Leave a Review Cubasis 3
a traditional daw
I’ve purchased many iPad app daws, this is by far the most traditional desktop-class daw experience out of all of them. If you simply want a linear style daw that your used to working with and not another ‘new take’ on a daw, this is the one you are looking for. I’m primarily using it to edit and process custom samples for loading onto external gear. Very couch friendly experience, editing samples has never been so comfortable. Only negative for me is some of the ui menu options don’t feel like they were put in intuitive locations, where you go to import and render audio is a bit of a head scratcher at first. Although this could just be my lack of familiarity with Cubase workflow in general. 9/10Show lessSilence04
Cubasis
I have had Cubasis for years and I have enjoyed watching it grow into an even more fantastic application. On my iPad Pro it is a thing of awe and wonder. It is so powerful and it does so much. I learn something new almost daily. Originally I never came close to what Cubasis was capable of doing. As a guitarist, Cubasis was a great way to lay down a few fast tracks. Jam Origin Midi Guitar opened the door to being able to play soft synths with a guitar. Cubasis allows me to multi track to my hearts delight. There has never been a more exciting time to work with sound. I can carry my music studio with me wherever ever the muse takes me. Cubasis 3 nearly explodes with potential. I have a lot to learn which is actually very exciting. Cubasis has brought many things together l have been working on for awhile. It’s like getting the sonic circus under one tent. Carl R.Show lessChill brother earl
Developer Response
Hi Chill brother earl, WOW - again many, many thanks for your updated Cubasis review and for rating the app with 5***** stars. We are super happy to read this!! Enjoy making music and stay safe and sound! Thanks again big time!! Warm greetings to the US, Lars --- --- --- Hi Chill brother earl, Many thanks for your positive Cubasis rating and review. We are very glad to read this! Please enjoy using Cubasis & thanks again for rating our app! Stay healthy & best wishes, LarsIs it just me ??
Everyone writes stellar reviews for this app so i finally broke down and bought it. I’ve spent a lot of time with it and still can’t create anything that sounds like anything. I have all the DAWs for ios and can use them all to produce tracks, but i can’t wrap my head around Cubasis. Firstly it takes ages to load when i first bring up a project, it just remains frozen for minutes. The workflow seems cluttered, i can’t get the timing right with my instrumentals, they always end up jumbled and off time. In apps like Nanostudio i have no problems building tracks so it’s not as if i’m clueless. I know people love this app but i’ve deleted it from my devices, i can’t use it.Show lesshighlikeafly
Great
I think like many of us hoping Apple will soon provide Logic for the newer M1 iPad Pro’s, this is a fair breath of fresh air. I like the ease and familiarity and features of Logic on Mac, but Cubasis does provide some top tier features for an on the go feel. An iPad could essentially be your studio centerpiece (with appropriate USB hubs and such for expansion), and with it’s in app purchases, and third party plug ins, (ideally iK’s MixBox) you can track and mix a song from front to back anywhere with some very good quality plugins.
It’s features and highlights are already highlighted, and they’r very handy. Of course the virtual mixer, it’s very easy to track and add plug ins, and polish things up with minimal gear. A midi controller, a decent mic, and a decent interface with decent monitors, can all go a long way to now make mobile pro production a breeze.
I 100% recommend, and give it a 4 out of pure stinginess of hoping Logic will some day find its way on here, as if I had to choose between mobile producing on an iPad with Cubasis or Logic, I’d have to go the Logic route mainly from personal preference and experience, and not at all a jab down towards Cubasis. Great job Steinberg!Show lessSal_amander
Developer Response
Hi Sal_amander, Many thanks for your kind Cubasis 3 5***** review and rating and for sharing your experiences here! We are glad to read that you seem to enjoy using Cubasis so far, while Logic is your personal preference! We try our best making the app better with every new update! Enjoy making music & stay safe! Thanks again & warm greetings, LarsBetter now
This app is a dream come through for me and many. A few of my friends are using it live as their main sequencer. I’m using it mainly for composing. I’m using the Ravencroft piano (best piano library, hands down.) I’m also using the Korg Module and Gospel Musician Neo Soul Rhodes app. Amazing combination here. The only thing that I wish I had was better acoustic drums samples. I think the overall sound of Cubasis is mind blowing. The effects are useable. The new update took it to another level. Thanks for making it possible for me to take a full blown studio anywhere I go.Show lessPan Monster :-((
I liked it but
As soon as I start using Bluetooth headphones audio immediately changed. The midi tracks were slowed down and completely different. My headphones are low latency. The interface is nice tho UPDATE: With Bluetooth play/ airplay it will work sometimes. But occasionally will bug out. And all midis will be slowed down immensely. Tried restarting the app and restarting my phone but the sound is still slowed. Only way I can get it back to normal is if I disconnect but after a while it bugs out again.
UPDATE 2:
Changing the sample rate workedShow lessMikahRA
I want to like it…
Actually, I want to love it, but I can’t. They finally get a UI that’s almost perfect, and then they throw in these god awful gradients that look like they’re from 2006, and these waveforms that look ripped out of Audacity 1.0. The rest of the UI is this really lovely, flat UI. Clean, spacing is decent, and then BOOM, 2006 slaps you in the face with these terrible gradients and old wave forms. Why not let us make those flat, and update the waveform when we’re zoomed out to look like SoundCloud or any other audio app that produces modern looking waveforms. Then when we zoom in, we can have the ugly, but more accurate looking waveform? Give us some options at least. FL Studio’s mobile tracks are beautiful. But so far, they’re the only ones who’ve got it right. I hope that these fellas get around to making the tracks match the rest of the UI instead of mixing 2020 flat design with 2006 web 2.0.Show lessTetshi
Developer Response
Hi Tetshi, Thanks for your Cubasis review and rating! We are glad to read that you seem to love Cubasis so far except for a few UI things. Hm... it's not easy to make things match for everyone... Nevertheless we try to improve the app with every update, and the next one is already in the making, aimed to be released sometime soon. For now, we hope you will get used to the current UI a bit more... Stay safe and sound & thanks again, LarsMy go to DAW
I started producing music on iOS and was using Cubasis 2 (and later 3) to mix/master tracks. Sadly my iPad broke and I ended up moving to Logic Pro for about 4 months before getting another iPad to move back to Cubasis. Fantastic workflow, really great interface I cannot recommend it enough.
Also if you’re on a tight budget getting Cubasis and AUV3s are significantly cheaper than buying the desktop plugins. I was looking at spending $2,000 to rebuy my eventide and fab filter plugins that I already owned on iOS.
Again, I have no issues with Cubasis. I ended up going to desktop producing for awhile and have come back because I love the workflowShow lessSoteg
Would be awesome
Every other time I load a project, it’s says my sample rate was change to 24khz and tracks play at lower pitch. I have seen others have this issue. I have done the recommended remedy of starting a new project, closing app and restarting phone. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. I really want to use this app because other than this it is perfect for mobile production. (Just did recent update, still no fix).
Edit - Added star for quick response from developer and awesome to see how Lars responds to every review. Although there may be quirks, it can do so much and is apparent there is constant improvements and effort being put into product.Show lessjaggedvisions66
Bugs and glitches
I would give this a 5 star but when I get somewhat done with my track I’ll save it and go to bed then the next day I go to work on the track it messes up , it will be extremely pitched down and sounds like I clicked record and recorded the whole song on another phone and it gets aggravating but it’s slowly starting to not do that but if y’all will work on the app to make sure it doesn’t do that it would be amazing and also I would love it if y’all made it to where I can pitch up my vocals more than one octave but other than that I love the app , worth the money and there some other issues I have with the eq and stuffShow lessOld time Hudson hornet
