Cubase 13 New Release... it's the little things on this one! (plus the orchestra).

[@Harrysound]

I was blown away with Iconica. Sounds better than my spitfire libraries and more together when you make an entire piece

[@BenCaesar]

No way! I can believe it tho

[@gravityfreaksmusic]

Yeah it's actually really good. And easy to use. I just souped up a recording of real strings with it and well? Gonna use it. So nice!

[@grahamwitcher105]

Thank you Jef for a wonderful video. The demonstration of the new Iconica Sketch in CB 13 is fabulous and your mention of Greg Ondo is really sincere. I look forward to more videos of what is a truly sensational DAW. Cheers.

[@markjtapply]

Great Job as always Jef! You've mapped out my morning's explorations with 13 Pro.

[@Thisninjascared]

It’s true. I’ve used everyone from logic to ableton to studio one and CUBASE is honestly a beast over all of them. I want them to update the drum editor. That needs to have a step sequencer with like a note repeat

[@lX-NDR]

Hmm i went from cubase to ableton and ableton blowed my mind.... special the max4live. The fact howmuch live stuff you can do in ableton wich makes music fun again. In cubase i had to program everything wich took the fun out of musicmaking. Im still updating to 13 tho but the engin of ableton also sounds better to me.

[@Thisninjascared]

@@lX-NDR what features do you like that much about ableton?

[@dcal0216]

Jef, thank you for your time and efforts on our behalf! I had the fortunate opportunity going to a Cub Cubase meeting in Atlanta many years ago featuring Greg Ondo in person. Greg is soooo knowledgeable about all things Cubase. Glad you had the chance to interact with him!

[@jefgibbons]

Yeah! Super knowledgable guy!

[@Mars_Monkey]

Conclusion: I'm really happy with the changes they've made, it looks beautiful! I love being able to turn my Maschine channels to Mono' now!

[@louiewgroenewald]

Same here love the program. I only used some open source stuff and something from Adobe. They were ok for the rime in my learning curve. but when I felt the need for something else )upgrade) I search for a few things. The way something looks is very important to me as I work with it every day. Cubase's aesthetics caught my eye immediately a few years ago. It was looks first😊😊 Then I realized Cubase is a complete, everything I will ever need and more. I look at other YT channels for tutorials on mixing, producing etc. Although some uses other DAW's I can see that Cubase, for me, is still the best. This is one of the best updates, EVER!!!! I also want to thank you for you well planned and professional approach to your YT videos and providing content for us to learn.

[@matthewperry6506]

I wish they would an audio version to Tap Tempo, where you could play your part before recording and cubase extracts the average tempo, eg. play a bit of your guitar part and cubase sets to your average tempo then you can hit record and play.

[@jefgibbons]

That would be cool! There's definitely ways to calculate your tempo off a recording, but nothing that elegant!

[@Mars_Monkey]

That's actually a really cool song you made Jef!

[@jefgibbons]

Appreciate it MNM!

[@louiewgroenewald]

Please make dedicated chords pads and sampler track videos regard to new updates. Also maybe on the other updates. I've watched your other videos more than once to learn.😊😊

[@TheCliffzone]

I fined your video informative. I'm just now getting started into iconica sketch and I find it really amazing. It does comes with cubase elements also as well as pro and artist. Elements is what I have and i'm going to dive deeper into this bad boy. A lot one can do with cubase 13.

[@RudieVissenberg]

Please do a special on chord tracks. It sounds very interesting what you said and the possibiities it creates.

[@datooch]

This is awesome! Thank you! Do you think you would ever do a video that shows how to setup an orchestral session template for Cubase, along with creating articulation maps? That would be amazing because the composition you were creating in this video is exactly what interests me and makes me want to start using Cubase instead of my current DAW.

[@bright1180]

Great video! Sounded a little Elfman’ish to me. Would love to see you do a video further explaining the chord pads, plus how to use the sample track with some of the included sample packs

[@jefgibbons]

Will do, just search my vids for old content on those things!

[@jefgibbons]

Thanks Bright! Do check my old vids, but yeah new ones coming!

[@bright1180]

Yes I’ve already seen your previous one about the chord pads, but I’ll watch again!

[@colindias4820]

wow im at reason 12 , was tyring to upgrade to 13 and came u[on this .. this is what we need in Reason .. im learning cubase now , im sure goin for it atleast the artist version

[@EdmundLabito]

it looks very modern and clean.

[@ryde2012]

Wow that music you made on the fly is epic love it, I know you was just demonstrating the new cubase 13, but that was good what you made 👍🏾🔥💯

[@michaelhazdra4923]

My game changers: Range Tool in the Key Editor ; Channel Tab. Using them daily!

[@acecomet]

Love this. Well done! These sounds are awesome!

[@byrdman6752]

Thinking of switching to Cubase from Ableton, would love new video Cubase hip hop

[@chillindillon1889]

Thanks a million!!!!

[@Byron101_]

Hi Jeff, great vid! I would like to see more about the new SamplerTrack and it´s new wonderful Spectral algorithm!

[@Harrysound]

Tap tempo by default is SHIFT + SPACEBAR

[@marcus.g.purnell]

🎉 as usual you really help Sir!

[@ohheyitskevinc]

This looks pretty good now. It’s ironic how I started out using Cubase 2.0 on my Atari ST (which I still have and use occasionally), yet now I’m solely on Logic and Live. They are cheaper, but I find I’m using both - Live for recording and then master in Logic - so it’s a false economy (for me at least). Time I make the jump back to where I started. Great walkthrough!

[@jefgibbons]

I have both of those programs as well, digging into Logic more, and Live just doesn't jive with my workflow at all... a few game stopping things are missing for me!

[@jefgibbons]

Also, I would LOVE to see that Atari ST IRL... I know Fat Boy Slim kept going on his for a few decades! (that was a few decades ago... geez)

[@ohheyitskevinc]

@@jefgibbons I read somewhere that some artists still use it! The midi timing on the ST is still excellent! Funnily enough, Pet Shop Boys just released Relentless on its 30th anniversary. It was a limited release at the time, but that whole album was programmed solely using Notator on the ST :)

[@jefgibbons]

@@ohheyitskevinc Love it... you got me looking for an old ST... might just grab one for fun!

[@lX-NDR]

​@@jefgibbonssince im on live i sold alot of gear because maxforlive plugins did a amazing job with better controls. Ableton and bitwig seem the feature for electronic music. Cubase logic etc seem more traditional? Atleast to me.

[@bloodswarms]

I bought Cubase 13 upgrade for 69$ on sale the other day. Cubase 13 fixes the only problem I've ever had with Cubase since I originally bought it at version 11, which was the application bar not completely closing on exit, causing me to have to close it a second time. That and all the other UI tweaks were worth the $69 sale price. The rest of the update didn't do much for me, but all the UI little things and fixes added up.

[@kenvives]

Great video! I loved seeing the orchestra. I’m excited about the under the hood hybrid CPU optimizations. But as I watched you set the track predelay, I’m disappointed that they didn’t implement predelay on a per articulation basis in Articulation Maps. This would save so many headaches.

[@Harrysound]

Oh wow I never thought of this. Genius

[@teecole607]

Thanks Jeff! Now When can we expect the Cubase 13 Maschine combo update please?

[@daydayhungryyy]

And thanks ,your presentation is very good.👍🏼

[@creativedwill]

Broooooo!! I have the same problem i just keep coming back to Cubase lol! I own every DAW, but Cubase takes the Cake for me! This update feels a lot better! Great video bro and thanks for the recommendations on the Updates for the ChordPads that was my favorite updated feature!!!

[@jefgibbons]

Yes! Thanks D! I need to start making some chord packs... that would be a fun giveaway... Have a good Sunday my friend!

[@creativedwill]

@@jefgibbons bro, that would be so dope!!!😁😊🤞🏾

[@manipurikhonjel]

I love ❤ cubase 13

[@parabot2]

Jef can you do a video on in-the-box rock guitars one day ? would love to see this if you have time.

[@seanotes3594]

Two reasoms I used Ableton over Cubase lately was the sampler not having undo And the big one… being able to set the output of any track to any audio track and resample the output. Cubase I always got lost creating a group, then setting outputs and inputs by the time I figured it out I forgot What I was doing. Those two alone are big for me.

[@coldskoolbeatz]

Greg is the GOAT!

[@j0n.p]

Great overview, but next time you have a chance to speak with the Cubase people, can you suggest a functional drum sequencer (patterns in Studio One, or the step sequencer in Logic were both introduced 3+ years ago and are simple, yet great) It's kind of my only gripe with Cubase as a program (their plug-ins are another issue. The look and ease of use of Halion and Groove Agent give me DOS vibes, but that's probably a personal preference) The most expensive software with the most expensive updates should, in 2023, have a usable step/drum sequencer at the very least. All that being said, I was kind of underwhelmed by this update. Maybe the anticipation was high because of how long it took? It just seems like 12.5 rather than13. Your presentations are always amazing though. Thanks for the videos!

[@twise9881]

Thanks for the info-great as always. Can you do a video showing how to get the midi from the chord pads into Cubase also how do you get the chord pads to arp? Thanks

[@jefgibbons]

All coming, but search “Jef Cubase pads” got a vid that covers a lot there! (Old pads)

[@rikkshow]

Jeff, for the chord track vid. The pads can do divisi, split by midi channels. Have you tried to split a chord and play four different synths? Halion Sonic set to recive Any channel, and each layer set to midi ch 1,2,3 etc. Q, can you show how to set up different players on different instruments. Also, can the chord pad player somehow play different midi clips. Say, pad 1 Cm plays midi clip 1, pad 2 Gm plays midi clip 2? You can do that in Scaler 2 but only with the built in patterns.

[@glenhagerman3114]

This guy is a musical freak

[@louiewgroenewald]

There is also more presets everywhere. Cubase 13 also seems to perform a bit faster om my computer than Cubase 12 did.

[@njm20music]

Hi Jeff, have you a video on programming drums,

[@coldskoolbeatz]

We also need the "All The reasons I 💙Cubase" video, too. ha ha btw I remember you from doing videos on Reason. I had to switch teams as well. I just use Reason as a plugin now. Cubase is my favorite DAW atm.

[@jefgibbons]

Yeah, I was a Reason 1 user! My first real compositions! I used to mostly use it rewired so it wasn't a big stretch for me. Would love to see more from them soon!

[@anthonyacid2]

Can you tell them to create a backup folder for Backup's? Hows that not a thing already ?? Just a bunch of backups roaming around by themselves lol...

[@AndyGeroldMusic]

For real!

[@aljames7345]

LOVE your track colouring, is there a template you can share please?

[@jefgibbons]

Oh it’s just random! I need to get on that bandwagon!

[@duesenberger]

Thx for this video! Are there any updates in the area of Audio to MIDI, VariAudio? Anything to identify separate instruments in a track (for stems)?

[@Charles_Davis]

Great video Jeff! Thanks for sharing. Purchased my upgrade two days ago. Wish they would have kept all the chord pad presets from Cubase 12 though. Any thoughts on how to transfer those to Cubase 13?

[@jefgibbons]

I was wondering the same thing! I’ll dig in…

[@Charles_Davis]

@@jefgibbons Hi Jeff, just wanted to give you an update. I heard back from Steinberg, the only way to get the C12 chord pad presets to work in C13 is to save them in C12 as user presets. This way they show up in the user content folder in C13. Took me a minute but it worked.

[@jefgibbons]

@@Charles_Davis That's great! Seems weird they didn't include them, but thanks for sharing!

[@SOTA_live]

Good time of day. Please tell me how do I increase the grid in Piano roll on Maschine 2?

[@daydayhungryyy]

really want you shoot a clip regarding the chord track. I have scaler 2, can the chord track work with it?

[@andreslka]

Man! I have an helmet tv like that! :)

[@Weak_Hand]

16:48 That's the nice adventure movie trailer, reminds me of 'The Goonies' 👏👏

[@jefgibbons]

Hmmm... we just did our yearly re-watch 2 weeks ago... the similarity may be subconscious!

[@Mars_Monkey]

When I first loaded it the library lists were being very glitchy when I scrolled and only the new libraries showed in the Loops&Samples folder. I tried doing a repair, but it didn't change anything. SO I did a complete reinstall and everything is now working great and all my libraries have shown up.

[@jefgibbons]

Good to know, thanks!

[@JeanMarcBrissat]

Cool video! What I want to know is where you got the Cubase T-shirt?

[@jefgibbons]

It’s home made!

[@jefgibbons]

(Look up Cricut)

[@jean-marcbrissat1571]

@@jefgibbons I figured... Cool T! I Need to make myself one with the Nuendo logo!

[@bitanonkemprai8305]

Sir, how to view full screen cubase?

[@Artek604]

Where do I get the Cubase t-shirt? :)

[@srinip]

I just got the upgrade, but from a cursory look, it seems to me that us plebians who use Cubase Elements aren't going to see a whole lot of new stuff - then again, it was only 30 bucks, so what the hey.

[@bunker8digitallabs]

Jef, off topic question, I love your glasses frames. Where did you get them? I have been looking for a different set of black frame glasses and yours are awesome. Any chance you could let me know?

[@willieelliott352]

Hey Jeff, always a great Job, I'm thinking of crossgrading to Nuendo 13 from Cubase 13 pro, flat out question is which DAW do you feel is the BEST?

[@jefgibbons]

Cubase Pro is basically Nuendo Lite... but you have to make sure that the features Nuendo has are things that you will benefit from, and it's a very specific set of features! Mostly Post Production related. Check my channel for my Nuendo video to see some of the highlights, and let me know if you have specific questions! (whether it would be worth it for you)

[@willieelliott352]

@@jefgibbons Thanks so much for your timely response, and Professional advice

[@nzprojects]

I like workflow updates, bit really dont like the new GUI. Looks to cluttered and hard to read and confusing. When i open project in 10.5 PRO my eyes dont hurt anymore 😎

[@electricblue73]

Hey Jef, where did you get your Cubase Logo T-shirt?

[@roop46b]

How do you get those track colours?

[@popsinabox]

Hey Jef, new follower. What model keyboard are you playing there under the desk?

[@jefgibbons]

Hey Pops! It’s the Komplete Kontrol MK3

[@wilburmullett]

Can someone here answer a question on Maschine MK3 ... I have a issue in the scenes ... the scenes seem to want to jump on top of each other or butt together ... I am struggling to keep them separate as I choose .... What am I missing here ?? is there maybe a setting that I'm not figuring out that makes it have a mind of it's own in this area ????

[@morgan8937]

Hi Jef, what are your thoughts on efx motion? Is it something you might consider making a little vid about sometime? I haven't fired it up yet, but looking forward to doing so! Hope you're doing well.

[@jefgibbons]

I made a video! And then didn’t post it… it didn’t do it justice! I really dig it… and have since used it in my sound design work. Maybe I’ll take another stab at it!

[@freddesign4989]

where is the follow chordtrack live input...it's gone...why? do you know where they put this feature?

[@NickFromNetherlands]

On Cubase forum 2023 one can read: Only Major scale Roman Numeral notation in Chord pads in 2023.

[@nico5]

The thing I find very annoying is, that Canadian pricing in the Steinberg online shop is rather punishing compared to the currency exchange rate. So I’m holding off on upgrading.

[@njm20music]

Hi Jeff, CB13 Chord Pads, I guild a chord in midi, F1 G2 A2 C3 E3, drag to chord track the chord displays Fmaj7/9 as expected, I now drop onto chord pad it displays F maj7/9 I drag onto a midi track it shows the notes F1 E2 G2 A2, no C, when dragging onto the chord trac initial I checked include Bass notes include tensions, why does it change inversion and leave out the C note, hope you can explain

[@mohamedbelhasan6442]

Hi is there any AI features in cubase 13 ?

[@glenhagerman3114]

Does anyone know if you still need a dongle for Cubase 13? I’ve been gone from Cubase for some time.

[@komponisten9646]

HI HEEELP - my PRO 13.0.10 cant find the 3 part plugins. This has never happen to me before. MAC STUDIO i. rosseta 2 mode

[@AlecBoyd]

How’s the integration with your KK keyboard integration holding up? Does the tap tempo work? Also, the mono/stereo button is so simple and brilliant.

[@Diddddu]

Hey Jef does the kontrol mk2 still integrates with cubase well this version?

[@jefgibbons]

I can’t imagine why it would have changed so I think you’re good!

[@hitztrends]

have you tried samplitude??

[@permanentafterglow1383]

🔥🙏🔥

[@Mars_Monkey]

They were listening to me... I told Greg I wanted an easier way to switch between mono/stereo. He said alot of people have been talking about it and Oulla!

[@jefgibbons]

I LOVE that feature... so small but helpful, especially for sound designers!

[@ChiaraLuzzana]

Ciao Jeff! Looks wonderfully quick the update. Are you working with a M2 14’’?

[@jefgibbons]

Just the M1 16” but it’s great!!

[@romanreicht9479]

For me it‘s more a 12.5 update

[@jefgibbons]

Totally fair... I felt that with version 12-not a lot in it for me personally. But this version has a whole bunch of little features that make a huge difference for me!

[@Mars_Monkey]

That Autumn Breeze preset sounds like Charlie Brown

[@jefgibbons]

Look very closely at the quote on the tiny board in the background (the sliding shot) might have to google it once you see it...

[@Mars_Monkey]

@@jefgibbons Ahahahahaha... I knew it when I read it, I just watched it the other night! I always watch the Charlie Brown Halloween and Christmas specials every year for tradition. I do the same with The Grinch.

[@SingleFosterDad]

media bay should be at the bottom not the side my sample trees are long

[@jefgibbons]

Wouldn’t the bottom restrict how much it could show in the long list?

[@stephenyeboah7430]

cant find loops in the cubase content it only plays one shots not loops

[@uselessoldman7964]

its a update not upgrade and should be free

[@Bernz66]

Why should it be free?

[@uselessoldman7964]

@@jasoncruizer Nuendo is better as its Cubase with some extra features

[@axoplanet6081]

Plugins are still not resizeable, mixer routing tab is way too small and who needs another pultec emulation?

[@giancarlomaldonado]

11k views but only a few likes? What’s wrong folks?

[@tronam]

I like the update overall, but dislike the high contrast, overly text busy mix console UI changes. Cubase always had a rather dense and noisy interface, but this feels like a step backward.

[@djjuno106]

I’ve been using Cubase since it was called pro 24 and bought this new 13 but I’ll be honest I’m not really liking it. I don’t like the gui tweaks the writting is much smaller,the left hand inspector window is messy ,not all instruments can be switched to mono/stereo the new sampler can’t switch. The new sample packs sound dated..inconica sketch sounds good but wish it was nks compatible so key switch’s were shown on my Komplete kontrol mk2. The new plugins are not mind blowing there just clones of plugins most people already have. Performance wise I’m getting a bigger hit than c12.

[@markmusicman]

Carly Simon does it better. Just having fun man!

[@jefgibbons]

She sure does!

[@markmusicman]

@@jefgibbons Makes me feel like the rest!

[@jefgibbons]

@@markmusicman alright now I gotta go watch James Bond... heads up.. did you realize that most of the James Bond movies are on Amazon Prime Video now??? I paid a ton for the boxed set a few years ago!!

[@markmusicman]

@@jefgibbons No I didn't , I have Amazon Prime also. Ill have to watch those again its been awhile, I Love those old Bond movies too!

[@ThePahan007]

1st

[@djice1804]

If they can just make a simpler menu like Ableton or Reason & the channel strip color scheme are just horrible- Yes aesthetic matters, but they have a lot of good stuff & a lot of old junk 🤠 - Clean it up Steinberg!

[@anzatzi]

this video is not "rinky dinky"

[@jefgibbons]

😜

[@Sol-In-Seoul]

Wow, THREE strips of junk on the left side of the project window just takes up way too much space.

[@jefgibbons]

I have yet to find a use for the new side panel, and I’m disliking the UI changes more every day… especially loathe the black icons that just got changed with the recent updates…

[@Sol-In-Seoul]

@@jefgibbons Well, I upgraded to Nuendo 13 yesterday. My first impression was not good regarding the UI changes; for some reason, they keep changing the look each release, but it's not necessarily getting better. Anyhow, after 4 hours of getting it all set back how I like it, I feel pretty good. I ended up hiding the "inspector" and just using the "channel strip" for everything (routing, inserts, sends, fader). Since I have a dozen buttons on my control surface for visibility, I really shouldn't need to show the inspector often. The more I think about it, maybe the channel strip does make good sense. Excited about checking out the new Cord Pads. But yeah, I noticed those clunky black icons too.

[@naedolor]

What in god's green earth you *love* about the tap tempo feature? it's the most useless and broken thing I've ever seen in my entire life. And the cherry on top, Steinberg removed the BPM Calculator. 4 min in, close tab.

[@i_jetlag]

It's one of my few favourite additions in v13. Maybe you don't get it, but it's a very useful feature for a lot of us.