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Cubase Pro 8 Released

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I guess Christmas has come early for some people with the (what appears to me) surprise news that Cubase 8 Pro has been released. Nice to see Steinberg and Yamaha collaboration finally coming to fruition with the Nuage controller (bad name or is it just me?). Here is a list of some of the main features (according to the press release)

Cubase Pro 8 features

  • State-of-the-art music production system used by thousands of professionals around the world
  • Award-winning 32-bit floating-point Steinberg audio engine with up to 192 kHz, 5.1 surround, flexible routing and full automatic delay compensation
  • Unlimited audio, instrument and MIDI tracks
  • MixConsole provides the ultimate mixing experience with unmatched flexibility and integrated EQ/Dynamics channel strip modules for epic pro-console sound
  • Comprehensive set of 8 outstanding instruments with over 3,000 sounds, including HALion Sonic SE 2 workstation, Padshop granular synth, Retrologue virtual analog synth, LoopMash 2 and Groove Agent SE 4 drum machine
  • Complete suite of 73 high-end audio and 18 MIDI VST effect processors, including Quadrafuzz v2, VST Amp Rack and VST Bass Amp guitar and bass tone suites, REVerence convolution reverb, Voxengo CurveEQ and many more
  • VCA faders for complex mixing and automation workflows, TrackVersions for playlists-like editing, and render in-place for simplified editing tasks
  • VariAudio for MIDI-style note editing of monophonic audio tracks and automatic voicing harmonization and auto-tuning effect
  • Chord track and pads for easy chord management and re-harmonizing plus intelligent composing assistance for generating beautiful chord sequences
  • VST Expression 2 for unique instrument articulation management and expression control on single-note level
  • Professional music notation and score printing

I have to say that it wouldn't be enough to sway me away from Logic or Digital Performer if we are blatantly honest. How have you cubasers lived without bounce in place for so long? VCA fades also seems to be a big one. I guess as I am only a fair-weather Cubase user, that workflow improvements don't really mean that much to me, but from the chatter on the internet they seem to have done a good thing! EnjoyPeaceNeil