Essential Elements of Production for Any Sonic Style
From its humble 1989 beginnings, Steinberg’s Cubase DAW has remained at the forefront of digital music production, expanding its artistic scope with every successive iteration. With Cubase Elements 13, decades of innovation culminate in a state-of-the-art creative suite, arming you with the essential tools to begin exploring the boundless frontiers of the modern musical landscape. Cubase Elements 13 introduces a dazzling array of performance and composition mechanisms that Sweetwater’s production pros agree are a game-changing addition to the existing Cubase kit. Modular workflow features include an augmented Range tool that you can use with the Key and Drum Editors; a breakout channel tab to fine-tune mixes as you go; Iconica Sketch, for pro-level orchestration; and much more. Of course, all the Cubase staples return, more powerful than ever, with the likes of the Chord Pads, Scale Assistant, and Sampler Track receiving inspiring expansions. Plus, advanced audio accommodations comprising MIDI 2.0 compatibility, five premier sample packs, and multiple VST instruments ensure you’re ready for any project.
Note: Cubase Elements 13 does not support 32-bit plug-ins. Cubase 13 licensing is now fully digital and no longer requires a USB authorization key. Please contact your Sweetwater Sales Engineer for questions or information.
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New and improved for Cubase Elements 13
- Channel Tab: Mixing can now be done on the fly within your project window, letting you seamlessly drop in and modify your mix on a per-channel basis, all without leaving your arrangement.
- MixConsole: Face-lifted and refreshed with a newly streamlined arrangement to keep you dialed in with your mix.
- Expanded Range Tool: This versatile control can now be applied to both the Key Editor and Drum Editor, providing instant adjustment across various production processes.
- Enhanced Chord Pads: Elevate your progressions to new heights with new presets, expanded functionality, and more opportunities to reimagine your chord-based arrangements.
- Iconica Sketch: Create complete orchestral scores with professional-level sonics, regardless of skill, utilizing a distinct interface to sketch arrangements across 34 instruments with 140 articulations and a whopping 5GB library.
- Superlative Sampling: The game-changing Spectral Warp modes for the Sampler Track open previously unavailable doors for vast sample manipulation, envelope creation, and more.
- Five Times the Sampling Possibilities: From foundations to inspiring arrangements, you’re treated to five exclusive sample packs from noted songwriter/producer Beat Butcha, remix maestro Sharooz, and lauded sample slicers 91Vocals and Touch Loops.
Masterful MIDI management
While Cubase 13 will be fully capable of managing the nuanced and extremely high-resolution opportunities of MIDI 2.0, you’ve got a powerful new suite of MIDI tools to be deployed with MIDI 1.0, too, including a streamlined MIDI CC recording that lets you painlessly modify and manage controller events with the Key Editor. What’s more, the Step and MIDI Input mechanisms have been updated to allow for instant note-length modifications, in addition to the ability to add voices to parts with the powerful new polyphonic input feature. Furthermore, the MIDI plug-ins have been overhauled to provide a design that drastically improves your workflow with an intuitive, flexible interface.
Track your tracks with ease
Have you ever worked on one track only to realize that something you’re doing would be perfect for a different track? Cubase 13 has made importing more flexible than ever, introducing several options to import tracks from other projects, with versatile control over specific tracks, events, time ranges, and more. Once you’ve got your audio together, Cubase 13’s one-click Channel Configuration option lets you toggle between mono and stereo playback. Meanwhile, the new Start Modes allow you to decide exactly where your audio needs to begin, matching your workflow needs. Plus, an updated video engine not only makes video editing easier than ever, but sees the addition of Track Versions for the Video Track, alongside increased overall performance and HPU hardware decoding for H264.
Iconica Sketch and more VST variety
Steinberg’s state-of-the-art VST3 support is invaluable in helping you construct your perfect sonic palette, but that doesn’t start and end with third-party VI and FX support. Cubase 13 comes loaded with a medley of inspiring instruments, including Groove Agent SE, HALion Sonic, Sampler Track, Flux, Iconica Sketch, and more. Sampler Track’s Spectral Warp modes let you take aural manipulation to the extreme, while Iconica Sketch is the perfect suite for full-scale orchestration.
Optimized interfacing for every level of production
MixConsole has always been the epicenter of Cubase’s production, and Cubase 13 expands your recording repertoire to be more inspiring and adaptable than ever, including a refreshed interface design. Routing has been upgraded to set return channels of instrument tracks, racks, or the sampler as inputs for further audio tracks, effects, or group channels. Improved navigation includes a new Key Command dialog and additional macros for easily personalized recording, while the vertical zoom feature lets you zoom with the mouse wheel and decide between zooming to transport or selection.
Everything for Elements
Cubase Artist 13 contains an immense suite of versatile recording and production appointments, including more than 2,600 sounds, 65 audio FX plug-ins, and deep compatibility with Yamaha Motif for utilizing and managing external instruments and effects. Advanced Comping tools and phase-coherent multitrack AudioWarp ensure total control over your sound, with extensive options for insert, send, and return FX channels, as well as simultaneous management of up to 32 physical inputs and outputs, with unlimited virtual audio or MIDI tracks. You’ll also have access to comprehensive scoring and notation tools tailored for use with film, TV, and any other orchestral arrangements.
Steinberg Cubase Elements 13 Features:
- Perfect for professional audio engineers, songwriters, composers, and conductors
- Next-generation, 64-bit floating-point audio engine gives you plenty of power
- Advanced MIDI tools include MIDI 2.0 compatibility, as well as streamlined MIDI CC recording and editing
- 5 onboard sample packs provide the foundation for fresh production, including works from Beat Butcha, Sharooz, 91Vocals, and Touch Loops
- Safe Start Mode lets you start Cubase without any third-party plug-ins loaded
- Colorized Mixer Channels speed up your workflow
- Combine Select Tools Mode combines selection tools for objects and ranges in 1 feature
- Intelligent compositional tools like Chord Track, Chord Pads, and Scale Assistant
- MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) Support
- Render videos as MP4 files with 16-bit stereo audio
- Enables easy import of audio and data from other saved projects
- Comping makes creating perfect tracks a breeze
- Channel Tab modules are integrated into every mixer channel to make on-the-fly modifications without leaving your Project window
- MixConsole captures the essence of a high-end analog console with excellent digital modularity
- Sampler Track lets you build loops and phrases with exacting control over your audio via Spectral Warp modes
- Complete suite of over 40 high-end audio effect processors
- Comprehensive set of 5 outstanding instruments with over 1,000 included sounds
- Expanded MIDI controls, workflow and command key customization, and automation for sample volumes and audio to MIDI conversion
