Steinberg release today Cubase 10.5 an important update to their flagship DAW, with many significant improvements, some additional tools and some workflow refinements.
What’s new in Steinberg Cubase 10.5 ?
The line-up of Cubase 10.5 picks up where Cubase 10 left off, with an array of eminently useful additions and improvements to performance and workflow.
Spectral Comparison EQ in Cubase 10.5
Professional features for professionals Cubase Pro 10.5 comes with several exclusive features that are not included in Cubase Artist and Cubase Elements. Spectral Comparison EQ is one of them. It is a new mode in the Channel EQ that allows users to compare the spectral components of two audio signals in order to adjust and bring balance to the mix.
Import Tracks From Projects in Cubase 10.5
Import Tracks From Projects is another completely revised feature, making track import from other Cubase projects as simple as it gets. Additional track types, such as Group, FX and Folder Tracks, can be selected and imported as well, while the Auto Map function aligns imported tracks with the same name as existing ones.
Video Export Render in Cubase 10.5
Cubase is the go-to DAW for scoring to picture, and with Video Export Render the capability to work with video excels to the next level. With 10.5, users of Pro, Artist and Elements can now export timecoded MP4 video including 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz/16-bit audio.
LUFS Normalization in Cubase 10.5
Instead of normalizing by dB FS Max, Cubase Pro 10.5 now offers an alternative. Pro users can normalize with the Loudness Unit Full Scale (LUFS).
Padshop 2 Improvements in Cubase 10.5
Release highlights for all With Padshop 2, Cubase Pro and Cubase Artist now also boast beautifully designed and unique-sounding granular and spectral synthesizer with more than 570 presets and 570 preproduced samples, allowing users to import and redesign their own samples. Padshop 2 is also available as standalone instrument, purchased separately through the Steinberg Online Shop.
New Multi Tap Delay in Cubase 10.5
MultiTap Delay is the latest effects processor to be added to Cubase Pro and Cubase Artist, providing a creative approach to creating and editing delay, with different presets and numerous parameters ensuring utmost flexibility.
Colorized Mixer Channels in Cubase 10.5
Especially useful in projects with a high track count, Colorized Mixer Channels is a new option in the MixConsole that colorizes complete channels and provides an easy overview.
Combined Select Tools in Cubase 10.5
Another workflow expeditor is the Combined Select Tools mode, newly implemented in Cubase Pro and Cubase Artist. By switching into this mode, both selection tools for objects and ranges can be used together, making track editing even easier in Cubase.
Retrospective Midi Record in Cubase 10.5
Retrospective MIDI Record has also been revised, now allowing users to retrieve MIDI chords and melodies that were never recorded, placing them as stacked cycle or continuous across individual tracks.
Cubase Pro 10.5 now includes many additions and refinements to its Score Editor, such as the available Note Ruler when inserting and moving notes or the new Graphic Snap for easy positioning of rests and repeat markers in the score.
Designed to help users troubleshoot more effectively, Cubase 10.5 now includes an improved Safe Start Mode, an advanced start-up option that allows Cubase to run without loading any third-party plug-ins. Apart from the various highlights presented in Cubase 10.5, the Macro creation window in Cubase Pro and Cubase Artist has been improved; Cubase Elements 10.5 now complements its plug-in chain with the included Stereo Delay, De-esser and Roomworks signal processors, previously only available in Cubase Pro; and three editions also include many refinements that improve the graphical performance and overall workflow.
Steinberg’s Senior Marketing Manager for Cubase, Matthias Quellmann, commented: “With this point five update we put a strong focus on improving the entire workflow and expanding the creative tool set based on the feedback of our global user community. You get many new, very useful features across all three editions, and at the same time, you also get an array of improvements to existing features, making the overall experience with Cubase even more streamlined, more enjoyable, simply the best possible we think you can get from a DAW.”
Download Now Cubase 10.5 | Availability and Pricing
Cubase Pro 10.5 and Cubase Artist 10.5 are available from resellers and through the Steinberg Online Shop. The suggested retail price for the boxed version of Cubase Pro 10.5 is 579 euros; download only is available for 559 euros.
The suggested retail price the boxed version of Cubase Artist 10.5 is 329 euros; download only is available for 309 euros. Cubase Elements 10.5 will soon be available. The suggested retail price for the boxed and download versions of Cubase Elements 10.5 is 99.99 euros.
Please note that download orders are exclusive of USB-eLicensers and that all prices include German VAT. Various downloadable updates and upgrades, crossgrades, and education versions are exclusively available through the Steinberg Online Shop.
Customers who have activated Cubase Pro 10, Cubase Artist 10 and Cubase Elements 10 or earlier versions since October 16, 2019, are eligible for a free, downloadable Grace Period update to the latest version, respectively.
More details about Cubase 10.5 you can find on the official site, here: Steinberg.Net. You can download everything from here.
