Cubasis — A new world of recording
Cubasis is Steinberg’s streamlined, multitouch sequencer for the iPad. Specially designed for quick and easy operation, Cubasis makes recording, editing and mixing a breeze. You can also open your Cubasis projects in Cubase under Windows and OS X! Cubasis places touch-intuitive production tools in your hands, opening up a new world of possibilities for your creativity.
Key features
- Unlimited audio and MIDI tracks (depending on the device used)
- Over 70 virtual instrument sounds based on HALion Sonic
- Mixer with over 10 effect processors (insert and send effects)
- Over 300 MIDI and audio loops
- Virtual keyboard and virtual drum pads
- Sample Editor and Key Editor
- Export to Cubase, Dropbox, SoundCloud, AudioCopy & email
- Core Audio and Core MIDI compatible hardware supported
- Sequence other Core MIDI apps (MIDI recording only) and run Cubasis simultaneously via background audio
- Import audio from your iTunes music library or using iTunes filesharing, use AudioPaste or set up a Wi-Fi server in Cubasis
Welcome home abroad
Familiar look and feel and Cubase project compatibility
Cubasis features the familiar Cubase look and feel to make you instantly feel at home from the moment you launch the app. From the arrangement window with its track list and inspector to the mixer — a technological déjà vu. The ease of operation that makes Cubase the world’s most advanced music production system has been ported to the iPad for this version of Cubasis.
Cubasis is meticulously designed and takes advantage of the iPad’s versatility, supporting standardized multitouch gestures that speed up your workflow immensely. But not only is the look similar to Cubase: all the projects you create with Cubasis can be imported into Cubase, so you can work with them under Windows and OS X. Steinberg users asked for it and we delivered! This latest addition to the Steinberg family has been totally worth the wait!
- Project window
Tools for a new generation
Professional editors
You can record unlimited audio and MIDI tracks with Cubasis. These tracks can be recorded using the built-in microphone or by connecting a Core Audio compliant USB audio interface to the iPad. And after recording your tracks, you may want to edit them in the integrated Sample Editor.
Intuitive mixer
Now, to create a perfect mix with your recorded tracks you need a reliable, transparent-sounding mixer — and Cubasis has one that delivers outstanding quality without losing intuitiveness. Thanks to Cubasis’ crystal-clear audio engine the mixer is capable of creating superb mixes in astonishing CD quality just like you imagined your song to be.
Studio-grade effects
Cubasis also includes over ten studio-grade audio effects to give your tracks an extra polish and make them shine. You get a compressor, an equalizer, a reverb, a delay and more. These are essential tools for any mixing purpose.
The stage is yours
Over 70 virtual instruments and performance options...
Not only is Cubasis the best app to produce multitrack audio recordings, but also the best app to produce MIDI-based music.
70 virtual instrument sounds based on the acclaimed HALion Sonic workstation to start producing tracks from scratch
Use the scalable virtual keyboard or the drum pads to play an instrument or connect a Core MIDI compliant external device
Streamlined Key Editor: Correct MIDI notes to perfection
Chord buttons: Store your favorite chords and trigger them later on by simply clicking the corresponding number
300 MIDI and audio loops included to get you started
Use other apps as virtual instruments via background audio/MIDI
Audiobus support
Audiobus is an innovative iOS protocol that offers realtime audio streaming between multiple apps.
Now, you can use your favorite synthesizer app, drum-machine or any other app that supports Audiobus and record the audio output signal directly in Cubasis. Before sending the audio signal to Cubasis, you can even route it to another app and use that app as an effect processor. Plus, you can select Cubasis as an input – there are plenty of possibilities!
Cubasis has truly one of the best Audiobus implementations that I know of. — Sebastian Dittmann, Audiobus developer
::: Compatible hardware :::
Other audio devices:
- Alesis IO Dock
- Tascam: iU2, iM2, iXZ
- Apogee Jam
- RME FireFace UCX
- Line 6 Mobile In
- Ampkit Link
- Sonoma Guitar Jack 2
- IK Multimedia iRig
- IK Multimedia iRig Mic
- Apple Camera Connection Kit USB adapter
- Apple earphones
Other MIDI devices:
- Line 6: MIDI Mobilizer II, Mobile Keys
- iConnect MIDI
- Alesis IO Dock
- Tascam iU2
- IK Multimedia iRig MIDI
- Apple Camera Connection Kit USB adapter
- iConnect MIDI
Minimum system requirements
| iOS |
| iOS 6.0.1 Device generations and polyphony: iPad 2 (48 voices), iPad Generation 3 (64 voices), iPad Generation 4 (64 voices), iPad mini (48 voices) |
| Cubase versions required for project import: Cubase 7/6.5, Cubase Artist 7/6.5, Cubase LE/AI/Elements 6 |
| Important: The Cubase project import extension has to be installed on the computer for Cubase to be able to open Cubasis projects: www.steinberg.net/cubasisimporter |
Check out other apps by Steinberg
LoopMash, LoopMash HD and Cubase iC — discover our iOS apps.
If you need support for Cubasis, please visit the official support forum.
Download the manual here:
Cubasis Manual