THE cm GUIDE TO CUBASE 9.5

Steinberg have been paying heed to the demands of Cubase users, adding the most requested features to the new iteration of the mighty DAW

Learn the new features of Steinberg’s latest updates

Steinberg have taken us entirely by surprise with the new Cubase 9.5 update. Oh, we knew it was coming – Cubase updates have become something of an annual tradition. This year, though, Steinberg showed up early to the celebration and with an overflowing bag of new party favours.

It seems that they’ve been paying close attention to their users’ wishlists, too, as Cubase 9.5 manages to pack in just about everything we’d wanted, with a few unexpected gifts thrown in for good measure, the most significant of which may be the new 64-bit mixing engine. This provides a massive upgrade to Cubase’s already-excellent sound quality. That’s twice the precision and accuracy of the old version. Now we’ve only ourselves to blame when our tracks sound bad!

Audio isn’t the end of it. Steinberg have upgraded the video engine, too – a welcome brush-up, given how many of us are combining audio and video in our productions. They’ve still got some work to do, here, but it’s well on its way.

Also in the ‘keep watching this space’ category is support for Softube’s popular Console 1 hardware controller. This version of the Cube also brings Production Presets, a collection of prefab effects chains, many of which are aimed at mastering. Neat.

Want more? No problem – we’ve got four pages worth of new goodies to show you, starting with the Media Bay.