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Tube World · 2nd July 2009

All these talk about Samplitude vrs the rest.......what made me choose Samplitude is not that it sounded better than Cubase, but it's work flow, what it offers compared to Cubase.

First off, you can burns CD's in Samp, and they have a lot of the important features that Wavelab has. Working in one program for everything is more appealing to me.

All these DAW's are deep programs, and I found Samp has the best tutorial videos at Samplitude.com to understand all the main features from recording, mixing, midi, effects, and mastering. This saves hours of frustration in figuring out things.

I like the mixer in Samp a lot better. They first offer serveral skins to choose from. In addition, you can see your inputs, aux, inserts, EQ and faders all on the screen at the same time. With Cubase, you can't see the bottom of the screen since they force 8 inserts in which takes up a lot of room. Their layout is not as good as Samp either.

Samp has better compressors, and utility effects than Cubase though I still use Waves, and UAD, the Samp effects sometimes does it better. I also like the two master faders compared to the single one in Cubase. Not to mention the mono button they have on the master buss, and enhance knob which really can help the sound of a mix.

I also found that Samp uses less CPU than Cubase.

Regarding sound quality, I have found better mic placement makes more of a difference than the DAW you use. 5 -10 years ago, I would agree more, but I think most of the DAW engines are pretty close to each other. I would say though that in working both in Cubase and Samp that Samp's high end seems a little more crystal clear.

The latest version 10 is very stable on my computer. They have come out with version 11 mostly because Cubase, Logic and Sonar keep adding to their programs so they have to stay competitive. Though I don't care for amp simulations, they can be handy and the amp simulations in Samp 11 on youtube sound decent. I am more excited about the new EQ which is suppose to be more like the Red EQ that is out there. However version 10 is such a deep program and more designed for engineers compared to Sonar which is more for musicians. My understanding is Magix worked with making Samp 11 a little more user friendly to musicians, so I welcome any improvement in that area as well.

2nd July 2009	#461
Tube World Lives for gear Joined: Jan 2008 Location: Franklin TN Posts: 2,398 5 Reviews written	All these talk about Samplitude vrs the rest.......what made me choose Samplitude is not that it sounded better than Cubase, but it's work flow, what it offers compared to Cubase. First off, you can burns CD's in Samp, and they have a lot of the important features that Wavelab has. Working in one program for everything is more appealing to me. All these DAW's are deep programs, and I found Samp has the best tutorial videos at Samplitude.com to understand all the main features from recording, mixing, midi, effects, and mastering. This saves hours of frustration in figuring out things. I like the mixer in Samp a lot better. They first offer serveral skins to choose from. In addition, you can see your inputs, aux, inserts, EQ and faders all on the screen at the same time. With Cubase, you can't see the bottom of the screen since they force 8 inserts in which takes up a lot of room. Their layout is not as good as Samp either. Samp has better compressors, and utility effects than Cubase though I still use Waves, and UAD, the Samp effects sometimes does it better. I also like the two master faders compared to the single one in Cubase. Not to mention the mono button they have on the master buss, and enhance knob which really can help the sound of a mix. I also found that Samp uses less CPU than Cubase. Regarding sound quality, I have found better mic placement makes more of a difference than the DAW you use. 5 -10 years ago, I would agree more, but I think most of the DAW engines are pretty close to each other. I would say though that in working both in Cubase and Samp that Samp's high end seems a little more crystal clear. The latest version 10 is very stable on my computer. They have come out with version 11 mostly because Cubase, Logic and Sonar keep adding to their programs so they have to stay competitive. Though I don't care for amp simulations, they can be handy and the amp simulations in Samp 11 on youtube sound decent. I am more excited about the new EQ which is suppose to be more like the Red EQ that is out there. However version 10 is such a deep program and more designed for engineers compared to Sonar which is more for musicians. My understanding is Magix worked with making Samp 11 a little more user friendly to musicians, so I welcome any improvement in that area as well.