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Steinberg Cubase 4 Competitive Crossgrade Recording Software

Steinberg Cubase 4 sets a new standard for integrated music production software by combining powerful audio and MIDI recording, synthesis, editing, mixing and effects.
Designed for professional music production from the ground up, Cubase 4 comes with a brand-new VST3 plug-in set, four new integrated software instruments with more than 1000 sounds. The revolutionary SoundFrame is a powerful combination of Track Presets, Instrument Tracks, and MediaBay database, to help organize all your sounds from every instrument - both software VSTi and hardware. Cubase 4's mixer now offers a flexible Control Room section and up to four independent studio mixes. Composers and musicians benefit from a streamlined and enhanced score editor. A redesigned user interface with many new features speeds up workflow and boosts creativity to new levels.

This is a special offer for current users of competing software. Users of Cubase LE and AI (limited time offer), Adobe Audition, Apple logic Platinum5 or 6/Logic Pro6/Logic Express, Cakewalk Sonar (Any Version), MOTU Digital Performer version 3 or 4, Sony Vegas/Vegas+DVD/Acid Pro, Pro Tools 5/6/LE/TDM, Magix Samplitude, Sequoia, Ableton Live (Full Version), Propellerheads Reason (Full Version), Sibelius (Any Version), Coda Finale (Full Version) and Tracktion (Full Version) are eligible for special pricing. Steinberg Cubase 4 New Features

SoundFrame – Universal Sound Manager
Control Room
33 All-New VST3 Audio Effects Plug-ins
Four New Virtual Instruments
Major Score Editor Enhancements
MediaBay
Instrument Tracks
Track Presets
User Interface Redesign
Drag and Drop for Insert FX
Mac PPC/Intel - Universal Binary
Advanced AudioWarp Realtime Transpose
New Trim Tool
User-configurable Track Inspector
New state-of-the-art Channel EQ
User-configurable Channel Strip
Intuitive Audio + MIDI Hardware Setup
MP3 Surround
MPEX 3 – High-quality audio time-stretching and pitch-shifting

SoundFrame – Universal Sound Manager
The real power of Cubase 4 only reveals itself when combining some of the new key features and using them in conjunction. One of the biggest problems in typical project studio environments is the management of plug-ins, instruments, loops, presets, etc. Cubase 4 now offers a powerful solution to this problem: SoundFrame

What is SoundFrame?

SoundFrame allows you to manage ANY sound from ANY software or hardware synthesizer under a single, unified user interface (MediaBay)
SoundFrame can help you find any sound, not only by instrument but also by category, type, style, character or other attributes (Track Presets organized in MediaBay)
SoundFrame even comes with more than 1000 ready-to-play sounds, which are also conveniently organized by instrument category, type, and character. These can even be instantly previewed before loading. (Instrument Track Presets managing the new included VST instruments – again organized in MediaBay)
SoundFrame can even manage your VST effects plug-in presets as well. These can also be organized and categorized to form one big effects library.

Control Room
The mixer in Cubase 4 has been expanded with a powerful Control Room section. You're now able to connect multiple sets of control room monitors and external sources (CD, DVD, DAT, iPod) directly to your audio hardware and switch between them from a convenient Control Room panel. All connections are defined under a new tab in the VST Connections window. The Control Room section also offers a talkback channel, independent headphone channels, and the ability to create up to four studio mixes (monitor mixes). Therefore, each mixer channel now offers a separate studio send section for controlling those mixes.

The Control Room section in Cubase 4 is identical to the same section in Nuendo 3.2. If you are familiar with Nuendo, you already know about this powerful feature. Please check out all the details in our separate documentation.

New Plug-in Set – VST3
Cubase 4 not only includes a completely new set of audio effect plugins, it also marks the next step in VST plug-in technology! VST3 offers major new features both for plug-in developers and users. VST3 plugins can adjust their number of audio busses to the channel they're inserted to (mono, stereo, 5.1, etc.). A silence detection function makes sure that a plug-in only processes audio when there's actually a signal present. This helps to reduce overall CPU load. VST3 plug-ins natively support Mac Intel and 64-bit processing. For developers there are many more features under the hood.

In Cubase 4, there are more than 30 all-new audio plug-ins. In addition, some of the previous plug-ins have been reworked and updated for this version, pushing the total number of plug-ins to 66! The original SX3 plug-ins will still be available to update customers. New customers may install these plug-ins as a Legacy set for project compatibility.

One of the highlights of this new plug-in set is a powerful new state-ofthe-art 4-band parametric Equalizer, which is also available within the newly enhanced channel EQ. Other highlights include a Vintage Compressor, Studio Chorus, a new Multiband Compressor, a voicedoubler called Cloner, and a great-sounding modeling guitar amplifier with speaker cabinet simulation.

A feature not related to VST3 but to Cubase 4's mixer: effects can now be re-arranged using drag & drop. This works both within a single channel, as well as between channels.

New Virtual Instruments
Cubase 4 adds four new virtual instruments: HALion One, Prologue, Spector and Mystic. HALion One is a special player version of HALion and comes with hundreds of ready-to-use instruments. Prologue is a polyphonic subtractive synthesizer with great-sounding filters and powerful modulation capabilities. Spector offers spectrum filter synthesis, while Mystic uses a combination of physical modeling and comb filtering to generate unique and colorful sounds. Prologue, Spector and Mystic are powered by VirSyn technology and also come with hundreds of fantastic preset sounds.

Major Score Editor Enhancements
The score editor in Cubase 4 has seen a major redesign, including many usability and workflow improvements as well as new features. Composers don't despair! None of the existing functions have been lost. All functions from previous versions are still available, albeit in different places. Here's just a brief overview:

The Score menu is now slimmer and better organized. Some functions are now available via dedicated context menus and therefore easier to use
The symbol palettes have their own inspector which is organized in tabs – similar to the track inspector
Several dialogs have been combined into a single main score settings dialog
The Drum settings are now part of the main Drum Map Setup
Cubase 4 now offers two additional high-quality score fonts: Jazz and Classical. The original Cubase font is now available as Legacy font.

MediaBay – media file management system
To keep up with the ever-growing number of sounds, samples, loops and presets, Cubase 4 is equipped with a powerful media file management system known as MediaBay. MediaBay is the central place for browsing, searching, managing and categorizing any type of media file. This includes audio and MIDI files, instrument and plug-in presets, video data and even project files. Files can be organized in a folder structure, using attributes, or a combination of both. Powerful search tools support even most complex tasks. A user-friendly musical category search system helps finding sounds or loops fast. MediaBay also includes a tag editor to apply attributes. A Scope section features previewing options. Loops can be auditioned in the song's tempo.

Instrument Tracks
Cubase 4 introduces a new track type: Instrument Track. An Instrument Track provides a fast and convenient way to use virtual instruments. As a quick alternative to the VSTi Rack, Instrument Tracks provide a single MIDI Input and a single stereo Output within a single channel/track. Setting up a VST Instrument and getting ready to play is now just one step away. As a limitation, Instruments in an Instrument Track only provide a single MIDI Input and one Stereo Output. Multitimbral VSTi's and Instruments with multiple outputs may also be used in an Instrument Track, but they will automatically be restricted to one MIDI channel and one stereo output. Of course, the VSTi Rack can still be used in the familiar way.

User Interface Redesign
The first thing you will notice when opening Cubase 4 is the redesigned user-interface. The overall look has become a notch darker (although this can be changed in the Appearance preference pane) and less “3D”. The overall visibility of active items versus inactive items has been vastly improved. In fact, although there are more screen elements in this version, it looks like there was less, especially in the Mixer and Inspector areas. You will notice that selected mixer channels are now very clearly highlighted. Also, smaller fonts are now more readable.

The new user interface also introduces a number of new features:

The Track Inspector is now fully customizable. A new setup panel allows each item in the Track Inspector to be made visible or hidden. Also, the order of items can be changed – individually for each track type, of course. In addition, entire setups can be stored as presets.
The Channel Strip window is also fully customizable. It also features its own setup panel and individual sections can be configured in the same way as the track inspector. Here as well, presets can be created for later recall. You will also notice the new EQ section with its larger display area.
The Mixer window has many new functions, most of which deal with managing views, applying those to selected channels only, changing view/hide status of individual or multiple channels. Notice the new items in the mixers common panel.

Steinberg Cubase 4 Competitive Crossgrade Recording Software Item #: STE 502012315