all in one. ready to work from the box

 

Unique as in "Original" - Steinberg invented VST's and VSTi's, Expanded MIDI Expression Maps invented by them as well, Cubase Logical Editor as some..

Unique in todays' DAW world? All reputable DAW's all pretty much do the same thing with similar functionality, each with different look and feel.
Find which suits you best. "Better" is what is best for YOU.

EDIT - Additionally - Along with Logic (originally EMAGIC), these two were the first to implement a fully featured notation inclusion with the DAW that is not only usable, it is printable and contains most things anyone writing might need. For publishing level it suffices as a draft but with dedicated publishing, most people go with Dorico, Sibelius or Finale.

 

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They all do dude!

 

Yeah the 10.5 update for Cubase was rather bad, but it was on sale for.... 50€ I think? I only bought it, because you can still redeem it for later versions if you don't use it for 10.5, just like I did for 12. I think Steinberg shouldn't charge for .5 updates... That's really greedy, and the sale price for updates should be the standard price xD

I really want to try Logic, but I don't have the money for a Mac right now, and I don't want to mess with Hackintosh. I heard that Logic is really similar to Cubase, and has most of the features, and maybe even better stock fx than cubase. So maybe you don't really need Cubase if you have logic?

 

it's always some stupid update path, crossgrade, blah. more money is all SB ever is. More additional content too. Logic has been 200 for this entire iteration of it. I prefer cubase to logic, but only if its out of someone else's wallet. And they have been exactly like that almost as long as they have been making software.

 

Nothing special, you are the architect of your fate.

 

Well, its probably the only DAW that follows the VST standard to the letter so as long as the devs are coding 'by the rules' it should technically give you the best plugin handling.. Aside from that, like others have said, it's not really THAT unique anymore. 20 years ago when it was competing with just Logic Platinum and Pro Tools, it was definitely on top for MIDI users. ProTools MIDI handling SUCKED at the time (and is barely coming around apparently), and stuff like SAW was going to the post production folks. At the time, you still had to deal with the Environment in Logic to get MIDI going and that scared a lot of folks off (its the reason I went with VST24 but also ended up going to Logic right before Apple). At the turn of the century, it was a rock solid audio/midi workstation and had virtual instruments you could use too! Shortly after, Emagic came up with their own (EXS24, ES1/2, etc), and along the way we've had plenty of DAW's pop up. Everybody has pretty much copied each other, it's just all implemented in different ways and workflows.

One thing Cubase hasn't jumped on is a clip launcher (thank god). Lots of folks are complaining about it, wanting something like Live's Session View or Logic's Live Loops but Steinberg thankfully is sticking to being a linear composers DAW for now.

 

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What aspect of MIDI in Reaper is cumbersome to you, out of curiosity?

 

Beside reasons others mentioned, and you guys can correct me if Im wrong (coz Cubase is the only one Im really good with), but I think Cubase is one of the few that can handle huge ammount of midi/instrument tracks. Others being Reaper and Digital Performer.
I think PT, Logic and Ableton are just not on par on this. Again I might be wrong
But, it's simple really. If youre doing edm, go for ableton. If cinematic/orchestral (lots of VIs) go for cubase or reaper. Or just learn well both, it would benefit you

 

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Pretty sure Reaper does this.
You can choose multiple items and change settings for all, but I am not sure how deep that goes (for example, changing clip envelopes, etc.). Gotta check more...

 

Yes, my first thought was "over thirty years of history". I started using cubase in 2019 knowing nothing at all of daws or music production. Went straight to it only because it was what the legends of the past used.

I now know ableton is perhaps better suited to the type of music I'm making but I don't have want to learn a whole new daw. I really like cubase overall.

 

I'm old school PC. Back in the days when these things started coming out, before they were even called DAWs, there was only two to choose from - Cubase and Sonar. Sonar was full-featured but didn't have the workflow of Cubase, so I used that even though it crashed frequently. That was about 25 years ago.

Over the years, I dipped my toes into Cakewalk, Reaper, Studio One, and others, but returned to Cubase because it's what I was most comfortable with.

I can score with Cubase.
I can play in key, either live or retroactively, with scale correction/snap to scale.
Editing tools are right at your fingertip, in side bars or in overhead strips.
It has a clever way of allocating RAM for lesser systems (like mine).
It's built-in sampler works well.
It has automation follows events.
BTW, the large amount of scales it can snap to is the most I've even encountered. Some DAWs only have the traditional major, minor, chromatic, etc. Cubase has, I think, 31 different scales and you can create your own scales as well. It has an Arabaic/ Phrygian dominant scale, but its steps aren't 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8 like you'd find elsewhere, but you can create your own if you want.
You can quantize audio. Handy for synths whose arpeggiator can sometimes lag or drift.