Steinberg Cubase 6 Update, From Cubase 4 or 5

This product will update your existing Cubase version 4 or 5 to Cubase 6.

With an array of sensational new features and valuable enhancements that add to a production environment designed to deliver the best and most harmonious results, Cubase 6 is your go-to audio workstation for recording, editing, mixing and producing music of all types. Advanced multitrack editing tools, a new take-comping system and the revolutionary VST Note Expression form the centerpiece of Cubase 6 novelties, while its refined new interface offers faster access and more intuitive control than ever before. An outstanding range of effect processors and superior instruments like VST Amp Rack and LoopMash 2 empowers creative imagination to bring out the best in you. That’s why Cubase is the choice of countless musicians and producers around the world. That’s why Cubase 6 is the most advanced music production system today.

Features:

• State-of-the-art music production environment used by thousands of professionals around the world
• Award-winning 32-bit floating-point Steinberg audio engine with up to 192 kHz, 5.1 surround, flexible routing and full automatic delay compensation
• Unlimited audio, instrument and MIDI tracks
• Superb composing, editing and mixing features with unparalleled multitrack editing, take comping and automation toolsComprehensive set of 9 outstanding virtual instruments with over 1,900 instrument presets, including HALion Sonic SE, LoopMash 2 and MPC-style Groove Agent ONE drum machine
• Complete suite of 60 high-end audio and 18 MIDI VST effect processors, including REVerence convolution reverb, Pitch Correct and VST Amp Rack guitar tone suite
• AudioWarp system for time-stretching and pitch-shifting in realtime, including automatic tempo
  
• VariAudio for MIDI-style note editing of monophonic audio tracks
• Professional music notation and score printingVST Expression 2 for unique instrument articulation management and expression control on single note levelMediaBay file and preset management system
• Cross-platform 32-/64-bit for Windows and Mac OS X Intel

Edit faster with less clicks

Conjure the perfect take
Building the perfect take has never been easier. Cubase 6 comes with a new Lane Track concept for lightning-fast multitake comping. Simply select the best parts of a take with a single click for the fastest way to perfection.

Maximum expression on every note
By taking VST to the next level, Steinberg is breaking new ground with Note Expression, introducing a revolutionary new way to create and edit multiple controller values directly on the note they belong to. Invaluable for demanding orchestral arrangements as well as cutting-edge electronic music, Note Expression reinvents the composer’s editing workflow and pushes the boundaries of what’s imaginable.

Make it dynamic
The VST Expression set has been extended and now also sports dynamics in the Key Editor. From pianissimo to crescendo and fortissimo — all dynamics from the Score Editor are available in the new Articulations/Dynamics Lane in the Key Editor.

VST Expression map on call
VST 3.5 compatible instruments can now automatically transfer the articulation setup of each individual instrument sound to a VST Expression map, the ultra fast and easy way.

Make some noise

Insane tones for your guitar
VST Amp Rack is the new reference virtual guitar tone suite, featuring seven legendary amp models, sixteen vintage stomp boxes, six classic speaker cabinets and two studio-grade microphone types. Be it jazz, rock or metal, this comprehensive collection is ready to infuse guitar recordings with drive, punch and clarity.

Taste sonic dimensions
The HALion Sonic SE virtual instrument delivers more than 900 production-ready sounds and instruments that will inspire your creative work. Intuitive handling, instant playability and VST 3.5 support make this new instrument the perfect choice for productive songwriting or just playing along.

LoopMash reloaded
The highly evolved LoopMash 2 offers even more cool ways to remix loops and create tons of new fresh variations of your music while giving you total control over the process. Over 20 new MIDIcontrollable live and slice-based effects such as scratches, stutters and tape stops will get your beats onto the dance floors.

Work smarter, flow faster

Plenty of eye candy and snazziness
Cubase 6 features a significantly redesigned graphical user interface that not only looks good but makes the powerful features even more accessible. Color and contrast optimization minimize eye strain and viewing fatigue during extended viewing sessions, not to forget the revised Inspector for refined usability.

X64 support for Mac
The Cubase 64-bit version supports Mac OS X 10.6 64-bit to address more memory, which again allows for more tracks, plugins and easily lets you employ all the compatible libraries available on the market today.

Get a grip on
The Key Editor with its new inspector provides easy access to pivotal parameters, faster than ever before. New scaling tools for controller and automation data offer a highly intuitive and simultaneous editing of several events with an overall streamlined look and feel. The Quick Controls have been enhanced, including MIDI Learn mode and the ability to directly assign parameters of a VST 3 plug-in with a simple right-click of the mouse.

In-depth video tutorials
Cubase 6 includes more than two hours of in-depth video tutorials in finest HD quality. With these lessons on hand, you will easily learn how to get the most out of your Cubase system.

There’s more to stay for
As always it’s also the small details that have been refined and newly introduced, including but not limited to global project compatibility between Cubase 6 derivates, pristine new timestretching algorithms, the new VST 3 version of included plug-ins and much, much more!

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