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  1. Thank you for the information! I didn't know that it's possible to have pageable control surfaces. If only they added this option somewhere in the GUI rather than having to delve into XML files. I am using MCU mode and I did look at the rather impressive implementation by modernidiots. However, unless I'm mistaken you need to have it's own GUI open for it to work? I don't like things like that cluttering up the screen. Actually, i'd just like the ability to have two focus mapped devices working at the same time. The X-Touch and X-Touch Extender are seen as two separate devices. In previous versions of Studio One, you selected the active controller and that would be in focus mode - the other device would be in global mode. I'm not sure if that's changed with version 5. *edit* I didn't answer your GUI question. Yes, it's ticked - although not having a scaleable interface on the DAW or plugins has been a common complaint. The only way around it is to scale the entire OS in OSX settings - the same in Windows. By the way, this is also the only way around the Steinberg issue of having it's plugin GUI elements too small. One thing I forgot to mention in my first post about DAW comparison. I didn't know this but Cubase used to have an individual undo for each MIDI object on the timeline which is separate from the usual Undo. Apparently you could open the MIDI editor, make changes, close the editor and go about your work. Later, you could open the editor for the same MIDI object and undo the changes you made only in that object. I didn't know about this until I read a few composers complain that it was recently taken away in Cubase 10.5. They were lamenting that Steinberg quite often change or remove features without announcing it.
  2. I was actually talking about Studio One's instruments as well. At least in Halion, it's possible to expand the waveform area for accurate sample cropping/looping, etc. This isn't possible with Studio One's offerings. It's like painting the hallway through the letterbox, as the saying goes. Yes, I understand you. A change is required now and again. Also, changing brings you new ideas, or developing ideas in directions you wouldn't have tried before. I know it's possible to do any type of music on any DAW (I saw an amazing orchestral track done in FL Studio, for example), however certainly DAWs promote certain workflows that makes it easier to create certain types of music. How do you use pageable controls in Studio One? I'd love to do that on my X-Touch + Extender.
  3. I think the whole changing DAW thing depends purely what you intend to do. 'Make music' is just too general a term. 'How' you intend to make music is a more appropriate question you ask yourself when choosing which DAW use. I'm just regular run-of-the-mill home/hobby composer who uses quite a few hardware synths. I've tried most DAWs - with the notable exception of ProTools, SAW, Renoise and a couple of obscure others. I use an iMac Pro because at the time, it was the best computer for me to make music. However, it has a 5k screen which at the time I didn't know how many problems that would cause me. So back to my point! I was overjoyed with the additions of the aux tracks and the listen track in Studio One v5. However, there are a couple of reasons why i don't use it (at least for now until they are fixed) 1) It has a fairly well known bug with MIDI jitter and issues with track delay. I had a headache trying to align audio recorded from a synth playing from a MIDI track without using audio quantize. Logic and Cubase don't have this issue as their method of using a plugin for hardware synths have delay compensation. By the way, this issue causes headaches for composers who were initially happy with the new articulation switching feature - the switches were delayed. The only workaround for now is to use a plugin specifically designed to create a negative track delay to try and offset this problem. 2) Many of Studio One's built in synths are not scaled to 5k screens and are annoyingly small. I like to grab a section of audio and throw it into a sampler and quickly make a looped instrument of it. It's very difficult to do with both Impact XT and Sample One because their interfaces are too small. Logic is the best for this, with huge scaled interface - and the Quick Sampler is wonderful for quickly looping, slicing, etc. Cubase's Sample Track is also very good, but can't slice. Cubase is the next culprit with this problem. Sure a lot of the interface is now scaled pretty well but the plugins are still small. Also, Steinberg love to use tiny, cryptic icons for functions that leaves you constantly having to hover over them with the mouse to actually remind yourself what they do. Their plugins - although VERY good, use the same tiny icons and although you can now scale the windows in Halion and Groove Agent, the interface elements stay the same size. So for me, with my particular requirements - I compose with Logic and mix with Cubase. Cubase's features for mixing (snapshots, compatibility with Softube Console 1, Control Room, etc, loop markers, etc) are too good to miss up. I do own a perpetual license for Studio One 5 and as soon as they fix their timing woes, and native plugin scaling, I'll give it another go.
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