Cubase is one of the most powerful music creation software packages in the world. With its unrivaled range of flexible tools, you can create any kind of music quickly and intuitively. It comes packed with a wide range of virtual instruments, effects and thousands of sounds. Whether you¡¯re a professional composer or a music production beginner, Cubase provides you with everything you need for turning your ideas into music.
| Pro | Artist | Elements | LE | AI | Overview | ¡¡ | | | | | Audio engine | 64 bit | 64 bit | 64 bit | 64 bit | 64 bit | Audio resolution | 192 kHz | 192 kHz | 192 kHz | 96 kHz | 192 kHz | MIDI tracks | unlimited | unlimited | 64 | 24 | 48 | Audio tracks | unlimited | unlimited | 48 | 16 | 32 | VST Instrument tracks | unlimited | unlimited | 24 | 8 | 16 | VCA tracks | 256 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | VST Instruments | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Instrument sounds | > 3000 | > 2600 | > 1000 | Over 185 | Over 185 | VST audio effect plug-ins | 87 | 62 | 45 | 23 | 28 | VST MIDI effect plug-ins | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Physical inputs & outputs | 256 | 32 | 24 | 8 | 16 | Audiochannel insert slots | 16 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | Group channels | 256 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | FX send and return channels | S:8 - R:64 | S:8 - R:64 | S:8 - R:8 | S:4 - R:4 | S:4 - R:4 | Rack instruments | 64 | 32 | 16 | t available | 8 | MIDI plug-in insert slots & sends | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | ¡¡ | | | | | General | ¡¡ | | | | | MIDI Remote | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Colorized Mixer Channels | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Latency Monitor | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Notepad | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | MediaBay | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | HiDPI support | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Track Icons | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Safe Start Mode | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | VST System Link | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Channel Tab In Project Window | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Softube Console 1 support | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | | Disabling Tracks | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Combined Select Tools | ✔ | ✔ | | | | WaveLab file exchange | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Workspaces | ✔ | ✔ | | | | ARA 2 support | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Import Tracks from Projects | ✔ | | | | | Project Logical Editor | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Project Browser | ✔ | | | | | Track Archives | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | AAF support | ✔ | | | | | OMF support | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Profiles | ✔ | | | | | Advanced Audio Export | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | | ¡¡ | | | | | Composing | ¡¡ | | | | | Chord Pads | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Chord Track | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Chord Assistant - Circle of 5ths | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Audio to MIDI chords | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | | Score Editor | Advanced | Basic | Basic | Basic | Basic | Hermode tuning | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | | Scale Assistant | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Arranger Track | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | | Tempo Track | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Signature Track | ✔ | ✔ | | | | TrackVersions | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Global Transpose Track | ✔ | ✔ | | | | Note Expression | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Chord Assistant - Proximity Mode | ✔ | | | | | Expression Maps | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | MusicXML import & export | ✔ | | | | | Time Warp | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | | ¡¡ | | | | | Recording | ¡¡ | | | | | Audio Pre-Record | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | MIDI Retrospective Record | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Punch In & Punch Out | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Pre-Roll & Post-Roll | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Re-recording | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Pool | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Marker Track | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Metronome | Advanced | Advanced | Basic | Basic | Basic | Comping | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Control Room | ✔ | | | | | | ¡¡ | | | | | Sequencing | ¡¡ | | | | | Key Editor | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Drum Editor | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Drum Maps | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Track Quick Controls | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Chord Editor | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Chord Editing Section | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | | List Editor | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | In-Place Editor | ✔ | ✔ | | | | MPE Support | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Tempo Detection Panel | ✔ | | | | | Logical Editor | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Global Tracks | ✔ | | | | | | ¡¡ | | | | | Audio editing | ¡¡ | | | | | Audio Parts | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Hitpoint Detection | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Sample Editor | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Time Stretch | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Sampler Track 2 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Group/Ungroup & Lock/Unlock | ✔ | ✔ | | | | Render in-place | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Audio Warp Quantize | ✔ | ✔ | | | | VariAudio 3 | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Audio Alignment | ✔ | | | | | Direct Offline Processing | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Group Editing | ✔ | | | | | | ¡¡ | | | | | Mixing | ¡¡ | | | | | Channel Strip 2 | Advanced | Advanced | Basic | Basic | Basic | Simultaneous mixer views | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Full-screen MixConsole | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Ultra-precise automation curves | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | A/B Comparison | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Track visibility management | ✔ | ✔ | | | | Side-chaining | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | MixConsole History | ✔ | ✔ | | | | SuperVision | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ADM Authoring for Dolby Atmos | ✔ | | | | | Renderer for Dolby Atmos | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Spectral Comparison EQ | ✔ | | | | | Automation Virgin Territories | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | MixConsole Snapshots | ✔ | | | | | Control Room incl. Cue Sends | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Direct Routing | ✔ | | | | | Loudness Meter | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Link Groups | ✔ | | | | | Listen Mode | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Multi-channel true peak master meter | ✔ | | | | | Stereo Combined Panner | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | VCA Faders | ✔ | | | | | Wave Meters | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | | ¡¡ | | | | | Virtual instruments | ¡¡ | | | | | Groove Agent SE 5 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Iconica Sketch | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | | Retrologue 2 | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Padshop 2 | ✔ | ✔ | | | | Trip for HALion Sonic SE | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Flux for HALion Sonic SE | ✔ | ✔ | | | | | ¡¡ | | | | | Effects | ¡¡ | | | | | DJ EQ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Standard Channel EQ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | StudioEQ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | GEQ 10 | ✔ | ✔ | | | | GEQ 30 | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Frequency EQ 2 | ✔ | | | | | Voxengo CurveEQ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | VST Dynamics | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Limiter | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ✔ | Brickwall Limiter | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | | Envelope Shaper | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Gate | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | | Maximizer | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Raiser | ✔ | | | | | Tube Compressor | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Vintage Compressor | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | | Squasher | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Midi Gate | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | De Esser | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Expander | ✔ | | | | | Multiband Compressor | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Multiband Envelope Shaper | ✔ | | | | | Multiband Expander | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Roomworks SE | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | REVelation | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | REVerence | ✔ | | | | | Roomworks | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | MonoDelay | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | PingPongDelay | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | StereoDelay | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | | MultiTap Delay | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ModMachine | ✔ | | | | | AmpSimulator | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | BitCrusher | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Da Tube | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Distortion | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Grungelizer | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | VST Amp Rack | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | | Channel Tape Saturation | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Channel Tube Saturation | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | | Quadrafuzz 2 | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Magneto 2 | ✔ | ✔ | | | | VST Bass Amp Rack | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Distroyer | ✔ | ✔ | | | | SoftClipper | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Metalizer | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Ring Modulator | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | AutoPan | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Chopper | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Chorus | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Flanger | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Phaser | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Tranceformer | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Tremolo | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Vibrato | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Rotary | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | | LoopMash FX | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Cloner | ✔ | | | | | Studio Chorus | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | FX Modulator | ✔ | ✔ | | | | DualFilter | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ToneBooster | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | ✔ | Wah Wah | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ✔ | StepFilter | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | MorphFilter | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Octaver | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | ✔ | Pitch Correct | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | MonoToStereo | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | ✔ | StereoEnhancer | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Imager | ✔ | ✔ | | | | Mix6to2 | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Tuner | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | UV22HR | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | MixConvert | ¡¡ | | | | | SMPTEGenerator | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | TestGenerator | ✔ | | | | | VocalChain | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Vocoder | ✔ | ✔ | | | | VoxComp | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Black Valve | ✔ | | | | | EQ-P1A | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | EQ-M5 | ✔ | | | | | | ¡¡ | | | | | MIDI Effects | ¡¡ | | | | | Beat Designer | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Arpache 5 | ✔ | ✔ | | | | Arpache SX | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Auto LFO | ✔ | ✔ | | | | Chorder | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Compressor (MIDI) | ✔ | ✔ | | | | Context Gate | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Density | ✔ | ✔ | | | | MIDI Control | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | MIDI Echo | ✔ | ✔ | | | | MIDI Modifiers | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | MIDI Monitor | ✔ | ✔ | | | | Micro Tuner | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Note To CC | ✔ | ✔ | | | | Quantizer | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Step Designer | ✔ | ✔ | | | | Track Control | ✔ | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Tranceformer | ✔ | ✔ | | | | | ¡¡ | | | | | Collaboration | ¡¡ | | | | | VST Connect SE 5 | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | | ¡¡ | | | | | Video | ¡¡ | | | | | Video Import | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Video Player | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Extract Audio from Video | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Video Export Render | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | | | VR production suite | ✔ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | ¡¡ | Video Follows Edit Mode | ✔ | | | | |
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System Requirements
Operating systems (Windows) | 64-bit Windows 11 Version 22H2 (or higher), 64-bit Windows 10 Version 22H2 (or higher) | Operating systems (Mac) | macOS Sonoma, macOS Ventura, macOS Monterey | Apple silicon–based Mac | Native App, Rosetta 2 App | CPU minimum (Windows) | Intel¢ç Core¢â i5 (4th Generation) or AMD Ryzen¢â | CPU minimum (Mac) | Intel¢ç Core¢â i5 (late 2015 or later) or Apple silicon | CPU cores | 4 or more | RAM minimum | 8 GB | Hard disk free space (core installation) | 1 GB | Hard disk free space | 75 GB | Display resolution minimum at 100% UI scaling | 1440 x 900 | Graphics minimum (Windows) | Graphics card with native Windows 10 support | Graphics recommended (Windows) | AMD R or RX series and later or NVIDIA Series 700 and later | Graphics (Mac) | Graphics card with Metal support | OS compatible audio hardware | ✔ | ASIO compatible audio hardware recommended for low-latency performance | ✔ | License Management | Steinberg Licensing (account based) | Internet connection for | license activation, account sign up and product registration, installer download | Notes | This software version does not support 32-bit plug-ins. VST 2 plug-ins only run in Rosetta 2 mode on Apple silicon Mac. Cubase does not support VST 2 when running natively on Apple silicon Macs. |
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