Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #359 in Software
• Brand: Pinnacle Systems
• Released on: 2003-11-21
• Platforms: Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP

Manufacturer's Description
Create original compositions like the pros quickly and easily with Steinberg Cubasis VST version 5. The software features up to 48 audio channels, 64 MIDI tracks, a professional mixer with real-time effects and a huge variety of virtual instruments. Compose songs, edit sounds, print your scores and burn CDs with surround sound.

Have you ever fantasized about becoming a professional recording artist? Well, stop dreaming and start creating with the newest version of Cubasis VST. Steinberg Cubasis VST 5.0 gives you every tool you need to produce and record music like the pros.

Create great music with the same tools used by professionals. With up to 48 audio channels (WAV and MP3), 64 MIDI tracks, a real-time mixer, and a wide variety of virtual instruments, let your creativity flow! Compose songs, edit sounds at 24-bit 96kHz, print your scores and then burn your own CDs with surround sound. With the built-in Voice Detective software, you can even input MIDI notes by singing.

Steinberg Cubasis VST incorporates 13 virtual instruments and over 35 professional effects, all of which can be used in real time. Stock instruments include classic analog synth emulations, a drum machine, virtual electric and acoustic guitars, and a singing monk! New instruments include a StagePiano, Drawbar Organ and the Model-E - a faithfully reproduced historic analog synth emulation.

Additional new features include a professional 4-band equalizer with graphical editing, a time stretch tool - for time stretching directly in the arrangement window - and a copy of Pinnacle Systems' Studio 8 LE video editing software - perfect for creating your own music videos!New effects include an Amp-/Speaker-Simulation that reproduces distorted guitar sounds and a dance filter that gives you the typical sweep from the low to high frequencies commonly found in popular house tracks. There's also a DeEsser to optimize vocals and a Subbass Synthesizer for reaching those low notes that really give your subwoofer a workout. The new VST Dynamics section includes a compressor, limiter and noise gate to add that professional touch to your tracks.

With the included WaveLab Lite and Master Unit software you can boost up your songs to a professional level and add all the subtle techniques the major recording studios use when they produce hit records. Even print your own CD, jewel-case cover and label.

With all of these features and more, it's easy to understand what we mean when we say Steinbergy Cubasis VST turns your PC into the ultimate music studio.

Customer Reviews

Not just a bargain!
I was massively impressed by this software. You get a hell of a lot for your money including some good VST instruments and effects. I had not expected to get additional quantise options with cubasis so was pleasantly surprised with the options provided. I'm sure there are plenty of things in the full-price Cubase programs that are not present here but to be honest most of us won't miss them. Highly recommended.

Cubasis VST 5.0 - Very good, but still not perfect.
4.5 Stars really, but that wasn't an option! This is a superb piece of software - delivering on all it's promises. All the basic tools are there for creating/producing music to a professional standard.
It works very with with the SBLive! Platinum Card (inc. Soundfonts, midi interface). It is found wanting in two areas however:
a) Lack of strength/depth in VST instruments and effects included. (There are a Wealth of freeware instruments/effects availible on the web).
b) Not overly user friendly (though this does not pose a problem - as long as you don't object to spending an hour or two finding out excatly what does what). The tutorial is reasonable in depth, and provides a good grounding in most areas. Not for the faint-hearted therefore!

Is it worth upgrading from the previous Cubasis VST 4? Probably not, unless you are going to find the bundled pinnacle studio 8 video editing software useful.

It is worth considering the cakewalk alternative - if you have a little bit extra to spend. That litte statement underlined Cubasis' trump card however - it's a bargain!

Cubasis is OK...........................ish !? :-]
Software loaded up OK ....not being a technico musico is a disadvantage but not preclusive to using this software.
However,we mere mortals can't understand why signals travelling from midi keyboard have such delay to arriving at sound output through speakers via this software. Yes, already forked out for new Audigy soundcard as a direct result of installing and being less than impressed with results of initial attempts to use software etc. Pinnacle could do with providing a jargon busting vocabulary file for we less audio-technical capable users.
Otherwise, pretty good bit of kit.