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DmitryKo
Total Posts: 1483
Joined 07-25-2002 status: Guru |
Cubase AI 5 is isted in the Options/Accessories for the Motif XF.. what does it mean, exactly?
I didn’t quite follow the recent developments with the Cubase AI - is AI 5 a free software upgrade for the AI 4, or you have to buy this upgrade? Will Cubase AI 5 ship with the XS as a free companion tool, just like the Cubase AI 4/4.5 did, or will it be a downloadable/buyable upgrade? |
Bad_Mister
Total Posts: 36620
Joined 07-30-2002 status: Moderator |
When the Motif XS came out in 2007 it shipped with Cubase AI4 - that was the entry level version that was available. When the S90 XS/S70XS started to ship last year they shipped with Cubase AI5 - that was the version that was available. When the CP-series stage pianos shipped earlier this year they naturally ship with the current entry level version of Cubase (Cubase AI5)
Cubase AI4 is an entry level version of Cubase 4 provided with Yamaha hardware purchased during its time in the marketplace
Cubase AI4 like Cubase 4 is no longer available. Don’t make this into something more than it is. It is simply a matter of what entry level software is available at the time.
There is no upgrade path from Cubase AI4 to Cubase AI5 - (?) nor does there need to be. The upgrade path is always to one of Steinberg’s commercially available music production softwares:
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meatballfulton
Total Posts: 3022
Joined 01-25-2005 status: Guru |
It could be worse...my ES came with SQ01. |
Bad_Mister
Total Posts: 36620
Joined 07-30-2002 status: Moderator |
SQ01 was far ahead of its time - it fully integrated Synth Editors into the program so that when you saved a file it saved your synth setup and all the Voices (sound familiar).
In fact many of the innovations you are used to seeing now started in SQ01 - started with OPT (Open Plugin Technology)
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