no advanced midi functionality or midi fx, no score ,no Arranger track,no chord functionality no system link and on and on. IMO there would be no VSTi’s or VST fx if customers had their way. The customers are not developers and very few have concepts or imagination that would have gotten Cubase where it is today. I wouldnt still be using Cubase after all these years if Steiny listened too closely to their customers.Customer opinions are important but only to a point. I see your points and I’ll just have to respectfully agree. When clients come to my studio ,I don’t lie to them about the quality of their songs or performance just to get more business.I tactfully tell the truth, just like most magazine reviewers do. Since you point out that the only valid opinions are from “power users”, many of these are using Cubase in studios. Do they offer up incorrect diagnosis just to make money.Dont people reasonably expect to be told the truth from a doctor they know (he has a business).

So this means that magazines automatically lack integrity because they’re a business? What about other businesses? In the US hospitals are a business.

“As for magazines, print as well as virtual - it’s a business, it’s about advertisement money to pay for the whole thing” The review is certainly glossy but c7 is certainly worth the praise and apart from the minor issues and USER errors im finding c7 very stable and as a midi sequencer there is truly nothing on this planet to compare it to. There are plenty of other DAW’s out there which may fit your workflow … NO ? Must be a reaper fan… I think you should think about surrendering your c7 license in that respect, give it to someone that appreciates the hard work going into completely reworking the MC. The tacky appearance of the send/insert page, which looks like a black cheaply designed spreadsheet criss crossed with white lines that lookes like a badly machine sown tailors error is just so ugly and unreadable at minimum zoom though must take the crown for the worst and tackiest looking user interface ever of any DAW though! All the clicking zooming in/out to read track names, random resizes of MC and a myriad other annoyances of the MC in C7 that includes lack of focus sense and no undo has become a tedious and tiring chore to be avoided.

As should the software engineers who keep churning out mess after more mess with the upgrades.Ħ.5 and Studio One 2 are Center stage here now. You can’t seriously believe that a magazine reviewer is going to hone in on the problems? He/she would soon be looking for a new job. I’d rather trust the users experience in forums than glossed over reviews in magazines that rely on the cash flow of advertisements that follow “honest it’s wonderful” reviews.Ĭ7 is riddled with flaws, mostly found in the MC.

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