they can do that I actually would use that Cubendo can't. In fact, everything you called out in your video is easily doable in Cubase if you just take a few moments to look it up. A good tip is to open the key commands manager and search for functions - you find a ton of stuff that way. Most of the Reaper Scripts I've seen are built to do stuff that Cubendo already does natively or can easily do with its Logical Editors and/or macros. The one DAW that stands apart is Ableton because of the clip view and triggering system. That is something that's not handled well by any other DAW except for Bitwig. It doesn't apply to what I do for 96% of the time so I stick with Cubendo.
In terms of speed of composition and production, nothing touches it. Regarding performance, it's a matter of balancing the ASIO settings. Plus, you can use "constrain delay compensation" (and map it to a key command) so that you have zero latency when playing/recording parts.
I think Reaper is fantastic (and some of my sound designers use it religiously) but when I use my custom workflows in Nuendo I run circles around them.
What you said about learning a new DAW is bang on but I feel it's important to give it an honest shot if we're going to try at all, otherwise we do ourselves a bit of a disservice.
This video gives me more conviction to stay with Reaper! Thank you for taking the time to do it. Now I'm interested to see a BitWig challenge this time! it has some powerful features too, especially the well integrated modulation in the grid for sound design.
Lord, I've been through so many DAWs dating back to the 80's, beginning with Cakewalk, Sonar, Fruity Loops, Ableton, etc. and it wasn't till I landed on Reaper that I found something that was easy enough to grasp. I'm happy to say that I was finally able to stop the never ending chase for that elusive DAW, and have found the one that fit my needs. With Reaper...I'm finally home.
@@edgarvillanueva5965 It's such a long journey! Glad you've finally settled down with Reaper (Me too here)
So poetic, Reaper is life
Ableton Live to me is one of the easiest Daws one could find
I'm in the same boat, tried everything, but I ended up with Mulab. You better choose the easiest one for you(for you it is Reaper), cause the sound won't make any difference, but you're gonna build better tracks easily.
Hey Hammy, very interesting video! I have to admit, this was sent to me by several people and I found your journey with Cubase fascinating.
I use multiple DAWs for client work but for film composing I would never switch to something else than Cubase (composers like Hans Zimmers, Hildur Guðnadóttir Alan Silverstri, Lorne Balfe, Pinar Toprak seem to agree too ;) ).
What you experienced here is identical to what everyone experiences when they come from a DAW they’ve been using for ages to another DAW as you very rightly pointed out in the end. :)
I am sure that if I asked a Logic user to use Reaper, they would be pulling their hair out in 5 min after using the DAW. Reaper is an amazing DAW but even experienced DAW users get lost.
One thing that I could say about Cubase and film composing is that it has some tools that are second to none when you want to sync hitpoints of a film to the music.
And of course MIDI functions simply cannot be beaten. I’ve personally done many tutorials about these but they can easily be hidden behind the TH-cam algorithm- and your video also showed me that maybe some things that we, Cubase users take for granted are widely unknown to users of other DAW and most importantly, we don’t touch on them because for us these are “old news”.
Reaper is a massively younger DAW than Cubase and many of Cubase’s “cool” features for film composing were around before even the birth of TH-cam so not many people touch on them.
There are many sound designers using Cubase by the way, including Robert Dudzic that’s responsible of some of the sample libraries you use ❤
if you’ve found your sweet spot in Reaper, this is perfect. I would still give Cubase another chance for film composing (the plugins are darn good as well but the way). But at the end of the day, it’s not your DAW, it’s your skills and talent that matter!
Thanks for posting this! 😊
Amazing how you engage with smaller youtubers. Respect to Cubase team and community! 🙏
@@DomSigalas Hey Dom!! I'm a huge fan of yours! At the studio I'm currently working with, everyone, including the engineers, uses Cubase. So I'm starting to use it to fit into their workflow, even though I've been unconsciously resisting it. I've seen so much fighting (even in the comments too ;) that one thinks their DAW is the best, so I went ahead to see what are the thoughts behind that.
However I believe that with enough time, we can become more comfortable with a new DAW.
A musician once amazed me by composing something incredible on an iPad using GarageBand, despite his strong preference for sticking with GarageBand alone.
I've watched tons of your tutorials, and while I didn't focus much on the DAW, I was captivated by your exceptional talent in composition and orchestration. It's clear that skills and talent matter more than the choice of DAW.
I'll definitely give Cubase another shot! 😊 Thank you for commenting on my post. Wishing you all the best!
Really cool video! I started with Cubase back in the 00s, then moved to Reason, then to Reaper, then to Studio One, and never looked back. It has, like, the best of all other DAWs and is so fast to learn and fast to use.
I'm glad I purchased Cubase a few months ago when they had their latest sale, however I have not had adequate time to begin learning it yet *What is it about Cubase that is better then your previous DAW?*
@@GetPianoLessons Great to hear you got Cubase during the sale. It has extensive plugins, but it can take a long time to go through and learn all of them. Once you start using it, I'm sure you'll find some features in Cubade that you love to use a lot.
I love Reaper, too. What you say at minute 3:31 doesn't work on my computer: when I vary the time the bars seem to expand and shrink depending on the time speed, putting me in great confusion. For this reason I use, for scoring film, Reaper only as a second DAW.
I confess that I have tried and gotten used to other DAWs, but I found my home in Cubase. I think it's incredible how well it works for composition, mixing and mastering. 😅
@@zeufg7 Cubase is still great for composing and even Hans Zimmer uses it. Always, the best DAW is the one that works best for you!
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I use Cubase. I don't care whether it's the best DAW or not. It's the one I know best.
All DAWS can do the job these days.
agree, i use cubase since cubase 3
Well, good for you. We both use Cubase 🥰🥰😍. However, I must say that there are a LOTTTTT of Midi-related THINGSSS/features that Cubase can do [e.g. Input Transoformer, Logical Editor, etc], but you will NOTTTT be able to even ATTEMPT doing these things with OTHER DAWs. Cubase is NOTTTT an equivalent of EVERY other DAW. It is KNOWN and RESPECTED for its EXCLUSIVE-to-Cubase Midi-processing features 😍🥰🥰.
my opinion is that the girl doesn't know much about Cubase to make a comparison.
@@adrianadelaroma 100%
1:47 I have accidentally did this a few times in reaper, but I don't understand its purpose. Can you explain what's the use of having an instrument with multiple outputs?
It sets up the track to receive and process MIDI data on 16 different channels. This allows you to send MIDI data from various sources or plugins to a single track, with each channel carrying a MIDI information. For example, if you have one instance of Kontakt open, you can assign different instruments or patches to each of the 16 channels, allowing you to control and play multiple sounds from a single instance of the plugin instead of loading a separate instance of Kontakt on every track.
because you can hear them better, ergo you can have better control over its sound when mixing.this is specifically true for drum kits because while it is seen as a single instrument, it does have many parts and you would generally wanna hear them all.
Imagine a virtual drum kit instrument. If you want to process each kit part individually, you should have multiple outputs routed to DAW’s mixer. The same with Kontakt’s or Falcon’s multiinstruments.
..im a logic pro user for 12 years and now tried cubase for one year, cubase 14 is amazing if you know it..has so many features like no other daw...and it works great on mac m3 no problems no glitches...regards
Good timing the Cubase 14 update is really really good
Reaper ladies FTW!!! let's goooo! I just tried Cubase and Studio One... I can't do it after working in Reaper. Everything is just so simple BUT Reaper keeps crashing which is the only reason I considered trying other DAWS. After exploring, I think I'm going to try harder to figure out why Reaper is crashing so much since it is the clear winner in every other category.
From Cakewalk 1 to Studio One to Cubase 12 to Nuendo 13. From Nuendo, I never looked back. Very satisfied.
@@rommelcv Will try Nuendo some time 🙌
@@Hammy.CinematicEverything is thrown there. Caution: very steep learning curve. It will help if you have a tablet and throw in commands that are deeply imbedded in the menu. Worth it though.
100% correct ! Once you have cut through Cakewalk, Studio One, Reaper, and the famous FL Studios and Ableton Lives, the MOMENT you land in Cubase and then soon-after you enter into the neighbouring land of Nuendo . . . you are NOT going back 🥰🤩👌👌👌EVERRR ! You shall ALSO NOT even go FORWARD into things like Pro Tools and BitWigs/etc . . . whatsoever ! Steinberg Nuendo is WHERE the Road Ends, period !
Cakewalk 5 -> ... (all Cakewalk Pro Audio and Sonar up to Sonar 3) -> eMagic Logic 4 -> Apple Logic 6 -> Cubase SX -> Nuendo 2 -> Reaper... Not looking back. Still have Cubase 13 and Logic, sometimes forced to use them.
In Reaper, you can use the chord gun script to get something similar to chord pad in Cubase, it's not the same but something similar.
@@ranajoyshil Thank you for mentioning it! Many people might not know about the chord gun, and I didn't either. Will definitely give it a try!
@@Hammy.Cinematic I don't know if you are using any community made scripts in Reaper, but it's one of the most powerful and unique features of Reaper that you can extend its capabilities with 3rd party scripts, some other daws also have it, but no other daw has it at the level of Reaper.
In Reaper you need a third party plugin for every feaature that other DAWs have. Does Reaper have a script which works like the Grid in Bitwig Studio? Or a script which does Stem Splitting like Lgic or equivalent of Studio drummer / Studio Bass in Logic. Can you configure different articulations per MIDI note in MIDI editor like in Logic? Actually, I mostly use Logic Pro. Cubase is not my favorite DAW, but if I have to choose between Cubase and Reaper it would be Cubase for sure, especially for any MIDI work. As an audio editor Reaper is ok.
@@FirstLast-nr6gf You don't need scripts for everything but using scripts can add a lot of features that other daws have, but Reaper doesn't natively and a lot of times scripts add features no other DAWs have in the first place and yes, pretty much everything you mentioned, there are scripts for that in Reaper. Logic is fine, I've used it for few times, but it's a toy compared to the ridiculous flexibility you get with Reaper because most of the time you use less than 20% of all the features in any daw, so it's not always about the which daw has all the features, but which one does it better or for Reaper lets you do anything you want. There's a reason why Reaper is the industry standard in game audio. You are welcomed to have your opinion, but that doesn't change how the world works.
@@ranajoyshil Going to explore further on the scripts 🙌🙌 Thanks for recommending!
Thank you for all the hard work and effort you put into making this video and for trying out Cubase to put this out there! I've been a Reaper user for over 3 years and I've struggled with certain aspects of the DAW. These have mainly been the visual aspects of Reaper and the lack of sound features compared to other DAW's. I tried out Studio One which looks great, but it couldn't handle anywhere near as much as Reaper does. I've played with Logic Pro which is also great, but found the same thing. Reaper wins hands down for me because the main thing is it's stable and reliable (just like you said when using the buffer size you used). It might not have all the bells and whistles like the other DAW's, but it works and I can achieve far more in Reaper such as finishing projects which is the main thing, instead of trying to get things to work in a DAW!!! I think I've finally overcome my boredom (DAW-dom), and I'm sticking with Reaper! All the best, Chris
Theres a way to record your plugins from other DAW’s into reaper. Just another one of the many reasons Reaper is King.
@@chriswaltonmusic Thank you so much for sharing your experience! I'm glad you've found the DAW that works for you. All the best!
Your journey with Cubase is filled with a lot of holes, but the main one by far was expecting it to work like Reaper. When you try another DAW, you have to be open to a completely different mindset. All the popular DAWs have a ton of overlap in terms of features, but the way they achieve tasks can at times be completely different. Cubase is no exception. In fact, a person coming from another DAW into Reaper might experience the same level of frustration you did with Cubase, unless they come to it with an open mind by accepting its strengths and weaknesses.
Over the years I’ve switched from Reason (back when it was just a MIDI Sequencer), to Sonar, to Cubase, to Studio One, and now back to Cubase 14. I’ve tried pretty much all of the other DAWs on Windows, but those I mentioned were the ones that I got proficient at. It takes time to really learn a DAW, so switching to a different DAW is not easy (though I do feel it gets easier the more you’ve done it).
Cubase is the standard for scoring to music for a reason, but I feel you didn’t give it a fair chance. The problem is that, not only did you expect it to work like a reaper as I mentioned, but there were also a few things during your trial that were either user error, or basic misunderstandings of how digital audio works (like that “issue” you had with latency in Cubase; or setting the sample rate to 96KHz+, which accomplishes nothing when you’re dealing with sample libraries that are mostly recorded at 48KHz. You’re simply wasting disk space for ZERO benefits. Also, each doubling of the sample rate lowers the latency by half for the same buffer size, etc).
Like I said, your trial was full of holes.
4:14 in Cubase you use the "insert" button to add Markers
Once you deeply learn a daw (like work on it for over a decade) it's almost impossible to switch over. But it's cool to lean them all and see what fits best. I actually "use" 4 different daw's but 95% of the time I'm just on the one that fits my workflow.
Like being forced to use pro tools on mac after 17 years of using reaper on windows. It really hurts.
@ the opposite is also true
@@eaccin Being able to switch between 4 different DAWs is very impressive 🙌🙏
@@Hammy.Cinematic I've always loved technology and music. Started on a 4-track tape, then a digital tascam and then computer 20+ years ago. I really took the time to learn these different DAWs and mixed full albums on actually more than 4. But because of the work that I do I always end up going back to Pro Tools. For composition and the fun of learning I switch between Logic, Cubase and Live. But have also deep dived into Studio One and Reaper...
@@eaccin I wish more musicians were as open-minded as you, willing to explore and learn new programs. Each DAW brings its own strengths and workflows. Pro Tools no doubt has always been the industry standard.
Great video I need to do one of these challenges on my page as well.. I use many DAWs and currently Reaper is my go to ... It did take some tme to get everything setup but once I did it opened up a whole new world. I was having the same buffering issues with Cubase its the only DAW I used that had that issue. People forget that Reaper can look and function like almost any DAW on the market and has the smallest fingerprint it even loads on a flashdrive just crazy .. you just gained a subscriber looking forward to checking out some more of your videos.
@@XELOhh1 Glad to hear I'm not alone (with the buffer size issue 😭!) Indeed Reaper can be customized to look similar to any other DAWs.
Love your channel btw, you just gained a subscriber too!! Looking forward to your challenge video on your page.
Thanks for the video.
REAPER lover here. I think it is unbeatable by far in almost all aspects.
Wanted to ask you what mic are you using.
Many thanks.
@@diegomerino9939 Thanks! The mic is Shure SM57
@@Hammy.Cinematic Many thanks.
Never easy changing DAW's takes a longtime to learn its full functionality.
I had already decided to switch from Cubase to Reaper before I saw this video, but the doubts I had are now gone. I'm very thankful for that. What finally made me leave Cubase was the crashes and an increasing feeling Steinberg is a victim of the managerial class cargo cult syndrome in which incompetence equals promotion, leading to a company culture that says "only fix it if enough people complains for a sufficient number of decades". In a chat with a high-ranking Steinberg employee, I complained about a missing feature it was absurd they hadn't included yet, then he told me he had complained about that exact same feature internally for years and still, nothing was done about it.
I’m testing Cubase Pro 13 on Windows now. It crashed yesterday once after I imported few layers from Spectralayers. Later audio stopped working. I had to close and reopen the project. Then somehow another audio track got corrupted. So in a few hours I had 3 serious issues. Before I was using Cubase Elements on Mac. It was more stable.
@@FirstLast-nr6gf I'm genuinely curious - Do you ever wonder if there's something wrong with the system you're running the software on?
What is the feature you are talking about?
How much money do you get from Cubase manager 😅
@@arturaravidi 😅😅
@cinematic.sound.sculptor reaper forever ♥️
To each his/her own! As Cubase Pro 14 user I am so happy with its flexible and powerful functionality that I couldn't care less about Reaper or other DAWs. Frankly, you missed to get a lot right in Cubase in your "challenge", and have not really accessed its capabilities in a proper way.
Cubase has always been my favorite one to use until I upgraded to Nuendo. Steinberg rocks!🙂
Funny thing is, I used Cubase 8 for a long time and then before upgrading to Cubase 11 I considered Reaper. Tried it, and it went about as well as your Cubase endeavor. I also felt like I was looking at bland xrays and couldn't find even the simplest of features in the interface. I think Reaper and Cubase are two of the more difficult DAWs to learn though. Trying Studio One or Logic could be interesting.
Hi Hammy, I hope you're doing well. I'm curious, why did you want to try Cubase?
Because on her socials i see cubase people harassing her for using reaper, so ig that's why she had to give them a reality check.
@@jimmito823 Hi there! I was very curious about Cubase since I heard it was one of the most popular DAWs and saw many musicians using it 😊
I own almost all the daws thats out there. PreSonus Studio One since version 2 and now I have v7, Cubase 14, Ableton v12, BitWig v5, Reason v13, Nuendo v12
And out of all of them, I usually use Presonus Studio One v7 the most and then Ableton v12.
I use FL Studio and have tried many DAWs. The fastest and most convenient ones for me are FL and Reaper. The only DAW that opens as fast as FL is Reaper. For other DAWs it takes like a week!:))) . Reaper is a masterpiece in coding, functionality, and customization. It reads whatever file you drop in and has fantastic track management. But one of the main reasons I still prefer FL is its Piano Roll and the Sampler, which let you shape sounds exactly the way you want. Also, I know it inside out.
I've used FL before, and it's a great DAW, but if you are still using it just for the piano roll, you can customize the Reaper's piano roll to work just like FL or even better, Learning Reaper on YT has tutorials on that. I can do things faster in Reaper than I've been able to do in Ableton and FL simply because I've customized it a lot which Reaper lets you do unlike FL or Ableton.
@@misaanofficial Great combination! Having a secondary DAW in your toolset is always beneficial.
this is so helpful, thank you! Can you try Digital Performer? It has been my go-to DAW for over 20 years and I think is an underrated DAW.
@@decathlonvideos Haven't seen many who use Digital Performer. Did some research, it seems like an interesting DAW! I might give it a try some time (but first need to wait for some discount, it's still $499 on the market now😄)
I used Abelton for years, now I'm mostly working in Cubase. In my view Cubase makes Ableton look a bit simplified, sort of sanded-down to the point that its hard to hurt yourself with it.
My first DAW was Reaper, many years ago, back through the mists of time. I found it intensely ugly and difficult to use but well worth the 45 dollar license, especially at the time. Once I'd gotten my hands on Ableton Live, though, I dropped Reaper (probably) never to return.
True. I have Ableton, Reaper, Cubase and Logic. For some reason, the simplicity and straightforward Ableton abandoned the rest of DAW's.
*I did installed Pro Tools (Trial), and Studio One (Free version).* Still, I never touched them again after that.
I tried Reaper multiple times, but it looks so ugly and it is very hard to figure out how it works. In my opinion GarageBand on Mac probably has the most intuitive and best looking UI and is the best DAW for beginners. I mostly use Logic, but I like Steinberg Groove Agent and FM Lab. Sometimes I use Bitwig Studio also. For some reason I never liked Ableton.
calling reaper ugly while being used to ableton is peak irony.
@@FirstLast-nr6gf if you didn't use reaper just because of it's look, then it's safe to say that you missed out 99% of reaper's greatness.
@@ranajoyshil Ableton is ugly all right, but not nearly as ugly as Reaper or Bitwig.
Great video, even tho cubase has a huge history and legacy in the music production world and as people say it's a standard for composing music better than any other daw, from my experience it's not that different from Reaper and does the same but worse (for me) as well. And even it had more features than Reaper out of the box, it lacks the crazy flexibility and customizability Reaper has. Good to see you came to the same conclusion I've come up 5 times by now lol. Realistically, I've tried many other DAWs as well aside from Reaper and even tho they have a lot of cool stuff going on, just like Cubase, the more I use other DAWs, the more I like and appreciate Reaper.
That was interesting, thank you. I learned some things about Reaper there that Steinberg should take note of. I've been using Cubase since version 5, and am now on 14 Pro. A lot of the things you struggled with I think, were because you were trying to use Cubase as if it were Reaper. You simply wouldn't do some of things you were attempting in Cubase that way,. The functions you wanted are absolutely there, but you were, to a Cubase user, doing some very odd things!n.
A few points;
• Groove Agent is a part of Cubase, and you don't need to buy it separately, I suspect that that was a trial licensing issue.
• Your issues with freezing tracks was because you simply didn't have the inspector visible.
• The latency issue was very likely to be within the ASIO guard and other settings that you didn't seem to find. I have no latency issues using a much lower spec PC.
It was quite fascinating to watch, as I was constantly confused, wondering why on earth you were doing some things so strangely to me, a Cubase user.
I tried a 30 day trial of Reaper and absolutely hated it, as I was probably doing everything incorrectly! 😊🧡
@@-Deena. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and advice 😊
It seems once we're used to a DAW, it is difficult to change our mindset and learn a new DAW. I'm sure Cubase is fantastic, and glad it works very well for you!
Could you make a video about setting up Kontakt in Reaper? Also it would be nice to know if there is something similar to Cubase's Expression Maps in Reaper. Thanks!
@@Kupnu4000 Thanks for the request! I'll post a video on Kontat routing, expression maps, automation, etc. at one point on my channel. The logic of Kontakt routing is quite similar across all DAWs :)
Great video! I appreciate the sm57 as a voice over mic lol!
@@brennanthompson SM 57 is awesome 😆!
Good luck and good fortune
Cakewalk is too unstable for me, in Abelton and FL I don't find the screen layout optimal and in Cubase everything is very cumbersome. In the end, I am more satisfied with Reaper than with any other program.
Cubase can be very minimalist, I switched off the floating panel, and inspector, and revisited the top menu. So it looks very minimalistic.
@@SoundPeaks Indeed the minimalistic design is one of its standout features.
I'm using cubase for 13 years and you only scratched the surface. Switching daws is like learning a new language instead of driving a different car.
It is funny for me to hear how you say that you are struggling with something and how easy it is to do in Reaper. I had exactly the same struggle when I tried using Reaper. I knew that I can do something with 2 mouse clicks or a shortcut in Cubase but I couldn't figure out how to do that in Reaper. So the conclusion is simply that the best tool is the one you know best. :)
Studio one combine the best of all DAWs in one, the work flow, the way it’s designed, very light on CPU, handles big projects and the the warp tool that everyone is crazy about it in Cubase can be done the same here, using key switches and organizing it, the mixing console ability etc…etc…
Ultimately, it's up to you to choose the DAW that best suits your needs. For me, it's been Cubase since the days of the Atari ST, and Logic Pro for compatibility reasons. I understand that Reaper may be better suited for you.
I have to say, though, that the video gives the impression of being a bit of a poorly made promotional piece for Reaper.
A lot of the issues you had could have been easily fixed with a thorough read of the manual. I didn't have any problems with buffering on my older Dell Precision M4800 workstation with a 4th generation i7 processor and only 32 GB RAM. I tested it specifically with a Focusrite 2i2 3rd Gen., but I usually use an Arturia Audiofuse 16Rig extended by two Behringer ADA8200.
If Reaper is the DAW that best suits your needs, then that's perfectly fine. But to act like you're so clueless about it is a bit much, don't you think?
This is kind of my concern. I have been using reaper for years and it suits my needs. I'm not sure I necessarily want to learn the intracies of a different just to squeeze a handful of perks out of them that reaper doesn't have.
@@MisterChrista Reaper pretty much has everything we need. Even if some features are lacking, you can always find a workaround. There's certainly no need to spend so much time learning another new DAW.
@cinematic.sound.sculptor Reaper: the keeper!
Hi. I use reaper, but I want to switch to cubase, because I use cubasis on the tablet. I have a question: is cubase better in work and how does it load the laptop?
The CPU and RAM utilization depends on how many tracks you have. Are those audio tracks or virtual instruments. Some VSTs like Vital or Serum use a lot of CPU resources. Sample based instruments need more RAM, but less CPU. Effects and other plugins also use computer resources. In Cubase you can disable tracks to save resources. The same rules apply to all DAWs.
@@Leprelf It really depends on how many tracks you have and what VSTs you load. As this fellow musician mentioned above (very brilliant answers above) many DAWs are CPU and RAM intensive. Effects and plugins can consume CPU and large sample libraries can take up a lot of RAM space. If you've checked the beginning of my video where I talk about my computer specs, you can have a reference to it and compare :)
@@Hammy.Cinematic I have a PC with a Core i5 6600k processor, 16 Gb ram. I use the most famous VSTs, but I would like to add more productive VSTs to my work, such as Omnisphere and Contact. I understand that my PC's power is not enough for new VSTs. I am already considering upgrading my PC or switching to a Mac, but I use Cubasis on a tablet and Cubase is more suitable for this. You can't transfer a project from Cubasis to Reaper, you just need to rewrite each track in Reaper and select sounds similar to VSTs. And since I haven't worked in Cubase, I'm interested to know which is better.
@ I haven't used Cubasis but I believe it doesn't have the ability to export midi files. If you need to migrate the projects from Cubasis to computer, I'd suggest that you use Cubase instead of Reaper simply because compatiblity issues. I did some research and it seems you can migrate projects from Cubasis to Cubase. In terms of upgrading the hardwares, more RAM is indeed needed (16 isn't enough if you're using famous plugins and libraries Spitfire). I'd say 32GM is the minimum and you might encounter crashes and loading issues. So more would be recommended. I personally prefer to use PC since it's easy to upgrade parts and customize. However this is just personal preference :) Mac can work pretty well too.
@@Hammy.Cinematic The Cubasis application has the ability to export project tracks to a midi file and other options for exporting tracks, as well as a project. But the sounds of the instruments are then difficult to select in VST on a PC so that they are as similar as possible to the Cubasis instruments. And in Cubase this is well implemented, judging by the video instructions.
As i am a really old cubasist (since version1 on Atari 1040ST) - there are really powerfull tools like PLE and many many different things (i use it for post for music and for audiodramas, so for everything, especially, bc all my controllers are perfectly matched to my workflow) - But like always - every DAW has different Names for different Actions - it is confusing for somebody who is switching - but you did really work hard on it, but i normally suggest, if you wanna switch, to have a kind of "mentor" who shows you everything and can answer your questions. ;) - so great video! thanks!
I find it relatively easy to get things done with Steinberg software (Cubase and WaveLab) while Reaper makes me totally confused and somewhat even angry.
Hi girl! Please teach me! You be mine Daw Professor.
What do you mean? You are composer arranger and teacher! I think you like this girl 😀
@@steamgamestr510 Smart boy! 😀
@@PianoSheetMusic You'll be my piano professor!
@@Hammy.Cinematic ❤
Hey Raif Husicic, how are you? I like your all arrangements! You are a big arranger
For any customization and in depth Cubase settings i would highly recommend watching Dom SIgalas' videos(which have popped up a few times in your YT researches). I use Nuendo for sound design and post production but it is essentially the same thing. I have learned a lot when it comes to the settings and "hidden" features on both Cubase and Nuendo and i can confidently say that he has a video or a segment in a longer video about pretty much everything you have addressed. But as always these are just tools, whichever one gets the job done is most likely the right one for you :)
I composed the same music barely in all DAWs out there to find out the one that worked for me. Cubase was the selected one and I sensed it since the very beginning. I don't face any glitches as you mentioned or issues at lower sample rates. Probably you need to fine tune your PC/kernel for music production, you can't use the OS and Bios/UEFI default settings for audio production keep that in mind.
I didn't like Reaper at all because I couldn't put my ideas on that DAW as fast as i could do it in Cubase and mixing on the fly. I found Cubase faster and more intuitive for musicians and composers than any other DAW i tried. Summarizing we need to select the DAW that makes you comfortable to work with, i guess you found yours :).
👍Wow! Fantastic...
💙⚪❤
Cubase learning curve is insane, i gave up and went to studio one and i an satisfied. Reaper is perfect for professionals i have used it but i do not have the time to customise it properly
@@sfisodlamini54 The learning curve for Cubase can indeed be challenging. I’ve heard Studio One is good and might try it myself. It’s all about finding the right fit
You dont need to customise Reaper for it to be simple and easy, Studio was fun but then two things drove me away from the Studio One, the timeline is annoying, you have to click a very small portion on the top part of the screen to be able to choose what bar you want play, after few times I got fed up, I found using Reaper more and more and forgot about all the other DAW.
You experience is cool.
Hi! you could try Studio One? I think it may be a better experience even though there may be significant differences to Reaper.
@@AndyK70 Absolutely, I’ve heard great things about Studio One. Definitely considering giving it a try to see how it compares to Reaper. Appreciate the input!
@@Hammy.Cinematic Keep up your great work! thanks for the videos!
I love how at 2:49 you capture the essence of Steinberg forums mods: unhelpful and condescending lol
@@clarenceoveur9497 Lol!
I've been working with REAPER for a while now, but it doesn't help me compose. Cubase - especially the new Cubase 14 has excellent tools for exactly that. That's why I start using Cubase more and more often instead of REAPER and the deeper I get into Cubase, the more fun it is - and REAPER is unfortunately losing out in the meantime.
I switched from Reaper to Cubase and then to Logic. It was surprisingly quite smooth because I find that the basics of these DAWs are similar. Initially, when I started I was using FL Studio and that DAW is so different from the others.
@@kurttomlinsoncompositions1067
Absolutely. The basics of DAWs do share similarities. It's the specific features and workflow that can make one slightly different from another.
I'm sure you had your own lot of reaper idiosyncratic problems when you started on that DAW, just like on that 30 day challenge on cubase.
Cool video! I used to use FL Studio, but then I switched to Ableton Live and I don't regret it:) Moreover, for me this program is convenient for absolutely any music.
Okay now please do studio one!
I have almost every DAW, but always come back to REAPER :D .. it's just very light and simple
@@gurumajuindonesia Wise words from an expert :D thanks for sharing your experience with us!
I work with both of them. I prefer Reaper.
For chords, for those who only have Reaper, I recommend "Scaler", very cheap. I don't like Chord Gun.
I personally used both for quite a long time. Cubase mainly for composing music, Reaper for mixing (we did all audio school projects with Reaper). Both DAWs are quite capable, and have their ups and downs. I use Cubase 90% of the time, because I think it has more features for midi, handling of big projects and mixing (for example audio warp and vari audio). I also prefer the UI.
But I use Reaper from time to time, I think its more efficient and faster when I need to quickly edit some audio.
And if you use one daw for a long time, others are seen as stupid and unintuitive 😂
another person could make the opposite video with the same result. Its absurd because most of the issues u had could be fixed in half a day.. glad you have so much time for influencing 😊
Half a day? Only if you can barely read. That is why manuals are attached.
10 years with reaper. No 1 problem . All vst work all plugins too..
I now big studios use cub. Protuls.. or another daw . But only reaper gives me a live ❤😂
@@___KS___ That's awesome! Thanks for sharing your experience with us.
I was currently looking for an instructor in Reaper and am sad finding out that you will switch to Cubase but maybe I’ll give it a try after learning Reaper. Keep it easy!
you didn't watch the video to the end? she came back to reaper.
@@Xilfhunter I did come back to Reaper 😄! (Watch the end of the video)
I switched to Reaper back when Pro Tools was still 32-bit only and all other DAWs were at 64-bit. When the new version at the time was released and it still wasn't 64-bit, I figured I'd try something, anything, to break that 4gig memory limit to deal with orchestra libraries. Reaper's price got my attention, and honestly I thought it wasn't going to be professional quality software, but I figured I'd try the demo just to at least see if breaking that 4gig limit was *really* where I needed to be before jumping to a new DAW. Haven't looked back since! It's such a great DAW if you're a tech savvy person. But if you're not, and not really interested in its flexibility or customizing your work flow, you might prefer something else. Personally, I love it, but everyone has to figure out what works for them.
@@fretnoize Thanks for sharing your journey! I was surprised by Reaper's pricing initially too and had my doubts. I appreciate your insight about it not being for everyone, as it definitely requires more technical skills and is ideal for those who enjoy tweaking things to fit their needs and workflow.
Very interesting video! Well Im little bit on opposite side but to be complete honest im never try reaper yet. Im use Fl studio since remember but, since i realize im composing much more "film" music then im noticed and realize how FL is terrible for this. (i was on version 9 back then) I decide to switch from FL to Cubase because of opinions of "bigger" professional composers. Im working on cubase few years since that moment and still learning. But to be completle honest in my opinion its one of the best if not the best daw ever created. (maybe except paid updates every single time) Its only my private humble opinion. But i would say these dayse DAWs are so simillar and well.. honestly. The best DAW is the DAW You know how to use ;)
@@XeNoS_Music Totally agreed! Cubase is great and I've heard that Hans Zimmer uses it. The best daw is the one that works best for you :)!
Really it's a slightly biased video as you are very familiar with Reaper but you are brad new to Cubase. Everything you were having trouble with in Cubase is just a case of not knowing how to do it. Everything in Cubase is as easy as in Reaper if you know how to do it. It's just a matter of learning. Perhaps you should do a 30 days to learn Cubase video which may help you and other beginners. Cubase can't be so bad for scoring if Hans Zimmer uses it 🙂
I’ve been using cubase for work with film. I find the warp feature to be the defining feature that makes me stick with cubase. I can make music and freely warp the grid to match the scene. It does so in a rather elegant way. It does take a lot of practice and googling to learn how to use cubase. This makes me want to check out reaper.
wait till you see the audio warping features in Reaper.
if you work with film, use Nuendo instead of Cubase. It's the same program, but much better and a lot more functions ;)
@@rano12321 I’m curious. What does it offer?
@@jeroendepauw3635 what do you find useful about Nuendo that cubase doesn’t offer?
This is a great ad for Reaper lol
Welcome to the Power House of Cubase Pro 13 and beyond.
15yr ago! How old were you then, 2 lol. Are you gonna try CB14? CTRL+Click resets fader. It seems to me you are giving a comparison NOT a challenge.
@@jvaddison Asian gene never age haha. Thanks for the suggestion!
I started out in Cubasis 1.04 which was in a floppy disk (that's how old I am). I switched to reaper in 2019, and haven't looked back. We'll I did actually revisited Cubase for a project, but abandoned it after half hour and went back to reaper. I can't find anything Cubase does better than reaper except crashing. 😊
How can you NOT miss the dongle and the infinite bloat of buried 1990 code??
Yup, ex-Cubans user here as well
@@jeffreyhanc1711 Im' sure Cubase is a good software now, but yeah, I won't come back to it either... at that time it felt such a clumsy sluggish mess... I switched to Reaper in 2015, what a breath of fresh air it was!
@@LudoTechWorld cool. Yeah I went Studio one around that time then just went ham and went Bitwig lol. Bitwig’s awesome In it’s unique sound design and experimental ways, but sorta lacks in more traditional daw functions. So hopped on the Reaper train last month to work alongside my Bitwig addiction. Reaper is great 👍
Cubase has drum kits, pianos, guitars, organs, basses, and other instruments. Reaper doesn't have any instruments. Most DAWs have instruments. Groove Agent is very easy to use for drum parts. Adding your own samples, including multiple velocities is also very easy. Even $100 Cubase Elements has Groove Agent. To use drums in Reaper you have to buy a third party library. I could not stand Reaper user interface. It is ugly and very non-intuitive and almost impossible to customize.
@@FirstLast-nr6gf Built in plugins and samples are useful for kids and beginners, but it's a bloat and headache for pros, they have their own selection of plugins, especially when the internet is full of stuff like that. Reaper has its own sampler which you can use to make a drum machine, you don't have to use 3rd party plugins to do drums in Reaper. Reaper doesn't look the best but saying it's non-intuitive and impossible to customize has to be the stupidest and the most idiotic thing I've ever seen on the internet. Reaper has the action list where you can find everything this daw can do as she has shown in the video, and impossible to customize? Basically every single thing in Reaper is customizable, from how it looks to how it works, I don't like you have a single clue about Reaper and know anything you are talking about.
Interesting journey Hammy 🎹
@@SynthBiker Tough journey too
want to learn reaper i know it to some extent but always get pushed back cos all i can do in studio one is not easy in reaper ..... reaper is great sometimes use it for mixing but when it comes to routing output in kontakt layering more than one vst on a single channels like it is called combine instruments in studio one i find that hard to do and i will really love it if i can make all the background dark in reaper
@@akeyzstudio6620 there are probably more tutorials and resources available for Studio One compared to Reaper. However, once you get the hang of it, routing in Reaper becomes pretty straightforward. I might post a tutorial on how to route output in Kontakt and layer multiple VSTs on a single channel in Reaper sometimes, hopefully it'll help lots of users :)
This is the Reason why i left cubase for Reason Studio arround 2003 i was using the MIDI version since Atari ST computer but the PC version able to record audio was always a pain to use even Da vinci resove Fairlight module for sound are much more easy to use same for Reaper and Ableton live, Reason studio is very stable full of virtual synth and sampler and looper ready to use like an AKAI mpc live hardware...
@@Meteotrance I've read numerous positive reviews about Reason's stability and reliability and it's vast build-in toolsets. It's definitely one of the Reasons I'll be giving it a try sometime!
Cubase does have buffer problems vs latency. TH-cam devotees seem to swerve this fact. However Cubase is probably the most powerful DAW available once you get to know it. Steinberg's support needs a kick up the as, but I simply cant see that changing anytime soon. Nice work though.
I found glitches and performance problems in cubase aren't necessarily the fault of the DAW but "not so well" developed VST instruments, esp those built with generic VSTi "construction kits" that already eat up a lot of memory for their runtime code.
have ten of them up and running and a lot of RAM is wasted for pretty hidef pictures and animations instead of being used for the audio delivery.
@@CirTap Very well explained from a technical perspective. Cubase needs to optimize VST design for better resource management and petformance.
@@Hammy.Cinematic I don't think that's Cubase's or any DAW's job.
A host may however decide if it shows the fancy graphic UI or just some generic form controls (sliders, knobs, inputs etc) for whatever parameters the VST has defined. But then you loose grouping and workflow.
Devs are responsible for the design and they're creating more and more larger UIs with plenty of unused space and load badly compressed hi-res true colour PNGs. They all seem to believe theirs is the only plugin people will use and "waste away"...
Some newer plugins seem to use SVG vector graphics which are much smaller files and allow seamless UI scaling but that appears to be an exception. However SVG still needs a *render engine* for _each_ plugin instance.
FWIW I don't need all these bells and whistles and some UIs are almost unusable because of their fancy unfamiliar, non-standardised GUIs. Once params are set I don't need to see that shiny GUI anyways 🙂
@@CirTap I'm not a tech person here, but I get what you're saying. A lot of VSTs seem to prioritize aesthetics over functionality, unlike Cockos with its simplistic GUI (if that's the right term). Hopefully, Steinberg will try to optimize this, but so far, it looks like they don’t bother to change anything anymore.
@@Hammy.Cinematic well, they opened the gates decades ago to allow VST2 developers to be in full charge of the interface.
So I believe this ship has sailed and Steinberg has no say in this (anymore).
People like pretty things even if their are a pita to use. Just ass you wrote: some prioritise aesthetics over functionality and ignore (or have no clue of) usability.
In the beginning these images were primarily used to represent the appearance of an existing hardware device (a studio rack, a synth) which does make sense for people knowing the original hardware and wanting that in their DAW but for less money.
These "alien" interfaces we face today were a consequence when plugins became their own thing, mushing and merging technologies that didn't or couldn't exist as hardware.
It's like with some websites that look pretty but are literally unusable because the designer ha a cool idea...
Every good idea will be eventually be abused for all the wrong reasons 😉
@@Hammy.Cinematic I had to look up Cockos cos I don't use Reader. But that's essentially what I mean and what early VST1 (in 1996) plugins looked like: standardised "boring" controls vs. images that look like real world objects.
Then VST instruments appeared on the scene with VST2 (in 1999) and design hell broke loose.
and here we are today🙂
and reaper does not have like demo songs?
they used to have like until version 2 and then they removed it.
I've been trying to work with Cubase for about 2 months now, but I think I'm about to go back to Reaper as well. I've been using Reaper since roughly 2010, and it just does everything I *need*. Cubase does a couple of really nice midi-tricks, but all of my NKS stuff (Komplete 15 Collectors, Heavyocity, etc) works FAR better in Reaper than Cubase.
@@JamesStreetStation Completely agree with you! Sticking with what works best for your workflow is the smartest move.
You shouldn't use Kontakt as a rack-instrument with several Kontakt Libraries loaded. Instead you should load every Library in a separate Kontakt-instance as an "instrument-track". This will lead to a much better performance, because then the workload is better distributed among the cpu-cores. I totally understand, that it's impossible to find the useful settings in Cubase within 30 days. On the other hand, as a long time Cubase user, I think there's not much that is really missing in this DAW , but it takes lots of time to explore it. It is also very customizable, it really doesn't have to look so boring.
you earned a sub here just by your humor alone. Incidentally I am also on a phase to try out other DAWs than Reaper because I want to find out which DAWs are especially good with certain workflows and I landed on Cakewalk again since they're being "revamped" for the nth time now.
I think the main gripe with Reaper is the fact that there are no good instruments to use straight out of the box, and that the general UI is in need of an overhaul for the modern times. While both are valid reasons and I can definitely see the rationale behind them, I think both points are mere cosmetic and doing otherwise would defeat the purpose of what Reaper is going after and that is to make a feature-packed application while keeping it as fast and as responsive by keeping it lightweight. just my two cents.
@@Huginnm Thanks for subbing! It’s great to hear that you’re exploring other DAWs and chose the one that works best for you. I’ll definitely take a look at Cakewalk sometime as I've heard lots of good features about it. Definitely, I can see why some users find the lack of built-in instruments in Reaper as a downside, along with the need for a more modern UI. I appreciate you sharing your thoughts!
I can see the point with UI, but stock instruments? I'd rather have a good daw with bad stock plugins than a bad daw with good stock plugins, because one is interchangeable.
@@ranajoyshil well you can't really expect that sort of expectation from people who is just getting started and not knowing what's good and what is not. Most people would expect some sort of instrument that would let them play around with ideas straight out of the bat, but instead they're presented with jsfx and rs5k which could be daunting if youre just getting your feet wet.
There’s so many great free plugins these days I think the first point is sort of moot. But as a new user of Reaper: yes, the UI’s 1990s ‘charm’ can get irritating after a while.
@@Huginnm well everyone is a beginner at some point and just because some plugins have pretty ui that doesn't mean it would be good functionally, i do get that it could be daunting to use plugins that sound good but doesn't have good ui, and that's where the yt videos come in and in this generation, most people are more likely to watch yt tuts than read manuals to figure out how a software works, and reaper mania got you cover for that.
Probé y sigo probando todos los software , voy comparando sus actualizaciones, en reaper logré tener todas las herramientas de todos los otros software en uno solo ,la lista de acciones de reaper ofrecen un mundo de posibilidades
@@argento757 Reaper's action list is awesome!
Cubase user since 1994 here... tryed every single DAW expect Reaper... always coming back to Cubase, every single time. So I think Reaper is my "Endgame Boss" 😂
@@LabofmusicRecords That's awesome. Reaper is your Thanos 😂
@@Hammy.Cinematic 😂😎
In my case, I use Reaper to add sound/sfx to animations and compose some soundtracks.
I don't miss anything at all.
Although they are just tools, some of them are easier to connect with and feel comfortable with.
I'm happy with your choice, which seems to me to be the right one :)
@@rickarroyo The Cockos plugins are awesome. Reaper feels like it’s developed by real engineers, capable of handling even the most complicated tasks. I'm happy you chose Reaper for SFX for animations :)!
Ah yes, cubase. An old nemesis.
@@7thResonance Haha, I can relate!
Reaper is awesome, cubase has an old and awkward workflow (I use S1 and Live)
Been on reaper for about 12 years.
Its amzing. Its litterally whatever u can dream. Ince ya got sws and reapack well....enjoy the rabbit hole of infinte custimize lol😂❤.
Studio one is pretty fun.
I started with cubase 3.
Was trained in protools.
But when i got reaper i just cant look back.
Reaper = freedom ....(in my mind).
@@mike2884 Very well said 😂! Enjoy your freedom!
Waiting to see you coming back to REAPER 😂
@@duartecancela In the next tutorial 😎
i did the same thing but the opposite i tried reaper after being a long term cubase user and made the switch to reaper
please make a kontakt tutorial
@@PoopilussMcDoopiluss Thanks for your feedback! I'll make a Kontakt tutorial some time!
Reaper is the best.
I'm a Cubase guy but force to switch to Reaper because Cubase is getting to hardware demanding for my PC.
ultimate win for reaper is.. native linux support :)
while cubase dont even works
You didn't even scratch the suffice!!!
Cubase is for those who love pain and humiliation, which I have already spoken about more than once. ps the delay is set in the midi settings, but it resets every time you restart the program. They never fixed this bug, it moves from version to version
They are really that clueless ha? Or maybe somebody else.
@@WAN2TREE4 Yes. Try to set the minimum midi delay anyway (edit -parameters - midi -midi delay mode, minimum) also, if you want to get more responsiveness from cubase, then I strongly recommend buying a card from steinberg. I'm working and I can write something small in 32 samples and nothing will crack.
Nice video!
About ten years ago, I switched from Cubase to Reaper on a friend’s recommendation. Back then, Reaper’s compact size, speed, and intuitive workflow were a big draw. The transition took time, but once I got comfortable, Reaper covered all my needs, and I used it exclusively.
Two years ago, though, I decided to give Cubase/Nuendo another shot, trying versions 12 and now 13. And something unexpected happened-I can’t seem to go back to Reaper! Watching your video, I kept thinking, “This is so straightforward” and “That feature is right there-it’s even implemented better here.” Nuendo’s new interface and enhanced features have made it my preferred DAW for composition, arranging, music, and film production, even though it’s not as optimized for multi-core processors as Reaper. Reaper’s optimization is indeed much stronger, handling larger projects with ease. But even so, Nuendo has become my go-to.
@@DmytroZaitsev Thanks for sharing your experience! It’s interesting to hear how you transitioned from Reaper to Cubase/Nuendo. Nuendo's features and modules do seem very impressive, especially for composition and film production. I've been thinking about trying Nuendo myself for those exact reasons. :) Maybe that's the next move!
On Mac Reaper and Nuendo 13 is about the same performance. Cubase 14 seems little bit snappier, so I will test agains Reaper. Both programs use the multi core’s efficiently.
Looking at this video just confirm the author does not know her way abound program, nothing else.
Reaper is the best!
Complete nonsense! Compare the DAW you know and the one in which you are a complete zero. Such reviews give an absolutely distorted idea of the subject and confuse those who suffer with the choice of suitable software. Therefore, your comments on Cubase look very, very incorrect. In other words, you are misleading potential users about the capabilities and characteristics of Cubase.