Cubase Nuendo Comparison

Steinberg celebrates 20 years of Nuendo – with a 40% discount. But what‘s really different? Do you have an advantage with Nuendo? Do you need it? You will see the most 27 most important differences.

[cryptout]

In short, Nuendo is for pro video sound editing. Cubase is for music composers.

[ryan_raus]

So basically, Nuendo = Cubase+
As far as I'm aware, if you're composing/writing music, there's no reason to spend the extra $$ for Nuendo (some of the best composers including Hanz Zimmer use Cubase), but if you're also into the technical aspect of things like mixing, editing, using Avid Hardware (which is amazing bcuz I hate Pro Tools) or especially game audio implementation, some features in Nuendo could be invaluable.
But also if you have Nuendo there's no reason to get Cubase, other than cheaper annual upgrades. It really comes down to what you're using it for.

[psycholarge]

As of Cubase 12 you no longer forfeit the Cubase license after the crossgrade

[Ryan_Wiseman]

Some of the newest features in Nuendo make me tempted to upgrade as a mixing engineer. Having more control over the end product, and needing less of a reason for third party plug-ins, is something that I largely like as someone in a much older version of Cubase (8.5).

Having an option for bass control and frequency control is something that I'd love to utilize as well. With the surround sound capabilities of Nuendo, at some point I'd love to use this; however, my setup is not yet prepared for a mixing environment of that kind. I'm tempted on upgrading even if I can't utilize all features of this software yet.

[gesslr]

I have been looking for a video like this for years. Thanks for posting!

[directed]

Thank you!
Does Nuendo have cleaner summing engine than Cubase with 384 vs 192 SR resolution? Any experience on that subject?

[TYLERBALLADS]

What computer is best for nuendo or cubase 14 ? I’m looking at the mini Mac M4 or a Dell OptiPlex 7020… usually use 5-6 tracks

Thanks!

Great video

[MorisoniProductions]

An excellent rapid comparison .... thanks!

[EstebanRV]

I've been thinking about this since they announced the 40% discount. I'm using cubase 8 and it's very tempting, but now it became even more difficult to decide as they also announced 40% discount for cubase 10.5 upgrades.

[charlesgaskell]

Brilliant - thanks Tim.

How many of the Nuendo-only features typically make it into later versions of Cubase?
How do paid upgrade costs (and frequency) compare?

[charlesgaskell]

At 14:30, you say that a Reaper licence costs 60 Euro - this is the discounted price, which explicitly doesn't qualify for the competitive crossgrade price; it has to be a full-price commercial licence, which costs 225€

[Thadnill]

Hello!
I'm not sure if I should invest in Nuendo or Cubase - I mainly do a lot of music production, I like to produce, compose, score, mix and design music of all genres.
But I am also very interested in scoring for film, media and games, and therefore I wonder whether it should be better for me to invest in nuendo immediately or go for Cubase 11 - pro first and go for Nuendo later?

Thank you for this video!

[yeppy]

Is it possible to crossgrade from Cubase to Nuendo?

[dannydaniel]

Is Neundo 4 more powerful than Cubase 11?

[NickSchiller]

great video. If you have updated to Nuendo 11: What is your experience with it/is it worth to upgrade? Many thanks and have a great day Tim ;)

[nithishaloks.r]

Namah Shivay, Thank You, When will be FUTURE Discount Sale, Thanks NAMAH Shivay

[JeremyGreysmark]

thanks for posting this! Very interesting indeed, I always wondered that as a logic user :)

[CANALDOSERTANEJOOO]

Dá para fazer gravação no cubase ou nuendo sem uma placa de áudio ?
Baixei o nuendo e passei a tarde toda tentando gravar alguma coisa mais não consegui, nem som do instrumento saiu, estava tentando gravar sem a placa de áudio

[SallyT.]

ONE MAIN BIG DIFFERENCE IS: >>> SOUND ENGINE <<<< DIFFERENT MATH! NOT SAME TEAM DEVELOPERS!!! NUENDO SUPPORTS UP TO 384kHZ RECORDING SAMPLERATE! NUENO SOUND DEPTH IS INCREDIBLE, PLUGINS SOUNDS DIFFERENT, EVERYTHING SOUNDS DIFFERENT!!!!

[TheRangeControl]

THANK YOU!

This I pretty cool. I just wish that It wasn't so rushed. I would like to know more about the requirements for Dolby Atmos, Ambisonics, and really all of it.

I mean Steinberg is AWESOME at including features. But for Nuendo, they #^&*ing suck regarding how to videos or orientations on ALL of the stuff in Nuendo! So many of us are BRAND NEW and jumped on the deal because of all of the savings. But there is NOWHERE to learn how to use the stuff, or really what most of it even is. :-(

...BUT, if it's Cubase, they'll talk about it in videos & tutorials HUNDREDS of times.