Steinberg Cubase 6.5

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Steinberg's Cubase 6.5 takes their award-winning DAW to a whole new level. Streamlined recording, powerful editing tools, flexible mixing options, incredible virtual instruments, tons of amazing plug-ins - these are the reasons that many of today's top music producers and musicians choose Steinberg's Cubase 6.5 DAW. Whether you're looking for a great way to record your band's next album, an integrated environment for composing and arranging musical scores, or a powerful tool you can use to lay down beats, you're going to love working in Cubase 6.5. From its time-tested ASIO plug-in engine to an advanced virtual control room with full 5.1 surround sound support, Cubase gives you the tools you need to accomplish more and make better music.

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• Cubase 6.5 introduces a new generation of powerful music production tools
• Built-in tempo detection and time manipulation tools let you do more in your DAW
• Multitrack editing tools make producing smooth and polished audio a snap

Cubase 6.5 introduced some of Steinberg's most significant jumps in development to date, coving all aspects of the DAW from synths and processors to powerful workflow enhancements. Two new synths, the Padshop granular synthesis engine and the Retrologue analog modeling synth let you spice up your tunes with new sonic flavor. New filters and EQ styles also let you manipulate your sounds in fun and exciting ways, while Amp Rack 1.5 turns up the heat for any guitarists.

By fusing Cubase 6.5's hitpoint and AudioWarp systems together, Steinberg also made it incredibly easy to non-destructively quantize and groove-lock your tracks and loops together. Finally, there's Cubase 6.5's Intercommunication 2.0 system, which lets you upload your tracks straight to SoundCloud and take full advantage of the FLAC lossless compression codec. Top it off with 64-bit ReWire support, and you've got all the reasons you need to step up to Cubase 6.5.

Advanced tempo detection lets you instantly tempo map your session to imported audio files. This same technology also drives Cubase 6.5's beat detection, which gives you pin-point accurate beat slicing and drum replacement resources. Slice up and quantize individual tracks, or use this powerful tool across your entire session to lock your recording to the beat.

Cubase 6.5's Lane Track arrangement is super-useful tool for creating smooth comps out of multiple takes. You simply start by recording multiple takes on a single track in separate lanes. Then you use the Lane Track arrangement tools to select the best parts of each take and instantly combine them into a single dynamic track. On top of that Cubase 6.5 also lets you take full advantage of Steinberg's most advanced multitrack audio editing and quantization tool to date, making it easier than ever to get fully polished results.

• NEW - Padshop granular synthesis virtual instrument
• NEW - Retrologue analog modeling synth
• NEW - 700 extraordinary new synth presets
• NEW - Non-destructive loop quantize/groove locking engine combining the hitpoint and AudioWarp systems
• NEW - DJ-EQ DJ-style EQ
• NEW - MorphFilter effect lets you morph between superior HALion 4 filter types
• NEW - VST Amp Rack 1.5 adds new stomp box effects and signature presets made by world-class guitarists
• NEW - Intercommunication 2.0 lets you upload your sounds and mixes directly to your SoundCloud account
• NEW - FLAC lossless compression codec lets you save up to 60% disk space while recording
• NEW - 64-bit ReWire client support
• Beat-detection, slicing, and replacement tools
• Advanced tempo detection for beat mapping
• Multitrack audio quantization
• Lane Track arrangement for lightning fast multi-take comping
• Multitrack editing functions
• 64/32-bit floating-point audio engine
• Unlimited audio, Instrument, and MIDI tracks
• 5.1 surround and true multichannel audio path
• Audio Warp (real-time time stretching + pitch shifting)
• Time Warp tool
• Pitch Shifting/Time Stretching algorithm

• HALion Sonic SE streamlined version of HALion Sonic, Steinberg's premier VST workstation
• Groove Agent ONE drum machine with detailed sound shaping
• LoopMash loop-based beat-creation instrument
• Prologue polyphonic subtractive synthesizer
• Spector spectrum filter-based synth
• Mystic physical modeling and comb filtering synth
• Embracer polyphonic pad and accompaniment synthesizer
• Monologue monophonic analog synthesizer based on physical modeling technology

• 4 x equalizers
• 4 x filter-based effects
• 12 x dynamics processors
• 8 x distortion effects (including guitar amp modeling)
• 3 x reverb engines
• 12 x modulation effects
• 4 x delay types
• 2 x spacial processors
• 3 x pitch effects (including pitch correction)
• 1 x mastering dither plug-in
• 7 x mix tools

• Mac OS X Version 10.6
• Intel dual core CPU
• 2GB RAM
• Display resolution of 1280 x 800 recommended
• CoreAudio compatible audio hardware
• 8GB of free HD space
• DVD-ROM dual-layer drive
• USB port for USB-eLicenser (license management)
• Internet connection for license activation
• Native 32-bit and 64-bit Cubase version included

• Windows 7
• Intel or AMD dual core CPU
• 2GB RAM
• Display resolution of 1280 x 800 recommended
• Windows compatible audio hardware (ASIO compatible audio hardware recommended for low-latency performance)
• 8GB of free HD space
• DVD-ROM dual-layer drive
• USB port for USB-eLicenser (license management)
• Internet connection for license activation
• Native 32-bit and 64-bit Cubase version included