Three of Cubase 9.5’s coolest new features

MIDI drag in the Sampler Track

The introduction of the Sampler Track in Cubase 9 made integrating and manipulating audio samples much easier by allowing users to drag and drop audio files right into the built-in Sampler Control editor. Now users can likewise drag ’n’ drop MIDI files from an instrument track into the Sampler Control, where it will be instantly rendered to audio for playback.

Adapt to Zoom

It’s a simple idea, really: zooming in or out on the project should increase the resolution of the visible grid. Now it does, and better yet, Snap resolution can follow suit. This feature is familiar to users of Ableton Live and, frankly, we wonder why it took so long for it to be implemented in Cubase. Now that it is, we’re certain we’ll be using it all the time!

More inserts!

We love the new versions of our favourite Cubase plugins, and now we can access even more of them at once, thanks to the doubling of the number of inserts available per track. There are now a full 16 insert slots per track. Better still, users of Cubase Artist and Cubase Pro can now dynamically adjust the number of pre and post fader slots.