Steinberg Virtual Instruments Collection

• Five great-sounding virtual instruments in one package
• Features Steinberg HALion SE, Steinberg The Grand SE, Steinberg D’cota SE, Steinberg Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition EE, and Steinberg Groove Agent SE
• All VST Instruments are custom designed and fully compatible with any VSTi host application
• Contains over 700MB of sounds
• Steinberg HALion SE supports hard disk streaming and file import for WAV, AIFF, REX and other formats
• Macintosh and PC cross-platform compatible
• Attractive upgrade offers for each Steinberg SE instrument available online

Anyone who wants to start a computer-based music studio will want to have a solid set of virtual instruments to begin with. The Steinberg Virtual Instruments Collection is the perfect starting point for a virtual studio system. All five SE instruments are easy to use and offer a wide range of sounds for any style of music.

Ever since the introduction of Steinberg’s successful Steinberg Studio Case, many Steinberg Cubase SL/SX and even Steinberg Nuendo users asked for the SE VST instruments to be available as stand-alone products. In fact, some people actually bought Steinberg STUDIO CASE just to have access to these great instruments! Not surprising when the price is LESS than many single virtual instruments on the market. At this new low price for the complete SE instruments set, the Steinberg SE Virtual Instrument Collection is a must for anyone using Steinberg sequencing hosts.

Just like a typical Steinberg Cubase user, many users of other VST compatible sequencers will find the Steinberg SE Virtual Instrument Collection a perfect foundation or addition. These include Cakewalk’s Sonar, Project 5, ACID, FruityLoops, plus many other applications which can operate with VST instruments using so called “Wrapper” tools (Logic, ProTools LE, Digital Performer, etc.). Bottom line: almost everyone can use this set of instruments.

Steinberg VStack is Steinberg’s smart VST Instrument host which allows its user to run virtual instruments together with virtual effects inside a flexible virtual mixer. Many musicians are already using Notebook computers on stage running Steinberg VStack to control an entire virtual live rig. The Steinberg SE Virtual Instrument Collection is the right companion for VStack and anyone playing VSTi’s live on stage. Together, they make a great team for this new and growing market.

Steinberg SE Virtual Instrument Collection: Facts/Comparison
(Numbers in brackets indicate specification of full version product)

Steinberg Virtual Guitarist EE SE / Steinberg Virtual Guitarist Electric Edition
Steinberg Virtual Guitarist "Electric Edition" is the perfect rhythm guitarist for anyone needing electric guitar tracks. This unique VST instrument is based on real recordings, yet is as flexible as a synthesizer. Steinberg Virtual Guitarist "Electric Edition" oozes authentic sound character while offering unrivalled playability and outstanding tempo flexibility. Select a player, select some chords and it plays perfect tracks. Enhance your song even more with options like syncopation, phrasing variations or long chords.

• 6 players (29)
• 4 parts per player (8)
• 5 chords per set (15)
• No half/double time
• No FX board

Steinberg Groove Agent SE / Steinberg Groove Agent
Based on quality drum samples - most of which were recorded especially to analog tape - Steinberg Groove Agent puts a top studio drummer at your fingertips. Creating your own drum track couldn't be easier - just chose a music style, a drum kit and you're off. Set the amount of drum room ambience, play fills and half-time breaks. Steinberg Groove Agent can play at different complexity levels, allowing you to create the right mood with your rhythm track simply by moving a slider.

• 11 styles w/ 13 complexity levels (54/25)
• 53 sound groups (156)
• Stereo out (4 x 2)
• No MIDI part export
• No snapshot memory

Steinberg The Grand SE / Steinberg The Grand
Steinberg The Grand - a high-quality virtual concert piano with a breathtakingly rich and realistic sound, whose tonal precision and outstanding dynamic qualities rival those of a real, quality acoustic concert grand piano. To make this feat possible, Steinberg's sound factory Wizoo has painstakingly built this virtual instrument using sounds from a top-flight acoustic grand piano - guaranteeing you powerful bass, crystal clear mid-range and brilliant treble.

• 90MB piano sample, single layer w/ four presets
• RAM-based sample-playback, no streaming
• 16-note polyphony (64)

Steinberg D’cota SE / Steinberg D’cota
Get two types of sound synthesis in one compact editing environment: Analog and FM. Thanks to the aliasing-free sound engine, both synthesis types have unprecedented sound quality. The LFO can also be synchronized to the song tempo. The effect section adds the simultaneous power of delays, distortion units and phaser effects.

• Analog modelling synthesis only w/ 13 waveforms (64)
• FM synthesis, ring modulation
• Stereo outputs (4 x 2)
• Not multitimbral (8 parts)
• Limited effects
• 16-voice polyphony (128)
• Three filter types (8)

Steinberg HALion SE / Steinberg HALion 2.0
Steinberg HALion SE is perfectly integrated into your VST sequencer. It is capable of loading up to 32 instruments at once and playing four of them simultaneously through its stereo outputs. 32 Bit/96 kHz support and the fantastic-sounding Waldorf filters guarantee outstanding audio quality. The powerful disk streaming engine allows you to load sound libraries at almost unlimited size and in many common formats, including WAV, AIFF, and REX.

• 4 MIDI channels (16)
• 32 programs in RAM (128)
• Hard disk streaming support, Waldorf filters
• Supports WAV, AIF, SF2, REX, LM4, LM4MkII formats
• Stereo output only (4 x 2, 4 x 1, and 5.1)

The Steinberg Virtual Instruments Collection is identical to the SE Virtual Instruments included in the Steinberg Studio Case, combined with Steinberg Cubase SE. The Steinberg Virtual Instruments Collection is also part of Steinberg Cubase System 2, combined with Steinberg Cubase SE and the Steinberg MI2 Media Interface.