Cubase Studio 5 – Music Production System
Boasting a wealth of new capabilities unmatched in its price range, such as VST Expression and up-to-the-minute VST3 instruments and effects, like the new Groove Agent ONE drum machine and Beat Designer step sequencer as well as the new PitchCorrect intonation effect, Cubase Studio 5 offers unsurpassed performance in its price class.
What’s New in Cubase 5
Besides fixing much of what was wrong with version 4, Steinberg has also enriched Cubase 5 with a bundle of useful features that cannot be found in any other single digital audio workstation.
There are a several striking new features in Cubase 5 that will immediately appeal to users working primarily with either beats or vocals.
Beat Generation and Loop Manipulation
Remixers and electronic music producers will find three new and inspiring beat-creation tools in Cubase 5:
- ‘Groove Agent ONE ‘– a traditional MPC-style drum machine instrument with rich editing/programming features.
- ‘Beat Designer’ – a slick step-sequencer designed to work in conjunction with 'Groove Agent ONE'.
- ‘Loopmash’ – an unique loop manipulation instrument that works by synthesizing slices from a series of audio loops into fresh, locked-to-tempo audio material.
Pitch Correction and Vocal Editing Tools
Those users working with vocals or other material that requires pitch correction or adjustment will find two welcome additions in Cubase 5.
The first is a stunning new feature called 'VariAudio’. It a Melodyne-type pitch editor that is built right into the Cubase sample editor. For those unfamiliar with Melodyne, imagine the potential of audio editing software that allows the user to edit the pitch of monophonic audio as quickly and seamlessly as if editing MIDI pitch data. Cubase is the first DAW on the market to incorporate this powerful feature.
Cubase 5 also offers a second, more conventional, pitch fixing tool. 'Pitch Correct’ is a high quality, monophonic VST3 plug-in designed to correct intonation and pitch in real-time.
A Few "Sleeper" Features
Some less flashy but truly priceless additions to Cubase 5 are a virtual MIDI controller keyboard and a feature called 'Channel Batch Export'.
The virtual MIDI keyboard is a feature that some other DAWs have had for years but has not been available in Cubase until version 5. The Cubase user now has the option of activating a virtual MIDI keyboard in the transport bar. Once activated, the user can trigger MIDI notes by hitting the corresponding keys on the computer keyboard. This is essential for the mobile Cubase user as it eschews dependency upon an external MIDI keyboard.
'Channel Batch Export' allows the Cubase user to export all the audio tracks in a multitrack session to individual audio files in just one pass. This feature is a huge time-saver for users that have either archiving requirements or that are constantly working between different DAWs.
With all these useful features Cubase 5 is both a no-brainer upgrade for any registered Cubase user and an enticing package for music producers currently working on other DAWs.
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