Pro-grade 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 Pro 13, decades of innovation culminate in a state-of-the-art creative suite, arming you with the tools to explore the boundless frontiers of the modern musical landscape. Cubase Pro 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; the comprehensive VocalChain plug-in; 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 Steinberg Vocoder, Black Valve compressor, and Sampler Track receiving inspiring expansions, to name a few. Plus, advanced audio accommodations comprising Dolby Atmos for music, VariAudio pitch correction, phase-coherent multitrack AudioWarp, and MIDI 2.0 compatibility ensure you’re ready for any project.
Note: Cubase Pro 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 Pro 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.
- Revamped Editor: Multiple parts within the Key or Drum Editors can be edited simultaneously. At the same time, the Visibility tab lets you seamlessly navigate between tracks or engage the new overview mode with the Track display.
- Comprehensive Vocal Production: Use the powerful VocalChain plug-in to achieve pro-grade vocal processing via dedicated modules for a comprehensive, step-by-step experience.
- 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.
- Vocoder Redux: Steinberg’s iconic Vocoder returns, featuring 24 filter bands and sidechain input to create hypnotic, robotic vocals or inject analog flare into your instrument parts.
- New Compressor: Cubase Pro 13 introduces Black Valve, a tube-style compressor meticulously modeled after a legendary studio processor to provide deep, malleable warmth for endless vintage-inspired character.
- Two New EQs: Seize your sound with the added EQ-P1A and EQ-M5, distinctively designed yet equally poised to introduce plenty of class to your tracks.
- VoxComp: A new compressor tailored for specific use with vocals, and engineered to shape your sound without disturbing nuances in expression, transient values, or clarity.
- 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.
Recording redux: classic tools — reimagined
All your favorite production devices return with Cubase Pro 13, many of which have been expanded, augmented, or refreshed to expand creative possibilities via interoperative use with the all-new tone-shaping tools. VariAudio is back to painlessly perfect audio and vocal parts with flexible pitch-correction and timing tools, while AudioWarp has been improved to allow for phase-coherent multitrack adjustments. 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.
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.
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.
Perfected for Pro
Exclusive to Cubase Pro 13 is an immense suite of versatile recording and production appointments, including over 3,000 sounds, 87 audio FX plug-ins, and comprehensive external instrument and effects incorporation. Advanced Audio Export and Audio Alignment ensure you never miss a beat, locking audio tracks together for perfected pairings, double-tracked parts, and more. Plus, Cubase Pro 13 provides Dolby Atmos for music, as well as Steinberg’s cutting-edge Control Room monitoring environment, ensuring your sound is expertly matched for the desired environment across all three dimensions. You’ll also have access to comprehensive scoring and notation tools tailored for use with film, TV, and any other orchestral arrangements.
Steinberg Cubase Pro 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 Chord Assistant
- MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) Support
- Automatic Audio Alignment matches the timing of simultaneously played audio events
- Spectral Comparison EQ makes identifying and eliminating frequency collisions easy
- 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
- AudioWarp Quantize makes quantizing audio as easy as quantizing MIDI
- 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
- Control Room for integrating cue mixes and monitoring setups
- Support for 5.1 surround and true multichannel playback
- Complete suite of over 80 high-end audio effect processors
- Comprehensive set of 9 outstanding instruments with over 3,000 sounds
- Dolby Atmos support (Pro exclusive)
- Improvements to VariAudio, AudioWarp, and Logical Editor
- Expanded MIDI controls, workflow and command key customization, and automation for sample volumes and audio to MIDI conversion
