Steinberg

Cubase Artist - With a rich feature set tailored to professional musicians and composers, Cubase Artist 8 offers a wealth of music technology that seeks its equal in its price class. These include an outstandingly efficient new audio engine, inspirational song- writing features, superb virtual instruments, FX and amps, and much, much more.

Key features:

• Complete music production system, offering a set of superb audio/MIDI recording, editing and mixing tools
• Award-winning 32-bit floating-point Steinberg audio engine with up to 192 kHz, flexible routing and full automatic delay compensation
• Supports 128 MIDI and 64 simultaneous audio tracks
• MixConsole provides the stellar mixing experience with full flexibility and integrated EQ/Dynamics channel strip modules for epic pro-console sound
• 8 outstanding instruments with over 2,600 sounds, including HALion Sonic SE 2 workstation, Padshop granular synth, Retrologue virtual analog synth, LoopMash 2 and the MPC- style Groove Agent SE 4 drum machine
• Includes a suite of 53 audio and 18 MIDI VST effect processors, including Pitch Correct for vocal intonation correction and VST Amp Rack and VST Bass Amp guitar and bass tone suites, Quadrafuzz v2 and more!
• Chord track and chord pads for easy chord composing and management
• Thousands of MIDI construction loops as building blocks to create songs in only a few steps
• Streamlined score editing feature set
• Cross-platform 32-/64-bit for Windows and OS X

The Cubase experience

Composing

• Key, Score, Drum and List Editor for intuitive note, chord or beat creation and editing
• Note Expression - Full instrument expression control on single-note level
• Global Chord Track and Chord Pads for easy working with chords within your project

Recording

• Award-winning Cubase audio engine for crystal-clear recordings in up to 192 kHz sample rate
• Conjure the perfect thanks to lightning fast multitake comping
• Automatic intonation control and scale correction of vocal recordings

Editing

• The Sample Editor covers all common editing tasks and provides creative freedom while editing audio
• Pitch shift and time stretch audio in real time
• Automatic hit-point recognition and excellent beat-slicing for working with loops

Mixing

• Powerful MixConsole featuring full-screen mode, total scalability and quick in-place access to the parameters
• Integrated Channel Strip with premier equalization and dynamics modules
• Flexible routing, A/B comparison and global bypass for audio effects

Premium VST instruments and effects

Cubase Artist delivers a rich palette of finest virtual instruments with hundreds of fantastic preset sounds and an impressive collection of 53 quality VST effect processors right out of the box.

Highlights

• Retrologue virtual analog synth
• Padshop granular synth
• Groove Agent SE 4 drum sampler
• VST Amp Rack and VST Bass Amp guitar and bass tone suites
• REVelation algorithmic reverb
• Quadrafuzz v2 quad-type distortion

System requirements:

• Mac OS X Version 10.9/10.10*, Windows 7***/Windows 8.x*
• Intel Core or AMD dual core CPU
• 8 GB RAM (minimum: 4 GB)
• 15 GB free HD space
• 1920 x 1080 display resolution (minimum: 1366 x 768)
• Graphics card with DirectX 10 and WDDM 1.1 support (Windows only)
• USB port for USB-eLicenser (license management)
• OS compatible audio hardware**
• DVD-ROM dual-layer drive
• Internet connection required for activation, account setup and personal / product registration. Additional downloads may be required for the installation.

*Native 32-bit and 64-bit Cubase version included.
**ASIO compatible audio hardware recommended for low-latency performance
***Aero mode needs to be activated in Windows 7