The Cubase experience: finest tools for artists
In 1984, Steinberg was founded on an ideal: to help artists to make music in ways that put their creativity first, and using technology that almost anyone could afford. Since then, Steinberg has developed some of the most successful music products and technologies including Cubase, the world’s most popular software for composing, recording and mixing music.
Building on 25 years of experience in music technology, Cubase yet again sets new standards in usability, creativity and sheer functional depth. Our motivation is to produce the most intuitive and advanced music production software in the world, in a way that best supports the most important aspect of artistic endeavor: creativity.
Defining industry standards for 25 years
Since the foundation of the company in 1984, Steinberg has constantly pushed back the boundaries of what is possible in digital audio. The advanced technologies included in Cubase offer flexible, cost-effective and intuitive ways of realizing the artist's full creative and professional potential. Steinberg’s experience in developing highly performing cross-platform applications gives Mac and Windows PC users the option to enjoy Cubase on the hardware of choice.
VST3: the latest version of Steinberg’s industry standard Virtual Studio Technology
The leading Virtual Studio Technology (VST) standard, developed by Steinberg, creates a full, professional studio environment on your PC or Mac and allows the seamless integration of virtual effect processors and instruments right into your sequencing software. The revolutionary VST standard recently reached a new stage with the release of VST3, a groundbreaking new version with a host of new capabilities, including sidechaining, dynamic I/O management and enhanced CPU efficiency.
VST Sound: Steinberg’s universal media management format
Steinberg’s universal media management format — VST Sound — is a fundamental part of VST3, the latest version of Steinberg’s industry standard Virtual Studio Technology.
By supporting VST Sound, plug-ins and instruments from third-party manufacturers can be directly integrated into MediaBay — the media management system used in Steinberg’s host applications. This integration makes the entire process of finding and working with any form of media file including audio, loops, VSTi presets, videos, MIDI parts and Track Presets, much faster and simpler.
ASIO: Steinberg's low-latency, high-performance audio standard
The Audio Stream Input/Output (ASIO) architecture forms the backbone of VST. ASIO addresses any needs a professional audio recording solution might have. It does this by supporting variable bit depths and sample rates, multi-channel operation and synchronization. As a result, the user gets low latency, high performance, easy set up and stable audio recording within VST.
The entire system becomes controllable and offers complete and immediate access to the audio system's capabilities. Since its introduction, ASIO has become a supported standard by many leading audio hardware manufacturers — for good reason.
