27th December 2012
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#1 | | Lives for gear
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Thread Starter  | Cubase 7 on Mac?
How is the new Cubase 7 performing on OSX? Did it improve a lot?
Is it now on pair with it's performance on PC?
Regards,
Roger
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27th December 2012
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#2 | | Lives for gear
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No experience Cubase Mac users here?
Roger
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27th December 2012
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#3 | | Lives for gear
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Guys are saying the new delay compensation thingy is helping some. I havent had a chance to check it all here yet though.
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27th December 2012
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#4 | | Lives for gear
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Hhmmm, 'helping some' does not sound to promising...
RGH
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28th December 2012
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#5 | | Gear maniac
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there is a better performance in my mac pro 10.8.2 apogee symphony,the same project in 7 uses at least 20-30 % less processing than in 6.5 and it's more snappier(this was in my book the main request).But after 2-3 weeks I got the update I have mixed feelings ,there are so many things that I dislike about 7,it looks and feels really bloated and opening and closing menus in a mixer it's really tricky to do it very fast.but overall the performance is better.
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28th December 2012
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#6 | | Lives for gear
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It is not as good as C6.5 for sure. I get CPU spikes like crazy with the same exact project at 256 buffer on C7 which I run with no issues at all in C6.5 at 128. They have a lot of work to do.
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28th December 2012
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#7 | | Gear Head
Joined: Mar 2010 Location: Canada
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I think c7 really depends on the CPU, I have a quad i7, did not notice a difference in performance between c7 and logic, but I have not use c6.5 to be honest... Latency performance is solid, I am using 64 samples buffer without any issues.
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28th December 2012
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#8 | | Gear interested
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Cubase 7 on my Hack Pro works like a dream!
I've noticed it to be much quicker and the CPU usage has greatly dropped since 6.5. It's definitely worth the shot for cubase lovers!
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28th December 2012
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#9 | | Lives for gear
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A LOT better than 6.5 on my Mac Pro. Not as good as Logic or Reaper still though, or maybe even S1 I think. Much better though. Definitely workable.
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28th December 2012
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#10 | | Lives for gear
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def better on my old 2008 octo 2.8, 16 gigs ram, 64 bit
same projects with glitching before, none at all, getting more plugs and tracks as well
most stable upgrade i have had in a .0 from steiny
new mixer is fantastic for me, vari audio 2 works great, so many many things i like i delete PT 9, Logic 9, DP 8 and Reaper form my Dock
just C7 and S1 2.5 there now
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29th December 2012
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#11 | | Lives for gear
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Just the first tests here, but on our 10.8.2 system Cubase 7 64-bit seems to perform much better than C 5.5 on Snow Leopard.
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2nd January 2013
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#12 | | Lives for gear
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Anybody with C7 and the new imac?
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1st February 2013
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#13 | | Gear maniac
Joined: Nov 2006 Location: Israel
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Hello
I was wondering if there are any news regarding Cubase performance on the mac
from users here.
I am seriously considering ditching logic.
I was 10 years on cubase `till i switched to the mac.
cubase 4 was just terrible on a new mac pro quad nehalem.
my setup:
Mac Pro Quad 2.8 Nehalem
12GB OWC 1066 RAM
3x1TB WD Blue Caviar HD
RME Fireface400 with latest Drivers
OS 10.6.7
I Mainly do film score,lots of VI.
Don`t do alot of audio recordings,just the casual guitars (classic,acoustic,electric)
some violins and cellos.
my projects can get quite big with 6/7 instances of kontakt,fully loaded.
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1st February 2013
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#14 | | Gear interested
Joined: Dec 2011 Location: Belfast, Ireland
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Hi mate
I can confirm that the performance is great for cubase 7 on the mac. I have been using it since release and have had no issues with it at all. I haven't touched logic in quite some time now.
Chris
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1st February 2013
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#15 | | Gear Head
Joined: Mar 2010 Location: Canada
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@Jfalikman, I did not notice any difference in performance between cubase and logic, i got couple of crashes upon quitting the program, but they are constantly updating it and they promised an update this week. VST expression notes is a killer feature for orchestral arrangements, also the chord helper. I haven't touched logic since i got cubase 7, totally ignited my love for making music. The workflow pushes you to compose then mix, with logic i was always side tracked tweaking and mixing instead of writing music...One advice, do not do a music project with it until you are fully comfortable with everything, I am in this situation right now,learning under pressure. on the bright side, they have tons of free videos on youtube.
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1st February 2013
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#16 | | Gear maniac
Joined: Nov 2006 Location: Israel
Posts: 154
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Hi mate
I can confirm that the performance is great for cubase 7 on the mac. I have been using it since release and have had no issues with it at all. I haven't touched logic in quite some time now.
Chris
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@Jfalikman, I did not notice any difference in performance between cubase and logic, i got couple of crashes upon quitting the program, but they are constantly updating it and they promised an update this week. VST expression notes is a killer feature for orchestral arrangements, also the chord helper. I haven't touched logic since i got cubase 7, totally ignited my love for making music. The workflow pushes you to compose then mix, with logic i was always side tracked tweaking and mixing instead of writing music...One advice, do not do a music project with it until you are fully comfortable with everything, I am in this situation right now,learning under pressure. on the bright side, they have tons of free videos on youtube.
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Thanks guys !
iv`e been reading horror stories about the performance, you had that cleared
out for me !
God i miss cubase !!
the way of doing even simple things in logic is so iLogic to me...
iv`e done loads of stuff on logic,but always had to find workarounds to get the most simple things done.
multitimbral\multichannel instruments is just plain dump in logic.
its so stupid,i had better option to deal with these even on SX3.
Thanks again !
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1st February 2013
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#17 | | Lives for gear
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Correct if wrong, but Cubase 7 is not supported with 10.6.7.
I have it installed, I ran it once, played with it, played some more, it crashed quickly.
Tried again, tried to change a color in the interface, crashed hard.
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1st February 2013
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#18 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by smoke  Correct if wrong, but Cubase 7 is not supported with 10.6.7.
I have it installed, I ran it once, played with it, played some more, it crashed quickly.
Tried again, tried to change a color in the interface, crashed hard. | http://www.steinberg.net/en/products...oads.htmlkfhkh | |
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1st February 2013
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#19 | | Gear maniac
Joined: Nov 2006 Location: Israel
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The link leads to a 404 error.
These are not good news to me.
Maybe i should wait 'till they sort it out ?
I'm really starting to dislike logic...
Apple sure takes their time with logic x and theres
No promises they'll address the stuff i'm bothered with
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2nd February 2013
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#20 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by Jfalikman The link leads to a 404 error.
These are not good news to me.
Maybe i should wait 'till they sort it out ?
I'm really starting to dislike logic...
Apple sure takes their time with logic x and theres
No promises they'll address the stuff i'm bothered with | Try this one Specs & Downloads | |
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2nd February 2013
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#21 | | Gear maniac
Joined: Nov 2006 Location: Israel
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10.7.*
10.8.*
I guess i'll finish every project i started first.
Maybe its time for a new SSD system HD
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2nd February 2013
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#22 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by Jfalikman 10.7.*
10.8.*
I guess i'll finish every project i started first.
Maybe its time for a new SSD system HD | We're in the same boat.
I've got two open projects that I want to at least get down to 2 track before I take 1-2 weeks to upgrade OS to 10.8, migrate to 64 bit, get as many plugins working as possible, and tour Cubase 7.
Then the new system comes next whenever/whatever that may be.
I'm torn on the SSD option, I'll deal with that when the time comes.
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3rd February 2013
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#23 | | Gear maniac
Joined: Oct 2008 Location: Sweden
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ASIO guard is maybe a good thing they have taken from logic. But is it really increase performance?I use 128 that gives me 5 ms latency. But ASIO-guard latency is 12 ms. Not a huge difference. I think it need to be 10 times the normal latency to boot it on heavy projects. But if there is any performance boost with this setup everything i lost in the new mixer.
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4th February 2013
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#24 | | Lives for gear
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How is the latency?
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4th February 2013
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#25 | | Lives for gear | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jfalikman 10.7.*
10.8.*
I guess i'll finish every project i started first.
Maybe its time for a new SSD system HD | from what I've been told and keep reading on forums your best bet might be installing Windows 7 and running Cubase on there
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6th February 2013
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#26 | | Gear maniac
Joined: Nov 2006 Location: Israel
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from what I've been told and keep reading on forums your best bet might be installing Windows 7 and running Cubase on there
| Thats kinda defeats the whole purpose of using a mac.
I left microsoft world and i feel alot better on OSX systems.
back when using Cubase SX3,i had PCs.it worked nice.
i moved to a mac and the OS is something i dont think i could never change
back to Windows.
I miss cubase.
but i want it working on my Mac Pro.
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6th February 2013
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#27 | | Lives for gear | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jfalikman Thats kinda defeats the whole purpose of using a mac.
I left microsoft world and i feel alot better on OSX systems.
back when using Cubase SX3,i had PCs.it worked nice.
i moved to a mac and the OS is something i dont think i could never change
back to Windows.
I miss cubase.
but i want it working on my Mac Pro. | yep, aint life a bitch?
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7th February 2013
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#28 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by Jfalikman Thats kinda defeats the whole purpose of using a mac.
I left microsoft world and i feel alot better on OSX systems.
back when using Cubase SX3,i had PCs.it worked nice.
i moved to a mac and the OS is something i dont think i could never change
back to Windows.
I miss cubase.
but i want it working on my Mac Pro. | Once again, working fine here on my Mac  | |
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7th February 2013
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#29 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by ohmicide from what I've been told and keep reading on forums your best bet might be installing Windows 7 and running Cubase on there | Forums are always full of truth as well  | |
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7th February 2013
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#30 | | Lives for gear | Quote:
Originally Posted by shanabit Forums are always full of truth as well | so what are you saying? everyone that has tried Cubase on PC and Mac that claims it runs better on PC is lying? is there's a conspiracy against running Cubase on OS X?
have you tried running Cubase on a Windows partition on your Mac? did you notice a difference?
you can't just say it runs fine on your Mac and not be a little more specific..
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