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Up your game with the latest version of Steinberg’s trendsetting DAW
For the tenth full version of their powerhouse DAW, Steinberg say that they’ve listened carefully to user feedback and they’ve used it as the basis for the implementation of a raft of workflow changes.
First, and most obviously, Cubase’s interface has been sharpened up immensely with the addition of HiDPI and Retina support. Apparently, more than 1000 windows have been redesigned to take advantage of today’s high-res displays, but many elements have also been moved around and tweaked to just look better and work more intuitively.
The Cubase Channel Strip has also been reworked, and it now boasts metering within every module, while plugins can be dragged directly in from the Media Rack, and MixConsole snapshots permit storage and recall of entire mixer setups. Sidechaining has been simplified, too, 20 more impulse responses have been thrown into the REVerence reverb, and the new Distroyer distortion plugin is described as able to deliver “everything from subtle analogue warmth to searing heat for mixes and individual instruments”.
At a rather deeper architectural level, Cubase 10 adds support for both 32-bit integer and 64-bit float audio formats, and MIDI Polyphonic Expression (as output by ROLI’s ‘5D’ controllers), and ramps the integrated VariAudio pitch correction system to version 3, introducing micro pitch editing and formant shifting.
There’s also a completely new Audio Alignment function, whereby multiple tracks can be synchronised to a reference track – just the ticket for multitrack drums, ‘snapping’ backing elements to vocals, and so on.
Add to that AAF import/export, latency monitoring, the beefed-up Groove Agent SE 5.5GB of new sounds, improved editing to picture and a range of virtual reality production tools, and you’re looking at an update that should have existing users champing at the bit. Cubase 10 is available now for Mac and PC in Pro (£480), Artist (£265) and Element (£85) versions.
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