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Cubase Pro 8

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Overview

The "Pro" means new features and technical innovations for professionals.

The latest Cubase iteration unites technical innovation and artistic inspiration in one awesomely powerful yet instantly accessible production environment. Sleeker, more efficient, more creative and offering new audio tools and instruments, Cubase Pro 8 blends the latest audio technology with inspiring music features to offer an exceptionally intuitive workflow.

Adding "Pro" to the name signifies Steinberg's commitment to the producers and many other professionals around the world who work with Cubase day by day. It also emphasizes the evolution of an outstanding feature set that incorporates more serious tools and innovative technologies than ever before to accomplish your creative, musical ambitions, and that makes it Cubase Pro.


Massive Engine Rebuild

Cubase 8 is one of the most efficient, and fast DAWs available today. For this version Steinberg completely rebuilt the entire engine that runs Cubase to make it much faster, more fluid, more snappy. During development, they set up pretty ambitious target benchmarks, and the results speak for themselves.

Large projects open up to 4 times faster, the MixConsole twice as fast. The new audio engine now also means that even the most complex instruments and plug-ins run with stunning efficiency. This allows a lot lower latency while not out-powering your computer.

ASIO Guard 2 uses low latencies just on the tracks where latency matters while using a larger latency that saves performance for playback tracks. It now supports instrument tracks including multi-timbral and sample instruments that feature disk streaming. The internal ASIO-Guard buffering was extended to improve the audio processing performance. Simply record and monitor in real time even on CPU demanding projects.


Automation and Mixing Deluxe

VCA faders
On analog consoles, VCA faders enabled the control of channel gain by using DC voltage, allowing the movement of a group of faders using a single master fader. VCA faders in Cubase Pro 8 not only assist you creating complex mixes, it also enables more advanced automation workflows using the Combine VCA fader automation feature: merge the automation curve of a VCA fader with the automation curve of a controlled fader or fader groups.

Direct routing
Cubase Pro 8 includes a new direct routing section in MixConsole that allows you to set up group routing destinations for multiple channels, buses and stems at once with a single click. Create different mix versions of any session at once.

Improved channel strip EQ
The channel strip EQ module provides additional mouse-over value readouts for gain, frequency and the equivalent in note pitch. Enter pitch notes or cent values instead of Hz frequencies for each band. The Pre section now offers selectable slopes of 6, 12 (default), 24, 36 and 48 for high-cut and low-cut.

Virgin territories
Virgin territories in automation lanes improves handling of automation data: when activated, no automation data is written between two automated events on the same track, making it possible to freely use the space in between two automations for parameter adjustments.

Wave Meters
With the new Wave Meters in Cubase Pro 8, upcoming audio events are displayed with the respective waveforms, scrolling through the mixer pane above the volume fader. No longer switch back and forth between the Project window and MixConsole to find out the current song position and check upcoming audio events within the project.


Change Your View

Dockable Instrument rack and MediaBay
MediaBay and the VST Instrument Rack can now be displayed to the right side of the Project window. The result is the new Rack Zone with improved efficiency, giving you more time to focus on your creative flow and reducing the number of open windows you need to manage.

Redesigned Track List and Inspector
The redesigned Track List and Inspector offer now better readability. Track names are easier to find and the reduced set of track controls in the track list reduce clutter.

And with the new configuration tabs below the track list you can switch instantly between different track controls configurations. This displays only what you need to see in a specific workflow situation.

Plug-in manager
The new plug-in manager lets you arrange, sort and group your effects and instruments either at the top level or in custom submenus, making finding your plug-ins easier and letting you focus on what's really important. Create multiple collections as sub-sets of all installed effect and instruments and switch easily between them!

Improved windows handling
Cubase 8 introduces a new windows handling paradigm including a new workspace organizer that makes for a more efficient workflow. Windows can be freely placed on any display and maximized, restored, minimized, tiled and cycled through by using standard Windows OS commands. Windows will now also group Cubase windows in the taskbar, preview window content and show mini icons. The "Always On Top" mode now organizes smaller plug-in windows even when working with maximized windows such the MixConsole.


Render in-place

The new render in-place function allows you to bounce MIDI and audio parts easily. You can define exactly on what to include and for example render-in track FX in the newly created events. Trigger the command and a new audio track is created with all effects settings copied over from the original source track plus your rendered audio event, including intact event boundaries.


When inspiration strikes

Chord pads
Chord pads are a great way to playfully and creatively compose with chords. Jam with chords and patterns in real time and remote control multiple parameters to change chords on the fly. The chord pads are playable via a MIDI keyboard and real-time parameters allow you to easily improvise chord performances by changing voicings, tensions and more as you go. Record your performance as MIDI events on any record-enabled MIDI or instrument track. Chord pads can also display a number of different chord symbol formats.

New Сircle of 5ths and Proximity Chord Assistant modes
You can visually select chords in the circle of 5th view or the new Proximity Assistant.* The new Proximity Chord Assistant mode provides suggestions from a defined reference chord, taking a set of harmonic rules into account. The distance and colors of the suggestions from the reference chord (at the center bottom of the window) convey a sense of how complex a suggestion is, in comparison to the reference chord. The circle of 5th mode shows you the chord relations as a classic circle of fifths visualization. Best of all, these new visual modes of the Chord Assistant are also available directly from the new chord pads!

MIDI tempo detection
The new MIDI tempo detection allows you to jam along onto a MIDI track without rigidly following the metronome. Even though your recording is entirely out of sync with the grid and tempo track, the new tempo detect function will reconstruct any tempo change you did and align your performance to the grid for further editing!

Features

  • Ideal for: Professional producers, mixing engineers, composers
  • 32-bit/192 kHz Steinberg audio engine with 5.1 surround support
  • 73 high-end audio effect plug-ins
  • 8 virtual instruments with more than 3,000 presets
  • Record and mix unlimited audio, instrument and MIDI tracks
  • 256 physical inputs and outputs
  • Integrated channel strip
  • Full drag-and-drop support
  • A/B comparison & global bypass
  • Plug-in search function
  • Total scalability & full-screen mode
  • Customizable View Sets
  • EBU-compliant loudness metering
  • New Wave Meters
  • VCA faders for complex mixing and automation workflows
  • Key, Score, Drum and List Editor for intuitive note, chord or beat creation and editing
  • Easy chord management and intelligent composing assistance
  • Full instrument expression control on single-note level
  • Chord pads: A great way to playfully and creatively compose with chords
  • Render in-place: Bounce MIDI and audio parts easily
  • VST Connect SE 3: Unique remote recording plug-in now with a redesigned graphic user interface

Expand your artistic inspiration through technical innovation, order Cubase Pro 8 today!

Specs

Cubase Pro 8 Specifications:

  • 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
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