Steinberg Cubase Artist 9, Upgrade From AI (Boxed) DAW Software Upgrade

Workflow Enhancements

Steinberg Cubase Artist 9 is the latest in the series of Steinberg’s award-winning DAW, featuring a range of new features and enhancements. A range of improvements have been added to the interface, designed to improve workflow including the new ‘Lower Zone’. The ‘Lower Zone’ window provides you with a concise and tidy overview of all your tools and editors, ideal for everything from home recording to multi-screen studio projects. The ‘Sampler Track’ feature allows you to import any piece of audio for quick and easily manipulation. The Sampler Track also comes complete with Caliedoscope, a dedicated sample library with hundreds of samples and presets to get you started. A Maximizer has also been included to keep your recording and mixing levels uniformed, ideal for mixing and mastering applications allowing you to boost the overall volume without sacrificing audio quality. You can also collaborate with artists easier than ever before thanks to the cloud collaboration tools that give you the ability to share your projects online.

Exceptional Audio Quality

The keystone of Cubase Artist 9 is the award-winning 32-bit floating-point Steinberg audio engine, delivering up to 192kHz 5.1 surround sound with flexible routing and automatic delay compensation for optimal audio quality and performance. Cubase Artist 9 also provides you with simultaneous playback of up to 64 audio tracks, 128 MIDI tracks and up to 32 physical inputs and outputs, allowing you to handle even the most demanding of projects. Cubase Artist 9 comes complete with a varied range of outstanding instruments including over 2,600 sounds in total. One of the most prominent virtual instruments is the HALion Sonic SE 2 that builds on the success of the original HALion Sonic SE 2 with a wide range of rich sounding presets. The TrackVersions tools provides playlist-like editing and render-in-place, allowing you to easily bounce and export MIDI and audio parts.

Versatile Control & Effects

Steinberg Cubase Artist 9 comes jam-packed with audio editing tools, controls and effects designed to improve your audio quality, editing workflow and more. Cubase Artist 9 features a complete suite of over 70 high-end audio and MIDI VST effects processors including: Pitch Correct for vocal editing, VST Amp Rack and VST Bass Amp guitar and bass tone suits as well as Quadrafuzz V2 and many more. Cubase Artist 9 also offers seamless integration with most external hardware effects devices and instruments such as MIDI controllers, synthesizers, signal processors and more. Intelligent composition tools have also been included for enhanced harmonic progressions and voicings. Such tools as Chord Track and Chord Pads add a new dynamic when it comes to creating compositions and chord patterns. Additionally, Cubase Artist 9 includes MixConsole, a pro mixing desk experience with integrated high-end channel strips and a range of premium-quality faders and meters.

Highlights

• Award-winning 32-bit floating-point Steinberg audio engine with up to 192 kHz, flexible routing and full automatic delay compensation
• Simultaneous playback of 64 audio tracks, 128 MIDI tracks and up to 32 physical inputs and outputs
• MixConsole for pro mixing desk experience and integrated high-end channel strip, VCA faders, Loudness Meter, Wave Meters
• Comprehensive set of 8 outstanding instruments with over 2,600 sounds, including HALion Sonic SE 2, Groove Agent SE 4, Padshop, Retrologue 2 and LoopMash 2
• Suite of over 70 high-end audio and MIDI VST effect processors, including Pitch Correct for vocal editing, VST Amp Rack and VST Bass Amp guitar and bass tone suites, Quadrafuzz v2 and many more
• Intelligent compositional tools like Chord Track, Chord Pads for creative and playful composing of harmonic progressions and advanced voicings
• Thousands of MIDI construction kits, audio loops and samples as building blocks to create sketches, play-alongs or even full songs with just a few clicks
• Lightning-fast multi-take comping with the dedicated lane tracks and the clickand-drag comp tool for conjuring the perfect recording
• TrackVersions for playlists-like editing and render-in-place for easily bouncing MIDI and audio parts
• Streamlined music notation and score editing feature set

Technical Specifications

• Operating System:
• Mac: OS X 10.11 / macOS Sierra
• Windows: 64-Bit Windows 7 / 8.x / 10
• Processor: 64-bit Intel or AMD multi-core processor (Intel i5 or faster recommended)
• RAM: 4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended)
• Hard Disk Space: 18 GB free HD space
• Display: 1366 x 768 display resolution (1920 x 1080 recommended)
• Graphics: Graphics card with DirectX 10 and WDDM 1.1 support (Windows only)
• USB: USB port for USB-eLicenser (license management)
• Hardware: OS-compatible audio hardware (ASIO compatible audio hardware recommended for low-latency performance)
• CD Drive: DVD-ROM dual-layer drive
• Other: Internet connection required for activation, account setup, access to manual and personal/product registration. Additional downloads may be required for the installation