The Cubase familiy

The Cubase family comprises three members: Cubase 5, Cubase Studio 5 and Cubase Essential 5. Each one features our acclaimed crystal-clear 32-bit Steinberg Audio Engine and the latest VST3 and ASIO technologies that will make your Cubase experience the best it can be!

The feature set of each version was carefully picked and tailored to the individual needs of experienced hit song producers, film composers or aspiring musicians who are craving to record their very first song. There is a Cubase version for everyone, just pick the Cubase that suits you best.

Your gateway to the world of Cubase:

With an easy, intuitive approach to composing, recording, editing and mixing, Cubase Essential 5 is your gateway to the world of Cubase. Cubase Essential 5 shines with the same user interface and award-winning audio engine as the Steinberg Cubase 5 advanced music production system used by countless professionals around the globe. So whether you’re composing songs at home, recording your band in the rehearsal room or remixing the latest hip-hop and dance tracks on a laptop while on the move: Cubase Essential 5 combines premium virtual instruments, outstanding audio and MIDI VST effects with a vast range of proven editing and sequencing tools while being extremely easy to use.


New Features in Cubase 5:

Cubase 5 adds even more creative possibilities and new technologies to the world’s premier music production software developed by Steinberg — providing the finest tools to producers, composers and musicians in any musical genre.

Beat Creation and Loop Mangling

Cubase 5 features outstanding new tools for creating beats, generating exciting new rhythms and working with loops.

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. Click here to check out the video tutorial.

* 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

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