Steinberg Cubase Pro 9.5

Steinberg Cubase Pro 9.5 Overview

Steinberg Cubase Pro 9.5 Product Overview by GAK 

The highly anticipated "half point" update to Steinberg's industry-leading Cubase 9 DAW is here, offering you a wide range of updated tools, functions and plug-ins, as well as an improved file management system, customisable metronome, brand new video engine and much more.

With a vast array of sounds and tools designed to accelerate your workflow, all packaged and presented within an intuitive user-friendly interface, Cubase 9.5 is a one-stop platform for musicians, producers, sound engineers, sound designers, foley designers and more. Cubase 9.5 is the complete and fully upgraded version of Cubase 9 and all of its original features, plus features found in Cubase 9.5 Artist and Elements.

Steinberg has made 'fast workflow' a core focus for Cubase 9.5, with the new 'Zoning 2:0', you will now find three new tabs on the right-hand side inspector panel that greatly reduce scroll and search times. A new intuitive browser tab allows you to scan through, preview and import files into your current project without having to leave the software and open up a separate window. Additionally, the control room tab allows you to remotely configure booth room and monitor setups, with easy access to talk back. The new meter tab allows you to switch between the master meter and loudness meter, giving you a quick and clear display of your mix at any given time.

Precise automation and smooth transitions are now even easier thanks to the inclusion of automation curves, with wide and clear automation lanes catering for more variably-timed transitions. 

Cubase Pro 9.5 also introduces us to a full 64-bit floating-point mixing engine, an upgrade from their old 32-bit model. With the 64-bit double precision audio engine, you can now mix true 24-bit recordings with the highest level of detail, dynamics and transparency.

A new metronome within Cubase Pro 9.5 allows you to create fully customised click patterns with up to four various accent levels to accommodate every odd time-signature you may need to record. The new metronome even gives you the option to upload and assign your own sounds as the click!

With Cubase Pro 9.5, Steinberg has double the amount of insert slots for VST effects on each track, greatly increasing your freedom to experiment with effects combinations and plug-in chains and vastly expand your creative potential. This new and highly flexible insert section allows you to adjust the position of the separator, giving you full control of the signal flow and therefore the dynamics.

Experiment with Cubase Pro 9.5's three updated VST processors, The Vintage Compressor, the Tube Compressor and Magneto III tape saturation, all rolling out with redesigned user interfaces focused on providing you with a more efficient workflow.

Within Cubase Pro 9.5, you have the ability to apply any process offline via a VST plug-in chain for one or multiple selected event, giving you the feel of real-time effects without the CPU pressure.

Yet another new feature to Pro 9.5 is the brand new FLUX wavetable synthesizer for HALion Sonic SE 3. Incorporating the classic wavetable method, FLUX gathers multiple waveforms and samples, then layers them in a table resulting in rich, sonic landscapes. Create and edit your own unique sounds or choose from a collection of 100 mind-bending presets covering leads, basses, pads and effects.

Further new and on-going updates within Cubase Pro 9.5 include a new video engine supporting the most recent codecs and video cards, a new 'Adapt To Zoom' intuitive method of zooming in and out of your project, a brand new 'Sampler Track' and much more.

Steinberg Cubase Pro 9.5 provides everyone from beginners and bedroom producers, to expert sound engineers a seriously powerful, professional DAW featuring industry-leading tools, a complete suite of over 90 audio and MIDI VST effects, and 8 instruments boasting over 3000 original sounds. Experience flawless integration with external devices such as synths, MIDI instruments, effects processors and more. Take control of your creative process with a refined programme expertly crafted to cater for all aspects of your work, from recording to editing, mixing and beyond.