The DAW that suits every genre?

Bruce Aisher makes the case for using Cubase…

Cubase is the most flexible DAW available, which means that it works well whatever the genre. There are often discussions/ arguments about why one specific DAW is good for dance music and another is the best choice for rock, and yet another suits mixing, with composition handled elsewhere. The truth is that this is largely down to heavily-embedded users stating what they’re used to, rather than a well-balanced analysis of the options.

TRAILBLAZING

The fact is, Cubase defined the look, feel and functionality of what a pro creation environment should be decades ago. This began with its approach to MIDI – and Cubase is largely seen as the queen of MIDI-based music creation (including both external and plugin based instruments) – but also audio integration. The numerous ways in which audio events can be viewed, combined and edited (such as lanes, parts and folders) allows you to choose your own way of managing material, rather than battling with only one approach. Flexibility is the key here, with focus being on creativity.

This flexibility extends to the ability to customise the program to your own needs, making it work well on projects both small and large in scale. The fact that it can handle, and makes easy work of, large projects means that both complex multi-instrument composition and recording is straightforward – and with the Logical Editor, Logical Project Editor and Key Command Macros providing a degree of customisation whatever the genre.

OS AGNOSTIC

Unlike some other software – naming no names – Cubase is also, and always has been, truly cross-platform, so you never have to stick with an operating system and its associated hardware because of your choice of DAW.