BomeBox & Cubasis - anyone tried to control start/stop?

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I’m getting increasingly frustrated with AuriaPro on my iPad. It’s not very stable.

I see lots of good words about Cubasis 3. I’m considering taking the plunge. Given my level of experience with a DAW (very limited) changing over isn’t a big deal.

I’ve succeeded in controlling start/stop using MMC in Auria.

Has anyone succeeded in controlling transport in Cubasis?

Thanks,
Dov

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Hi,

I have no experience with either AuriaPro or Cubasis. Is the unstability with AuriaPro or perhaps getting MIDI working between your devices through BomeBox. If the latter, I might be able to help if there is a demo copy I can download to my iPad.

Steve

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Hi Steve,

Thanks for your usual lightning-fast response!

It’s Auria which is unstable. The problems I see are reported by many others. It seems that Corey Rim, the author of the app, may have lost interest in updating it.

The reviews I read say that Cubasis isn’t yet in feature-parity with Auria Pro, but is more stable and has a better UI.

Example about features: MMC support. I have been able to control start/stop and other features in AuriaPro. I’m hesitant to switch because I understand that this MMC functionality doesn’t exist in Cubasis.

That said, I’m starting to focus on recording myself and find Auria (an app I chose to buy a few years ago) unreliable and difficult to understand.

Thanks,
Dov

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There are MIDI start,stop and continue commands that do not use MMC. You might want to try those to see if Cubasis supports those commands. Before buying Cubasis, I think there is an option to download a free trial.

Steve Caldwell
Bome Customer Care

Also available for paid consulting services: bome@sniz.biz
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I found out this morning that Steinberg has added MMC and HUI to version 3.3 of the product.

I loaded it on my iPad and found it immediately more responsive and intuitive. It also immediately worked properly, which I can’t say for AuriaPro of late. I got clear audio with no crackling and was able to perform a mix down on the first try. This was all prompted by AuriaPro producing a horrible crackling on the channel with my Yamaha CP4 stage piano, regardless of gain staging, and by 2 out of every 3 attempts at mixdown producing a file with no audio.

When I have the time to figure out MMC and test with my Softstep controller and BomeBox, I will report back here. Given the easy startup and short time to produce a result, I am pretty confident I’ll have positive news.

Thanks,
Dov

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Awesome. Thanks for the update!