Leave a Review Cubasis 3
Very Frustrating with kinda Potential
Look, I've been producing music for over 25 years, with multiple formats covering a variety of situations. Having gear/applications work right the first time is a must. Period. Nothing will destroy a creative moment faster than trying to figure out why an Inter App plugin won't run, why Cubasis freezes and crashes at least once a session, why recorded tracks simply disappear, why looking into the midi instruments always brings you to the piano as a default and not the top level menu, and so on. There is potential here I think. But this isn't for a serious producer, it's not good for creatively free forming ideas. To be honest, I'm not sure what it does well. Just use GarageBand, it's free and far less frustrating. Hopefully some updates will help.Show lesstokyomachine
MAJOR GLITCH...UNACCEPTABLE...FARICKIN FIX IT!!!
Guys... Had it not been for me having Cubasis TWO still, I would have not been able to confirm the fact that Cubasis THREE puts tracks OFF SYNC after they have been mixed down. This has driven me crazy for a month. I searched every parameter within 3, performed mix down after mixdown, and every time, at least one track is NOT in sync after having hit the mixdown button and then reviewed in auto play. I finally went back to Cubasis TWO and redid the very same files, mixed down, and NO PROBLEM.... I appreciate the improvements you’ve made with 3, but DAYAM... Do you have any idea how much time I have wasted?? And it would be nice if I could find a person to actually REPORT this to. This was unacceptable. Do you have any idea just how many apps, plugins, and other crap I have purchased through the years? SOMEBODY....PLEASE get in touch with me about this. I’m even willing to accept that maybe I’m overlooking something. But after putting it all back into Cubasis TWO with no problem, I’ll be waiting.......Show lesspiano4te
Developer Response
Hi piano4te, Thank you for your Cubasis review and rating. Please note that we've released Cubasis 3.2 this morning which adds many new features and resolve +45 user reported issues. Please give the update a try and let us know via your updated review, if it resolves your current issues. Thank you & stay well, LarsFix the sampler make it single sound sampler PLEASE READ THIS STEINBURG”
I wish cubasis 3 was like fr studio and what I mean by this is I wish they added how when you use your own sounds and kits and you put them down into a piano roll like on for studio. Example let’s say we’re gonna use 808 when you choose your own kit and choose an 808 and put it down it shows up in piano roll we’re you can plug in each notes and what semitones they are so there not all the same sounds so it goes up and down octaves etc I really wish they add single notes to cubasis like fr studio so when I make hi hats I can plug them in then put hi hat rolls at different octaves or semitones please add this please please please add this in your mini sampler so when I choose my own sounds it doesn’t use just that one key for that sound but uses all keys would love this to happen !!!!!! I would like to see this like GarageBand mobile how you put one sound in the sampler and then you go to the piano roll and the sound you chose has different tones as you click up and down the piano roll please change the sampler to be a single sampler like fr studio and GarageBand mobile !!!!!! I’m beggingShow lesssobroken@soundcloud
Developer Response
Hi sobroken@soundcloud, Thank you for your Cubasis review and rating. Please have a look if the available MiniSamper tutorials are of help for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtHh3D4EZV8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVNTt9oi2dg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iES0SRwFwno Hope that helps! Stay well, LarsMixed Feelings
So I think it’s a great improvement, so much that I want to use it now.
... well, until I began to use it.
To compare I am long time Auria Pro user.
Both have feature sets that compliment each other in different production stages.
( runing on newest Ipad Pro 12.9)
First, The program needs state saving of the mixer and settings. Certain setting keep reverting back when reopening app. And the mixer, Everytime I open the app I have to waste time setting everything up again for workflow.
Now the serious problems.
Severe latency will occur of 1/2 second. I have to keep restarting the ipad several times and shutting off the Channel Strips. Eventually it works
Severe digital distorting and breakup can occur once latency issue is resolved.
Severe bluetooth issues: connection, distortion, slowing audio down...
Things are not working well and I cant get work done. For $50 Im becoming very disappointed and I dont have free time to waste.
Cant you release a beta version and charge after it works??? I run Auria Pro 10x harder with FabFilter plugins and I havent a fraction of the issues in 48 hours.
Sorry to complain, it has potential. But you charged me alot for me not to be able to use it.
5 stars after its fixedShow lessPageMad
Despite a shaky release and some growing pains, Cubasis 3 realizes it’s potential
UPDATE SEPT. 2020: Cubasis 3 has been a joy to work with and more & more this year anytime I start getting an idea or start screwing around with something it’s Cubasis 3 that I load up. It’s layout and ease of use make jamming and experimenting move into composing and then recording and mixing seamlessly. Excellent.
I began using iOS Music Production apps in 2015 and now use iOS exclusively in my home studio. I used Cubasis 2 for many different projects, it’s features on par with it’s big brother Cubase. With this new 3rd version, Steinberg has increased the power, features and performance capabilities of Cubasis to make it. a pick ‘em between V.3 and Auria Pro or the title of Best iOS DAW. Highly recommended.Show lessJRSIV1975
Almost did it!
First you charge us for the upgrade, I said well it’s a daw on an Ipad, so it's understood, but then I see you took out something’s to add on others and I said ok. Please understand, this is not a hobby for me,this is about making the transition from a computer to the iPad and if you say it’s a daw, then give me the full Monty, I paid for it. Outro! Why doesn’t Cubasis 3 have midi clock or any sync in for use with controllers or sync with computer. I don’t get it. and I’m noticing many bugs appear that should have been corrected with updates. please give us sync in and a select all tracks option. Other than that it’s a great app, but you left out some things and still need to correct others.Show lessVitamin Beats
The best! Period.
Wow I have dreamed of a DAW like this one on mobile device for years. I dare anyone to name one that comes even close for audio recording mixed with midi. This is a portable recording studio. The integration with third party effects and virtual instruments is so smooth. I guess most of the bad reviews were left months ago when the app was still in its infancy but really, this app today deserves nothing less than 5 stars. I have used cubase on desktop my whole life and trust Steinberg to deliver awesome products. Even if the app starts with bugs they eventually make you a satisfied customer. You can even tell by the way almost every review here is address by a human. Try finding many developers like that.
This app looks beautiful on my iPad screen. It has all the essential features cubase has, down to the colorization of individual tracks. The way files, settings and features are managed and selected is pure genius. I could go on and on but i will let you judge for yourselves after downloading the lite version if you want to try first. I can safely recommend to any serious musician wanting to have a reliable mobile recording studio to just close their eyes and get Cubasis 3. Most issues you may have will eventually get resolved because the devs are listening, so what do you have to loose?Show lessKushlion
Developer Response
Hi Kushlion, Thank you for your Cubasis review and rating! We are glad to read that you seem to enjoy using the app so far! We will try our best making the app better with every update! Please stay well & big thanks again! Best LarsPotential but unnecessary new learning curve
New learning curve because of changes like scrolling in piano roll . Its moving things in a different direction than i expect it would go. Where i used to scroll with two finger in 2.8, now the directions are the opposite down is up , up is down but left and right work correctly. It would be actually better, if side to side were also the opposite like they changed the up and down functions.
I have to be careful when expanded and i want to hit undo, or erase for example, i do it accidentally because now i have another set of same controls for piano roll and find myself hitting the background undo or erase, which is an inch away on my screen. So then instead of the selected part disappearing, the whole track disappeared.
I am just starting to use this so i know eventually ill get used to it but its very annoying.
Update: a few mores hours with this and more problems like midi instruments feedback and just not much improvement in overall performance. It seems like this version is just not ready yet.
So i already requested a refund.
Its that bad.Show lesshi fi Cary
Absolutely perfect
Ok guys, this is a significant step above the previous version, which was nearly perfect to me and has been good to me for more than fifteen full length albums. This new one has amazing updates, and yes a TAD BUGGY (freeze exports sometimes not how intended) but as a chip musician, and experienced producer on a multitude of platforms and hardwares, all of the bugs are dismissible, Cubasis 3 remembers where I last was, right before a crash, and the chord editor is so incredibly powerful, I can’t complain about anything. The previous version had bugs with some internal effects, and those glitches are gone. Those glitches were way more annoying than the minor bugs I get in this one. More efficient than audio pro in my book and more dynamic and organized than any other app of its kind. Amazing work guys. I would pay a LOT more money if you ever wanted to add visual elements or video editing capabilities to this software.Show less***KOOL SKULL***
Developer Response
Hi ***KOOL SKULL***, Thank you very much for your Cubasis review and rating! We will do our best to improve the app with every update. And the next one will follow sometime soon. We hope tp be able to add video at some point in the future. Unfortunately, it will not come easy and quick though. Thanks again & stay well, LarsUnusable
I thoroughly researched different mobile DAWs before purchasing this product. For my semi-professional purposes I felt this was the best option for me, and in the surface it would be. I was aware of many reviews stating that the product seemed rushed and buggy, but I didn’t expect what I’ve encountered, and given my problem this product is COMPLETELY unusable.
What I am encountering is when I am trying to record audio, the program will momentarily pauses (hiccup is the best way I can describe it) right in the middle of recording. This is not relegated to recording only, but playback as well. Imagine trying to record something and after a minute or two through your performance, the program crash for just a moment and through everything off. Needless to say it’s extremely frustrating, and as I said, completely unusable.
To make matters worse, there’s so little help and information / documentation on Cubasis on the Internet - when you search Cubasis you MAY get a couple hits, but by far the majority search results are for Cubase.
It’s a slick interface, and I was really excited to get some songs recorded, but with the issue I’m having, I can’t even lay down the first track. I want a refund.Show lessJesusisLord3247
