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[King of Snake]

Originally Posted by phaseblue

That is true KoS! It's a VERY deep sequencer and does take some time (and patience) to get your head around. I guess the most attractive and powerful feature is Logic's "Environment" window. You can virtually route audio and midi in almost any way imaginable. But, when it comes to midi, Logic is second to none! There are people who have made LFO's and midi delays in the Environment to control outboard instruments that don't have those features/effects. You can even make virtual software controllers (with knobs and faders) in the Environment that control their real life counterparts. It really is an amazing piece of software!

BTW - Wasn't trying to insult anyone's tastes (or Cubase itself) by the "f#&k Cubase" comment! Just having fun! It's like the Mac vs. PC debate. Everyone has their own preference. Actually I used Cubase for a bit about 8 years ago before finally settling on Logic. I liked Logic then (and even now) for it's ability to customize nearly everything - especially MIDI! But nowadays, with everything turning towards VST and software instruments, they are basically all very much the same! They just have different interfaces!

Matt

hehe, no harm done. I've heard the Logic VS Cubase debate before on various audio forums. It can indeed get as heated as a PC VS Mac discussion
I'm using Creamware Scope DSP cards system, which has completely free midi/audio routing environment like you describe. It's very nice. I can route all my Cubase channels via ASIO to the DSP environment, and any external signals (Nord Rack and electric guitar) and pretty much send anything anywhere I want, using DSP fx and mixers on the way. VERY flexible.
Also, in Cubase I use a plugin called ERA which is basically a midi-stepsequencer but also does arpeggios and lots of other cool midi stuff, so that nicely adds to the midi functionality already there in Cubase. I can use that to control my VSTi's, or my Nord Rack synth, then route the Nord's audio into the DSP environment and run it trough a bunch of fx before recording back into Cubase....easy
I think you can also make these "virtual software controllers" in Cubase, although I've never used that feature (since I only have one hardware synth).