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So you have decided on a Cubase based music system, but you still need to decide which package to go for. Here is our features comparison guide to help you out.
| Cubase SE | Cubase SL | Cubase SX |
| Great technology at a great price: that\'s Cubase SE. Based on Steinberg\'s renowned Cubase SX, Cubase SE is ideal for anyone who keeps a sharp eye on their finances but doesn\'t want to do without professional technologies in their home recording, project or pre-production studios. | Steinberg\'s Cubase SL 2.0 fills the gap between entry-level home recording solutions and sophisticated high-end professional studio workstations. It offers most of the professional features of Cubase SX 2.0 with the exclusion of surround mixing and advanced score editing, while still being capable of being integrated even into large studio systems. |
The new Cubase SX 2.0 unites the proven and the pioneering in one fascinating new program. Cubase SX 2.0 is the next generation of one of the world\'s most popular sequencers with a new, revised user interface and over 100 fantastic new features. |
| Features | Cubase SE | Cubase SL | Cubase SX |
| Native audio - no additional DSP hardware required |
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| Simultaneous playback of hundreds of audio tracks |
48 |
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| Unlimited number of MIDI tracks |
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| Physical Inputs/Outputs |
8 |
128 |
256 |
| Inserts |
5 |
5 |
6+2 |
| Group channels |
8 |
128 |
256 |
| FX channels |
8 |
128 |
256 |
| VST Instrument Slots |
16 |
16 |
64 |
| MIDI insert plugins |
2 |
4 |
4 |
| Rewire 2 support (number of channels) |
8 |
256 |
256 |
| Adaptive and configurable track mixer |
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| Number of mixer views |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| Extended Mixer view |
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| Automation modes |
touch fader |
touch fader |
touch fader, x-over, autolatch, trim, overwrite |
| New VST 2.3 audio engine |
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| Surround: True multichannel audio path |
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| 24-bit/96 kHz audio resolution |
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| 32-bit floating point audio resolution |
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| Unlimited Undo and Redo functions |
1 |
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| Offline Process History |
single undo |
for built-in audio processes |
for built-in audioprocesses and all plug-ins |
| VST System Link |
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| New Look & Feel |
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| Configurable Toolbar & Track Controls |
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| VST Connections Window |
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| User-Definable window layouts |
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| Project Browser |
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| FX Return Channels |
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| Video Thumbnail track and preview |
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| Recording Modes: Mix, Overwrite, Normal, Merge, Stacked |
excl. stacked |
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| Editors: Key, Drum, List, SysEx, Score |
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| Logical Editor |
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| Audio/Tempo analysis and Audio/Groove analysis |
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| Slice & Stretch for audio loops, automatic tempo matching |
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| Professional Score layout and printing functions |
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| Improved handling of multiple parts (audio and MIDI) |
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| Musical Timebase |
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| Linear Timebase |
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| Soft Quantize |
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| Time Warp Tool |
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| Spectral Analysis |
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| Statistics functions |
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| Pitch Shifting/Time Stretching algorithm |
3 modes |
3 modes |
3 modes plus MPEX |
| Dithering |
Apogee UV22 |
Apogee UV22 |
Apogee UV22/UV22HR |
| User-definable macros |
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| Pool import/export |
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| Cubase VST 5.x song import |
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| Freeze for VST Instruments |
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| Hardware Controller Support |
Houston, Generic + Tascam US-428/224 only |
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| Supports LTB for high-precision MIDI Timing (w/ Midex 8) |
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| MTC/MMC support |
send MIDI clock only |
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| CD audio grabbing |
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| Full MP3 Fraunhofer Encoding |
available as update |
available as update |
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| Windows Media WMA Pro surround encoding |
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| A1, LM7, VB1 VST instruments included |
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