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Steinberg Cubase 5 Recording Software (Macintosh and Windows)
Cubase 5 - Advanced Music Production System. New VariAudio and PitchCorrect effects (Pitch Correction), LooMash (create beats) and much more.
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Why does Steinberg Cubase have such a gargantuan, fanatical user base? Perhaps it's the software's legendary stability. Or maybe it's Cubase's open-ended support for all makes of audio interfaces, plug-ins, and both Mac and PC operating systems. It could also be Steinberg's decades-long tradition of listening intently to what its customers really need, and responding with timely, intelligent updates. Our guess is: all of the above. If you're tired of being tied to a particular operating system, a particular line of hardware, or a limited mode of thinking, Cubase is the music production software you've been looking for.
From its auspicious beginning on the Atari Console PC, Cubase has been at the cutting edge of the digital home recording revolution. Starting as a MIDI-only sequencer, over the years Steinberg has integrated digital audio recording, video support, professional score arranging and printing, studio monitor routing, and more. And let's not forget that Steingberg developed the VS plug-in, revolutionizing the digital recording industry in the process. The latest version of Cubase retains this total home studio solution mentality, adding intuitive tools for beat-making and loop-mangling. Cubase sports a bunch of in-the-box features that set it apart from the crowd.
Included Plug-In Suite, with New Vocal Production Tools
Of course Cubase supports a wide range of plug-ins for any audio project, but more importantly it ships with its own suite of compressors, equalizing tools, reverbs, instruments, and more. It's like moving into a fully furnished recording studio. Also, Cubase now offers a new set of vocal production tools, including one of the most intuitive pitch correction programs ever developed. Imagine editing vocal and solo instrument tracks as if they were MIDI tracks, and you'll begin to understand how easy it is to whip your audio into shape.
Loop and Beat Creation
Now the intuitive workflow that graces MIDI and Audio editing in Cubase can be applied to loop- and beat-creation with the inclusion of three new native plug-ins. LoopMash is the world's first "loop synthesizer," offering a unique take on mixing and creating mash-up tracks. Groove Agent ONE is a sampling plug-in with an interface based on the MPC-style pad boxes that transformed hip-hop in the late 80s. Beat Designer is a virtual step sequencer in the style of the 808--except with a practically infinite number of sounds to craft your beats from. No matter how you like to work with beat creation, Cubase has the tools to inspire your creativity.
Premium Virtual Synths And Multi-sample Instruments
Many DAWs come with starter instruments, virtual synths, and sample libraries that are "good enough" to get you through until you can afford to upgrade to some third party product. Cubase, on the other hand, is brimming with professional quality instruments right out of the box, including the celebrated HALion ONE multi-sample player workstation. With HALion, you'll have instant access to world instruments, percussion, orchestral elements, pianos, organs, and thousands of other sounds. There's also a selection of powerful virtual synthesizers from the Monologue virtual analog monophonic synth to the sophisticated Mystic polyphonic comb-filter synth. Throbbing bass, searing leads, ambient pads, and special effects are all at your disposal right out of the gate. You're getting an entire production studio in one powerful program.
Total Mixing Freedom
The newest version of Cubase boasts a mixer with 32-bit floating point processing that rivals the summing of any analog mixer. Plus, it makes full use of the freedom that the digital realm provides. Customize your mixer interface and save templates for use on any Cubase system. Routing has been completely freed of real-world limitations. Send sub-group outputs to the Aux-in of a separate channel, configure any VST3 into a side-chain arrangement--or whatever configuration you can dream up! There are no physical wires to tie you down to one routing scheme, so you can truly let your imagination take over. The mix matrix in Cubase also supports enough inputs and outputs for integration with even the most sophisticated recording studio.
What do you want to do with your music? Do you want to program that killer new hip-hop beat? Remix the week's top pop tune for the club? Record a professional four-track EP for your band? Produce an hour-long editorial program for NPR? Score a feature-length film? How about any of the above? From a simple laptop-based, portable music creation station to the core system of a world-class, tricked out recording studio, Steinberg Cubase gives you the power and freedom to do it all.
Cubase 5 - Absolute cutting edge in digital audio workstations! Featuring fully integrated tools for working with loops, beats and vocals, such as LoopMash and VariAudio, Cubase 5 combines new composition features and the first VST3 convolution reverb to take musical creativity to new heights. Cubase 5 is an advanced music production system With stunning innovations and additional enhancements that boost productivity and performance.
Cubase 5 New Features
Featuring even more creative possibilities and technologies, Cubase 5 provides the finest tools to producers, composers and musicians in any musical genre. VariAudio and PitchCorrect provide integrated intonation editing for monophonic vocal recordings. Groove Agent ONE and Beat Designer change the game for beat creation, while the revolutionary LoopMash seamlessly blends loops, creating unimaginable variations. VST Expression tools for composers combine with the first VST3 convolution reverb and improved automation for more dynamic mixes. And an array of additional enhancements and 64-bit technologies boost performance -- all designed to inspire further musical creativity and productivity.
Beat Creation and Loop Mangling: Outstanding tools for creating beats, generating exciting new rhythms and working with loops.
LoopMash - Mash it up
LoopMash is a revolutionary virtual instrument that offers a unique and innovative way of creatively working with loops and beats to create stunning new rhythms and grooves. Seamlessly blendable variations of both the included loops and any loop from your library open up myriad new creative possibilities. LoopMash is based on a new audio analysis/synthesis engine, developed in collaboration with Yamaha, that matches similar elements across loops and beats, generating fresh and inspiring mash-ups from any rhythmic audio material.
- Brand-new, first-of-its-kind interactive loop synthesizer
- Creates entirely new and unique variations on the fly by simply dragging existing loops from MediaBay or the Project Window onto LoopMash
- Entirely synced to the Cubase Tempo
- Integrated editing tools and powerful live performance mode with user-definable scenes
Groove Agent ONE - Drum Sampling Deluxe
Groove Agent ONE pairs powerful drum sampling with detailed sound shaping -- seamlessly integrated into Cubase. Not only does it boast sliced loop and MPC-import but rocks right out of the box with its own custom library of only the finest acoustic, urban, hip hop and dance drum kits! Each of its virtual pads features a complete sound processing section that gives full control of textures, timbres and expressive qualities of each drum sound. Creation of custom kits with drag and drop from the MediaBay allows an extremely fluid and easy workflow.
- Support for WAV, AIFF and the legendary MPC format
- Easy-to-use interface -- the perfect fusion of functionality and simplicity
- Powerful editing section for each drum sound
- Automatically maps sliced Cubase audio parts or multiple audio events across the pads by simply dragging them directly to Groove Agent ONE
- Convert sliced audio loops to MIDI by dragging them back to a MIDI track
Beat Designer - Beat It!
Beat Designer is a hot new beat construction plug-in that allows you to get hands-on with beats for step programming and designing drum patterns in an easy yet powerful way, working hand in hand with Groove Agent ONE. Getting really interactive with different grooves and variations has never been easier: Beat Designer organizes several patterns at once in customizable banks and can trigger each of them in real time and synced to Cubase with a MIDI keyboard.
- Supports up to 64 steps per pattern
- Customizable resolution and time signature
- Support for flam hits and rolls
- Individual volume settings for each element in a beat allowing full control of the dynamics of any groove
- Comes with dozens of beats in various styles perfectly matching the Groove Agent ONE kits
Vocal Editing and Pitch Correction: An amazing toolset for perhaps the most important element in any song: the vocals.
VariAudio - Total Vocal Editing
VariAudio offers completely integrated vocal editing and pitch alteration of individual notes in monophonic vocal recordings and can solve intonation and timing problems with only a few mouse clicks. With cutting-edge technology Cubase 5 turns the dreams of musicians and producers into reality: editing vocal lines in the Sample Editor just as seamlessly and quickly as if editing MIDI notes in the renowned Key Editor.
- Gives you complete control over the melody and intonation
- Automatically corrects the intonation of vocal lines by quantizing the pitch and micro-pitch of an entire part
- All detected notes and segments can be converted to MIDI notes, including the micro-pitch envelope which translates to pitch bend MIDI data
- No noticeable artifacts, entirely preserve the soul of the recording and its sonic fidelity
PitchCorrect - On the Fly Pitch Correction
Designed for vocal and solo instrument recordings, the new PitchCorrect VST3 plug-in brings easy and automatic intonation control and scale correction of vocal and monophonic instrument recordings to Cubase. PitchCorrect is based on the acclaimed Yamaha Pitch Fix technology and constantly detects the pitch of the input material and immediately corrects it to match to the closest pitch of a user-specified scale, including minor, major, chromatic and custom scales
- Corrects poor intonation without noticeable artifacts and preserves the sonic audio quality of the original performance
- Various parameters, like the Retune and Tolerance control, help adapting the retune rate to almost any performance style for very natural-sounding pitch correction
- Control the pitch of individual notes interactively from a MIDI keyboard in real time
New Dimensions for Your Mix: Numerous features that will help you bring new depth to you mix - in more ways than one.
REVerence - Experience in space
REVerence is the world's first VST3-based convolution reverb processor and benefits from every single aspect the VST3 standard has to offer. This sumptuously realistic reverb processor ships with an exceptionally sounding library including over 70 impulses created at some of the world's most distinctive locations. If that's not enough, REVerence supports the import of multi-channel custom user impulses and corresponding images.
- First-class natural space simulation
- Emulates any acoustic environment, in stereo or surround -- from a Studio-A room to a massive football arena
- Independent controls for early reflections as well as the reverb tail
- Exact control of the recorded impulse, giving total control over the decay time
- Completely smooth and glitch-free parameter switching
- Intuitive graphic waveform and spectrograph display and built-in EQ controls
New automation handling
The new automation handling in Cubase 5 is now more transparent and flexible than ever before, the centerpiece being the new automation panel, which offers a unified point of control for all automation settings.
Once a Key Command has been assigned, the new panel is at your instant command, offering new commands to manipulate automation data. The new Suspend Read and Write options exclude parameters from playing back or recording automation data, adding extra security when automating large projects.
Rule-based consolidation
Automating the MIDI area of productions has also been made far more transparent. Rule-based consolidation of part-based MIDI controller data and track-based automation data routed to the same target eliminates conflicts and fuses the two systems together.
Now it's easy to use both MIDI Continuous Controller and MIDI automation (track) data on the same target and handle layered controller/automation data in a consistent way. This best-of-both-worlds approach really comes to life with the brand-new ability to view and edit MIDI track automation side by side and inline with existing MIDI controller data in the Key Editor or the Project Window.
Express Creative Visions: Steinberg has innovated even further to offer even more creative compositional tools.
VST Expression - The composer's choice
VST Expression is an ultra-intuitive new way of working with multiple instrument articulations, for example of huge orchestra libraries, and introduces an editing concept that is not only user-customizable but is also fully integrated with the Key and Score Editors. VST Expression makes working with instrument articulations as easy as it should be. Instead of handling all those MIDI controllers for switching articulations, VST Expression allows seamlessly and transparently integrated editing as well as full control over multiple articulations in the Key and Score Editors. Articulations noted in the Score Editor can be played back immediately in real time by orchestra or any other sample-based libraries like the all new electric and acoustic guitar, bass and brass expression sounds included in the new HALion ONE Expression Set 01.
- Compatible with any current VSTi or stand-alone sample library, including Steinberg HALion Symphonic Orchestra and the new HALion ONE Expression Set 01
- Expression Map Editor provides mapping and remapping of articulation controllers, such as key switches, controller changes or MIDI channel remapping
- Using Expression Maps, projects can be ported for playback to a different sound device or library
- New Articulation Lane allows intuitive and fast editing of instrument articulations in the Key and Drum Editors
- When recording articulation changes, for example, key switches, the correct symbols are automatically added in the Score Editor
Your signature track
Cubase 5 comes armed with two brand-new track types: Signature Track and Tempo Track. These extremely useful new track types offer total control over tempo and time signature directly in the Project Window. Visualizing and editing tempo and signature changes within the project context next to audio, MIDI and markers offer a highly intuitive new way of exploiting every nuance of a song or composition with the right tempo and signature, whilst allowing greater freedom to experiment with new signatures.
- Available in both time linear and Bars+Beats modes
- Editing can be performed from both Info Line and Track Inspector, so advanced functions such as process tempo and process bars are always at your fingertips.
- Multiple selected events can be edited simultaneously, including drag'n'drop actions
- Snap, Grid and Quantize function-dependent editing and Crosshair-cursor support
HALion - The ideal symphonic instrument
Evocative scores, exquisite arrangements and emotive accompaniments: HALion Symphonic Orchestra is the ideal, symphonic instrument for composition, production and pre-production in music, TV and film scoring and game sound. It puts the awesome emotive power and sheer sonic majesty of a full symphonic orchestra under total control with its full support for the new Cubase 5 VST Expression feature. Each instrument comes with a Track Preset including a VST Expression map and matching staff settings for the Score Editor.
Cubase 5 contains a 90-day fully functional trial version of the HALion Symphonic Orchestra 16-bit Special Edition, providing a wealth of acoustic orchestral instruments at their best. The trial version of the HSO 16-bit Edition can be upgraded online to a permanent license at a very special price.
- Complete symphonic orchestra with breathtakingly authentic strings, brass, woodwind and percussion
- Works hand in hand with the new Cubase 5 VST Expression feature -- giving total control over key-switch articulations right in the Score and Key Editor supporting creative, intuitive and dynamic playing and hassle-free editing
- Extraordinarily expressive with full dynamic range covering all common articulations of each instrument
- Outstanding playability and instant access to all the most important parameters
- Unique Crescendo Controller feature allows seamlessly real-time blending between samples with different dynamic characteristics
- Richly detailed and perfectly balanced sound with adjustable real-recorded ambience
- Extremely versatile for all styles from Baroque to R'n'B and everything in between
Even more expression
The HALion ONE sound library has been expanded with a new set of studio-quality instruments developed by Yamaha's acclaimed sound design team. The Expression Set 01 features 14 new instruments with multiple articulations for natural and expressive performances. With each articulation assigned to a key switch, the new Expression Set is perfectly suited to explore the new VST Expression feature in Cubase 5.
The following instruments are included: Acoustic Bass, Electric Bass, Fretless Bass, Pick Bass, Nylon Guitar, Steel Guitar, Clean Guitar, Distortion Guitars 1&2, Solid Guitar, Tenor Sax, Solo Trumpet, Brass Section and Large String Section.
Next Generation Performance and Faster Workflow: An array of additional ways of working faster with added performance that takes advantage of new technologies.
Experience the X64 advantage
Cubase 5 fully supports native 64-bit high performance computing under Microsoft Windows Vista 64 and increases the addressable memory space from 2 GB to an amazing 1 terabyte -- placing more tracks, plug-ins and a whole lot of more samples of the biggest libraries right at the artist's fingertips! Producers and composers using the latest sample libraries will benefit from the ability to access a maximum of 1 terabyte of memory. With a sufficient amount of addressable memory space, all sample data can be loaded directly into RAM, allowing software samplers to become far more responsive. Not only does this offer complete creative freedom for composers, but live performances using sample-based material are now freed up from reliance on hard drives.
Cubase 5 features bit-map technology to enable the use of 32-bit VST effect and instrument plug-ins in the 64-bit version of Cubase, protecting past investments and ensuring future compatibility of older plug-ins.
Built on Cocoa
The Cubase 5 framework for Mac OS X has been reworked: it has been de-carbonized and is now cocoa-ized. This is the foundation for a Cubase Mac OS X 64-bit version which is planned at a later stage and is not part of the Cubase 5 release.
Low latency for all
Cubase 5 takes full advantage of the latest WASAPI* audio driver technology in Microsoft Windows Vista and supports generic and on-board sound hardware with lower latencies than ever before.
- Windows Audio Session API is the new driver model from Microsoft for Windows Vista operating systems.
Total export
The brand-new Channel Batch Export is a new way of exporting individual tracks to create archives or exchange projects with other production systems. As an extension of the Export Audio Mixdown window, Channel Batch Export allows the export of the audible output of a multiple selection of mixer channels to audio files. Channel Batch Export is also an ideal way of reorganizing a project to give the maximum available CPU power, with all files and VSTi tracks exported to audio tracks, freeing up system resources.
- Quickly select the channels you want to include and exclude from the export process
- Search field for channel names
- Redesigned Audio Engine Output selection lists all available channels/busses sorted by type
- Improved backup function for audio and including video files
MediaBay optimizations
MediaBay is the media file management system within Cubase, supporting the VST Sound standard that is part of VST3. For this new update, MediaBay has been extensively reworked with expanded features and many performance and usability improvements, making it even more intuitive and powerful. This includes faster searching and browsing, an overall improved performance and a more advanced and transparent tagging process.
- New Category Filter browsing improvement allows you to narrow down categories and results
- Result Numbers in Categories function displays the number of existing files that are found in each category
- Write Protection Indicator and the Pending Tags Indicator
- The Attribute Filter Search allows the user to make a detailed search query in the Viewer of MediaBay
Refined editing
Enhancing previously available features and adding new ones, the Sample Editor now gives access to pivotal parameters faster than ever before. With Cubase 5, the Sample Editor sees increased usability, with several tab items moved to the toolbar to improve handling by providing easier access to important functions. The additional enhancements include a new info-line toggle button, a Solo button, reworked Snap functionality, new Key Commands handling and much more.
The Project Logical Editor, a uniquely powerful and advanced project-wide editing system, also benefits from numerous enhancements, covering everything from minor improvements to brand-new functions. These include more destinations such as track color and Aux Sends, new Search and Action functions in the time domain and PPQ, the ability to invoke macros after Project Logical Editor processing as well as a complete user interface overhaul.
Recording enhancements
Cubase 5 features a more straight-forward approach to handling multiple takes and lane management, speeding up recording workflows for both audio and MIDI. New tools and commands give more flexible control over recording and provide better support for engineers or producers recording in Cubase 5.
- Remaining Record Time Display gives constant feedback on the total amount of recording time available to Cubase, preventing errors while planning recording sessions
- Lock Record function prevents accidental disarming of tracks when recording
- Arm/Disarm All Audio Tracks function helps the user when preparing to record a large number of tracks
- Crosshair Cursor supports accurate navigation and placement in Audio, Instrument and MIDI track lanes
- The new ability to dissolve MIDI parts to lanes comes in handy when separating notes or MIDI channels into sub-parts for easier editing
- The "To Front" UI arrow control is very useful when several parts or events are overlapping
- Now even individual MIDI selections of tracks or lanes can be bounced to new MIDI parts
Further Improvements and Added Value: Redesigned and enhanced features plus many new handy tools and functions making Cubase even more intuitive to use than ever before.
From its auspicious beginning on the Atari Console PC, Cubase has been at the cutting edge of the digital home recording revolution. Starting as a MIDI-only sequencer, over the years Steinberg has integrated digital audio recording, video support, professional score arranging and printing, studio monitor routing, and more. And let's not forget that Steingberg developed the VS plug-in, revolutionizing the digital recording industry in the process. The latest version of Cubase retains this total home studio solution mentality, adding intuitive tools for beat-making and loop-mangling. Cubase sports a bunch of in-the-box features that set it apart from the crowd.
Included Plug-In Suite, with New Vocal Production Tools
Of course Cubase supports a wide range of plug-ins for any audio project, but more importantly it ships with its own suite of compressors, equalizing tools, reverbs, instruments, and more. It's like moving into a fully furnished recording studio. Also, Cubase now offers a new set of vocal production tools, including one of the most intuitive pitch correction programs ever developed. Imagine editing vocal and solo instrument tracks as if they were MIDI tracks, and you'll begin to understand how easy it is to whip your audio into shape.
Loop and Beat Creation
Now the intuitive workflow that graces MIDI and Audio editing in Cubase can be applied to loop- and beat-creation with the inclusion of three new native plug-ins. LoopMash is the world's first "loop synthesizer," offering a unique take on mixing and creating mash-up tracks. Groove Agent ONE is a sampling plug-in with an interface based on the MPC-style pad boxes that transformed hip-hop in the late 80s. Beat Designer is a virtual step sequencer in the style of the 808--except with a practically infinite number of sounds to craft your beats from. No matter how you like to work with beat creation, Cubase has the tools to inspire your creativity.
Premium Virtual Synths And Multi-sample Instruments
Many DAWs come with starter instruments, virtual synths, and sample libraries that are "good enough" to get you through until you can afford to upgrade to some third party product. Cubase, on the other hand, is brimming with professional quality instruments right out of the box, including the celebrated HALion ONE multi-sample player workstation. With HALion, you'll have instant access to world instruments, percussion, orchestral elements, pianos, organs, and thousands of other sounds. There's also a selection of powerful virtual synthesizers from the Monologue virtual analog monophonic synth to the sophisticated Mystic polyphonic comb-filter synth. Throbbing bass, searing leads, ambient pads, and special effects are all at your disposal right out of the gate. You're getting an entire production studio in one powerful program.
Total Mixing Freedom
The newest version of Cubase boasts a mixer with 32-bit floating point processing that rivals the summing of any analog mixer. Plus, it makes full use of the freedom that the digital realm provides. Customize your mixer interface and save templates for use on any Cubase system. Routing has been completely freed of real-world limitations. Send sub-group outputs to the Aux-in of a separate channel, configure any VST3 into a side-chain arrangement--or whatever configuration you can dream up! There are no physical wires to tie you down to one routing scheme, so you can truly let your imagination take over. The mix matrix in Cubase also supports enough inputs and outputs for integration with even the most sophisticated recording studio.
What do you want to do with your music? Do you want to program that killer new hip-hop beat? Remix the week's top pop tune for the club? Record a professional four-track EP for your band? Produce an hour-long editorial program for NPR? Score a feature-length film? How about any of the above? From a simple laptop-based, portable music creation station to the core system of a world-class, tricked out recording studio, Steinberg Cubase gives you the power and freedom to do it all.
Cubase 5 - Absolute cutting edge in digital audio workstations! Featuring fully integrated tools for working with loops, beats and vocals, such as LoopMash and VariAudio, Cubase 5 combines new composition features and the first VST3 convolution reverb to take musical creativity to new heights. Cubase 5 is an advanced music production system With stunning innovations and additional enhancements that boost productivity and performance.
Cubase 5 New Features
Featuring even more creative possibilities and technologies, Cubase 5 provides the finest tools to producers, composers and musicians in any musical genre. VariAudio and PitchCorrect provide integrated intonation editing for monophonic vocal recordings. Groove Agent ONE and Beat Designer change the game for beat creation, while the revolutionary LoopMash seamlessly blends loops, creating unimaginable variations. VST Expression tools for composers combine with the first VST3 convolution reverb and improved automation for more dynamic mixes. And an array of additional enhancements and 64-bit technologies boost performance -- all designed to inspire further musical creativity and productivity.
Beat Creation and Loop Mangling: Outstanding tools for creating beats, generating exciting new rhythms and working with loops.
LoopMash - Mash it up
LoopMash is a revolutionary virtual instrument that offers a unique and innovative way of creatively working with loops and beats to create stunning new rhythms and grooves. Seamlessly blendable variations of both the included loops and any loop from your library open up myriad new creative possibilities. LoopMash is based on a new audio analysis/synthesis engine, developed in collaboration with Yamaha, that matches similar elements across loops and beats, generating fresh and inspiring mash-ups from any rhythmic audio material.
- Brand-new, first-of-its-kind interactive loop synthesizer
- Creates entirely new and unique variations on the fly by simply dragging existing loops from MediaBay or the Project Window onto LoopMash
- Entirely synced to the Cubase Tempo
- Integrated editing tools and powerful live performance mode with user-definable scenes
Groove Agent ONE - Drum Sampling Deluxe
Groove Agent ONE pairs powerful drum sampling with detailed sound shaping -- seamlessly integrated into Cubase. Not only does it boast sliced loop and MPC-import but rocks right out of the box with its own custom library of only the finest acoustic, urban, hip hop and dance drum kits! Each of its virtual pads features a complete sound processing section that gives full control of textures, timbres and expressive qualities of each drum sound. Creation of custom kits with drag and drop from the MediaBay allows an extremely fluid and easy workflow.
- Support for WAV, AIFF and the legendary MPC format
- Easy-to-use interface -- the perfect fusion of functionality and simplicity
- Powerful editing section for each drum sound
- Automatically maps sliced Cubase audio parts or multiple audio events across the pads by simply dragging them directly to Groove Agent ONE
- Convert sliced audio loops to MIDI by dragging them back to a MIDI track
Beat Designer - Beat It!
Beat Designer is a hot new beat construction plug-in that allows you to get hands-on with beats for step programming and designing drum patterns in an easy yet powerful way, working hand in hand with Groove Agent ONE. Getting really interactive with different grooves and variations has never been easier: Beat Designer organizes several patterns at once in customizable banks and can trigger each of them in real time and synced to Cubase with a MIDI keyboard.
- Supports up to 64 steps per pattern
- Customizable resolution and time signature
- Support for flam hits and rolls
- Individual volume settings for each element in a beat allowing full control of the dynamics of any groove
- Comes with dozens of beats in various styles perfectly matching the Groove Agent ONE kits
Vocal Editing and Pitch Correction: An amazing toolset for perhaps the most important element in any song: the vocals.
VariAudio - Total Vocal Editing
VariAudio offers completely integrated vocal editing and pitch alteration of individual notes in monophonic vocal recordings and can solve intonation and timing problems with only a few mouse clicks. With cutting-edge technology Cubase 5 turns the dreams of musicians and producers into reality: editing vocal lines in the Sample Editor just as seamlessly and quickly as if editing MIDI notes in the renowned Key Editor.
- Gives you complete control over the melody and intonation
- Automatically corrects the intonation of vocal lines by quantizing the pitch and micro-pitch of an entire part
- All detected notes and segments can be converted to MIDI notes, including the micro-pitch envelope which translates to pitch bend MIDI data
- No noticeable artifacts, entirely preserve the soul of the recording and its sonic fidelity
PitchCorrect - On the Fly Pitch Correction
Designed for vocal and solo instrument recordings, the new PitchCorrect VST3 plug-in brings easy and automatic intonation control and scale correction of vocal and monophonic instrument recordings to Cubase. PitchCorrect is based on the acclaimed Yamaha Pitch Fix technology and constantly detects the pitch of the input material and immediately corrects it to match to the closest pitch of a user-specified scale, including minor, major, chromatic and custom scales
- Corrects poor intonation without noticeable artifacts and preserves the sonic audio quality of the original performance
- Various parameters, like the Retune and Tolerance control, help adapting the retune rate to almost any performance style for very natural-sounding pitch correction
- Control the pitch of individual notes interactively from a MIDI keyboard in real time
New Dimensions for Your Mix: Numerous features that will help you bring new depth to you mix - in more ways than one.
REVerence - Experience in space
REVerence is the world's first VST3-based convolution reverb processor and benefits from every single aspect the VST3 standard has to offer. This sumptuously realistic reverb processor ships with an exceptionally sounding library including over 70 impulses created at some of the world's most distinctive locations. If that's not enough, REVerence supports the import of multi-channel custom user impulses and corresponding images.
- First-class natural space simulation
- Emulates any acoustic environment, in stereo or surround -- from a Studio-A room to a massive football arena
- Independent controls for early reflections as well as the reverb tail
- Exact control of the recorded impulse, giving total control over the decay time
- Completely smooth and glitch-free parameter switching
- Intuitive graphic waveform and spectrograph display and built-in EQ controls
New automation handling
The new automation handling in Cubase 5 is now more transparent and flexible than ever before, the centerpiece being the new automation panel, which offers a unified point of control for all automation settings.
Once a Key Command has been assigned, the new panel is at your instant command, offering new commands to manipulate automation data. The new Suspend Read and Write options exclude parameters from playing back or recording automation data, adding extra security when automating large projects.
Rule-based consolidation
Automating the MIDI area of productions has also been made far more transparent. Rule-based consolidation of part-based MIDI controller data and track-based automation data routed to the same target eliminates conflicts and fuses the two systems together.
Now it's easy to use both MIDI Continuous Controller and MIDI automation (track) data on the same target and handle layered controller/automation data in a consistent way. This best-of-both-worlds approach really comes to life with the brand-new ability to view and edit MIDI track automation side by side and inline with existing MIDI controller data in the Key Editor or the Project Window.
Express Creative Visions: Steinberg has innovated even further to offer even more creative compositional tools.
VST Expression - The composer's choice
VST Expression is an ultra-intuitive new way of working with multiple instrument articulations, for example of huge orchestra libraries, and introduces an editing concept that is not only user-customizable but is also fully integrated with the Key and Score Editors. VST Expression makes working with instrument articulations as easy as it should be. Instead of handling all those MIDI controllers for switching articulations, VST Expression allows seamlessly and transparently integrated editing as well as full control over multiple articulations in the Key and Score Editors. Articulations noted in the Score Editor can be played back immediately in real time by orchestra or any other sample-based libraries like the all new electric and acoustic guitar, bass and brass expression sounds included in the new HALion ONE Expression Set 01.
- Compatible with any current VSTi or stand-alone sample library, including Steinberg HALion Symphonic Orchestra and the new HALion ONE Expression Set 01
- Expression Map Editor provides mapping and remapping of articulation controllers, such as key switches, controller changes or MIDI channel remapping
- Using Expression Maps, projects can be ported for playback to a different sound device or library
- New Articulation Lane allows intuitive and fast editing of instrument articulations in the Key and Drum Editors
- When recording articulation changes, for example, key switches, the correct symbols are automatically added in the Score Editor
Your signature track
Cubase 5 comes armed with two brand-new track types: Signature Track and Tempo Track. These extremely useful new track types offer total control over tempo and time signature directly in the Project Window. Visualizing and editing tempo and signature changes within the project context next to audio, MIDI and markers offer a highly intuitive new way of exploiting every nuance of a song or composition with the right tempo and signature, whilst allowing greater freedom to experiment with new signatures.
- Available in both time linear and Bars+Beats modes
- Editing can be performed from both Info Line and Track Inspector, so advanced functions such as process tempo and process bars are always at your fingertips.
- Multiple selected events can be edited simultaneously, including drag'n'drop actions
- Snap, Grid and Quantize function-dependent editing and Crosshair-cursor support
HALion - The ideal symphonic instrument
Evocative scores, exquisite arrangements and emotive accompaniments: HALion Symphonic Orchestra is the ideal, symphonic instrument for composition, production and pre-production in music, TV and film scoring and game sound. It puts the awesome emotive power and sheer sonic majesty of a full symphonic orchestra under total control with its full support for the new Cubase 5 VST Expression feature. Each instrument comes with a Track Preset including a VST Expression map and matching staff settings for the Score Editor.
Cubase 5 contains a 90-day fully functional trial version of the HALion Symphonic Orchestra 16-bit Special Edition, providing a wealth of acoustic orchestral instruments at their best. The trial version of the HSO 16-bit Edition can be upgraded online to a permanent license at a very special price.
- Complete symphonic orchestra with breathtakingly authentic strings, brass, woodwind and percussion
- Works hand in hand with the new Cubase 5 VST Expression feature -- giving total control over key-switch articulations right in the Score and Key Editor supporting creative, intuitive and dynamic playing and hassle-free editing
- Extraordinarily expressive with full dynamic range covering all common articulations of each instrument
- Outstanding playability and instant access to all the most important parameters
- Unique Crescendo Controller feature allows seamlessly real-time blending between samples with different dynamic characteristics
- Richly detailed and perfectly balanced sound with adjustable real-recorded ambience
- Extremely versatile for all styles from Baroque to R'n'B and everything in between
Even more expression
The HALion ONE sound library has been expanded with a new set of studio-quality instruments developed by Yamaha's acclaimed sound design team. The Expression Set 01 features 14 new instruments with multiple articulations for natural and expressive performances. With each articulation assigned to a key switch, the new Expression Set is perfectly suited to explore the new VST Expression feature in Cubase 5.
The following instruments are included: Acoustic Bass, Electric Bass, Fretless Bass, Pick Bass, Nylon Guitar, Steel Guitar, Clean Guitar, Distortion Guitars 1&2, Solid Guitar, Tenor Sax, Solo Trumpet, Brass Section and Large String Section.
Next Generation Performance and Faster Workflow: An array of additional ways of working faster with added performance that takes advantage of new technologies.
Experience the X64 advantage
Cubase 5 fully supports native 64-bit high performance computing under Microsoft Windows Vista 64 and increases the addressable memory space from 2 GB to an amazing 1 terabyte -- placing more tracks, plug-ins and a whole lot of more samples of the biggest libraries right at the artist's fingertips! Producers and composers using the latest sample libraries will benefit from the ability to access a maximum of 1 terabyte of memory. With a sufficient amount of addressable memory space, all sample data can be loaded directly into RAM, allowing software samplers to become far more responsive. Not only does this offer complete creative freedom for composers, but live performances using sample-based material are now freed up from reliance on hard drives.
Cubase 5 features bit-map technology to enable the use of 32-bit VST effect and instrument plug-ins in the 64-bit version of Cubase, protecting past investments and ensuring future compatibility of older plug-ins.
Built on Cocoa
The Cubase 5 framework for Mac OS X has been reworked: it has been de-carbonized and is now cocoa-ized. This is the foundation for a Cubase Mac OS X 64-bit version which is planned at a later stage and is not part of the Cubase 5 release.
Low latency for all
Cubase 5 takes full advantage of the latest WASAPI* audio driver technology in Microsoft Windows Vista and supports generic and on-board sound hardware with lower latencies than ever before.
- Windows Audio Session API is the new driver model from Microsoft for Windows Vista operating systems.
Total export
The brand-new Channel Batch Export is a new way of exporting individual tracks to create archives or exchange projects with other production systems. As an extension of the Export Audio Mixdown window, Channel Batch Export allows the export of the audible output of a multiple selection of mixer channels to audio files. Channel Batch Export is also an ideal way of reorganizing a project to give the maximum available CPU power, with all files and VSTi tracks exported to audio tracks, freeing up system resources.
- Quickly select the channels you want to include and exclude from the export process
- Search field for channel names
- Redesigned Audio Engine Output selection lists all available channels/busses sorted by type
- Improved backup function for audio and including video files
MediaBay optimizations
MediaBay is the media file management system within Cubase, supporting the VST Sound standard that is part of VST3. For this new update, MediaBay has been extensively reworked with expanded features and many performance and usability improvements, making it even more intuitive and powerful. This includes faster searching and browsing, an overall improved performance and a more advanced and transparent tagging process.
- New Category Filter browsing improvement allows you to narrow down categories and results
- Result Numbers in Categories function displays the number of existing files that are found in each category
- Write Protection Indicator and the Pending Tags Indicator
- The Attribute Filter Search allows the user to make a detailed search query in the Viewer of MediaBay
Refined editing
Enhancing previously available features and adding new ones, the Sample Editor now gives access to pivotal parameters faster than ever before. With Cubase 5, the Sample Editor sees increased usability, with several tab items moved to the toolbar to improve handling by providing easier access to important functions. The additional enhancements include a new info-line toggle button, a Solo button, reworked Snap functionality, new Key Commands handling and much more.
The Project Logical Editor, a uniquely powerful and advanced project-wide editing system, also benefits from numerous enhancements, covering everything from minor improvements to brand-new functions. These include more destinations such as track color and Aux Sends, new Search and Action functions in the time domain and PPQ, the ability to invoke macros after Project Logical Editor processing as well as a complete user interface overhaul.
Recording enhancements
Cubase 5 features a more straight-forward approach to handling multiple takes and lane management, speeding up recording workflows for both audio and MIDI. New tools and commands give more flexible control over recording and provide better support for engineers or producers recording in Cubase 5.
- Remaining Record Time Display gives constant feedback on the total amount of recording time available to Cubase, preventing errors while planning recording sessions
- Lock Record function prevents accidental disarming of tracks when recording
- Arm/Disarm All Audio Tracks function helps the user when preparing to record a large number of tracks
- Crosshair Cursor supports accurate navigation and placement in Audio, Instrument and MIDI track lanes
- The new ability to dissolve MIDI parts to lanes comes in handy when separating notes or MIDI channels into sub-parts for easier editing
- The "To Front" UI arrow control is very useful when several parts or events are overlapping
- Now even individual MIDI selections of tracks or lanes can be bounced to new MIDI parts
Further Improvements and Added Value: Redesigned and enhanced features plus many new handy tools and functions making Cubase even more intuitive to use than ever before.
Mac OS X Minimum Requirements
Mac OS X 10.5.5 and 10.6
PowerPC G5 (Intel Core Duo CPU recommended)
1024 MB RAM
Display resolution 1024 x 768 pixels recommended
CoreAudio compatible audio hardware
DVD-ROM drive with dual-layer support
4 GB of free HD space
USB component port for Steinberg Key (copy protection)
Internet connection for license activation
Windows Mininum Requirements
Windows XP, Vista* or Windows 7
2 GHz CPU (dual core CPU recommended)
1024 MB RAM
Display resolution 1024 x 768 pixels
Windows DirectX compatible audio hardware (ASIO compatible audio hardware recommended for low-latency performance)
DVD-ROM drive with dual-layer support
4 GB of free HD space
USB component port for Steinberg Key (copy protection)
Internet connection for license activation
* Included Cubase 5 64-bit version natively supports Vista 64
Mac OS X 10.5.5 and 10.6
PowerPC G5 (Intel Core Duo CPU recommended)
1024 MB RAM
Display resolution 1024 x 768 pixels recommended
CoreAudio compatible audio hardware
DVD-ROM drive with dual-layer support
4 GB of free HD space
USB component port for Steinberg Key (copy protection)
Internet connection for license activation
Windows Mininum Requirements
Windows XP, Vista* or Windows 7
2 GHz CPU (dual core CPU recommended)
1024 MB RAM
Display resolution 1024 x 768 pixels
Windows DirectX compatible audio hardware (ASIO compatible audio hardware recommended for low-latency performance)
DVD-ROM drive with dual-layer support
4 GB of free HD space
USB component port for Steinberg Key (copy protection)
Internet connection for license activation
* Included Cubase 5 64-bit version natively supports Vista 64
- New, Version 5
- Shipping Weight: 4.5 lbs
- Shipping Dimensions: 10 x 9 x 5 in
- Complete List of New Features
- Cubase 5 Comparison Chart
- Cubase SE vs. SL vs. SX
- Operation Manual
- SX3 Brochure
- Studio Connections Info
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Steinberg Cubase 5 Recording Software (Macintosh and Windows) Reviews
375 People rated this product :
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10 out of 10
"Cubase will always be my #1 pick for music creation."
Feature:
packed with enough features to keep you busy for awhile, uh hum....quality features.
Quality:
No complaints out of the 4 years i have used cubase, big jump from the vst32 version with sx and then to the sx2, haven't really felt the need yet to go to the 3.0 upgrade although i will just to stay on top of the game of this EXCELLENT program!!! Cubase should never be underestimated of it's power and stability
Value:
compared to all out there and the fact that pro tools is pretty much needing the limbs of the hardware for it to really be a cubase competitor....
Desirability:
very sleek and clean....not really into the whole let's round everything off like buttons and bubble it all up type programs...like uh.....pro tools....which is still a great program but just not at the finish line with cubase in my opinion...worked with protools in school and buddies house and it's just not the same, i love my cubase. It has that adult feel to it, not meant to impress elementary kids.
Sound:
This program has been my nerve center and workhorse, with nothing but nicely put together music...man not much to say here but, very satisfied!!
Support:
Never used it once....why?
Overall:
other than the $150 upgrades for certain times......It's the king of the jungle.
packed with enough features to keep you busy for awhile, uh hum....quality features.
Quality:
No complaints out of the 4 years i have used cubase, big jump from the vst32 version with sx and then to the sx2, haven't really felt the need yet to go to the 3.0 upgrade although i will just to stay on top of the game of this EXCELLENT program!!! Cubase should never be underestimated of it's power and stability
Value:
compared to all out there and the fact that pro tools is pretty much needing the limbs of the hardware for it to really be a cubase competitor....
Desirability:
very sleek and clean....not really into the whole let's round everything off like buttons and bubble it all up type programs...like uh.....pro tools....which is still a great program but just not at the finish line with cubase in my opinion...worked with protools in school and buddies house and it's just not the same, i love my cubase. It has that adult feel to it, not meant to impress elementary kids.
Sound:
This program has been my nerve center and workhorse, with nothing but nicely put together music...man not much to say here but, very satisfied!!
Support:
Never used it once....why?
Overall:
other than the $150 upgrades for certain times......It's the king of the jungle.
Style of Music: R&B/Rap/Dance and more
9 out of 10
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"It's better than you know"
Feature:
One of the reasons Cubase is worth the money is because of it's comprehensive feature set. It is definately a professionally geared program. From start to finish and from just about every angle in between Cubase has one covered with the tools for engineering the highest quality recordings. There is the sensible and clean, customizable screen layout. The control room bus routing sub menu feature. The transport panel for quick recording control and event location as well as set up for play order tracks. All of the common engineering tools found in a professional sequencer from plug in menus to extended mixer views to surrond mixing capabilities to audio bus templates to automation. In fact there are too many features to mention. One can even work with syncing audio to film. Cubase also sports a well designed and fully functional midi and score editor, which seems to come as an afterthought in a lot of sequencers even Pro Tools. In Cubase however the focus is squarely on having both audio and midi data fully workable in the same program environment.
Quality:
Cubase is exceptionally well designed. Stienberg has been working with the basic product for well over a decade so there are no gaping holes in the design that I have noticed. I say that the quality is second only to Pro Tools HD.(and that's only because in HD the dsp processing is outboard and digidesign supplies dedicated hardware which is truly awesome) But the vast majority of this review's readers will not be able to realistically get involved with an HD system, so among the remaining native seqencers out right now I say the quality in Cubase 4 is the finest. I have not so far had any technical issues with the sequencer itself that were not due to user error.
Value:
Cubase 4 is worth the money it cost. As the best native system out right now there is no reason to expect a better deal.
Desirability:
I'm not big on sex appeal with a sequencer since they are not toys and if you're serious about it you don't care about the sexiness as much as the work it can efficiently do. It's not as sexy to look at in my opinion as Logic or Digital Performer but it does do just as much if not more. As far as sexiness compares to Pro Tools well that depends on if you like a blonde versus a brunette, (Cubase being the brunette). I wanted it becase of it's ease of use and broad range of capabilities.
Sound:
Since Cubase is a sequencer program that works with the ones and zeroes of digital binary code there is no "sound" to speak of. However, if by "sound" one means the way in which the various included plugin effects shape the recorded sound that you put in it then I say that the plugins are as effective as a user is at skillfully and artfully dialing them in. If you want to record and tweak the sound with Cubase's native reverbs, eq and dynamics, all of the tools of the trade are there and much more improved from a graphic user interface standpoint. They are not boutique plugin processors that with relatively basic operation will drastically "improve" or beef up your material but they are very good indeed and if you want plugins that do what Waves or Universal Audio plugins do then I suggest that you buy them. They will work just fine with Cubase. The rule holds fast with sequencers; Garbage in Garbage out. The seqencer is not to blame.
Ease of Use:
Using any daw to it's full capabilities is not a beginner's task, especially if the program in question professionally aimed. That being said, it's going to take some time before a novice can unleash the potential in a maturely developed and deeply concieved program such as Cubase 4. However, the basic task of recording audio is intuitive for one with prior experience. This is not a prgram for a beginner. It is for serious professionals who know what they are doing with a sequencer. From a professional standpoint though, Cubase 4 is a breeze to use. With a basic rundown in the fairly comprehensive pdf manual included, an experienced engineer can work their way around Cubase with little trouble. Once acquainted with the features and experienced with their use Cubase is very natural and as simple as can be.
Support:
Stienberg support is terrible. They truly don't want to pay for phone time so they go as far as possible to direct you to the forums or the instruction manual. This is understandable due to excessive cost but I can't help but be annoyed at having to call Yamaha (the parent company), long phone wait times and almost rude tech support guys that frisk me for my product registration when I call. They definately need improvement here.
Overall:
If the goal is professional audio production. Cubase has you covered. If at some point your budget gets big enough to go HD, I'm willing to bet the you will still keep Cubase 4 in your studio somewhere just because It's so usefull. For the features, for the price, for the possibilities it's a win. We need to lobby Stienberg for some great dedicated hardware and peace would finally reign on earth.
One of the reasons Cubase is worth the money is because of it's comprehensive feature set. It is definately a professionally geared program. From start to finish and from just about every angle in between Cubase has one covered with the tools for engineering the highest quality recordings. There is the sensible and clean, customizable screen layout. The control room bus routing sub menu feature. The transport panel for quick recording control and event location as well as set up for play order tracks. All of the common engineering tools found in a professional sequencer from plug in menus to extended mixer views to surrond mixing capabilities to audio bus templates to automation. In fact there are too many features to mention. One can even work with syncing audio to film. Cubase also sports a well designed and fully functional midi and score editor, which seems to come as an afterthought in a lot of sequencers even Pro Tools. In Cubase however the focus is squarely on having both audio and midi data fully workable in the same program environment.
Quality:
Cubase is exceptionally well designed. Stienberg has been working with the basic product for well over a decade so there are no gaping holes in the design that I have noticed. I say that the quality is second only to Pro Tools HD.(and that's only because in HD the dsp processing is outboard and digidesign supplies dedicated hardware which is truly awesome) But the vast majority of this review's readers will not be able to realistically get involved with an HD system, so among the remaining native seqencers out right now I say the quality in Cubase 4 is the finest. I have not so far had any technical issues with the sequencer itself that were not due to user error.
Value:
Cubase 4 is worth the money it cost. As the best native system out right now there is no reason to expect a better deal.
Desirability:
I'm not big on sex appeal with a sequencer since they are not toys and if you're serious about it you don't care about the sexiness as much as the work it can efficiently do. It's not as sexy to look at in my opinion as Logic or Digital Performer but it does do just as much if not more. As far as sexiness compares to Pro Tools well that depends on if you like a blonde versus a brunette, (Cubase being the brunette). I wanted it becase of it's ease of use and broad range of capabilities.
Sound:
Since Cubase is a sequencer program that works with the ones and zeroes of digital binary code there is no "sound" to speak of. However, if by "sound" one means the way in which the various included plugin effects shape the recorded sound that you put in it then I say that the plugins are as effective as a user is at skillfully and artfully dialing them in. If you want to record and tweak the sound with Cubase's native reverbs, eq and dynamics, all of the tools of the trade are there and much more improved from a graphic user interface standpoint. They are not boutique plugin processors that with relatively basic operation will drastically "improve" or beef up your material but they are very good indeed and if you want plugins that do what Waves or Universal Audio plugins do then I suggest that you buy them. They will work just fine with Cubase. The rule holds fast with sequencers; Garbage in Garbage out. The seqencer is not to blame.
Ease of Use:
Using any daw to it's full capabilities is not a beginner's task, especially if the program in question professionally aimed. That being said, it's going to take some time before a novice can unleash the potential in a maturely developed and deeply concieved program such as Cubase 4. However, the basic task of recording audio is intuitive for one with prior experience. This is not a prgram for a beginner. It is for serious professionals who know what they are doing with a sequencer. From a professional standpoint though, Cubase 4 is a breeze to use. With a basic rundown in the fairly comprehensive pdf manual included, an experienced engineer can work their way around Cubase with little trouble. Once acquainted with the features and experienced with their use Cubase is very natural and as simple as can be.
Support:
Stienberg support is terrible. They truly don't want to pay for phone time so they go as far as possible to direct you to the forums or the instruction manual. This is understandable due to excessive cost but I can't help but be annoyed at having to call Yamaha (the parent company), long phone wait times and almost rude tech support guys that frisk me for my product registration when I call. They definately need improvement here.
Overall:
If the goal is professional audio production. Cubase has you covered. If at some point your budget gets big enough to go HD, I'm willing to bet the you will still keep Cubase 4 in your studio somewhere just because It's so usefull. For the features, for the price, for the possibilities it's a win. We need to lobby Stienberg for some great dedicated hardware and peace would finally reign on earth.
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