Silly question but... How do you make cubase more aesthetically pleasant?
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You don't.
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I also think Cubase is kinda fugly but I don't care honestly. You get used to it. And it looks so much better than the first version of Cubase I used back in 99-00
I never used cubase but seeing these beautiful vintage UIs makes me nostalgic for happier times...
quickbrownf0x
I had fun once. It was awful.
Aah man, those were the days. <sigh>All those colours! My first version looked like this (btw I do miss the IPS).
holonology
Active Member
Beauty is in the eye and all that. Give Apple’s love of minimalism, I’m surprised they didn’t try to buy Ableton as that fits in with their current aesthetic rather well. I don’t love the look of any of them, but for me Ableton is a true function over form design which has its uses. I think Bitwig looks probably the sharpest actually of all the DAWs. 2nd place would be Ableton and close behind is Logic but only the iPad version, which is very nice. If they port that to desktop then that will be pretty stunning.
shropshirelad
Senior Member
I'm using it more & more, it's a lovely place to hang out.
quickbrownf0x
I had fun once. It was awful.
I upgraded to 13 last night to see what all the fuss is about and dear lord, what an eyesore. 
Also lots of inconsistencies, areas where they didn't apply the new design style, like the Control Room, the right zone, etc. I hope they'll update, tweak the UI again soon, because - yikes. That Mix Console really hurts my (old designer) eyes. Way too harsh.
Also lots of inconsistencies, areas where they didn't apply the new design style, like the Control Room, the right zone, etc. I hope they'll update, tweak the UI again soon, because - yikes. That Mix Console really hurts my (old designer) eyes. Way too harsh.
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I'm not that fond of the new interface changes either, but I soldier on for the functionality and am considering purchasing a much larger display to help improve legibility of all the tiny text and dense UI elements without needing to dramatically scale up my OS resolution.I upgraded to 13 last night to see what all the fuss is about and dear lord, what an eyesore.
Also lots of inconsistencies, areas where they didn't apply the new design style, like the Control Room, the right zone, etc. I hope they'll update, tweak the UI again soon, because - yikes. That Mix Console really hurts my (old designer) eyes. Way too harsh.
I've been test driving Studio One over the past few weeks and really wish I didn't like it so much. While I don't intend to switch, I must commend Presonus for creating such a well designed, feature rich interface that still feels intuitive and easy to use. I have always found Cubase to be a bit more obtuse, but it's worth the time investment for all the power and flexibility.
I don't know where the current state of the thread is, but I wanted to submit that this^, learning and taking control of your UI so it does what you want, is how you fall in love with it. And otherwise, I find just by changing the Project colors in Preferences (key editor + arrangement backgrounds, etc) I am happy with how Cubase looks.
Even though I use Reaper, which looks great, mind you, with Reapertips, Smooth 6 and Mammoth themes.
The best friend of a feature-rich program with an obtuse UX is often a great set of shortcuts and macros. Try looking into Metagrid or TouchOSC (or OSC?)!
MikeT99
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Given that one’s more often than not reluctant towards change, and then eventually things do set in, I’ve been nostalgic of previous version of Nuendo every time a new one would pop up. Give it some time and the new look would surpass the old, things would become more natural, and going back would show the ageing of the old gui. That is, until this one. For the first time I’m not upgrading to 13, keeping in what I think is for me the most inspiring and pleasing view of any of Nuendo iterations, 12.0.70. I’ve already worked with the new gui on other computers, and, by God, for me it is a step in the wrong direction. So much that I’m skipping it. It helps that 12.0.70 is the most stable I can remember working with.
