Cubase
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Cubase 6
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| Original author(s) | Steinberg |
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| Developer(s) | Steinberg |
| Initial release | April 1989 |
| Stable release |
9.0 / December 7, 2016
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| Development status | Active |
| Written in | C/C++ |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows, MacOS |
| Type | Digital audio workstation |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www |
Cubase is a music software product developed by German musical software and equipment company Steinberg for music recording, arranging and editing as part of a digital audio workstation. The first version, which ran on the Atari ST computer and recorded via MIDI only, was released in 1989.
In January 2003, Steinberg was acquired by U.S. firm Pinnacle Systems, within which it operated as an independent company before being sold to Yamaha Corporation in December, 2004.
Cubase creates projects, which allow the operator to edit MIDI files, raw audio tracks, and other associated information like lyrics, and to present them in a range of formats including musical scores, editing console, event lists, etc. The operator can also mix the various tracks down into a stereo .wav file ready to be burned to a compact disc (CD) in Red Book format, or .mp3 burned to CD or DVD as files, or to be published on the Web.
The main innovation of Cubase was the graphic arrange page, which allowed for the graphic representation of the composition using a vertical list of tracks and a horizontal timeline. This was much more intuitive and allowed much easier editing than the prior system of parameter lists. It has since been copied by just about every other similar product.
One notable improvement of Cubase SX was its sound. The sound of Cubase VST was considered inferior to its competitors and Cubase SX corrected this with its inheritance of Nuendo's audio engine.
Cubase SX1 gained responsiveness, having a bare minimum of intrusive copy protection code. Notably the copy protection code was embedded in the Key Editor, where users could move MIDI notes. One of the caveats of Cubase SX1 was the loss of the Dynamic Events, a major feature of Cubase VST.
SX 1.0 was the first Cubase version not to open Cubase VST songs and projects. SX 1.0 allows importing VST projects and saving them in the new *.cpr format. However the import feature doesn't work very well.
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