Advanced Music Production System
Cubase 4 represents the cutting edge in digital audio workstations. Designed for professionals from the ground up, Cubase converges extraordinary sound quality, intuitive handling and a vast range of highly advanced audio and MIDI tools for composition, recording, editing and mixing.
State-of-the-art Audio + MIDI Recording/Editing/Mixing
Complete new set of VST3 virtual instruments and effects
Real multi-channel 5.1 surround sound
SoundFrame - Universal Sound Manager
Control Room integration within your outboard studio environment
Seamless integration of external audio and MIDI hardware
Pristine 32-bit floating point audio engine
Professional music notation and score printing
Cross-Platform: Windows and Mac OS X Universal Binary
New Features
Cubase 4 comes with a brand-new VST3 plug-in set and 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 the enhanced score editor while the redesigned user interface with many new features speeds up workflow and boosts creativity to new levels.
Basics
Cubase 4 allows you to produce more efficiently and with better ergonomics than ever before. Its tremendous flexibility allows it to adapt perfectly to suit your individual working methods and working environment.
Audio Recording and Editing
Offering first-rate capabilities for audio recording and editing, Cubase 4 provides top-class studios, and music producers and live recording rigs with the state-of-the-art facilities they need to stay ahead.
MIDI Sequencing
Ergonomic MIDI editors, extensive quantization functions, creative MIDI effects: Cubase 4 offers probably the most impressive MIDI sequencing capabliities available anywhere.
Music Notation and Score Printing
Including top-class tools for even the most complex score compositions, the enhanced Score Editor offers just about any function needed for professional notation editing and printing.
Mixing
FX returns, group channels, control room and many more - the freely configurable Mixer offers all the functions you need for professional stereo and surround mixes.
Automation
Mixers, effects, VST instruments you can automate nearly all parameters in Cubase 4 to create fades, pans, filter sweeps and many more effects.
Effect Plug-ins
Cubase 4 offers a complete set of brand new first-rate VST3 effect plug-ins for mixing, mastering and creating innovative sound effects.
VST Instruments
The incredible-sounding yet exceedingly versatile VST instruments included in Cubase 4 right out of the box provide a huge range of top-quality sounds and textures for just about any musical style and genre.
Media Management
Cubase 4 offers a revolutionary media database system, making management of all types of media on your system easier than ever before and integrating media resources directly within the creative production process.
Surround
Cubase 4 is a fully surround capable environment with all the functions required for multi-channel audio production, including audio channels and busses with up to six channels, surround panners and downmixing tools as well as support for special Surround plug-ins and encoders.
Video
With its Video Thumbnail Track and support for a huge range of video formats, Cubase 4 unites video fuinctionality with its peerless composition and production tools to produce an ideal environment for composing movie or TV soundtracks.
Software/Hardware Integration
Cubase 4 allows the integration and control of external hardware with unprecedented ease. Now you can use external instruments and outboard effect hardware just like plug-ins - with all the benefits that entails.
Control Room
Control Room is a groundbreaking system that places Cubase at the heart of studio monitoring and recording workflows, including four Studio Sends, four customizable monitoring setups, external inouts, headphone bus, talkback and much more.
Minimum System Requirements
The minimum system requirements state the minimal specification your computer must have to be able to use the software. A more powerful system may be required for certain tasks or larger projects.
Mac OS X Version 10.4
Power Mac G4 1 GHz or Core Solo 1.5 GHz
512 MB RAM
Display Resolution 1024x768 pixels
DVD drive required for installation
CoreAudio compatible audio hardware
USB port required for Steinberg Key (copy protection device)*
Internet connection required for license activation
Windows XP Home or XP Professional
Pentium/Athlon 1.4 GHz
512 MB RAM
Windows DirectX compatible audio hardware (ASIO compatible audio hardware recommended for low latency performance)
Display resolution 1024x768
DVD-ROM drive required for installation
USB port required for Steinberg Key (copy protection device)*
Internet connection required for license activation
- The Steinberg Key (USB copy protection device) required to run this product is only available in the full version. Customers who are upgrading or updating from another version or product and who do not own a Steinberg Key must purchase one separately. The same Steinberg Key copy protection device is then used for all Steinberg products that require it.
