Steinberg have gone a step further, though, by adding some useful menu options. It has made this common task both easier and faster. This is a vast improvement over the previous system, where you had to use the pointer, scissors and mute tools to identify and bring to the 'front' the elements you wished to comp together. With the different takes displayed beneath each other on lanes, all you need to do to comp the perfect performance is select the comp tool and 'paint' the areas on the different takes that you wish to hear. The way it works will be familiar to users of some other DAWs, notably Apple's Logic Pro, which I believe was the first to adopt this approach. I'm pleased to report that it promises a significant reduction in the number and intensity of headaches caused by intensive comping! Its icon looks like a pointing finger, and can be accessed from the same tool palette that offers scissors, glue tool and so on. The first feature worth writing home about is a new dedicated comping tool, intended to streamline the process of piecing together the perfect virtual performance from a number of different takes. There's also much-requested support for 64-bit ReWire (yes, it works - and there's very little else to say about that!) Finally, there are a number of new features designed to streamline editing and the comping of multitrack recordings. Since then, these fixes have been incorporated in Cubase v6.0.7, which is a free update for Cubase 6.0.x users (for full details, and to download the updaters, go to So what exactly does your money buy you with Cubase 6.5? Notable additions include two new VST synths and a couple of new EQ and filter plug-ins, as well as an update to the VST Amp Rack guitar amp, cab and effect modelling plug-in. Version 6.5 also includes plenty of bug-fixes, and when it was first launched, this was the only way you could get hold of them.
But after evaluating v6.5 for several weeks, I don't agree: there's some really useful new functionality, and significant enhancements to existing facilities that should prove worth the modest upgrade price. Updates are available both for the full version, as reviewed here, and for Cubase Artist.Ĭubase 6.5 does not at first sight appear to be the most major of overhauls, and some users have complained about having to pay for a '.x' version. It may be 'only a point five' update, but there's plenty on offer in the latest version of Cubase.ĭon't panic: Cubase hasn't gone brown for 6.5, this is just how I like it! Above is the new comping tool, which can be used with the group-editing feature to save hours of tedious multitrack editing.Īs a long-time Cubase user, I've seen many major updates to Steinberg's flagship music-production software, and the latest brings us up to Cubase 6.5.
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