Leave a Review Cubasis 3
I-pad Pro + Cubasis 3 = (Studio Quality Recording DAW)
I’m a life-long Musician ( Recording Artist ) I’ve been into every Music recording App on the Apple I.O.S Store and nothing has come close to Cubasis 3. As soon as I could afford it I just bought the App and all the In app FX purchases , ( and now with the extra Halion and Neo Fm Synth ) Purchases.
I wish I knew about this App. before I bought half the AppStore in random synth apps and other squirrelly multitrack recording Set-ups. I must’ve spent at least $1,000 But Im not sorry cause I can use all those as well for plug in instruments inside Cubasis. I use “Geo shred “and all my “Module “ Pianos and synths . The quality is just getting Crazy -Good , and the new Halion and Neo FM sounds ,…rival all those other sounds I bought for their higher quality sound. This App is way ahead of the pack and is the closest you can get to a Pro tools or Studio-1 style / professional-Laptop D.A.W.
For me I’ve found that the I-pad itself will falter first ( in CPU Performance) before Cubasis will. 1 trick is if you need to add so many tracks that it gets buggy ,..(which hasn’t happened to me,…) you can stop at around 15- 20 tracks ,..then mix them down to one stereo track on a empty song and continue to add 15- 20 more.
This Things a monster and has features and secrets I’m still learning .Show lessMaxwellteks
Developer Response
Hi Maxwellteks, Thank you very much for updated review and rating! We are very. happy to read that you seem to enjoy Cubasis and all the new insruments!! Enjoy being creative and stay safe and sound! Thanks again & warm greetings, LarsWhoa ,…You ‘All hit it out of the Stadium.
I’m a Die-Hard Recording Musician and I’ve been recording my whole life since before Middle school ,.from a 2 track reel to reel , through the 4 trk cassette Era & then Digital 8 & 16 trk Hard drive recorders. I still use them but in the past decade the computer recording field has birthed a few quality sounding Apps ,with varying and strange User interfaces. When I discovered Cubasis however , it was right around the time of the previous update and I immediately bought all the accompanying Waves Effects and EQs .
Now with the latest Update,..I don’t even think I’d need to move up to powerful laptop software that was previously ,financially unattainable. I’ve been deleting other synth apps that I spent good money on for the high sound quality, since this new update covers most of everything that was eating up my I-pad pro storage.
I praised you before and I’m back to praise you even higher again,…for blowing away the entire Musical AppStore with one shot.Show lessDeveloper Response
Hi Maxwellteks, Happy New Year 2024! Thank you very much for kind review and rating! We are very glad to read that you seem to enjoy using Cubasis! We try our best making it better with every new update... Thanks again and stay well, LarsCould/Should be far better
As a person who is a fan of Cubase, this app is a HUGE letdown. Almost every time I try to record a midi track, none of the keys or pads do anything, as if it can’t register me touching the screen. Then I try to pause the track but it just keeps playing, causing me to have to close the app (and the track continues to play even after the app is closed). Then, when I reopen Cubasis, any and all progress I had made is gone. Extremely frustrating. I feel like this app tries to do more than what it can process, which is a shame because it has so much potential to be superior to any other mobile DAW available. I also wish you could change the song key like you can do in Cubase.
Sure, Cubasis offers a lot more features than other mobile DAWs, such as GarageBand (which is free and runs almost flawlessly), but it isn’t worth the frustration or time lost.
This app has a lot of improvements that need to be made. Until then, I’m sorry to say, I highly advise that you do NOT purchase this app.Show lessPremierGuru
Developer Response
Hi PremierGuru, Thank you for your Cubasis review and rating. We are sorry about your issues, which definitive should not be the case, when using Cubasis. Please try these steps first: (1) Close all running apps, including Cubasis. (2) Fully shut down the iPad (turn it to off). (3) Relaunch your iPad and load an empty project template with Cubasis. Does this help to reolsve your problem? The app should easily work as shown in this tutorial: https://youtu.be/BieqarsOCyM?si=9Bs2WXNnf1PqDjPA. Warm greetings, LarsHands down best/fun DAW for the ipad
Get this app and don’t think twice about it. With each upgrade, it just gets better. I have been using DAWs for close to 20 years and this app is so intuitive. I constantly tell folks trying to get into electronic music and music production, if you can’t afford to buy a bunch of gear, this is a really great option and will give you really high quality results. Wanna do a podcast with full production? 😎 I think with anything it can always get better though. It would be nice to add a video input option, so you could score to a film on the go. The new M1 chips are insane and take some serious processing. Tip of the hat Steinberg, thank you for so many countless hours of creativity. Cheers!Show lessmicroluv
Developer Response
Hi microluv, WOW - many thanks for your kind Cubasis review and rating - greatly appreciated. We are very grateful to read that Cubasis is "Hands down best/fun DAW for the iPad" for you... :) Thanks again big time!! Stay well and enjoy being creative! Warm regards, LarsCubasis > Computer DAW
Cubasis is amazing, it’s so much more fun to mix down live recordings of my band away from the computer. Cubasis has all the features I need: - Easy navigation with two fingers (way better than a computer) - Can export a section of a project (annoyingly can’t do this in garage band) - Can use plugins for mastering/mixing - Store projects and exports in folders - Can use any audio interface (like a x32 mixer) and I have had no trouble with >12 channels recording at once - the user interface doesn’t get in the way like garage band does The one feature I desire is the ability to use iCloud from the app (beyond iPad backup), this would let the iPad offload projects automatically to prevent your iPad from filling up.Show lessNateNateNateFire
Developer Response
Hi NateNateNateFire, Thank you very much for your 5***** star Cubasis rating and review - greatly appreciated!! We are glad to read that the app works out for you to do your mixing tasks of live recordings of your band, including mastering including multiple in/out support and organizing your projects. Great!! Normally, there should be no issue to use various options to backup or store your files. However the active project you've been working on has to be on the device. Thanks again big time & enjoy making music!! Warm greetings, LarsGreat mobile Daw
I started muaic production on my iPhone, then took it o an ipad, but i felt like the result of it was weird. I always had quality sound problems, and there were some stuff i didnt like. Then i tried cubasis 3, wich is the best daw i used by far. It runs smoothly (sometimes overpwering it bugs it, but i just need to close the app and reopen it). I like working my drums on beatmaker 3, and producing, organizing and mixing on Cubasis. Ive made like 30 songs in the past year and i cant complain, love the plugins that are available, plus the interface is very well done and comfortable to use. I appreciate the last update, i can see how commited is steinber, keep dropping those jewels. The only thing i dont like is the microsonic instruments, i mean theyre alright, but you cant control ASDR, the pitch, or other cool stuff like fx. I find myself using Model D and Synthmaster 2, but i wished i had some quality “normal” instruments instead of using synths.Show lessx+ cadf
Developer Response
Hi x+ cadf, WOW - Many many thanks for your kind Cubasis rating and in-depth review!! We are very glad to read that Cubasis seems to work out for you creating your music. Another WOW for "I've made like 30 songs in the past year", which sounds like great creative output! We are glad that you found an instrument to use instead of the included MicroSonic. And we try our best making Cubasis better with every new update!! Thanks again, stay safe and enjoy being creative!! Warm greetings, LarsGood But With Intolerable Flaws
Cubasis 3 is a decent DAW for iPad, but there are several flaws that absolutely ruin the user experience for me.
Select Doesn’t Work: First, choose the select tool and then trying to draw a box around events just doesn’t work. It looks like it tries to start to draw the bounding box, but then it just disappears. That makes it impossible to select MIDI notes you want to work with and ruins the piano roll editor.
Merge Clips: if you’re in loop mode and overdub MIDI parts, it records new clips on every pass but puts them on top of existing clips. The new clips, on playback, mask the clips below them from being selected. You can hear them, but you can see them or select them without moving the clips on top out of the way first. So, consequently, when you select what you think is a whole part to copy and paste it, you’re only selecting the top layer or your last recording pass. There’s no way I can find to flatten the clips into one.Show lessrjbullock
Developer Response
Hi rjbullock, Thank you for your Cubasis review and rating - greatly appreciated!! Normally, it should work both easily and quickly to merge multiple MIDI events into a single event, following these steps: (1) Tap the "SELECT" button in the sub menu. (2) Tap and hold next to the events you want to select, and move your finger above them. (3) Tap the "GLUE" button. If you still encounter issues, please file a bug report at our forum at steinberg.net/cubasisforum, and I'm happy to share a short clip explaining the steps visually. Hope that helps! Stay well & warm greetings, LarsThe best DAW for iOS - and perhaps all around
Don’t get me wrong. I love GarageBand/Logic, and seamless integration with Apple. However, when talking about people who know the business, look no further than Steinberg.
Cubasis/Cubase is the best DAW all around. It is and always has been the most powerful. Now, Cubasis 3 is by far the best and only DAW any professional would use on an M1 iPad.
As a former Cubase user, I really regret switching over to Logic Pro as my main DAW, but I sold my license and e-licenser so that ship has sailed. However, when recording in my iPad I no longer use GarageBand to port over to Logic. Now I use Cubasis 3 exclusively since 3.5 update.
People used to rave about the terrible and paid-rated Auria Pro by WaveMachine Labs. People don’t know its abandonware and the developer and coder who made the company sold it to some ragtag bunch that are just reaping in the cash from App Store sales because no one says anything about it online (or they are really that good at hiding their DirtyScam). Whatever the case is, NEVER buy Auria Pro or Drumperfect Pro, same people….buy Cubasis 3 and Lumbeat RDM. Best investment I made as an iPad iOS musician.
PS Cubasis 3.5 is such a good update that I was even thinking about repurchasing Cubase just to have the portability from iOS to macOS.Show lessdeleteddddd0989
Developer Response
Hi deleteddddd0989, WOW - We are overwhelmed by your kind Cubasis review and rating. Many thanks for this!! We are very glad to read that Cubasis is "the best DAW for iOS - and perhaps all around" for you... :) And we try to make it better with every new update, having 3.5.1 in the works already. Thanks again! Enjoy making music & & stay safe and sound! Warm greetings, LarsMidi parsing disregard tempo data in the file
Hello, When importing a midi file, it seems that the midi data indicating the overall tempo are disregarded. For example I have one midi file with different tempo signatures at different parts but all the parts of the file play at the same (wrong) speed. On my PC’s daw the different parts of the same midi file are played at the correct speed. If there is any option that enables the parsing of this data please let me know. If this not supported please also let me know. Hopefully it can implemented in next releases. Note that tempo data are important for any music composition and I know that it can be manually changed in this app (that is not what I need). Thank you in advance for you answer.Show lessNick45689143
Recording audio over usb no longer works.
Update: The recording of audio over usb works as it should… this was my fault. I turned off the microphone. I guess that is part of the chain of recording the external hardware tracks. Thanks to the great people at CUBASIS they found out what I had did.
Recording audio over usb from external hardware synth (Yamaha Modx) no longer works. I have been using CUBASIS 3 since it came out. Unless you guys have changed the way you set it up. It no longer works. And yes I’m aware of the video Dom Sigalas put out. That is the way I first learned how to set it up. There is also a newer video by The Sound Test Room (CUBASIS 3.2 Tutorial - How To Record & Playback MIDI & Audio For Your Hardware Synths). It is no longer useful. I originally purchased this app because of that one fact… that it would work with my Yamaha products since Steinberg is a subsidiary of Yamaha. If the Developers need any info all they need to do is go by theses videos above and they will see they no longer work.Show lesswillie285
Developer Response
Hi Hi willie285, Thanks again for your updated review and rating! We are glad to read, that everything now works as expected! In addition, you may check out our available "Getting started with Cubasis" tutorial as well, to learn more about the Cubasis workflow and all available features: https://youtu.be/KcFuk4z-eUQ. Enjoy making music & stay safe and sound! Thanks again, Lars --- --- --- Hi willie285, Thanks again for your review and rating. Unfortunately we are unaware about any issues in this direction. When installing Cubasis, a popup appears asking your permission to use the microphone. Please check the steps below, making sure the permission is granted: Starting Cubasis the very first time, a popup asking your permission to use the microphone appears, which has to be accepted. If you tapped “no” by accident, please change the setting manually as follws: - Please go to the iPad settings. - There please go to Privacy / Microphone. - Please make sure to enable Microphone use with Cubasis. In addition, please also check the following "Audio Routing" tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcFuk4z-eUQ&t=1170s If the problem persists, please get in touch with us via our forum (steinberg.net/cubasisforum) and share a short clip with us, which shows the steps and issue. Thanks, Lars --- --- --- Hi willie285, Happy New Year and thank you for your Cubasis review and rating! We are sorry to read about your USB recording issue which has been shared with the team. Please await our feedback! Best wishes, Lars
