Cubase 12 features significant new features and workflow enhancements which make composing, recording, and mixing music even more creatively rewarding. From improved MIDI Remote integration and improved editing tools to enhanced audio-to-MIDI and new effects, Cubase 12 will bring your creative ideas to life better - and faster - than ever. Cubase 12 also ushers in a new era with a licensing system that does not require a USB eLicenser dongle to run.
MIDI controllers are essential to every music production setup and, in Cubase 12, integrating them has reached a new level. Built around the new concept of MIDI Remote Scripts, Cubase will automatically detect your device and map the controls. If there is no script for your device yet, you can easily create your own with the MIDI Controller Surface Editor. You can then conveniently connect controls and parameters with the Mapping Assistant.
Whether you want to get creative with melodies or correct the pitch of your recordings, the Scale Assistant in VariAudio brings two powerful tools together to make pitch editing a breeze. Just set the scale and follow the Chord Track or let the Scale Assistant suggest the scale, based on your recorded notes. You can then instantly quantize the pitch of your recording or snap the VariAudio pitch editing to the scale. Pitch editing has never been so easy!
Have you forgotten what you just played? Don’t worry. Just drag your audio recording to the Chord Track and Cubase will lay out the chord progression for you. And if the detection does not match your scale, the Chord Assistant can suggest the nearest alternatives based on the following chords. The new Create Chord Events from Audio feature in Cubase blurs the borders between audio and MIDI, letting you focus on the music. Just like it should be.
You can really breathe life into your sounds with the advanced, multi-effect modulation of FX Modulator. From classic ducking effects to exciting rhythmic patterns, it offers brand new ways to get creative. Create custom shaped LFOs and modulate up to six integrated effect modules at once. The LFO can also be triggered via MIDI or use one or more side-chain inputs, letting the LFO follow the incoming signals. And if you don’t want to create your own styles, you will find inspiration in many carefully designed presets.
You naturally want to create perfect recordings… but we are all human! The Free Warp tool lets you now edit your audio recordings and correct timings directly in the Project window. You can adjust multiple tracks at once in Group Editing, while the new phase-coherent AudioWarp mode helps you avoid phase issues. We have improved the editing workflow in the Sample Editor with new grid options and zoom modes, and streamlined the user interfaces - all helping you to get closer to perfection.
When deadlines are tight, you need to work fast. We have improved the editing workflows with new functions and key commands to help. The new nudge grid options let you edit independently from the project grid. Additionally, we have added key commands to the Range Selection tool for easier navigation. There are also new key commands to slip event content, adding fades and sizing events with fades. So there are no more excuses for not meeting deadlines (but we won’t tell your clients)!
Features
- Enhanced Logical Editors for a more customizable experience
- Raiser - powerhouse limiter for the final touch
- Creative Dolby Atmos music completely "in the box"
- Pro improvements from our post production system Nuendo
- FX Modulator breathes new life into your sounds
- Verve, a beautifully atmospheric felt piano
- Improved AudioWarp to make recordings even more perfect
- New Scale Assistant in VariAudio makes pitch editing a breeze
- MIDI Remote integration, for enhanced external device mapping
- Improved editing workflow to make hitting deadlines easier
- Audio to chords, lets you focus even more on the music
- Sample Accurate Volume Automation
- Bluetooth MIDI in Windows
- Native Apple silicon support
- Smooth waveform drawing
- No more USB eLicenser dongle!
- A range of other tool and performance improvements