Steinberg Cubase
Shares rank 8 of 10 digital audio workstations by recommenders
Recommended as a well-designed, sophisticated DAW that is convenient to work with and a strong option for lossless workflows on macOS.
Recommended as a well-designed, sophisticated DAW that is convenient to work with and a strong option for lossless workflows on macOS.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 75%
Recommended in 7 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 7 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Well designed and user-oriented
“some of the better more sophisticated applications like Cubase or Calamus or the original version of Logic, they were pretty nicely designed”
Comment from 12 May 2026 in “Screenshots of Old Desktop OSes” “Working with it is extremely convenient and user oriented.”
Comment from 2 Jul 2026 in “Hatari – Online Atari ST/STE/TT/Falcon Emulator”
Other digital audio workstations people recommend
The four most recommended other digital audio workstations, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reaper by Cockos | 58 | 5 | 92% | 11 | 15 yrs4 owners | Approved |
| Ableton Live | 54 | 20 | 73% | 11 | 15 yrs4 owners | Approved |
| Bitwig Studio | 35 | 3 | 92% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Logic Pro | 29 | 12 | 71% | 11 | 14 yrs5 owners | Approved |
| Steinberg CubaseThis page | 6 | 2 | 75% | 7 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“On MacOS it is probably one of the better options for lossless workflows.”
“Working with it is extremely convenient and user oriented.”
“Come on, Steinberg - we need a linux Cubase.”
“some of the better more sophisticated applications like Cubase or Calamus or the original version of Logic, they were pretty nicely designed”
“so it's better than it was!”
“Probably had far more features and ran snappier to boot!”
“stuck in Nuendo/Cubase projects with a bunch of long-obsolete plugins used for mixing and mastering”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.