Academic Steinberg Cubase Studio 4
Music Production System
**This product requires Academic Proof sent via email to sales@floridamusicco.com or a fax sent to 866-871-8550 after completion of order. Please reference your order number in addition to the fax or scan of a Student or Teacher ID. Academic Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 is a new workstation tailored to project studios and creative musicians. Based on the same core technologies as Steinberg’s Cubase 4 Advanced Music Production System, the streamlined Cubase Studio 4 offers professional tools for composition, recording, editging and mixing at an extremely attractive price. Boasting a range of new capabilities in its price range such as SoundFrame™, full notation features and brand new VST3 instruments and effects, Cubase Studio 4 offers unprecedented functionality in its price class. Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 Top Features - Audio + MIDI Recording/Editing/Mixing
- New VST3 virtual instruments and effects
- SoundFrame™ - unique new Sound Management System
- Fantastic-sounding 32-bit Audio Engine
- Full scoring features
- Streamlined feature set tailored for project studios, musicians and composers
- Outstanding vaue for money, extraordinary price/performance ratio
- Cross platform: Windows and Mac OS X Universal Binary (compatible with PPC- and Intel-based Macintosh computers)
Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 New Features
Cubase Studio 4 offers a brand new plug-in set based on the new VST3 standard, as well as 2 top-quality, outstandingly versatile software instruments with hundreds of ready-to-play sounds. The unique SoundFrame™ system is a groundbreaking new technology with powerful new features such as Track Presets, Instrument Tracks and the new MediaBay database, which will revolutionize the way you manage and access your media files and presets, bringing them directly into the creative composition process. Composers will enjoy the new professional scoring and notation printing feature set, while the range of interface and workflow enhancements make working with Cubase Studio 4 fast, efficient and, above all, extraordinarily creative Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 - New Plug-in Set - VST3
Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 not only includes a completely new set of superlative audio effect plug-ins, it also marks the next step in VST plug-in technology. VST3 offers major new features both for plug-in developers and users. VST3 plug-ins can adjust their number of audio busses to the channel they're inserted to (mono, stereo, 5.1* etc.). A silence detection function makes sure that a plug-in only processes audio when there's actually a signal present. This helps to reduce overall CPU load. VST3 plug-ins natively support Intel-based Macintosh computers. For developers there are many more features under the hood.
In Steinberg Cubase Studio 4, there are 20 all-new first-class audio and MIDI plug-ins. In addition, some of the previous plug-ins have been reworked and updated for this version, pushing the total number of audio plug-ins to 47. One of the many highlights of this new plug-in set are a Vintage Compressor, Studio Chorus, a new Multiband Compressor, a voice-doubler called Cloner, and a great-sounding modeling guitar amplifier with speaker cabinet simulation.
A feature not related to VST3 but to the Cubase mixer: effects can now be re-arranged using drag & drop. This works both within a single channel, as well as between channels.
*Surround functionality is not supported in Cubase Studio 4 Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 - Effect Plug-ins
Designed to put a fully-fledged virtual studio at your fingertips, Cubase Studio 4 features a complete set of first-rate effect plug-ins for mixing, mastering and creating imaginative sound effects. In addition, many reputable audio software vendors offer effects in the renowned VST format that plug right into Cubase. Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 compensates for delays throughout the signal path to ensure proper synchronization and timing regardless of the employed plug-ins’ latency. Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 - VST3 Plug-in Set
Not only is Cubase Studio 4 one of the world's VST3 hosts alongside Cubase 4, it also comes with a brand-new set of great-sounding VST3 effects plug-ins featuring some of the new functions of VST3.
The new effects plug-ins in Cubase Studio 4 make Steinberg's most complete plug-in set ever. They come with a huge range of great-sounding presets, which allow you to experience the excellent quality of these effects from the first moment on. Here is a complete overview: Group
| Plug-in | Description | Delay
| Mono Delay | Monophonic delay processor with filter stage and tempo sync. The Steve Reich of delays. |
| Stereo Delay | Dual-channel delay with separate and independent left and right delay stages. Features variable filters and tempo sync for each channel. |
| Ping Pong Delay | A mono delay with automatic L/R bounce for the classic ping-pong delay effect. Also features a filter stage and tempo sync. |
| Mod Machine | A powerful multi-stage delay/modulation effect. Combines a wide-range delay with LFO controlled delay time, as well as a resonant filter with dual LFOs for frequency and resonance modulation. The filter can either be inserted into the output stage or into a delay feedback loop. A "Spacial" parameter controls the modulation offset between channels. | | Distortion | Tone Booster | Simple volume booster with a variable filter stage for tone control. Simulates classic stomp boxes like Range Booster. Very useful in combination with AmpSimulator to adjust output volume from low-level output instruments. |
| Amp Simulator | Guitar amp simulation with speaker simulation. Features various amp and cabinet models to chose from. Additional controls resemble a classic guitar combo. Also suitable for bass. May be used in combination with the "ToneBooster" if the guitar lacks output gain. |
| Soft Clipper | Soft clipping with independent 2nd and 3rd harmonics controls. |
| Dynamics Compressor | Classic compressor with auto release, auto make-up gain, hard/soft knee, RMS/Peak, and "Live" mode which disables look-ahead for low latency use. |
| Expander | Classic expander; also features auto-release and "Live" mode for low latency use. |
| Limiter | Straight-forward low-distortion limiter with auto-release; puts a "hard ceiling" on any signal. Also suitable for the master stage. |
| Gate | Flexible gate with independent attack and release controls, auto-release, a sidechain input filter for ducking effects, as well as a "live" mode for low-latency use. |
| Maximizer | Hard limiter/loudness enhancer for master channel; features soft clipping and automatic attack/release. |
| Envelope | Shaper Envelope Shaper manipulates the transients of ideally percussive input signals; offers variable attack gain and length, as well as release gain controls. |
| VST Dynamics | This is the VST3 version of the classic VST Dynamics multi-effect plug-in. Combines Compressor, Gate, Limiter and Soft Clipper with flexible routing capabilities. |
| Vintage | Compressor Recreates the unmistakable sound of one of the most famous vintage compressors. Easy to use but very effective. |
| Multiband Compressor | The Multi-Band Compressor features four independent bands with three crossover-frequencies. Each band has its own independent compressor (with Threshold, Ratio, Attack, Release und Makeup Gain); it features independent Solo and Bypass per band, and auto mode for automatic attack/release control. Each compressor band has an independent automatic make-up gain. | EQ
| GEQ10 | Graphic Equalizer with 10 bands; features drawing of EQ curves, an invert parameter, and seven different response types. Also features a global range control for overall amount of equalization. |
| GEQ30 | Graphic Equalizer with 30 bands; features drawing of EQ curves, an invert parameter, and seven different response types. Also features a global range control for overall amount of equalization. |
| Filter | WahWah Typical wah-wah pedal modeling effect - lets you emulate your favorite wah-wah pedals. Features parameters for frequency-range, filter-width, and gain range. | Modulation
| Studio Chorus | Powerful dual-stage chorus with two identical stages running in serial; each stage also features a filter stage and a spacial parameter which creates modulation offsets between channels, also in surround configurations. |
| Flanger | Powerful flanger with editable Lo/Hi Range, a filter stage, manual mode and a "spacial" parameter for multi-channel modulation offsets. |
| Phaser | Classic phaser with variable filter stage, manual mode, tempo sync and a "spacial" parameter for multi-channel modulation offsets. |
| Tremolo | Classic tremolo effect with optional tempo sync and a "spacial" parameter to add multichannel modulation offsets. |
| Vibrato | Classic vibrato effect with optional tempo sync and a "spacial" parameter to add multichannel modulation offsets. |
| Auto Pan | Automatic panning effect with adjustable width, rate, two waveshapes; features tempo sync. |
| Cloner | The Cloner simulates the effect of doubletracking by creating up to four "cloned" signals from the original input source. Cloned signals have variable delay and detune controls. An exceedingly useful tool - not only for thickening up vocal performances from single tracks. |
| Rotary | Rotor speaker cabinet effect with very powerful editing capabilities. Features independent Lo/Hi cabinet control, overdrive, slow/fast/stop modes. | Spacial
| MonoToStereo | Can create a pseudo-stereo signal from any mono source. Also includes controls for "color" and "delay". |
| Stereo Enhancer | Can enhance the stereo width of a stereo input signal. Features controls for "color" and "delay" to further enhance the effect. | Reverb
| Roomworks SE | A new “light” version of Steinberg's appraised Roomworks reverb. Great sound – low on CPU load. | Other
| Octaver | Sub-octave pitch shifter creates two additional signals, one and two octaves below the input signal, each with variable level. | | | Tuner | Instrument tuner plug-in. |
In addition to these new plug-ins, the following original Cubase SL plug-ins have been updated for Cubase Studio 4: MIDI Gate
DaTube
StepFilter
Tranceformer
Metalizer
RingModulator
Chopper
Bitcrusher
Grungelizer
Roomworks
SMPTE Generator
MultiScope
TestGenerator Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 - New Virtual Instruments
Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 adds an outstanding new virtual virtual instrument. HALion One is a special version of Steinberg’s award-winning HALion virtual sampler and puts hundreds of quality instruments at your direct disposal. The HALion One content is based on the same renowned Yamaha sample content used in its famed Motif series of synthesizers. Prologue is a polyphonic analog-modeling synthesizer with exceptional-sounding filters and powerful modulation capabilities – ideal as a general purpose sound armory covering everything from smooth, rich pads to bright, acerbic leads. Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 - Integrated VST Instruments
Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 includes outstanding virtual instruments right out of the box, putting a huge range of first-class sounds at your disposal. Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 - HALion One
With HALion One Steinberg adds powerful sample playback synthesis to Cubase Studio 4. Based on Steinberg’s award-winning HALion 3 architecture, HALion One is optimized for use with SoundFrame™. It comes with more than 300 brand-new ready-to-play sounds covering dozens of acoustic and electronic instruments, as well as colorful synth timbres. This extremely versatile sound set is optimized for lightning-fast preset switching and low memory consumption. Sound and effect parameters can be tweaked using eight convenient Quick Controls. SoundFrame™ manages all of HALion One’s presets, user presets and track presets. So finding the right sound is equally convenient and fast. Sample-based VST instrument More than 300 instruments/sounds More than 20 drum kits 8 QuickControls FX Bypass button Variable efficiency to control CPU load One MIDI In, stereo audio out – perfect for Instrument Tracks
Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 - Prologue
Prologue is a wonderfully rich-sounding virtual analog synthesizer that will become an indispensable part of your VSTi arsenal. Prologue's textural range includes lush, detailed pads and bright, acerbic leads and everything in between.
Prologue’s intuitive user interface provides full editing capabilities with access to its three oscillators, powerful multi-mode filter, four envelopes, two LFOs, a powerful modulation matrix, and onboard effects. And because Prologue is polyphonic with up to 128 voices, you'll (probably) never run out of creative space. Virtual analog synthesizer with hybrid analog and digital waveforms 3 oscillators Multi-mode resonance filter 4 ADSR envelope generators 2 LFOs Powerful modulation matrix On-board effects (Distortion, Delay, Phaser, Flanger, Chorus)
Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 - SoundFrame™ - Universal Sound Manager
SoundFrame™ is a set of features which incorporate a powerful Universal Media Library within Cubase Studio 4. SoundFrame™ combines the new Instrument Tracks, Track Templates, and VST3 categorization functions with a powerful database system known as MediaBay.
What is SoundFrame™? SoundFrame™ allows you to manage ANY sound from ANY software or hardware synthesizer under a single, unified user interface (MediaBay) SoundFrame™ can help you find any sound, not only by instrument but also by category, type, style, character or other attributes SoundFrame™ even comes with more than 1000 ready-toplay sounds, which are also conveniently organized by instrument category, type, and character. These can even be instantly previewed before loading. SoundFrame™ can even manage your VST effects plug-in presets as well. These can also be organized and categorized to form one big effects library.
Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 - MediaBay – media file management system
To keep up with the ever-growing number of sounds, samples, loops and presets, Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 is equipped with an immensely powerful media file management system known as MediaBay. MediaBay is the central place for browsing, searching, managing and categorizing any type of media file. This includes audio and MIDI files, instrument and plug-in presets, track presets, video data and even project files. Powerful search tools and an extremely easy-to-navigate user interface give almost instant access to any sound file anywhere on your system. MediaBay also includes a tag editor to apply your own attributes, while the Scope section gives full preview of your audio, MIDI or Presets - even down to the auditioning of loops in your song tempo. Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 - Media Management
SoundFrame - Universal Sound Manager
SoundFrame™ is the collective name for a number of new features that form a breathtakingly powerful new system that manages all your sounds, presets and loops in one centralized database. Thanks to the excellent integration within the creative composition and production processes, SoundFrame™ has the power to revolutionize your workflow. The heart of SoundFrame™ is MediaBay, a high-performance media database with outstanding search and categorization features. If you’re looking, say, for a piano sound suitable for jazz with warm characteristics, just set these filters in the MediaBay and the right sounds will be shown there, regardless of which instruments provide them. MediaBay also allows previewing of loops in the song context including the tempo. Track Presets can also save huge amounts of time – importing, say, a vocal track loads EQ and your favorite compressor with all settings. And these are just several of the ways that SoundFrame™ can radically speed up your workflow: once it’s a part of your production process, you’ll wonder how you managed without… MediaBay is the central Media Management system introduced with Cubase 4, and sets new standards in convenient, easy handling of instrument and plug-in presets, audio loops and clips, MIDI files, Track Presets, videos and even entire Cubase project files. MediaBay is so much more than traditional file browsers because it binds all media resources on your system directly into your creative composition and production processes.
MediaBay searches your hard drives automatically for media files and gives direct access through a clearly laid out file browser. User-definable search locations and a powerful filter section and category search functions make finding exactly the right sound easier than ever before, regardless of where the sound is located. The search results can be sorted by category, file type or any user-defined attribute. The desired sound is then simply pulled into the project using drag & drop. MediaBay even offers file organization capabilities such as cut, copy, paste, delete and rename, allowing you to manage and organize your media files directly within Cubase. The Scope section shows a preview of the selected file; MediaBay then allows you to instantly preview audio and MIDI files as well as Instrument presets – even in the context of the project if desired. With the Tag Editor you can give any media file either your own attributes or use the range of predefined labels. These form the basis for the powerful category search and filter functionality that quickly becomes indispensable.
Cubase 4 also offers countless predefined Track Presets and categorized Instrument Presets – stored ‘patches’ containing all track or instrument information – that reveal the depth of the MediaBay concept. As well as the main window view, adapted MediaBay views can be called up in different areas of Cubase. The Loop Browser offers one-click access to your loop library and features previewing in the song tempo, while the SoundFrame™ Browser provides direct access to presets for any VST instruments, effect plug-ins and external hardware. When creating a new Instrument Track, for example, the SoundFrame™ Browser already provides exactly the right sound when loading the instrument. VSTi's and available external MIDI instruments can even be previewed directly in the SoundFrame™ Browser without you even having to load the required instrument in the VST Rack. The Pool serves not only as a list of all audio and video clips used by a project, but also offers many processing tools for audio files shown there, including file format conversion and effect rendering. The entire Pool can also be archived and imported to another project – a boon for tzransferring projects to another Mac or PC. Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 - Track Presets
One of the most powerful new features in Cubase Studio 4 is the Track Presets system – especially when combined with the new MediaBay feature. Track Presets store every aspect of track/channel settings for audio, MIDI, and Instrument tracks. Combinations of tracks can also be saved as Multi-Track Presets. Almost all track and mixer setting are stored including volume and Pan information and all insert effect settings as well as the channel EQ. For instrument tracks, all Instrument/Preset information is stpre with a Track Preset, while for MIDI tracks, the Track Preset includes MIDI Port, Channel and Patch information. Track Presets can be saved with attributes like Category/Style/Character and so on, opening up a whole new dimension in sound management on your DAW, Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 - Instrument Tracks
Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 introduces a new track type: the Instrument Track. An Instrument Track provides a fast and convenient way to use virtual instruments. As a quick alternative to the VSTi Rack, Instrument Tracks provide a single MIDI Input and a single stereo Output within a single channel/track. Setting up a VST Instrument and getting ready to play is now just one step away! Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 - First-class Notation and Score Printing
Cubase Studio 4 includes all notation and score printing functionality from Cubase 4 - a first at this price point in the CUbase range. The Score Editor offers all symbols and characters needed to build full-scale scores. This includes not only elements like song texts and dynamic markings, but also drum scores, guitar tablature and lead sheets. All new scoring features from Cubase 4 are included in the Cubase Studio 4 Score Editor, such as the configurable Inspector, user-friendly context menus, new score fonts as well as the new Signature feature for Track Presets. The Score menu is now slimmer and better organized. Some functions are now available via dedicated context menus and therefore easier to use The symbol palettes have their own freely configurable “inspector” which is organized in tabs – similar to the track inspector All preferences have been combined into a single “main” score settings dialog The Drum settings are now part of the main Drum Map Setup Cubase Studio 4 now offers a full range of fonts, including two additional high-quality score fonts: “Jazz” and “Classical”. The original Cubase font is now available as “Legacy” font.
Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 - Music Notation
Cubase Studio 4 features an extensive set of functions and tools for music notation and score printing. Your MIDI input converts directly into notation so that you can easily create scores of your compositions. The Score editor immediately shows every MIDI data change (for example, a shifted or abbreviated note) and settings such as the time signature and key. Each sheet of a score can accommodate up 32 note systems with up to eight voices per instrument. The Score editor lets you view your music in the form of scores, including all the symbols and diagramming options that this entails. In addition, you can add lyrics and remarks as well as create drum notes, guitar tablature and lead sheets at will. The Cubase Studio 4 Score Editor includes several major enhancements, including a new inspector-style Symbol Tabs that can be individually collapsed and expanded, a special user-definable Favorites tab, and editing of multiple events using the info line. In addition, two master-quality Score Fonts have been added: “Jazz” and “Classic”. Hundreds of professional notation symbols are available; simply select the tools you need to create the scores you want. The amazing MIDI Meaning feature translates notation symbols into MIDI parameters and offers a quick-audition function.
The Staff Presets have been linked to the Cubase Studio 4 SoundFrame™ and its new Track Presets. This means that whenever a track preset is used that contains sound category information, a suitable staff preset is automatically assigned to that track. Vice-versa user defined MIDI or Instrument Track Presets can save custom staff settings together with the instrument and sound. All settings in the Score Editor have been consolidated in Cubase Studio 4 into a new intuitive settings window incorporating project, layout, staff and text settings. The new Score Editor settings window is a major workflow improvement and speeds up the process of setting-up the Cubase score editor drastically. Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 - User Interface Redesign
Designed with meticulous attention to detail, Cubase Studio 4 features an extensively redesigned and anhanced user interface. The overall visibility of active items versus inactive items has been drastically enhanced, so although there are now more screen elements in Cubase Studio 4 providing better access to even more features, overall visibility and orientation is now better than ever. Critical areas such as the Mixer and Inspector have received particular attention, with clearer highlighting and better readability of textual information.
The new user interface also introduces a number of new features, inculding a fully customizable Track Inspector. Not only can each item in the Track Inspector be hidden or shown as desired, but the order and visibility of items can be changed and stored individually for each track type. The Channel Strip window is also fully customizable, featuringits own setup panel and configuration options for each ndividual section - with full preset management. The new EQ section now offers a larger display area, giving better overview when using the new Channel EQ.
The Mixer window offers even more flexibility and ergonomics in Cubase Studio 4. View settings can be applied to any number of selected channels, and the view/hide status can be set either individually for a single channel or for several channels simultaneously. Cubase Studio 4 and Cubase 4 Comparison:
Feature Cubase Studio 4 Cubase 4
Target Customer Composer, Musician, Professional music production Producer in Project Studio
FAMILY VALUES:
Unlimited Audio and MIDI Tracks Yes Yes
Unlimited number of virtual Yes Yes
instruments (via Instrument Tracks)
AudioWarp realtime time-stretching Yes Yes
and pitch-shifting
Play Order Track Yes Yes
SoundFrame - Universal Yes Yes
Sound Manager
Professional Score Layout Yes Yes
and Printing
Extended VST Mixer Yes Yes
Instrument Tracks Yes Yes
Track Presets Yes Yes
Inplace Editing Yes Yes
DIFFERENCIATORS:
Control Room No Yes
Surround - True Multichannel No Yes
Audio Path
MediaBay Limited* Full
Plug-ins included 47 66
Instruments included 2 6
New Channel EQ No Yes
Physical Inputs & Outputs 128 256
Mixer views 1 3
Studio Connections No Recall + Audio
External Instruments and Effects No Yes
Advanced Tempo Editor No Yes
(incl. TimeWarp)
MIDI Devices with editors and No Yes
user panels
Full printed Operations Manual No Yes
* No detail search, no separate tag editor, no user tags
Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 - 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. MAC Mac OS X Version 10.4
Power Mac G4 1 GHz or Core Solo 1.5 GHz
512 MB RAM
CoreAudio compatible audio hardware
Display Resolution 1024x768 pixels
DVD drive required for installation
USB port required for Steinberg Key (copy protection device)*
Internet connection required for license activation PC Windows XP Home or XP Professional
Pentium/Athlon 1.4 GHz
512 MB RAM
Windows DirectX compatible audio hardware (ASIO compatible audio hardware recommended for low latency performance)
Display resolution 1024x768
DVD-ROM drive required for installation
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.
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Price :$199.99
