Cubase 4 Initial Impressions...

Got Cubase 4 in the mail today. Some initial installation funnies (“This program requires Windows XP SP1 or greater to run. Exiting installation…”) that were solved with a 5-minute browse of the Steinberg site, but otherwise all seems to be in order. The two major problems I was having with Nuendo in Vista (the entire graphics system not updating for 10 seconds about every 40 seconds chief among these) seem to be solved, and some minor annoyances as well. All in all Cubase 4.0.1 seems to be happy with Vista.

I’ll put up some more thorough thoughts after I’ve spent a little time with the new features. I haven’t tried out the synths, and I haven’t looked at the studio manager, and these are the only major differences between Nuendo 3 and Cubase 4, as far as I’m concerned. If anyone has any specific questions, I’d be happy to attempt an answer.