Monitoring with Plugins and VST's

Oh my god... I haven't really used Cubase much before so I haven't thought much about what it looks like, but that looks like a pile of shit! Goddamn, it looks like a fuckin' ATM's software. Can I withdraw 100$ bills in Cubase? Do they come out of my printer? Thanks. :)

Yeah it's a pretty atrocious UI. It actually got less distinct as the versions progressed. Cubase SX 3 and Nuendo 3 had the clearest UIs.