Cubase Essential 4 offers the perfect entry-level ticket into the
powerful world of Cubase. Incorporating the same user interface and
audio engine as the flagship Cubase 4, Cubase Essential 4 provides
audio quality and intuitive handling rivaling that of its bigger
brothers. Features such Arranger Track accelerate your creative process
with linear and pattern-style arranging seamlessly integrated.
AudioWarp offers realtime time stretching and pitch shifting, making
working with loops and tempo-based audio easier than ever.
New Plug-in Set - VST3
Cubase Essential 4 includes a completely new set of audio effect
plug-ins! VST3 offers major new features both for plug-in developers
and users. A silence detection function makes sure that a plug-in only
processes audio when there's actually a signal present. This helps to
reduce overall CPU load. VST3 plug-ins natively support Intel-based
Macs. In Cubase Essential 4, there more than 20 all-new audio plug-ins.
In addition, some of the previous plug-ins have been reworked and
updated for this version, pushing the total number of plug-ins to 31!
As part of the new VST3 plug-in set in Cubase Essential, the Amp
Simulator deserves special attention. With a total of 14 different amp
and 10 speaker cabinet emulations, there are thousands of exciting
sound possibilities. The new graphical user interface and a complete
set of great-sounding presets make this plug-in fun and easy-to-use.
The Amp Simulator becomes even more powerful when combined with other
effects, such as the Tone Booster, or VST Dynamics. Complete effect
combinations and EQ settings can be saved into Track Presets and
quickly recalled in any project. To check out the outstanding sound
quality of these effects, check out the included guitar Track Presets!
HALion One sampling instrument
HALion One is a special player version of HALion and comes with a
complete set of ready-to-use instruments derived from Yamaha Motif
waveforms. These sounds have been optimized for low memory usage
extremely fast loading. Cubase Essential 4 users have access to a
complete General-MIDI Sound-Set. With Cubase Essential 4, Standard MIDI
Files can be imported and played directly using HALionOne. Dragging a
MIDI File into Cubase will automatically set up instrument tracks with
HALionOne and select the correct GM sound. Users may now edit or
exchange sounds and add effects.
AudioWarp
Cubase Essential 4 now includes powerful realtime time-stretching and
pitch-shifting functions - AudioWarp. Audio files can now follow the
projects tempo or a tempo track without the need for offline
processing. Loops can match a projects tempo and even be transposed in
realtime. Cubase Essential 4 uses a custom-designed realtime algorithm,
which offers high audio quality combined with low CPU load. In order to
maintain the best sound quality possible, AudioWarp offers different
playback modes for specific instrument groups (Drums, Plucked, Pads,
Vocals, Mix, Solo) and a special advanced mode for custom settings.
These can be set independently for each audio event. For realtime pitch
shifting of solo audio material (like lead vocals), a special playback
Solo algorithm preserves formants for natural-sounding transposition.
AudioWarp is fully compatible with ACID files for instant compatibility
with hundreds of loop libraries available.
Arranger Track
Cubase Essential 4 offers a unified concept for both linear and
pattern-style arranging. Thanks to the new Arranger Track, any linear
arrangement can be easily divided into musical sections (Arranger
Parts) and transformed into a new playback order. Up to 16 different
arrangements can be saved within a single project without touching any
tracks or parts in the project window.
The Arranger Track offers some exciting special features for more
experienced users: Arranger parts can be triggered live to experiment
with different arrangements and to audition transitions. Special
playback modes allow for more flexible arranger chains: Normal, Repeat
Forever, and Pause After Repeats. Various "Flatten" options are
available in the Arranger Track edit window. One, multiple or all
Chains can be flattened with a single command; the Arranger Track can
be kept after flattening.
Features:
- Audio and MIDI Recording and Mixing
- VST3Plug-In Set(including HALion One and Guitar Amp Simulator)
- Professional Technology (32-bit Audio Engine, 24-bit/96-kHz Recording)
- Powerful Editors for MIDI and Audio Processing
- Media Bay database for sound management
- AudioWarp realtime time stretching/pitch shifting
- Cross-Platform: Windows and Mac OS X Universal Binary
- Apple Remote Support
- Advanced QuickTime 7 Support
- Redesigned Sample Editor
- Full latency-compensated audio engine with dynamic multiprocessing
- Instrument Tracks
- Drag & Drop for Insert FX
- Track Freeze Function
