Beat Creation and Loop Mangling
Cubase 5 features outstanding new tools for creating beats, generating exciting new rhythms and working with loops.
Mash it up
LoopMash is a revolutionary virtual instrument that offers a unique and innovative way of creatively working with loops and beats to create stunning new rhythms and grooves. Seamlessly blendable variations of both the included loops and any loop from your library open up myriad new creative possibilities. LoopMash is based on a new audio analysis/synthesis engine, developed in collaboration with Yamaha, that matches similar elements across loops and beats, generating fresh and inspiring “mash-ups” from any rhythmic audio material. Click here to check out the video tutorial.
- Brand-new, first-of-its-kind interactive loop synthesizer
- Creates entirely new and unique variations on the fly by simply dragging existing loops from MediaBay or the Project Window onto LoopMash
- Entirely synced to the Cubase Tempo
- Integrated editing tools and powerful live performance mode with user-definable scenes
Drum sampling deluxe
Groove Agent ONE pairs powerful drum sampling with detailed sound shaping — seamlessly integrated into Cubase. Not only does it boast sliced loop and MPC-import but rocks right out of the box with its own custom library of only the finest acoustic, urban, hip hop and dance drum kits! Each of its virtual pads features a complete sound processing section that gives full control of textures, timbres and expressive qualities of each drum sound. Creation of custom kits with drag and drop from the MediaBay allows an extremely fluid and easy workflow.
- Support for WAV, AIFF and the legendary MPC format
- Easy-to-use interface — the perfect fusion of functionality and simplicity
- Powerful editing section for each drum sound
- Automatically maps sliced Cubase audio parts or multiple audio events across the pads by simply dragging them directly to Groove Agent ONE
- Convert sliced audio loops to MIDI by dragging them back to a MIDI track
Beat it!
Beat Designer is a hot new beat construction plug-in that allows you to get hands-on with beats for step programming and designing drum patterns in an easy yet powerful way, working hand in hand with Groove Agent ONE. Getting really interactive with different grooves and variations has never been easier: Beat Designer organizes several patterns at once in customizable banks and can trigger each of them in real time and synced to Cubase with a MIDI keyboard.
- Supports up to 64 steps per pattern
- Customizable resolution and time signature
- Support for flam hits and rolls
- Individual volume settings for each element in a beat allowing full control of the dynamics of any groove
- Comes with dozens of beats in various styles perfectly matching the Groove Agent ONE kits
