On top of all this, Cubase VST has been given a new graphic look, had all its menus streamlined, and been given a huge number of additional user preferences.

There is also a new Universal Sound Module in VST Instrument format, which effectively provides a multitimbral General MIDI synth that can access up to 70Mb of samples, and a bundle of new plug‑ins. MIDI data can also benefit from Steinberg's new LTB (Linear Time Base) technology, which gives a timing precision as low as 300mS with suitable hardware like the new Steinberg Midex 8 MIDI interface. The EQ algorithm has been improved, and a new top display resolution of 15360 ticks per quarter note allows precise positioning of audio events and virtual instruments. Both VST and Score now support up to 72 audio tracks, and VST/32 up to 128. The internal resolution is 32‑bit, but there are new dithering options for use when mastering to 16‑bit, including Apogee's acclaimed UV22 algorithm in VST/32. In fact, Mac users will have to wait a short while before getting their hands on the v5.0 features, although they should be identical to those described in this review.Īll three models in the new range - Cubase VST, Cubase VST Score, and the flagship Cubase VST/32 that replaces the old Cubase VST/24 - now support 24‑bit audio recording. The latest version 5.0, however, not only brings the two platforms into sync, but also adds a host of new features and improvements over version 4.

Martin Walker finds out if the wait was worthwhile.Īlthough new features such as 24‑bit recording, VST Instruments and ASIO 2 were added in versions 3.6 and 3.65, it's taken two years for Steinberg to bring the full specification of Cubase on the PC to the same level as the Mac version 4. Now, however, they've leapfrogged straight to version 5, a major upgrade which incorporates all of those improvements and more. PC users have had to wait almost two years for many of the improvements which graced version 4 of Steinberg's popular sequencing package on the Mac platform.

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