Discover All The Cubase Features
Highlights
Audio Warp Quantize
Warp-quantize multiple audio tracks at once using the convenient Quantize panel. By creating warp…
Channel Strip (Advanced)
The channel strip modules are the very heart of our exceptional sound. Carefully crafted in close…
Channel Strip (Basic)
In the basic channel strip version, just like in the advanced version, you can assign modules…
New Licensing System
For many years, the USB eLicenser has been ever-present for the Cubase community. But no longer…
MIDI Remote
MIDI controllers are essential to every music production setup. MIDI Remote Scripts will help to…
Chord Pads
This inspiring tool helps you compose music quickly and creatively. It is very easy to get “stuck”…
Comping
Create the perfect version of a recording from multiple takes. Few performers are skilled enough…
Sampler Track 2
Take any piece of audio and use it to create a Sampler Track. You can then play the sample…
MixConsole
Cubase's MixConsole excels not only in terms of usability, look and feel, but also sounds like a…
VariAudio 3
VariAudio offers fully-integrated vocal editing and pitch change of individual notes in monophonic…
Scale Assistant
Set your song’s scale in the Key Editor and follow its lead, quantize a solo to the scale or play…
Groove Agent SE
Possibly the most comprehensive drum production software instrument ever produced, Groove Agent…
Spectral Comparison EQ
Clean up overlapping frequencies with the comparison mode in the Channel EQ. Create room for each…
Advanced Audio Export
Sync your export selection to the selection in your project. You can export the full signal path…
Control Room
Control Room is a unique recording and monitoring environment, which seamlessly integrates…
Easy side-chaining
This commonly-used technique is very popular in contemporary music production and has a wide range…
General
Next-generation audio engine
The award-winning Cubase audio engine features crystal-clear, 64-bit floating-point resolution at…
MediaBay
MediaBay helps you to find and organize your content. When working with many files, you want to…
Advanced Audio Export
Sync your export selection to the selection in your project. You can export the full signal path…
ARA support
With Audio Random Access (ARA) Extensions, you can edit your audio even more easily. ARA allows…
MIDI Remote
MIDI controllers are essential to every music production setup. MIDI Remote Scripts will help to…
AudioWarp
The Free Warp tool lets you edit your audio recordings and correct timings directly in the Project…
Colorized Mixer Channels
Colorize complete mixer channels in the MixConsole with track colors. This allows you to…
Combined Select Tools
Speed up your editing workflow by combining the selection tools for both objects and ranges. They…
Workspaces
Organize your windows and specific dialogs for frequently-used workflows. Multiple workspaces can…
Track Archives
Export your audio, FX, groups, instruments, MIDI, and video tracks as track archives for import…
Track visibility management
Have a complete overview of all tracks in your project by dynamically displaying only the tracks…
Channel Batch Export
Use this option to mix down several channels simultaneously. An individual file is created for…
Latency Monitor
Low latency is crucial for any performance, whether monitoring, recording or sending a cue mix to…
Notepad
Each channel in the MixConsole window has its own Notepad, which allows you to enter notes and…
Import Tracks From Projects
Track import functionality allows you to exchange data between projects. Import multiple track…
Project Logical Editor
Combine filter conditions with actions to create complex procedures. Examples of how you can use…
Disabling Tracks
System resources can be conserved by disabling audio, instrument, MIDI, and sampler tracks that…
Safe Start Mode
Initiate Cubase/Nuendo without any third-party plug-ins loaded.
VST System Link
This network system for digital audio allows you to have several computers working together in one…
OMF support
Open Media Framework Interchange (OMFI) is a platform-independent file format intended for the…
AAF support
Advanced Authoring Format (AAF) is a platform-independent file format intended for the transfer of…
Project Browser
Here you have a list-based representation of the project. It allows you to view and edit all…
Softube Console 1 support
The Softube Console 1 hardware controller is deeply integrated into our DAW. You can now select…
Track Icons
Identification of tracks is very easy with this facility to add a picture to each one. Track…
WaveLab file exchange
This facility allows you to open an audio file in WaveLab directly from within a Cubase or Nuendo…
Track Import
Audio, instrument, MIDI, chord, marker, and video tracks can be imported directly from other…
Composing
Chord Track
The global Chord Track facilitates working with chords in a project context, enabling transform…
Chord Pads
This inspiring tool helps you compose music quickly and creatively. It is very easy to get “stuck”…
Scale Assistant
Set your song’s scale in the Key Editor and follow its lead, quantize a solo to the scale or play…
Score Editor (Advanced)
A professional notation environment is included, with full support for virtually every symbol…
Score Editor (Basic)
The basic Score Editor allows you to display music notation in Cubase. It shows MIDI notes as a…
Note Expression
This is a very intuitive and accurate way of controller editing. As an alternative to working with…
Audio to MIDI chords
Convert audio to MIDI chord progressions, by simply dragging your audio recordings to the Chord…
Arranger Track
Setup your project in a non-linear fashion by using an arranger track, which allows you to specify…
Chord Assistant Proximity Mode
Proximity Mode uses a set of harmonic rules to offer suggestions of triads or four-note chords…
Chord Assistant
You don't have to be a musical genius to create beautiful melodies, thanks to the powerful Chord…
Tempo Track
With the Tempo Track you can control the speed at which the project is played.
Expression Maps
Expression Maps allow you to audition a composition, including musical articulations. Within these…
Signature Track
The Signature Track works in a similar way to the Tempo Track, but you have to stick to the bars…
TrackVersions
This flexible feature helps to significantly speed up your workflow by allowing you to create…
Global Transpose Track
Here you can transpose either the entire project or sections of it, a function which is very…
MusicXML Import/Export
Import and export MusicXML files to transfer musical scores to and from applications that support…
Hermode Tuning
Hermode Tuning dynamically retunes the notes you play, creating clear frequencies for every (for…
Time Warp
With Time Warp you can move the musical positions of events or parts to specific time positions…
Recording
Control Room
Control Room is a unique recording and monitoring environment, which seamlessly integrates…
Comping
Create the perfect version of a recording from multiple takes. Few performers are skilled enough…
Audio Pre-Record
This allows you to record audio during playback or in stop mode. Never again miss that perfect…
Retrospective Record
This feature allows you to capture any MIDI notes that you play in Stop mode, or during playback…
Punch In/Punch Out
These are a pair of markers which determine the record start (punch in) and record stop (punch…
Metronome Click (Advanced)
The Click Pattern Editor allows you to compose custom metronome patterns with up to four different…
Metronome Click (Basic)
The basic metronome ensures you to stay in time when you are recording your music. It offers…
Marker Track
Add and edit markers that will help you to quickly locate certain positions in your project.
Pre-Roll/Post-Roll
This allows the project cursor to roll back by a specified time value before playback starts. When…
Re-recording
In this mode recording is reinitiated, the events are removed and recording restarts from the same…
Pool
Every time you record on an audio track, a file is created on your hard disk. A reference to this…
Sequencing
Key Editor
The Key Editor is a very powerful-yet-transparent facility which opens up virtually limitless…
Drum Editor
This is a formidable tool for constructing and reworking beats, rhythms and grooves, with a…
Global Tracks
With Global Tracks in the Key Editor, you stay in sync even better and you don't have to jump…
Logical Editor
This is a key feature that combines filter conditions with actions to create complex procedures …
MPE Support
MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) is supported in Nuendo. The most common MPE controllers are…
Chord Editor
Here you can define, change and add new chord events.
Chord Editing Section
The Chord Editing Sections allows you to insert and edit chords directly in the Key Editor.
List Editor
This advanced MIDI editing tool gives you fast access to every single aspect of a MIDI note, which…
Drum Maps
Different MIDI drum instruments often use different key assignments, which can be troublesome if…
In-Place Editing
Edit MIDI notes and controllers directly in the Project window. This is a helpful tool for quick…
Quick Controls
This is where your most important parameters are gathered in one place, saving you from having to…
Tempo Detection Panel
This panel allows you to analyze the tempo of audio events or MIDI parts.
Audio Editing
VariAudio 3
VariAudio offers fully-integrated vocal editing and pitch change of individual notes in monophonic…
Audio Alignment
This tool allows you to automatically match the timing of audio events that you want to play back…
SpectraLayers One
This compact version of the acclaimed visual audio editing tool allows you to visualize and…
Direct Offline Processing
Apply any kind of process offline for single or multiple selected events — with the feel of…
Audio Warp Quantize
Warp-quantize multiple audio tracks at once using the convenient Quantize panel. By creating warp…
Audio Parts
Audio Parts are containers for audio events. If you want to treat several audio events as one unit…
Group Editing
This is a simple and efficient time-saving tool which ties together tracks that belong together…
Hitpoint Detection
Hitpoints mark musically-relevant positions in audio files. When activating this function, the…
Render in-place
Bounce MIDI and audio parts easily, defining exactly what processes to include and, for example…
Sample Editor
Edit your audio with almost limitless creative freedom in the Sample Editor. A comprehensive set…
Time Stretch
This function allows you to change the length and tempo of the selected audio without affecting…
Mixing
MixConsole
Cubase's MixConsole excels not only in terms of usability, look and feel, but also sounds like a…
Channel Strip (Advanced)
The channel strip modules are the very heart of our exceptional sound. Carefully crafted in close…
Channel Strip (Basic)
In the basic channel strip version, just like in the advanced version, you can assign modules…
MixConsole History
Have you ever wanted to compare different mixes with just one mouse click? MixConsole History…
MixConsole Snapshots
An incredibly versatile tool, the Snapshots facility will fundamentally change and improve the way…
Easy side-chaining
This commonly-used technique is very popular in contemporary music production and has a wide range…
SuperVision
A fully-customizable, multimeter audio analyzer for professional productions, SuperVision lets you…
Spectral Comparison EQ
Clean up overlapping frequencies with the comparison mode in the Channel EQ. Create room for each…
VCA Faders
VCA Faders serve as remote controls for groups of linked channel faders in the MixConsole, for…
Multi-channel true peak master meter
This multi-channel true peak and a loudness meter allows you to measure loudness in compliance…
Loudness Meter
You can analyze, measure, and monitor the loudness of your project in real-time during playback or…
Surround Sound
Cubase has integrated surround sound features, with support for several formats. All audio-related…
Ultra-precise automation curves
Create and edit smooth transitions, for example for musical build-ups and providing detailed…
Control Room
This high end feature has been engineered exclusively for Steinberg’s audio production systems and…
Link Groups
The Link Group option on the MixConsole toolbar allows you to link channels and to edit links and…
Direct Routing
Available for audio, instrument, FX channel tracks, groups, and output busses, Direct Routing…
Listen Mode
Check the signal from selected channels quickly without interrupting or interfering with the mix…
Stereo Combined Panner
The stereo combined panner links the left and right pan controls, maintaining the relative…
Automation Virgin Territories
This facility allows you to add extra, empty automation lanes. When you add automation data to…
Track visibility management
Have a complete overview of all tracks in your project by dynamically displaying only the tracks…
A/B comparison
Effect parameter settings can be used as a starting point for further fine-tuning and then…
Wave Meters
Switching the meter type from PPM to waveforms is one of the MixConsole’s many options for…
Virtual Instruments
Groove Agent SE
Possibly the most comprehensive drum production software instrument ever produced, Groove Agent…
Halion Sonic 7
With a massive sample content library, in combination with powerful synthesizer engines and…
Retrologue 2
This flexible, intuitive instrument emulates the warmth and fatness of classic analog…
Sampler Track 2
Take any piece of audio and use it to create a Sampler Track. You can then play the sample…
Verve
A felt piano that is so beautiful and warm, so dreamy and melancholic, so detailed and…
Padshop 2
This granular synth is perfect for high tension atmospheres and unusual effects, thanks to having…
Flux
Flux is a wavetable synth that combines HALion’s synthesis with two main wavetable oscillators, a…
Trip
Trip is a virtual analog synth that comes with three oscillators, a sub oscillator, a ring…
Sounds, Loops, Presets
Hard Knocks
Grammy-winner Beat Butcha has produced a sizzling pack of hip hop heat.
Noir
Hollywood sound designer Robert Dudzik has produced the Noir library for cinematic trailers.
Nightcall Synthwave
Black Octopus Sound have produced this 80’s Synth Wave sample pack.
Dancefloor Tech House
Black Octopus Sound have produced this Dancefloor Tech House sample pack.
Lofi Dreams
Black Octopus Sound have produced this Lo-fi hip hop sample pack.
Bloom
Black Octopus Sound have produced this Vocals sample pack.
Analog Techno
Berlin-based Florian Meindl has produced the deep, grooving Analog Techno library with his modular…
Blockbuster
Produced by Nashville-based producer Allen Morgan, the Blockbuster library is the perfect…
Caleidoscope
Caleidoscope is a dedicated sample library for the Sampler Track, with hundreds of samples and…
EDM Toolbox
The EDM Toolbox comes with 30 new construction kits, ready to open up new creative avenues and…
Mystic Spaces
Mystic Spaces is a collection of extraordinary experimental sounds produced by musician, sound…
Raw Ambience
Drum and bass duo Rawtekk have produced Raw Ambience, a highly aesthetic sound library perfect for…
Soul Assembly
Soul Assembly is a collection from Soul Surplus, with a vibe perfect for the foundations of new…
The Hip Hop Vault
The Beat Butcha, whose production credits include Jay-Z, Beyonce, Mobb Deep and many others, has…
Production Grooves
Production Grooves feeds Groove Agent with over 400 drum loops and presets for all contemporary…
Production Presets
Production Presets are there to inspire when needed and to help you finish your mix. Stunning new…
Allen Morgan Signature Drums
Groove Agent SE features high quality percussive sounds in 30 drum kits, alongside 150 intricately…
Allen Morgan Rock-Pop Toolbox
Allen Morgan Rock-Pop Toolbox includes 30 construction kits, each with 25 to 30 audio and MIDI…
Effects
Tuner
An instrument tuner plug-in with hardware-like accuracy.
Mixer Delay
If you need to delay certain signals in your audio system, this is the plug-in to use.
Test Generator
Generate a basic audio signal for measurement and testing purposes, with a choice of sine and saw…
SMPTE Generator
SMPTE Generator sends out SMPTE time code to an audio output for synchronizing external other…
Mix6to2
This plug-in lets you quickly mix down your surround mix format to stereo. You can control the…
Lin One Dither
A dithering plug-in that uses advanced algorithms and offers additional noise shaping to increase…
Mono To Stereo
This effect turns a mono signal into a pseudo-stereo signal. The plug-in can be used on a mono…
Stereo Enhancer
This effect enhances the stereo width of a stereo input signal. It features controls for Color and…
Imager
Imager will help you to get a better, cleaner mix. You can place audio tracks in the stereo field…
Pitch Correct
Designed for voice and solo instrument recordings, the Pitch Correct VST3 plug-in provides easy…
Octaver
This is a sub-octave pitch shifter that creates two additional signals, one and two octaves below…
Morph Filter
Filtering is an art all its own and we just cultivated it: the Morph Filter effect brings the…
Step Filter
This is a pattern-controlled multimode filter that can create rhythmic, pulsating filter effects…
Dual Filter
Dual Filter can be used as a low-pass or high-pass filter and you can even set the sound…
Tone Booster
This is a simple volume booster with a variable filter stage for tone control. It simulates…
Wah Wah
Wah Wah is a variable slope bandpass filter that can be auto-controlled by a side-chain signal (if…
Auto Pan
Auto Pan is an automatic panning effect with adjustable width, rate, two wave shapes and tempo sync.
Cloner
Cloner simulates the effect of double-tracking by creating up to four ‘cloned’ signals from the…
FX Modulator
FX Modulator let’s you breathe life into your sounds with advanced, multi-effect modulation. From…
Loop Mash FX
Torture, tweak and mash your sounds in real time using this sonic blender. Loop Mash FX…
Metalizer
This plug-in feeds the audio signal through a variable frequency filter, with tempo sync or time…
Chopper
Chopper allows you to add tremolo, with or without an additional panning effect.
Phaser
This classic phaser has a variable filter stage, manual mode, tempo sync and a spatial parameter…
Studio Chorus
This is a powerful, dual-stage chorus with two identical stages running in series. Each stage also…
Rotary
This rotor speaker cabinet effect has powerful editing capabilities, featuring independent Lo/Hi…
Flanger
A classic flanger with editable Lo/Hi Range, filter stage, manual mode and a spatial parameter for…
Chorus
This single-stage chorus works by doubling the audio sent to it with a slightly detuned version…
Tremolo
The Tremolo plug-in produces amplitude modulation.
Vibrato
Vibrato is a plug-in that creates pitch modulation.
Ring Modulator
Produce complex, bell-like harmonic sounds with the Ring Modulator. It has a built-in oscillator…
Tranceformer
In this ring modulator effect, the incoming audio is ring modulated by an internal, variable…
VST Amp Rack
Steinberg’s reference virtual guitar tone suite features seven legendary amp models, sixteen…
VST Bass Amp
Featuring a comprehensive collection of amps, speaker cabinets and stomp boxes, VST Bass Amp…
Quadrafuzz 2
Letting you dial in anything from a dark, fat fuzz with huge bit-crushing distortion and delay, to…
Magneto 2
This effect simulates the saturation and compression of recording on analog tape machines.
Soft Clipper
This is a soft clipper with independent 2nd and 3rd harmonics controls.
Bit Crusher
The perfect tool for getting into lo-fi sound, Bit Crusher offers the possibility of decimating…
Distroyer
Distroyer’s asymmetric distortion adds extra body, character and harmonics, whether it’s for…
Distortion
The Distortion plug-in can add a nice palette of crunch effects to any track.
Da Tube
This effect emulates the characteristic warm, lush sound of a tube amplifier.
Grungelizer
Grungelizer adds noise and static to your recordings – like listening to a radio with bad…
Channel Tape Saturation
This channel strip module simulates the saturation and compression of recording on analog tape…
Channel Tube Saturation
This module simulates the saturation and compression of recording of analog tube compressors.
Amp Simulator
A guitar amplifier and speaker simulator. Featuring a range of amp and cabinet models to choose…
MultiTap Delay
This delay provides you with all the inspirational and creative options that you need. Create up…
Stereo Delay
A dual-channel delay with separate, independent left and right delay stages, variable filters and…
Ping Pong Delay
A mono delay with automatic L/R bounce for the classic ping-pong delay effect. It also features a…
Mono Delay
Mono Delay is a monophonic delay processor with filter stage and tempo sync.
Mod Machine
A combination of delay modulation with filter frequency/resonance modulation to provide many…
REVerence
The world’s first VST3 high-end, multi-channel convolution reverb processor. REVerence is capable…
REVelation
This algorithmic reverb is super-smooth, with a sound reminiscent of high end, vintage hardware…
RoomWorks
A highly adjustable reverb plug-in for creating realistic room ambience and reverb effects in…
RoomWorks SE
This is a ‘lite’ version of the renowned Roomworks reverb, delivering great sound with a low CPU…
Multiband Compressor
Multiband Compressor features four independent bands with three crossover frequencies. Each band…
Vintage Compressor
Modeled on one of the most sought-after vintage compressors, Vintage Compressor is extremely…
Squasher
The dynamic Squasher combines up and down compression for up to three bands. Use it to help your…
Multiband Envelope Shaper
A great tool to bring out the detail in a drum mix, mastering tasks and creative sound (re-…
Maximizer
A hard limiter/loudness enhancer for the master channel that features soft clipping and automatic…
Tube Compressor
This warm compressor precisely shapes and pleasingly colors the dynamics of your signals — exactly…
De Esser
The DeEsser reduces excessive sibilance, primarily for voice recordings, sensitively tuned to the…
Limiter
This straightforward low-distortion limiter with auto-release puts a ‘hard ceiling’ on any signal…
Multiband Expander
Modify the dynamic range of your tracks by independently choosing different settings for each of…
Envelope Shaper
This effect can be used to boost or attenuate the gain of the attack and release of audio.
Compressor
This high-quality compressor reduces the dynamic range of the audio, making softer sounds louder…
VST Dynamics
This combination of three separate processors - Gate, Compressor, and Limiter – is designed to…
Brickwall Limiter
Ensuring that the output level never exceeds a set limit, the Brickwall Limiter can reduce even…
Gate
Gating (or noise gating) improves audio recordings by silencing signals below a set threshold. As…
Midi Gate
Like a convention noise gate, this plug-in gates audio signals, but is triggered by MIDI notes. It…
Expander
The Expander reduces the output level in relation to the input level for signals below a set…
Frequency EQ 2
Frequency provides eight bands, each of which can be individually set to dynamic mode for a more…
DJ EQ
Especially created to bring the atmosphere of a live performance into your studio, DJ EQ is an…
Standard Channel EQ
Also available as channel strip module, Standard Channel EQ is a full four-band parametric control…
Studio EQ
A powerful and versatile equalizer which offers full four-band parametric control with variable…
GEQ 30
GEQ 30 features 30 bands, with drawing of EQ curves, an invert parameter and seven different…
GEQ 10
GEQ 10 features 10 bands, with drawing of EQ curves, an invert parameter and seven different…
Voxengo CurveEQ
An extremely versatile 64-band spline EQ with linear and minimum-phase modes, plus a spectrum…
MIDI Effects
Arpache 5
An arpeggiator which accepts a chord as input and plays back each note in the chord separately…
Arpache SX
An advanced, versatile arpeggiator, capable of creating anything from traditional arpeggios to…
Auto LFO
This effect works like an LFO in a synthesizer, allowing you to send out continuously changing…
Beat Designer
Beat Designer is a MIDI pattern sequencer that allows you to quickly and easily create your own…
Chorder
Chorder is a MIDI chord processor, which allows you to assign complete chords to single keys in a…
Compressor
This MIDI compressor is used for evening out or expanding differences in velocity.
Context Gate
Context Gate allows for selective triggering/filtering of MIDI data. This effect features two…
Density
This generic control panel affects the density of the notes being played from or through the…
MIDI Control
This generic control panel allows you to select up to eight different MIDI controller types and…
MIDI Echo
An advanced MIDI Echo, which generates additional echoing notes based on the MIDI notes it…
MIDI Modifiers
This plug-in is essentially a duplicate of the MIDI Modifiers section in the Inspector. This can…
MIDI Monitor
This effect monitors incoming MIDI events.
Micro Tuner
Micro Tuner lets you set up a different microtuning scheme for the MIDI instrument by detuning…
Note To CC
This effect generates a MIDI continuous controller event for each incoming MIDI note. The value of…
Quantizer
This effect allows you to apply quantizing in real time, making it easier to try out different…
Step Designer
Step Designer is a MIDI pattern sequencer that sends out MIDI notes and additional controller…
Track Control
The Track Control effect features three control panels for adjusting parameters on a GS or XG…
Transformer
The Transformer is a realtime version of the Logical Editor. With this you can perform very…
Collaboration
VST Connect SE 5
VST Connect is a complete remote recording solution that lets you collaborate with any musician…
VST Transit
VST Transit is a cloud collaboration service which offers you the possibility to connect with…
Video
Video Import
Compatible video files can be imported into a project, creating a video track with a video event.
Video Export
Render videos as MP4s with H.264 video compression and 16-bit audio in 44.1 kHz and 48 kHz. Export…
Video Player
The Video Player window provides different size options for video playback on your computer screen…
Virtual Reality production suite
Cubase’s VR production suite includes a number of plug-ins and integrated functions, such as a…
Video Track
The Video Track is used to play back video events.
Extract Audio from Video
When video is imported, the audio stream can be extracted. It is added to the project as a new…
Support for MOV, MPEG-4 and AVI
Cubase supports MOV, MPEG-4 and AVI video formats.
Video Follows Edit Mode
The Video Follows Edit Mode allows you to edit audio while the video display provides continuous…