Cubase Essential 5 - Personal Music Production System

With an easy, intuitive approach to composing, recording, editing and mixing, Cubase Essential 5 is your gateway to the world of Cubase. Cubase Essential 5 shines with the same user interface and award-winning audio engine as the Steinberg Cubase 5 advanced music production system used by countless professionals around the globe. So whether you’re composing songs at home, recording your band in the rehearsal room or remixing the latest hip-hop and dance tracks on a laptop while on the move: Cubase Essential 5 combines premium virtual instruments, outstanding audio and MIDI VST effects with a vast range of proven editing and sequencing tools while being extremely easy to use.

• Based on the Steinberg Cubase advanced music production system used by professionals around the world
• Award-winning 32-bit floating-point Steinberg Audio Engine
• Up to 64 simultaneous audio tracks with 24-bit/96-kHz
• Superb audio/MIDI recording, editing and mixing application
• Complete suite of 33 audio and 17 MIDI VST effect processors, including PitchCorrect for vocal intonation correction and an extraordinary sounding AmpSimulator
• Over 700 instrument sounds for the included HALion ONE sample player and Prologue substractive synthesizer
• AudioWarp system for time-stretching and pitch-shifting in real time
• MediaBay file and preset management system
• Streamlined score editing and printing feature set
• Cross-platform for Windows and Mac OS X Universal Binary

New Features

Cubase Essential 5 adds even more creative possibilities and new technologies to the entry-level version of the Cubase family, perfect for musicians and home studios. The latest incarnation of Cubase Essential includes enhancements like the new PitchCorrect plug-in to automatically correct vocal intonation, Beat Designer to produce beats and rhythms in next to no time, over 700 instruments and sounds to kick-start your projects as well as many other exciting innovations.

Cubase Essential 5 Details and New Features

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Minimum System Requirements

The minimum system requirements state the minimal specification your computer must have to be able to use the software. A more powerful system may be required for certain tasks or larger projects. You can find more information about computer system specification and setup here.

Mac

• Mac OS X version 10.5.5
• Power Mac G5 2 GHz or Intel Core Duo
• 1 GB RAM
• CoreAudio compatible audio hardware
• Display resolution 1280 x 800 pixels
• DVD-ROM drive required for installation
• USB port required for Steinberg Key (copy protection device)*
• Internet connection required for license activation

PC

• Windows XP Home, XP Professional (SP2) or Vista
• 2 GHz processor
• 1 GB RAM
• DVD-ROM drive required for installation
• Windows DirectX compatible audio hardware is required (ASIO compatible audio hardware required for low-latency operation)
• USB port required for Steinberg Key (copy protection device)*
• Internet connection required for license activation

*The Steinberg Key (USB copy protection device) required to run this product is only available in the full version. Customers who are upgrading or updating from another version or product and who do not own a Steinberg Key must purchase one separately. The same Steinberg Key copy protection device is then used for all Steinberg products that require it.