Steinberg Cubase Artist 16
DAW (Download)
- A fully-featured DAW for producing, mixing and releasing music
- Unlimited number of tracks
- Instrument Stacks: Multiple instruments, sampler and drum tracks combined into a single playable track, with separate filters for each layer
- DrumChain: A multi-effect unit offering punch, clarity and deep bass weight for drums
- VocalTouch: Streamlined vocal processing with just a few controls
- FM Modules: Over 200 presets using HALion Sonic’s FM engine
- Key Editor with strumming and stretching, including accelerando and ritardando via gestures, as well as song lyrics displayed alongside the sheet music
- Revised tempo detection when importing songs and recordings
- VariAudio, pattern sequencer and sidechaining
- Sampler track and drum machine with real-time pitch curves and phase reversal
- Searchable settings in a single window, external instruments and effects in a single dialogue box, a tidy pool, Quick Help and a Guided Tour
- Import of AAC and M4A files, Ableton Link, customisable MIDI controllers, enhanced ASIO Guard
- Mastering presets, five sample packs and Omnivocal Basic for sketching out vocal ideas
- Integration with the Waves Illugen sample generator, a voucher for two months’ access to Illugen via your Steinberg account
- User interface in eight languages, user manual in six languages
System Requirements
- Format: E-Mail
- License validity: perpetual
- Copy protection: Online activation
- Simultaneous activations: 3
- Windows: from 10 (64-Bit)
- Mac OS (64 Bit): from 15
- CPU compatibility: Apple Intel, Apple Silicon, Windows AMD, Windows ARM, Windows Intel
- RAM min. (GB): 16
- min Space on HD (GB): 89 GB
- Additional System requirements: Internet Connection for Installation and Activation
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Available since November 2026
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Item number 656520
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Sales Unit 1 piece(s)
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max. Samplerate (kHz) 192 kHz
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Max. resolution in bit 32 bit
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Hardware In/Outs 32
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Audio Tracks Unlimited
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MIDI Tracks Unlimited
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Instrument Tracks Unlimited
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Floating-point Resolution 64 bit
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Pitch Yes
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Clip-Matrix No
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Notation Yes
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Video-Playback Yes
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Surround Support Yes
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Virtual Instruments 11
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Effects 73
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Library (GB) 20 GB
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AAX DSP No
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AAX native No
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ARA Yes
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Audio Units No
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VST2 No
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VST3 Yes
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Download Yes
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Audio Import Formats AIF, FLAC, MP3, OGG, REX, WAV, only Win: WMA
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Audio Export Formats AIF, AIFC, FLAC, MP3, OGG, W64, WAV, only Win: WMA
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Copy protection Online activation
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