Live vs Cubase: Which is a better fit?

Lane W.: My name is Lane, I'm a Worship Pastor at a church, and I give Live a five out of five rating. I was mainly using GarageBand before I switched to Live and just realized that I needed a little more out of the program. That's why I made the change to Live and never looked back. I ended up using Live because there were so many options for my job, to be able to make my efficiency better. I knew that I could use Live to help my people get better on my team, to do my job better, and to be more professional in all aspects of my job. It is a little bit challenging to onboard and integrate people in my church to Live, but after some training and some very helpful online videos, we were able to really get ahead of the curve with Live. Overall, I'd say it's pretty easy to bring people on board. I highly recommend you checking out Live. It is a great product. There are so many features that are being added almost weekly, and even though there is a little bit of a learning curve, there are so many informational and instructional videos, that you should have all the help you need. So if you are thinking about it, don't think any more. Go with Live.

Michael: My name is Michael. I'm a small business owner. I'm giving Steinberg Cubase a four out of five. For more reviews, click below. So Cubase was actually the very first digital audio workstation software that I used. So I didn't use anything before it. I have used stuff after it, like Pro Tools, Logic, and I've tried pretty much all of them. But Cubase was the first one that I started off with. So initially I chose Cubase because it's a pretty low-cost digital audio workstation, and it is very in depth. There's a lot of stuff that you can do with it. You can do just as much with this one as you can Pro Tools or any of them. So originally I chose it because actually it came recommended and I used it for about two years every day before making a switch onto Pro Tools. I still occasionally do have to use Cubase. Sometimes clients have sessions in Cubase, so we work in there. So yeah, that's how I got started with it. So like with any DAW or digital audio workstation, there is going to be somewhat of a learning curve. If you've used other platforms or software before, you're probably going to recognize a lot of the layout and the standard buttons and features, that kind of thing. You're going to recognize it. Of course, it's in a different wrapper if you haven't used Cubase before. So definitely going to be a little bit of a learning curve. I would say it's probably a little bit easier to understand just right off the bat than something like Pro Tools and probably a little bit harder than something like Logic. So it kind of falls in the middle there. With any of these softwares though, you're going to need to spend some time with it just because there's so much that you can do that, yeah, it's going to take a little bit of time to get used to. But overall, definitely a user friendly piece of software. So I would definitely recommend keeping Cubase on your list of DAWs if you are searching for the perfect one for your workflow. I know tons of great musicians, producers, and as well as film composers who use Cubase on a regular basis because it's so good in terms of its features and specifically with its scoring function, it's terrific for that. Probably the best one out there if you're looking to change MIDI to scoring, let alone just something that's dedicated like scoring software. This one, as far as the digital audio aspect and scoring together is going to be really solid, worth a look. So it really depends what your specialty is. If you're looking for more audio, just capture, editing, Pro Tools is probably going to be for you. But I think that it is worth checking out Cubase and just doing your due diligence to see if maybe the workflow works best for what you're doing as these things can be pretty nuanced. So it's worth knowing about. It is a great piece of software and I would definitely recommend it.