CUBASE 14 - The New Features That Will Blow Your Mind 🤯

[@masonthomassax]

dude Cubase is absolutely cooking with this update! We've needed a simple volume plugin FOR SO LONG. Honestly, I have less and less of a reason to ever use Ableton again. THANK YOU STEINBERG

[@basboerboom9328]

For real. After using Ableton and Cubase for years, I will use Cubase full time after this update.

[@seemlyme]

Ableton is great in many mays, if you know how to use it

[@soulscape5083]

😂

[@SonicStates]

I stopped the video at 42 seconds because the moving channel nightmare has been pee'ing me right off for years! So glad it's massively improved! Thanks, Chris!

[@mixdownonline]

You're welcome!

[@tgstk2]

It's in S1 for decades. I'll try this and see if it's worth the hype

[@skeletonmodel]

Same here!! Ridiculous haha

[@sergio_grez]

It's been in Studio One since always, never understood why it isnt in Cubase, it is something very useful.

[@skeletonmodel]

@ yeah bizarre. I have been nagging about it for years and years

[@Truthasvictim]

I just found your channel Chris, and gald I did. This is an excellent comprehensive explanation of the new features. I say that because you managed to explaing things clearly, making it easy to absorb, but quickly too and covering the big array of new things. Just upgraded to 14 Elements due to the cheap price, and you have enticed me to try using Cubase again after years of swearing by and loving Reason, which I have up to 13 now. Great job and thanks.

[@TheCoversDuo]

Great video, can't wait to upgrade to Cubase 14 🔥🔥🔥

[@TheCoversDuo]

We've already updated it, it's amazing, thank you very much for helping the user with your feedback, reviews and advice! :)

[@d.b.cooper5775]

The modulators are something I have been waiting to have for a long time in Cubase. Thank you Steinberg, finally. I am so happy.

[@mixdownonline]

I'm also a happy camper :)

[@sl_cv84]

@@mixdownonline Modulators are not latency compensated?

[@snook-official]

Same, I skipped Cubase 13 as it didn't really offer me anything I wanted.. but damn.. now the update costs twice as much as I missed a version.. but thinking I might have to do it just for the modulation.

[@snook-official]

@@sl_cv84 What do you mean? does it disable latency compensation for that track when enabled? That could be a deal breaker.

[@sl_cv84]

@@snook-official it is not disable, but if you put on chanel couple plugins with latency and after that you want to modulate volume plugin, you will see that audio are out of sync. We have same situation in Ableton.

[@DerekWilliamsMusic]

The massive improvement to the Score Editor based on the excellent Dorico was my primary reason for updating to Cubase 14, but thanks for this encyclopedic intro to all the other wonders too! A stunning update.

[@SatyajeetJena]

This update is just amazing ❤Great work by Steinberg👏

[@DeeMaxum]

What a time to be alive for all musicians , with all the recent software updates. I just upgraded to studio one 7, but cubase 14 looks great as well 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@chaddonal4331]

Which do expect to dominantly use?

[@ohstudiousa]

Well Thanks Steinberg......Take my Money 😄 Thanks Chris for once again showing why Cubase is the very Best DAW!

[@mixdownonline]

My pleasure!

[@QuaverloveStudio]

Just the ability to move channels around in the mix console hooked me. Been waiting for AGES for this. I will download the free trial (2 months isn't bad at all) but, as always, I'll wait for the sale. Thanks, Chris,

[@JuanAMatos-zx4ub]

Export DAW Project is incredible. Can't wait for Logic and Pro Tools to join in on that. What a game changer if they do!

[@pumpichank]

I collaborate with Logic users all the time and this would be an amazing feature.

[@LutherBaker]

Suuuper helpful! TY for the walk-through!

[@arthurneeman]

Thank you! Nice video as always :) No doubt I need to upgrade!

[@vaclav397]

Thank you very much for the explanation. Only two people on KZbin can explain everything about Cubase , that would be Chris and Dom Sigalas.Thank you guys 👍👍👍

[@Mandy-Lane]

i just tried it. so amazing, so great.. so clean looking.. and full of possibilities

[@AjayRajanVarma]

I clicked this as soon as I got the notification. Cubase just keeps getting better and better. Love it!

[@mixdownonline]

You're the best, Thanks!

[@markusineichen1611]

Love the Range tool improvements...... I've been waiting for this for months...years... This is a big time saver for gain staging.😍

[@magnuslervikmusic]

Damn, this update is impressive!!! Thank you Steinberg!! Great video :)

[@mixdownonline]

It is impressive!

[@joshuakalani590]

My personal favorite are the Ableton and bitwig esque features and workflow improvements that actually make Cubase fun again for production and not just technical like protools. Might have to get a bigger monitor though like an ultra wide cause it's getting cluster phobic but nice work steinberg.

[@LuLeBe]

I wouldn’t get an ultra wide. Personally I need space top to bottom to see all my channels and also the bottom panel. I don’t need to see half an hour of my timeline at once though, so more space left to right isn’t that useful (at least to me). Maybe if you detach the mixer and put it in a separate window off to the side it could be helpful.

[@mixdownonline]

Yes the Modulators feature is great

[@ZAYAZOfficial]

M O D U L A T O R S! You’re absolutely right, they put a lot more fun and creativity into this Version.

[@ZAYAZOfficial]

@@LuLeBeI agree bro, I’ve always had a smaller screen for my mixer in front and then a bigger one on top for the session view. That’s the way I like to work also 🤘

[@TonyBillingsMusic]

I work on 3 4k monitors .. the centre one has my main project window, the left monitor my main mixer window and the right hand monitor gives me plenty of space for opening up plugins etc. I hardly ever use the bottom panel, any extensions or editors that open up there i pop out to a different monitor

[@rolandgerard6064]

Thanks Chris for your instructions, just installed Cubase 14 pro update.. let's have some fun!

[@mixdownonline]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@nicok5630]

The Pattern Editor is perfect, great implementation and super easy to use for drums.

[@kinamlo]

Thank you for showing the ability to use multi out on the drum machine. I didn't see it in the Cubase channel tutorial video and thought it may have been an overlooked feature. Glad it's in there!

[@TallTreeAudio]

Always love your vids dude, thanks for putting in the time to make this!🧡

[@huggybeats]

Damn this update brought me back from Ableton. I was missing the advanced modulation for so long and now I can finally have the same features in a even better way with Cubase. So exciting!

[@brucefree8]

Haven't seen Cubase for more than 15 years, but just the start: "changing the channel in any order I want" makes me wonder what other "amazing" features Cubase 14 will have :D.

[@ShreddingDragon]

Agreed. Not sure what's going on at Steinberg, but I just keep wondering how come are these tiny but obvious QoL updates so few and far between? There's lots of small oddities like this. I just can't go back to Cubase, for me it's too limited and strict in how it "must be used". I love Cubase's Padshop and the creativity tools, but that's it.

[@lastboxofsparklers]

The first version of Cubase came out in 1989, some things obviously aren't that easy to just rewrite. I think it's pretty astounding that Steinberg still come up with features that are groundbreaking, look at something like Sibelius (also old framework), completely stuck in time.

[@mingwingming1971]

At last some poly rhythmic patterns and Euclidean madness with that drum machine.. Steinberg has woken up to creative production tools, great update, although I still think the price for an upgrade is a bit too steep.

[@machineagevoodoo2106]

From the bottom of my heart: thanks for mentioning the part about hardware inputs not being exclusive to certain routing any more, I didn't see that anywhere else. This alone is like, finally! This freely routable audio now probably means that any audio track now can be sent to inputs of any other. But they'll probably save that for another update :)

[@Kane_62]

Wow so fast the Update video! THX Chris and Thank you so much about the Harman Eq tipps i use it so nice with my rme interface 🙏🏼

[@mixdownonline]

You're welcome, my friend! Thanks for watching!

[@NaimAneas]

The Last One is Crazy 🤝

[@nick68music]

Really a great update! Thanks for the nice presentation.

[@KyuminShimMusic]

They’re killing it this time. I’m upgrading my 13 soon.

[@JoshuaMyersRVA]

Excited about this one. That independent Volume tool and the updated Filter was a long time coming! Plus seems like they are paying attention to some of the other great features in other DAW's, like the modulation system in Bitwig. Thanks for the vid man!

[@rupertwinter1575]

It seems we have similar opinions on this although coming from different DAWs :)

[@mixdownonline]

Thanks for watching, Jason!

[@TheGARCK]

Cheers for the great comprehensive feature demo! You da man

[@1hotday1]

The studio delay is cool. The graphics help me understand what is going on.

[@frankwalders]

Just updated to S1 7, but these modulators in Cubase are extremely awesome. I give S1 one year! 🙂

[@Jura_JS]

oooof, I have dozens of cubase videos to watch today :)

[@KeatingJosh]

So glad i switched to studio one.. in 2011

[@Adam-bh7ud]

Hey, I started my musical journey with Cubase on the Atari ST up to V3 I think, after using Presonus S1 for many years I've finally swcthed back to Cubase 13 and now 14!, i'm really enjoying how the features in Cubase have elevated my musical expression and possibilities. I finally feel my output can be more musical, creative and polished sounding with this DAW.

[@mgmthegrand]

The modulators, mixer and volume curve editor updates are my favorite. This puts Cubase in a league of it's own. It really does have the best of everything now. FL Studio, Ableton and ProTools type features have all been incorporated into this update.

[@jackstheraptor2791]

It only need a clip launcher/sketch mode like Bitwig/Ableton and Protools to become a beast of a DAW.

[@abj358]

Good to see Cubase playing catchup. (Studio One Pro 7 guy). :-)

[@nikibuz1]

Chris very helpful video ! Thank you ! Love your Chanel !

[@mikekohlgraf4737]

Awesome job, Chris!!!

[@lX-NDR]

The drumrack reminds me of my elektron devices. Also the toneshaping! Very cool for modern production.

[@shivercanada]

This is by far my favorite Cubase Pro update! I was about to buy a Valhalla shimmer for 100 bucks so the update cost me 100 less essentially! Hard to pick a favorite as there’s so many useful updates. I hope a stem splitter is in the works in the future.

[@wilmaseal4871]

Next I would like them to add a ‘print modulation to automation’ option. Be super useful & creative to me

[@Kilgurt]

Great, Chris! Thanks for your work!

[@mixdownonline]

My pleasure! Thanks!

[@EyesOfTruthmusic]

Big win moving channels in the mix console! So many quality of life improvements!

[@mixdownonline]

For sure!

[@niccarrington6339]

Cheers Chris, great information

[@itopakfrppgng9764]

I think, in some ways, that cubase is tending to look like Ableton with all these modulators and drum pad functions, and that’s a good thing ! I started with Ableton, then I switched to Cubase 12, and it took time for composing and producing well again, without things that Ableton already had. This version seems to fill some things, I could love Cubase even more

[@Kane_62]

Nice thinks! Medabay key change is also nice!

[@mixdownonline]

Yes it is!

[@splashfreelance2376]

The range tools and the editing of audio events - That's the last of my Pro Tools envy gone. I've always had Cubase (since Atari ST days) but it took a back seat for years as my work used Pro Tools. What I loved about Pro Tools was the editing of audio on the timeline, the shortcuts and the ease with adjusting ranges and individual clips. When I moved away from working for others, I used Pro Tools for a while but their subscription model did it for me, I really hate subscription models. So I updated Cubase (which I hadn't done for a few releases) and reacquainted myself with it. Mostly I was pleasantly surprised but the range features were clunky and when I used my Pro Tools paradigm of working mostly with audio - even if from a VI - Cubase didn't feel as fast and clean as Pro Tools. But these changes do it for me! I'm gonna see if it makes sense to change around a few key commands to match my Pro Tools muscle memory on selecting etc ranges.

[@ronniemartinssonbonde8445]

One of this updates is enough for me to upgrade, export to Dorico Thank you Steinberg.

[@andymcbain5441]

Is there a way of quickly auditioning drum samples within the drum machine? For example, if I have a folder full of favourite snares - a way to easily scroll through them with a key press? Sampler track couldn’t seem to do this.

[@mixdownonline]

You will by using the MediaBay, browse, choose,drag and drop into the drum machine

[@Joe-mz6dc]

Well done Steinberg.

[@alkout]

Thank you Chris!

[@kickmusicmikeyjones9788]

Hmm...not a great deal there for rock producers (guitar, bass, drums, vocals) on first sight. The new drum machine looks to be the most interesting addition. I'll have to give this upgrade some thought! Love Cubase and Mr Selim's channel✌️😁

[@poissonpuerile8897]

The reordering of mix channels is a NEW thing in Cubase? Goodness! Reaper's had it for like 20 years.

[@yeahthatkornel]

And now it's in Cubase, so we CUBASE users are happy about this feature that is now also in CUBASE.

[@Joe-mz6dc]

@poissonpuerile8897 That's fine then. Go enjoy Reaper and have a great day.

[@morrisfraser7236]

Cubase could always reorder mix channels but previously we had to do it on the project view - the new thing is just being able to do it in the mix window. Still a long-overdue feature.

[@kimseniorb]

clip gain is freaking great. about time!

[@mixdownonline]

It is

[@Lexxo777]

Very cool features, i tried them all today on a session and very impressed. Huge bug in the EQ window which hopefully gets hot-fixed immediately (copy, paste, invert, reset, save, and load of EQ presets not working. VST 2 support finally gone in this release which is a good thing.

[@AllenLind]

My review or the review... LOL I'm a cubase 13 pro user... Started with it back when SONAR was discontinued by Gibson. So... Track movement... about time! Cakewalk sonar had channel movement for 10 yrs.. Modulator... Pretty cool but how often will you use it? I do mostly music performed by actual musicians or at least real time playing so not sure how much this is needed for me. Sounds like mote ways to take computerized stuff sound more computerized... Drumtrack.. I guess its a quicky way to get a drum track to play to but so a a million other drum plugins. Clip gain... again sonar had full clip gain automation for decade... so again.. about time. Very useful and the first feature so far I would CONSIDER paying for. Range selection. Useful but limited use. Delay Shimmer - nice but already have valhalla Volume - I just use SONALKIS FREEG so don't need it. Media bay - Nice convenience improvements and other cosmetic stuff. Its nice but not really going to help me much... SO OVERALL I WOULD SAY CUBASE GETTING DESPARATE FOR NEW FEATURED SO PEOPLE KEEP SPENDING BUT I SEE NO REAL NEEDS HERE FOR ME. I"LL PASS ON THIS ON UNTIL IT RUNS ITS COURSE AND GETS CHEAPER. PERFROMANCE ENHANCEMENTS IS WHERE IM MUCH MORE INTERESTED IN AND THERTE WERE NOT ANY MENTIONED DAWPROJECT sounds great on paper but will it really work with more complex projects?

[@janhaliski9297]

I'm going to buy this upgrade today. I'm hoping they added some more MIDIremote scripts, but if not that's OK since I've designed my own. Crude, but they work. Very nice that they let the user do that. Agree that this is a major update with many very useful features.

[@jackstheraptor2791]

I think Cubase guys/girls paid a great amount of attention to Image Line and Bitwig and finally implemented Sequencers/Patterns and Modulators.

[@a.ro6]

Thnxxx bro💫

[@mixdownonline]

Of course!

[@nungu60a]

I recently & finally got Groove Agent 5 for laying down grooves like in ableton. This looks like what I need...so what's the true use case for GA? thanks in advance

[@TrevorNokesMusic]

They are now getting cross over to features in Ableton with the Modulators and the Drum track is very similar to using NI Machine as a plugin but better as you dont have to bother with the Sketchy Routing. Great Updates.

[@TeleporterM11]

The Drums is the Best addition.

[@mixdownonline]

Glad you like it!

[@MSynth-e1m]

Sounds good Chris .thanks for the heads up as usual.👍

[@mixdownonline]

You're welcome, my friend! Thanks for watching!

[@nukenoly8751]

Merci c’est définitivement la meilleure version de Cubase 😊 Au revoir Bitwig Live Logic FL Studio One Pro Tools

[@PatrickObiang]

AMAZING!

[@machineagevoodoo2106]

I agree. Probably ever (and I've used it for ever)

[@SoundDesignMusicProducer]

Modulators?! About time!

[@mixdownonline]

That's my introduction to modulators like this feature

[@libtekk]

Nice demo, what Mac OS you working on because when I upgraded my os cuebase didn’t support the latest Mac version, does 14 do this.

[@101Licious]

It still needs "Expression Maps" update. And Auto-Tempo any Audio File. I stay with Studio One so long.

[@chaddonal4331]

Anything you can’t do with S1’s Sound Variations?

[@joshwilson2038]

modulators addition is incredible -- been wanting that for years! can you add multiple samples per pad in the Drum Track and have them play "round robbin" or "random exclusive" like in groove agent?

[@contraspower6302]

Sir how to play drum sample on all octave after dissolving the dtum machine? Plz help me on this one

[@Jakingz]

Thanks for the video Chris. Not sure the benefit of the drum machine when every Cubase version comes with groove agent 🤔 the step sequencer is pretty cool though

[@StudyingVStudying]

I really never never thought about leaving Ableton/bitwig or use cubase but when they add clip launcher the same way Studio One 7 added for idea creation (which I can’t leave without, and the reason ableton became my home) I’ll be leaving Ableton, I’ve been actually between going to Cubase ( because I loved the new drum rack, and Studio one 7 because the clip launcher) but If cubase add clip launcher similar to Ableton or Bitwig (vertical and horizontal clip launcher I can leave bitwig too) will be the most powerfull daw on the market. The word cubase was something really far for me but it’s probably my future main DAW👏🙌🙏

[@josiah8351]

Sheez the moving channels feature been in pro tools for years

[@xlmoriarty8921]

A lot of this i did with reason in rewire mode with cubase, and then much better.

[@mixdownonline]

I remember Rewire

[@g-soul4771]

This got to be the quickest update in history. 13 just came out. Akai and Logic Pro needs to take notes from these guys. MPC 2 and Logic 10 been out for 10 years. I getting it today.

[@EidasMusic]

If you use the new drum track to load all your drum samples, and you don't want to use the drum sequencer, does it auto assign labels for the drum editor or are you still stuck with the regular midi editor?

[@mixdownonline]

Just select MIDI Part instead of Pattern Event when you create a Drum Track

[@sixstring3639]

Wow! Great Chris. Thanx :)

[@mixdownonline]

You're welcome, my friend! Thanks for watching!

[@amrsalahmahmoud3034]

Hello, I have a question for you , I would love to move to Cubase I have already the version 14 bought it but, when I work in a project that I need to speed up the tempo a little like from 120 to 125 I start to here is the beginning of the kick is cut or jot sound like the the 2nd & 3rd Kick in the Stems that I bought understand me so I tried all the Time stretch algorithm of Cubase even with the Melodyne mode but all of them don’t sound like Ableton time stretching & I can’t work like this for my customers, it’s sound not good so is there any hidden feature to do this or this the maximum of Cubase 14 for time stretching ? Please if you can gel in this matter that would be appreciated & thank you so much , your channel is always amazing & I know that your opinion is always honest, Best Regards, Amr

[@Black2Production]

Very nice. 😎👍

[@wilmaseal4871]

Bravo steinberg 👏

[@Tlx0xh]

Awesome update! But is it possible to restart the shaper modulator by pressing a note on a midi keyboard? That's about 90% of modulation I would like do.

[@ShaghilAli]

Thank you Bro

[@leoparcoeur]

A good shift for people who use samples. For me, it's about time they have improved the score editor. That's the reason why I've bough dorico lately it was 70% off... I like the modulator trigging any plugin parameter, the new way of editing the waveform, and the performance diagnosis. As I already have Dorico, I'll probably wait.

[@boogiexx]

I hope this version will give the option for SSL UF1 and 8 to follow the channel select...thanks for the video

[@javierpenya]

Great. It is impressive

[@pilzbury]

Steinberg with the mic drop.

[@joeycovington4681]

Thanks!

[@mixdownonline]

Welcome!

[@tomphillpotts]

Reordering of channels is a game changer? I've been doing that on Reaper for years. Wow

[@paulmisty8998]

DISAPPOINTED! Too many errors and tinkerer mentality. (Videos in the link) I haven’t given up hope for a long time, I’ve been waiting for an integrated step sequencer in Cubase for a long time. Now it’s here! And it doesn’t have undo/redo? Did I miss something? I just turned the Pulse knob, then all my data was deleted and I couldn’t undo it! Other errors and dubious features: In the new drum machine: did some sound design, then worked on something else, closed the drum machine, opened it again…and then undo/redo doesn’t work anymore, so has no effect on the settings I made before (e.g. cutoff) No undo/redo in the step sequencer. If this is really the case, then now is the time for me to say goodbye to Cubase when it comes to beat productions. Still ok for editing. No scaling in the drum machine! The window for decoupling remains just as small and looks ridiculous. No additional commands in the step sequencer when holding down the Cmd / Shift key + clicking/dragging in the individual cells. Here you could have set the velocity, for example, just as it works in the Midi Editor. Too complicated for basic things. Moving tracks to the LEFT does not work in the mixer if you are exactly on the left dividing line (where the hand then appears) and you want to move to the left. The same applies to the right: If you are exactly on the right dividing line where the hand appears, you cannot move the track to the right. Disappearance and reappearance of the new automation elements when switching from pointer to range tool. Unbelievable that this is not noticed immediately. Edit: The new volume plugin: Click+drag does not pull the fader as expected, but the fader moves slowly behind it. (I once made a setting for the normal channel fader so that when you click ABOVE or BELOW the fader, this is exactly what happens as soon as you hold down the left mouse button in that area. But this should NOT happen if you want to drag the fader of the new volume plug-in DIRECTLY up or down). Media Bay deleted and empty. We already know this from the update from C12 to C13. And apparently nothing has been learnt here! Unbelievable. Are Mac users now supposed to search the web again to find out which files they need to delete in the Finder? No information about this? Mixer Overview does not display the area correctly and does not work properly when moving. Plugin names and controls inconsistent in the mixer at certain zoom settings, resulting in the plugin names being cut off again despite a larger zoom setting (although they were already fully visible at a smaller zoom setting). In the new drum machine: You select a pad and then set the Pad FX (e.g. Filter Cutoff), then switch to another pad, and now Cubase automatically switches the focus to BitCrusher and leaves the filter effect focus. Very inconvenient if you want to set the filters for different pads. …to be continued. The whole thing shows (once again) that the Steinberg Cubase developers don’t seem to use Cubase to make music (see new drum machine videos + step sequencer) or do much audio editing. But the main thing is a new shimmer verb - or almost embarrassing, the new ‘next door effect’, or wow, now comes a volume fader that doesn’t work and in my opinion also seems too ‘bloated’. Something as simple as this could have been kept simple. You don’t need a huge Steinberg logo at the bottom, which is simply unsexy in 2024 when you’re working on a Macbook. It’s just such a shame that Steinberg doesn’t manage to bring new tools on board that at least replace the third-party plugins, even if you’ve already bought them because they’re better; but they’re not better, they’re worse. Unfortunately. A real pity. I made videos of all of the bugs in the Steinberg forum: forums.steinberg.net/t/so-many-issues/948771

[@ohstudiousa]

The very first feature is what I wanted!

[@mixdownonline]

It's great!

[@DanielBaeder]

Hello Chris Nice improvements, the group track still the same? Can I create a group tracks selecting the tracks I want and automatically goes into a bus and folder at the same time? Cubase still separates folder than the group “buss” track? In other softwares you select the tracks, control G, it creates a buss with the selected tracks assigned to it. Biggest change for me was to be able to use the same inputs in the external efx to record. That’s basic and is the main reason I couldn’t use Cubase here at my studio. Now I will reconsider.

[@TanmaySancheti]

Yeah i need the same but you can use the macro for grouping the channels + routing them + creating a folder at the same time

[@SiTheMon777]

Great video Chris, defo gonna get this on payday 😂

[@mixdownonline]

Thanks for watching!

[@Artinmotionmusic]

anything improvement in latency? when recording external gear.

[@FermínEspelet]

guys! is the volume plugin and mods only available to artist and pro versions? or also elements?

[@mickstubbsguitar]

Thanks Chris 👍👍

[@mixdownonline]

Of course!