Rate the best cut down versions

[dartfordyes]

Studio one artist is a really good deal

ableton intro is too cut down

i like bigwig essentials

reason hasn’t got one atm

cubase essentials is good now with that new orchestral libary


what cut down version is your fave

[chk071]

Cubase Elements is pretty good. Would probably be enough for my needs, although the lack of proper routing is a bummer (can't record a VST instruments output, for example).

Well, at least they added sidechaining some versions ago.

[dartfordyes]

Cubase Elements is pretty good. Would probably be enough for my needs, although the lack of proper routing is a bummer (can't record a VST instruments output, for example).

Well, at least they added sidechaining some versions ago.

record a vst instruments output why would you need that just curious? , cant you just record midi and bounce it ?

i

[lotus2035]

Cubase Elements is pretty good. Would probably be enough for my needs, although the lack of proper routing is a bummer (can't record a VST instruments output, for example).

Well, at least they added sidechaining some versions ago.

I can vouch for Cubase Elements 13, been using it extensively lately, I've had Cubase 10/7/6.5 in the past so I understand the differences. I would say Elements 13 is far more powerful than earlier cut down versions like the old Cubase SE3 (in comparison to the full version of the time), which I also had years back, which is probably why they raised the price for the entry level version.
I'd be content with an upgrade to Cubase Artist.

[dartfordyes]

also comping is a feature i feel like i want but is easy enough to do on seperate tracks

[chk071]

Cubase Elements is pretty good. Would probably be enough for my needs, although the lack of proper routing is a bummer (can't record a VST instruments output, for example).

Well, at least they added sidechaining some versions ago.

record a vst instruments output why would you need that just curious? , cant you just record midi and bounce it ?

i

You can, but, that's always one or two more steps to do.

Anyway, it's no essential feature for me, but, I used it in the past.

[dartfordyes]

Cubase Elements is pretty good. Would probably be enough for my needs, although the lack of proper routing is a bummer (can't record a VST instruments output, for example).

Well, at least they added sidechaining some versions ago.

record a vst instruments output why would you need that just curious? , cant you just record midi and bounce it ?

i

You can, but, that's always one or two more steps to do.

Anyway, it's no essential feature for me, but, I used it in the past.

i nearly jumped out my skin yesterday when i realised in bitwig essentials you can just drag the audio out of the midi , i felt like i was performing an exorcism ( it was so quick probably not a new feature )

[mothra]

record a vst instruments output why would you need that just curious? , cant you just record midi and bounce it ?

i

You can, but, that's always one or two more steps to do.

Anyway, it's no essential feature for me, but, I used it in the past.

Select all the events on the track, CMD+R (or whatever you Windows users key command is). Those 'one or two extra steps' take 2 seconds, and there's your new bounced audio version on a new track ready to go.

Does the 'lite' version of Cubase not render like the big daddy does?