Comments on: Cubase SX4 Screenshots: More Soft Synths Coming

By: micky

micky — Wed, 30 May 2007 00:40:12 +0000

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By: Music Soul

Music Soul — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 13:54:16 +0000

Nice Steinberg ^_^

By: Rozling

Rozling — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 13:58:12 +0000

I’m thinking that the fiasco mentioned by G-dub is more to do with the whole issue of SX3’s USB dongles having a negative effect on performance. Probably way off though. I’m so high right now

By: KC

KC — Sun, 17 Sep 2006 02:05:50 +0000

SX fiasco? You are all high on something. Since the whole SX series, Cubase has pushed audio editing features further than anyone. I recently wanted to see what all the hype with Logic was..and that’s exactly what it is…hype. While the bundled plug-ins are nice…it lacks HEAVILY in its editing functions. I question how many people are actually digging deep into Cubase. Many seem to be lazy and base their observations on apperance and surface features.

By: Create Digital Music » Apple Sculpture, Lemur Touchscreen Ripped Off: Visual Comparisons of “Sincerest Form of Flattery”

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 19:28:09 +0000

[...] And speaking of copying, some readers were confused when I said a leaked shot of the “Prologue” synth from Cubase SX4 was … inspired … by Logic Pro’s Sculpture. But, then, I’ve spent a lot of time staring at Sculpture programming sounds. Maybe it’ll help if you see them on the same screen. Note the unique curvature of the raised background, the faux-silver knobs, and the exactly-copied effects switches. The knobs alone I’d say were both copying hardware, but the particulars of the switches and the background are just too specific to be accidental. Then again, after seeing the Mono Touch, I have to give Steinberg credit: at least Prologue is just ripping off individual elements, and admittedly on an entirely different synth, though it’s still … uncanny, shall we say? [...]

By: zook

zook — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 13:31:05 +0000

i am a cubase power user. I agree the screenshots are not really exiting!certain features u can guess from the shots which sound intrestng!
the aping thing about aping the abeltona and logic look aint really cool.. one good thing of makng the the DAW 2Dish look might be the dsp (just guessing)
and afterall it is the features that matter, the look follows

By: kokorozashi

kokorozashi — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 23:23:42 +0000

I must admit I missed the homage to the colored ring around Sculpture’s buttons until you rubbed my nose in it. I’d be inclined toward the “sincerest flattery” theory before I hypothesized outsourcing, which would violate the laws of physics in Steve Job’s personal universe.

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 02:44:49 +0000

Yes, I agree — but this is an unusual exception. The layout of these instruments to me looks nearly identical to some from Logic — using non-typical layouts — and specifically, the colored ring around a silver knob with an oval background is directly out of Sculpture:

http://www.apple.com/logicpro/sculpture.html

You have to admit the Sculpture / Prologue similarity is uncanny. But, as I said, it’s possible it was outsourced, as well — or it’s just a matter of “sincerest flattery”, since it’s a totally different instrument. I couldn’t help but observe it, even though ultimately it’s more about sound and function.

By: kokorozashi

kokorozashi — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:50:21 +0000

One reason these interfaces often look similar is that there are only so many ways to depict a knob. When you also factor in gear fashion — in my youth, everything was wood-grained, then became silver, and then black, and then I stopped paying attention to fashion — similarities no longer seem pregnant with meaning. I expect the biggest influence on interface lately has been processor speed and memory availability. Suddenly it seems reasonable to use lots of 24-bit pixels, so we get photo-realism, and Live seems iconoclastic. I guess my only point here is that this stuff is less mysterious and conspiratorial than it may seem.

By: Valis

Valis — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 21:55:26 +0000

Sx4 does seem a tad cleaner judging from the screenshots of the overall UI, with the rounded corner eye candy slimmed down a lot. The Synths look too generic imo, one nice thing about Logic is that although there’s a lot of similarity in terms of UI each synth still has a distinctive look.

Logic + Live here, although I must confess I’m running the PC versions still due to the dearth of PC-based licensing for my graphics applications. Conroe/Merom will finally get me to upgrade to the current version of Logic sometime this winter (Mac or Macbook pro).