I'm considering if it is time for me to push FL9 to one side and invest in Cubase 5.
It has been many a year since I was last a Cubase user. FL studio really took hold of me around version 4 and Cubase was going through its less-than brilliant 'SX' phase (in my opinion). I have tried the Cubase 5 demo albiet it only worked for 4 days! nOt the advertised 30. So unfortunately I didn't really have the chance to get my teeth into it.
I am considering this change because the style of music I create has changed vastly over the last couple of years. It is now less electronic and pattern-based and the VSTs I have slowly been investing in reflect this ( Omnisphere, Stylus, VSL appasionata strings, VSL solo strings The Grand 3 + others). I'm wondering now if FLs workflow is right for me.
My question isn't so much 'Is Cubase good enough' but is it worth ditching all I know in FL, all I have learned, the time-saving tricks, the resourse management tricks... I can pretty much make FL dance in terms of performance, never troubling my system resources dispite having an aging PC now (Intel quad core 2.4ghz, 4 gig ram, xp64,) Latency stays below 30ms. And its so quick to get started on a new project in FL, knowing where to go for what I need instantly. Though this could almost be a drawback in itself - am I getting too lazy?
So basically, after all that I'm just wanting to hear your experiences when moving from one DAW to another, particularly those mentioned.....
Thanks
It has been many a year since I was last a Cubase user. FL studio really took hold of me around version 4 and Cubase was going through its less-than brilliant 'SX' phase (in my opinion). I have tried the Cubase 5 demo albiet it only worked for 4 days! nOt the advertised 30. So unfortunately I didn't really have the chance to get my teeth into it.
I am considering this change because the style of music I create has changed vastly over the last couple of years. It is now less electronic and pattern-based and the VSTs I have slowly been investing in reflect this ( Omnisphere, Stylus, VSL appasionata strings, VSL solo strings The Grand 3 + others). I'm wondering now if FLs workflow is right for me.
My question isn't so much 'Is Cubase good enough' but is it worth ditching all I know in FL, all I have learned, the time-saving tricks, the resourse management tricks... I can pretty much make FL dance in terms of performance, never troubling my system resources dispite having an aging PC now (Intel quad core 2.4ghz, 4 gig ram, xp64,) Latency stays below 30ms. And its so quick to get started on a new project in FL, knowing where to go for what I need instantly. Though this could almost be a drawback in itself - am I getting too lazy?
So basically, after all that I'm just wanting to hear your experiences when moving from one DAW to another, particularly those mentioned.....
Thanks