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Eventually, as the version releases progressed, the two systems became more alike while serving the niches each occupied– Cubase for music production and Nuendo for post production and live sound. When I bought a Cubase license – somewhere around version 5 – to complement my Nuendo rig, I was eager to try out new features that would speed up my workflow and help me be more efficient and creative. In 2000, Cubase was not much more than a MIDI sequencer, but it evolved exponentially to get to where it is now, as Cubase took on more and more features of Nuendo and started to shine as a standalone professional production tool – even to the point that Nuendo and Cubase would leapfrog each other at each new release cycle. Like the digital audio industry itself, it has come a very long way and Steinberg has been leading the industry in terms of features, functions, ease of use, and sonics. MR: Nuendo has been my reliable, tried-and-true DAW for recording and mixing since it was first released on the Mac in 2000. Author and film/television composer Alan Tubbs is a newcomer to Cubase, having relied on SONAR for many years, until Cakewalk ceased operations.

Michael Romanowski, owner of Coast Mastering in Berkeley, CA, is a longtime user of Cubase and its sibling Nuendo. Cubase is celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2019, and before I tell you what I love about Cubase, let me introduce the two pro audio veterans who joined me for this review.

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It offers me the best performance and user experience for recording and mixing music – whether I'm running it on my Microsoft Surface hybrid tablet/laptop with a portable stereo interface, or on my purpose-built rackmount PC with 194/196 channels of I/O.