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Key Features
Cubase Artist 12 is a powerful digital audio workstation that builds on the success of previous versions with a range of new features and workflow enhancements. Embodying decades of music software innovation and development; Cubase Artist provides everything you need to create, edit, arrange and mix music. At the heart of Cubase Artist is an award-winning 64-bit floating-point Steinberg audio engine with audio resolutions ranging up to 192kHz. Cubase Artist is truly limitless, being one of the only DAWs out there to offer unlimited audio, MIDI and instrument tracks. Artist is a streamlined version of the Cubase Pro software, offering all the major features and tools you need for in-depth music production and audio editing.
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A wide range of new features and workflow enhancements are included within Cubase Artist 12 such as deeper integration for MIDI controllers, as well new function and key commands to speed up the editing process. One of the most groundbreaking new features is the ability to instantly convert audio to MIDI chords by simply dragging your selected audio onto the Chord Track within Cubase. This tool is great for sampling, remixing and demoing ideas quickly and efficiently. The new ‘FX Modulator’ is perfect for experimenting with sounds and creating new tones from existing sounds via multi-effect modulation.
Verve is a new virtual instrument – a felt piano that delivers unparalleled warmth and beauty, perfect for evoking emotion and creating melancholic soundscapes. Support for Dolby Atmos has also been included, allowing you to produce immersive music, completely within Cubase Artist. Designed for professionals, Cubase Artist 12 has also included several new features for the advanced post-production system – Nuendo. The ‘Free Warp’ tool has also been improved, allowing you to edit your audio recording and correct your timing directly from the project window.
The powerful VariAudio has been revamped with the brand-new ‘Scale Assistant’ combining two powerful tools to make pitch editing easier than ever before. VariAudio provides you with MIDI-style note editing of monophonic tracks. This is great for unparalleled manipulation of both bass and vocals. It provides you with the means to adjust pitch, correct time, as well as manipulation the intonation of notes. With the new ‘Scale Assistant’ you can now be guided with your pitch editing decisions, making the process an absolute breeze! A firm favourite within the Cubase community, you'll be able to use this plugin to instantly re-create that iconic auto-tune effect that's synonymous with pop music, as well as produce perfect artificial harmonies.
Cubase Artist 12 features their own custom award-winning, double-precision 64-bit floating-point Steinberg audio engine. This provides you with resolutions up to 192 kHz, as well as 5.1 surround sound possibilities, versatile routing and automatic delay compensation. There's a good reason why some of the world's leading producers and musicians choose Cubase to capture their fleeting moments of inspiration.
Achieving great tones with virtual instruments has never been so easy. Cubase Artist 12 boasts four of the finest VSTs available on the market. This includes HALion Sonic SE 3, Groove Agent SE 5, Padshop 2 and Retrologue 2. Artist also features over 2,500 instrument sounds, providing you with a comprehensive sonic palette so you can create anything you can imagine!
Cubase Artist 12 comes with 90+ professional-grade MIDI and VST effect processors so you can shape and sculpt your sound as you please. These plugins are as good as it gets, providing you with a comprehensive range of compressors, equalizers, reverbs and delays to ensure you hit the ground running.
Cubase 12 now features a new licensing system that replaces the Steinberg eLicenser. Ushering in a new era for licensing, this new system means you no longer need a physical copy protection device, providing even more freedom and lifting many restrictions from the past.