Steinberg Cubase 6 Recording Software, Mac and Windows
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Having defined the industry standards for more than 26 years, Steinberg has constantly pushed back the boundaries of what is possible in digital audio. Cubase 6's advanced technologies offer flexible, cost-effective and intuitive ways of realizing the art
Product Description
Steinberg Cubase SX Recording Software (Macintosh and Windows)
The new Cubase SX 2.0 unites the proven and the pioneering in one fascinating new program. Cubase SX 2.0 is the next generation of one of the world's most popular sequencers with a new revised user interface and over 100 fantastic new features. Improvements such as the new VST audio engine with 32-bit floating point audio resolution, Freeze function for VSTi's, real multi-channel surround, Stacked Recording mode and the freely configurable user interface leave Cubase SX 2.0 without peer among music workstations. And because Cubase SX is a native application, you can choose which audio and control hardware you wish to work with.
Features
Complete multi-channel audio path
Full latency compensation
FX return channels
User-definable Input and Output busses
New 'Freeze' function for VST Instruments
Mixer
Part Editing
Transport Bar
New features in Cubase SX 2.0
New and improved look and feel: 2.0 comes with new 'Skins' and 'Appearance' controls, which allow the user to customize the colour scheme of Cubase. In addition, many graphics improvements have been made to the arrange and mixer windows, as well as menu bars, tool bars and transport window.
Complete MIDI File import/export: MIDI File Import and Export is now completely implemented, including drag-and-drop of MIDI files from desktop to arrange window, a 'classic' Cubase feature.
Define active part (when multiple parts are selected): A new menu item allows toggling between parts when multiple parts are selected for editing in a single window.
Add velocity in info line: Velocity values can now be edited individually or in groups directly from the info line.
Improved grid in key editor (pitch visible): The background grid in the key editor now has dark and light bars reflecting the pitch in a keyboard-style.
Add Controller # to Names: Controllers are now displayed with manes and numbers.
Multiple audio parts combined in audio editor: Multiple audio parts can now be combined and edited together, an often requested 'classic' VST feature.
Select options (invert, equal pitch): New options for selecting events in editors or toggling the selection
Shortcut Events in drum editor (with predefined velocity values): A Set of new key commands allows creating events with pre-defined velocity values.
New Record Mode 'Stacked' for Audio and MIDI: Audio or MIDI can be recorded in multiple passes or in cycle mode onto a single track. Every take can be displayed and edited in its own lane within the track. 'Remove Overlaps' can be used to collapse all takes to the final take.
Chord recognition in editor windows: Moving the cursor over a chord in the key editor displays the chord in the menu bar.
Transpose: scale correction: Automatic Scale Correction can be activated in the transpose window for any MIDI part. A list of pre-defined scales is available.
Import/Export Tempo Maps: Tempo Maps can now be ported from one project to another. Important for any musicfor- picture work, especially in workgroups.
Key Command to nudge SPP bar-wise ('step bar'): A new key command 'Step Bar' allows to nudge the Song Position Pointer in bars.
Repeat events/parts using pencil tool: Alt-Clicking a part in the right bottom corner and dragging creates copies of the part and repeats the events
List Editor: multiple tracks open in single window: Multiple parts from multiple tracks can be opened in a single list editor window by shift clicking the parts to make a multi-part selection and then opening the list editor. Parts can either be selected by clicking the associated events or by selecting a part from the part list.
Open tool-box with right-click: Right-clicking in any editor window opens the tool box (new preference entry under 'editing'), cntrl-right-click opens the regular context menu in this setting.
Time Warp Tool: New Mastertrack with timeline editing and tap tempo function A new tool called 'Time Warp' allows the user to edit the tempo track by dragging a timecode or bar position to a specific event or hitpoint, thereby creating a new tempo track entry. Use Time Warp to create a complex tempo map for free-form audio or MIDI on the fly, or to match MIDI music to picture without complex re-arranging. All this happens directly from the project page or editor windows. This dramatically expands the tempo editing features of Cubase.
Tempo Record slider in Tempo Track Editor: A slider has been added to the Tempo Track Editor which allows realtime tempo changes to be recorded on the fly.
Precount from tempo track: User can specify whether a precount before a tempo change will have the old or the new tempo.
Freeze!: A new 'Freeze' button has been added to the VST instrument rack. Selecting 'Freeze' for an instrument disables the instrument and replaces any MIDI tracks played by the instrument with invisible audio tracks. These are generated offline and held in a separate 'Freeze' folder within the project folder. Instrument and associated tracks are disabled. MIDI Channel’s volume/pan can still be changed. 'Unfreezing' an instrument re-enables the midi tracks and the instrument and deletes the freeze files.
New Score Features
MIDI Meaning
More definable guitar symbols
Tabulators for 12 strings
Colorize notes
Lyrics assigned to verse
Paste lyrics from clipboard
Copy chord symbols
Auto layout improvements
Groove/Match Quantize: Right-click a MIDI part accesses a new command 'advanced quantize > part to groove'. A new groove template is created and appears in the quantize window. Patterns can be edited from within the quantize menu.
Smooth Cycle: Cycle can be activated/deactivated while sequencer plays. Cycle plays uninterrupted even when the cycle is moved while sequencer plays. Exception: when moving the cycle before the current play position, the song will continue to play.
Chase MIDI Events improvements: Chasing Controller data and sending reset messages has been optimized resulting in better overall chase performance.
Plug-ins
Multiple VST plug-in directories
Q
SurroundDither
Integrated Waveshell support for Waves plugins
Mix Delay
Magneto
(Please note that few of the features listed above are Operating System specific and can only be available on OSX or Windows machines.)
Complete multi-channel audio path
Instead of just mixing mono or stereo sources into a multi-channel bus, Cubase SX 2.0 offers true multi-channel surround capabilities with up to six channels across its entire signal path. A single audio track can hold a multi-channel audio file, sends and inserts can include up to six discrete channels.
Full latency compensation
The tedious, time consuming process of manually delaying tracks where effects are needed is now history. The new full plug-in delay compensation in Cubase SX 2.0 ensures sample-accurate timing along the entire audio path, including aux sends, group channels and FX return channels - even when using effects from DSP cards such as the Universal Audio UAD-1 or TC Works' Powercore.
FX return channels
The VST effects rack has been replaced by FX return channels. Each send effect now has its own return channel, offering the same tools as any other audio cannel - including EQ, inserts and automation. A reverb can now have EQ. A single aux send can now run the signal through a whole line of effects. This is true multi-effects processing!
User-definable Input and Output busses
In the new VST Connections window, users can define their own input and output bus objects. Any source connected to the audio hardware can be defined as an input object in the VST mixer. This object can then be used as a source for an audio track. Great for defining complex multi-channel objects which can then be assigned by a single click.
New 'Freeze' function for VST Instruments
The new Freeze function in the VST instrument rack dramatically improves CPU performance. With just a single click, VST instruments can be rendered into simple audio files, freeing up computer's CPU power for more effects, instruments and tracks. The 'frozen' VST instruments can be edited at any time - without the need to keep multiple versions of the same song.
Mixer
The new, freely configurable mixer is the command center for your mix. Implementing the latest VST 2.3 standard, each mixer channel can run up to 6 audio channels, ready for full 5.1 surround productions. New, additional views for the top half of the mixer include enlarged VU meter, EQ curve and surround panner. New options such as new panning modes, phase reverse and gain trim per channel all combine to make using the mixer in Cubase SX 2.0 a unique experience.
Part Editing
Cubase SX 2.0 makes editing multiple MIDI and audio parts/events even easier. With the new Stacked Recording mode for audio, consecutive or cycle recordings can be made on the same audio track with passes displayed directly in the Project Window on separate lanes, ready for editing and compiling. Finally, a single keystroke collapses the final edits into a single lane. In addition, multiple audio/MIDI parts from different tracks can be opened within the same editor window.
Transport Bar
The new Cubase SX 2.0 Transport Bar offers a range of new features and display information. A new scrub dial, Direct access to markers, VST and Disk Performance displays, VU meters for audio input and output as well as a volume control for playback are all now available directly from the Transport Bar. All elements can be displayed or hidden as desired.
New to Cubase?
'We make products for our customers, not for platforms.'
The music technology industry is in a constant mode of change and transition. Many professional music producers are irritated by business maneuvers and platform discussions. In all these times of change, Steinberg has always striven to create products for users, not for platforms or operating systems. The audio technology used in our native VST engine is probably the best sounding and most advanced of its kind, offering 32-bit floating point audio, full latency compensation on all channels and true multi-channel surround in every track, channel, bus, and send. And because it's native, users are free to choose the audio interface and control surface hardware they want - at any time and any price.
Applications
Music Composition
Cubase SX 2.0 is the perfect environment for any composer, songwriter, and music producer. Regardless of how a creative person approaches music - Cubase SX 2.0 offers the right tools for music creation. The clearly-structured Project Window combined with the powerful editing tools support many different methods of music composition. Add features like cycle recording, multiple lane editing, scale-corrected transpose or simply the huge collection of VST effects and instruments, and you're looking at one of the most powerful music workstations ever designed. And because Cubase SX 2.0 is hardware-independent and cross-platform, working with other producers in other studios becomes a simple task.
Surround Music Production and Mixing
A lot has been written and said about surround music. Almost every music workstation today offers some sort of 'surround compatibility', but are they really multi-channel? Mixing mono or stereo sources through mono or stereo effects into a multi-channel bus isn't exactly what we would call 'multi-channel'. With Steinberg's next generation VST 2.3 audio engine, Cubase SX 2.0 becomes the first native music workstation to offer full multi-channel audio paths with up to six channels from the source tracks through the entire mixer, all sends and busses, and into the master outputs. And with the support of Microsoft's new WMA Pro standard, Cubase SX 2.0 offers the latest technology for multi-channel audio delivery and distribution, even across the internet - right out of the box. Once you have started thinking in more than two channels, you will realize how powerful this system is for multi-channel applications. In addition, Steinberg offers dedicated effects solutions with the optional Steinberg Surround Edition.
Music for Picture
Music production has long gone beyond the boundaries of just music. A lot of producers are now working on music for picture, music for games, or music for multimedia presentations. Cubase SX has offered elegant support of video right from the beginning. The video thumbnail track, full-frame video output via FireWire (Mac OSX only) and support for all leading digital video formats (including Windows Media and QuickTime) are standard features for Cubase SX users. Now with version 2.0, Cubase SX offers powerful new tempo editing and matching tools. The unique new Time Warp Tool represents a whole new approach to matching music and picture. Import and export of tempo maps, user-definable frame-rates and support of multiple timelines in the arrange window will become irreplaceable tools for multimedia producers. Last but not least, Cubase SX users may crossgrade to Nuendo 2.0 at any time, if projects become more demanding and full post production features are required.
Technical Description
System Requirements
PC Version
Processor: Pentium / Athlon 800 MHz (Pentium / Athlon 1.4 GHz or faster recommended)
RAM: 384 MB (512 MB recommended)
Operating System: Windows 2000, Windows XP Home or XP Professional
Sound Card: Windows MME compatible audio hardware (ASIO compatible sound card recommended)
Other: USB component connector required, Display Resolution 1024 x 768 pixels (Display Resolution 1152 x 864 pixels, dual monitor setup recommended)
Mac Version
Processor: PowerMac G4 867 MHz (PowerMac G4 Dual 1,25 GHz or faster recommended)
RAM: 384 MB (512 MB recommended)
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.2.5 or higher
Sound Card: CoreAudio compatible audio hardware
Other: USB component connector required, Display Resolution 1024 x 768 pixels (Display Resolution 1152 x 864 pixels, dual monitor setup recommended)
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