PC Plus reviews Nuendo 3, Steinberg’s high-end music media production application. I was never really clear on the difference between Nuendo and Cubase, but now I know the main difference: price. Nuendo is very expensive. In fact, it’s out of the Laptop Studio league. Nonetheless, it’s interesting to find out what all that extra cash buys you.

First of all, “Steinberg has at last tidied up all of the dangling loose ends that afflicted earlier versions.” Sounds good so far. Nuendo 3 apparently has broader functionality in general. For example, it supports every sound format you’ve heard of and many you haven’t, and it has excellent support for a networked environment. These are the sorts of thing that a professional user would need, rather than the typical Laptop Studio user.

The conclusion agrees with this: “Unless you’re a home studio buff, Nuendo will almost certainly be too much for you, if only because of the inflated price. But if you’re serious about music, or you work with it professionally, it’s a more plausible option, especially in a sound-to-video context.”