Music Production Software | Audio Recording Software

Notes: Your sonic perfection

FX Collection 4 is designed as a focused, handpicked selection of the best effects for any sound, style, or technique. Between classic studio staples, precise audio enhancers, and wildly experimental tools, it's the perfect balance between concise and versatile for today's producers.

Authentic, musical, and more
Going beyond simple mixing & mastering tools, each plugin in FX Collection 4 is designed to form part of the creative process, injecting character, colour, and musicality into any project - allowing creatives to truly explore and experiment with their sound.

Classics, modernised

Want an analogue chorus with a different waveform? A vintage compressor upgraded with built-in mid-side processing? A digital reverb enhanced with a sidechain feature? From vintage to modern, each effect has a hidden Advanced panel, where you'll unlock new levels of sonic versatility.

Peak production workflow

Enjoy a flexible, accessible DAW production workflow that suits your style. Every title in FX Collection 4 is compatible with your DAW of choice, including full NKS VST3 support. Quickly browse presets, learn every effect & parameter with built-in tutorials, and enjoy streamlined interfaces that provide real-time sonic solutions.

An entire boutique studio in your DAW30 unique, powerful, musical effects at your disposal; make your vocals sing, your guitars shine, your drums smack, and your mixes shimmer with clarity and character. FX Collection 4 brings only the most vital effect types to your DAW production: distortions, spatial & reverb effects, preamps & EQ, compressors, modulation & filters, and delays.

What's new in FX Collection 4?

4 new products:
Rotary CLS-222: An enhanced version of the classic Leslie speaker effect.
Dist COLDFIRE: Dual-engine distortion built for every flavour of crunchy, destructive sound design.
Filter MS-20: The powerful & edgy sound of the sought-after KORG filter.
Rev LX-24: The reverb that defined '80s sound, with lush long decays for use with any sound.

Product & performance updates:
Bus FORCE adds overdrive gain compensation
Efx FRAGMENTS gets 40 new presets and an updated modulation workflow
Rev LX-24 can now be resized for more compact screen presence.
Bus FORCE and Rev SPRING-636 now both have oversampling quality options.
Upgraded accessibility features, with real-time text-to-speech feedback.
NKS VST3 and Mac M1 AAX support.
A number of bug fixes & optimisations.

Included Software:

Distortions:
Dist COLDFIRE NEW
Dist TUBE-CULTURE
Dist OPAMP-21

Spatial & Reverbs:
Rev LX-24 NEW
Rev PLATE-140
Rev INTENSITY
Rev SPRING-636
Efx FRAGMENTS

Preamps & EQ:
Pre 1973
Pre TRIDA
Pre V76
EQ SITRAL-295

Delays:
Delay TAPE-201
Delay BRIGADE
Delay ETERNITY

Modulation & Filters:
Rotary CLS-222 NEW
Filter MS-20 NEW
Tape MELLO-FI
Chorus JUN-6
Chorus DIMENSION-D
Phaser BI-TRON
Flanger BL-20
Filter MINI
Filter M12
Filter SEM

Compressors:
Bus FORCE
Comp DIODE-609
Comp VCA-65
Comp TUBE-STA
Comp FET-76

Platforms & specifications

Windows
Win 10+ (64bit)
4 GB RAM
4 cores CPU, 3.4 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo-boost)
6GB free hard disk space
OpenGL 2.0 compatible GPU
ARM processors not supported on Windows
Required configuration
VST, AAX, Audio Unit, NKS (64-bit DAWs only).

Apple
Mac OS 10.13+
4 GB RAM
4 cores CPU, 3.4 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo-boost) or Apple Silicon CPU
6GB free hard disk space
OpenGL 2.0 compatible GPU

Work with ASC
An elegant and simple solution to help you install, activate, and update your Arturia software.

Notes: If you need the production power of FL Studio, but don't need to deal with audio recording or audio clips, then FL Studio Fruity Edition 20 will fit the bill. FL Studio Fruity Edition 20 gives you full access to a powerful piano roll editor, which lets you sequence and arrange your virtual instruments to your heart's desire. It also gives you access to FL Studio's powerful step sequencer, 18+ virtual instruments, and over a dozen built-in effects and processors. Add to that unlimited tracks, VST and DXi instrument support, and full automation capabilities, and you'll be hard pressed to find another electronic music production system that offers as much value as Image Line's FL Studio Fruity Edition.

What you can do with FL Studio Fruity Edition 20:

- Automate most interface and all plugin parameters by recording, drawing, spline-based automation curves, automation generators with formula-based control of links.

- Record & play MIDI input recording from keyboards, drum pads and controllers.

- Sequencing and arranging with pattern and linear workflow possible.

- Synthesizer & effect plugin hosting VST 32 & 64 bit, DX and FL Native formats.

- Open plugin standards - FL Studio supports all PC industry plugin instrument standards including VST, DX, Buzz and Rewire. This means you can sequence with your favourite plugins and applications.

- Pattern or track sequencing - You choose, record your musical performances and ideas in the most logical way. FL Studio 20 can simultaneously function as a pattern and track based sequencer. Reuse patterns as Pattern Clips in the Playlist or record song-length sequences, as desired.

- Step sequencer or Piano roll - Scoring tools include FL Studio's legendary Step-sequencer, one of the most advanced Piano rolls in any software studio, event and multipoint automation envelopes. FL Studio supports MIDI input, standard controller compatibility, and the ability to simultaneously control multiple instrument channels from separate controllers.

- Determine your own project design - In FL Studio 20, you decide how your project will be laid out, including multiple 'Arrangements'. Unlike the competition, FL Studio 20's Playlist is a totally flexible and virtually unbounded workspace where - Note Pattern, Audio and Automation data can be arranged and edited to suit your creative ideas and preferred workflow.

- The mixer - is about precision, control and flexibility. The mixer's tracks each hold up to 10 effects (VST or FL's proprietary format). To create sub-mixes or mixing chains of almost unlimited complexity, each mixer track can be routed to any other mixer track or the Master track. Sends provide the ability to sidechain inputs to multi-input effects plugins. Finally, each of the mixer tracks can be routed to any output on your audio interface, now that's flexibility.

- Effects - What about effects? FL Studio 20 includes more than 40 effects spanning maximization, limiting, compression, delay, distortion, equalization (graphic & parametric), filtering, phasing, flanging, chorus, vocoding and reverb. These have you covered for the creative broad-brush effects, through to the minutia of the mastering process.

Notes: FL Studio reaches a milestone, better than ever. Still a firm favourite DAW after all these years, ideal for dance music. Free update to the latest version 20.5, and every new version after that. Forever.

Supplier notes:
Image Line FL Studio 20 is everything you need in one package to compose, arrange, record, edit, mix and master professional quality music. FL Studio 20 is the fastest way from your brain to your speakers. Image Line FL Studio 20 Producer Edition provides the highest level of program functionality for FL Studio.

What you can do with FL Studio Producer Edition 20:

- Audio editing and manipulation including pitch correction, pitch shifting, harmonization, time-stretching, beat-detection & slicing, audio warping and standard audio manipulation (cut/paste etc).

- Automate most interface and all plugin parameters by recording, drawing, spline-based automation curves, automation generators with formula-based control of links.

- Be hosted in other DAWs as a VST or connected through ReWire.

- Live music performance including video effect visualization.

- Mix and remix audio including apply real-time audio effects including delay, reverb & filtering.

- Multi-track audio recording up to the limit of your audio-interface inputs.

- Record & play MIDI input recording from keyboards, drum pads and controllers.

- Sequencing and arranging with pattern and linear workflow possible.

- Synthesizer & effect plugin hosting VST 32 & 64 bit, DX and FL Native formats.

- Make virtually any sound - FL Studio includes over 30 software synthesizers covering acoustic/synthetic bass, electric guitar, multi-sampler tools including piano & strings, general sample playback and beat-slicing (With Rex 1 & 2 support).
- Synthesis techniques - span subtractive, modelling, FM, RM, granular and additive. With the addition of FL SynthMaker you can further create & share your own FL instruments, effects & MIDI control dashboards without the need to write basic code.

- Open plugin standards - FL Studio supports all PC industry plugin instrument standards including VST, DX, Buzz and Rewire. This means you can sequence with your favourite plugins and applications.

- Multi-channel audio inputs - With the ability to simultaneously capture all the inputs on your audio-interface, FL Studio has the flexibility to record a single vocalist, guitar or a full symphony orchestra.

- Arranging audio - Audio can be arranged, with complete freedom in the Playlist. Features include the ability to host an unlimited number of audio recordings, time-stretching, pitch-shifting, beat-slicing, cropping, editing and the re-arranging of audio with only a few mouse clicks.

- Pattern or track sequencing - You choose, record your musical performances and ideas in the most logical way. FL Studio 20 can simultaneously function as a pattern and track based sequencer. Reuse patterns as Pattern Clips in the Playlist or record song-length sequences, as desired.

- Step sequencer or Piano roll - Scoring tools include FL Studio's legendary Step-sequencer, one of the most advanced Piano rolls in any software studio, event and multipoint automation envelopes. FL Studio supports MIDI input, standard controller compatibility, and the ability to simultaneously control multiple instrument channels from separate controllers.

- Determine your own project design - In FL20, you decide how your project will be laid out, including multiple 'Arrangements'. Unlike the competition, FL20's Playlist is a totally flexible and virtually unbounded workspace where Note Pattern, Audio and Automation data can be arranged and edited to suit your creative ideas and preferred workflow.

- The mixer - is about precision, control and flexibility. The mixer's tracks each hold up to 10 effects (VST or FL's proprietary format). To create sub-mixes or mixing chains of almost unlimited complexity, each mixer track can be routed to any other mixer track or the Master track. Sends provide the ability to sidechain inputs to multi-input effects plugins. Finally, each of the mixer tracks can be routed to any output on your audio interface, now that's flexibility.

- Effects - What about effects? FL Studio includes more than 40 effects spanning maximization, limiting, compression, delay, distortion, equalization (graphic & parametric), filtering, phasing, flanging, chorus, vocoding and reverb. These have you covered for the creative broad-brush effects, through to the minutia of the mastering process.

Notes: FL Studio 20 Signature Edition is the most complete virtual studio. Image Line FL Studio 20 Signature Edition DAW software serves up all of the awesome production power of FL Studio Producer Edition, plus even more outstanding instruments and effects to spur your creativity right from the start. Like the Harmless software synthesizer, a fresh take on subtractive synthesis that sounds amazingly smooth and fat. And Gross Beat, a time and volume effect for creating gating, scratching and glitch effects.

FL Studio 20 is a complete software music production environment, representing more than 16 years of innovative developments and our commitment to Lifetime Free Updates. Everything you need in one package to compose, arrange, record, edit, mix and master professional quality music.

What you can do with FL Studio 20 Signature Edition:

- Audio editing and manipulation including pitch correction, pitch shifting, harmonization, time-stretching, beat-detection & slicing, audio warping and standard audio manipulation (cut/paste etc).

- Automate most interface and all plugin parameters by recording, drawing, spline-based automation curves, automation generators with formula-based control of links.

- Be hosted in other DAWs as a VST or connected through ReWire.

- Live music performance including video effect visualization. Mix and remix audio including apply real-time audio effects including delay, reverb & filtering.

- Multi-track audio recording up to the limit of your audio-interface inputs.

- Record & play MIDI input recording from keyboards, drum pads and controllers.

- Sequencing and arranging with pattern and linear workflow possible.

- Synthesizer & effect plugin hosting VST 32 & 64 bit, DX and FL Native formats.

- Make virtually any sound - FL Studio includes over 30 software synthesizers covering acoustic/synthetic bass, electric guitar, multi-sampler tools including piano & strings, general sample playback and beat-slicing (With Rex 1 & 2 support).

- Multi-channel audio inputs - With the ability to simultaneously capture all the inputs on your audio-interface, FL Studio has the flexibility to record a single vocalist, guitar or a full symphony orchestra.

- Arranging audio - Audio can be arranged, with complete freedom in the Playlist. Features include the ability to host an unlimited number of audio recordings, time-stretching, pitch-shifting, beat-slicing, cropping, editing and the re-arranging of audio with only a few mouse clicks.

- Pattern or track sequencing - You choose, record your musical performances and ideas in the most logical way. FL Studio 20 can simultaneously function as a pattern and track based sequencer. Reuse patterns as Pattern Clips in the Playlist or record song-length sequences, as desired.

- Step sequencer or Piano roll - Scoring tools include FL Studio's legendary Step-sequencer, one of the most advanced Piano rolls in any software studio, event and multipoint automation envelopes. FL Studio supports MIDI input, standard controller compatibility, and the ability to simultaneously control multiple instrument channels from separate controllers.

- Determine your own project design - In FL20, you decide how your project will be laid out, including multiple 'Arrangements'. Unlike the competition, FL20's Playlist is a totally flexible and virtually unbounded workspace where Note Pattern, Audio and Automation data can be arranged and edited to suit your creative ideas and preferred workflow.

- The mixer - is about precision, control and flexibility. The mixer's tracks each hold up to 10 effects (VST or FL's proprietary format). To create sub-mixes or mixing chains of almost unlimited complexity, each mixer track can be routed to any other mixer track or the Master track. Sends provide the ability to sidechain inputs to multi-input effects plugins. Finally, each of the mixer tracks can be routed to any output on your audio interface, now that's flexibility.

- Effects - What about effects? FL Studio includes more than 40 effects spanning maximization, limiting, compression, delay, distortion, equalization (graphic & parametric), filtering, phasing, flanging, chorus, vocoding and reverb. These have you covered for the creative broad-brush effects, through to the minutia of the mastering process.

Notes: ***FOR OWNERS OF KOMPLETE ULTIMATE 8-12***

KOMPLETE 12 ULTIMATE is the definitive instruments and effects suite for professional production, scoring, performance, and sound design. This collector's edition contains 100+ premium instruments and effects, plus the full SYMPHONY SERIES - COLLECTION, and more than 40 Expansions.

Cutting-edge platforms for synthesis and sampling:

Build just about anything you can imagine with KOMPLETE 12's two builder platforms. KONTAKT 6's advanced sampling and REAKTOR 6's flexible modular approach power thousands of innovative instruments and effects from NI, hundreds of leading manufacturers, and a growing community of users. Not ready to dive in at the deep end? Start making music straight away with comprehensive built-in libraries.

16 orchestral and cinematic instruments:

KOMPLETE 12 ULTIMATE Collector's Edition contains an extensive set of sampled instruments for any scoring project, ranging from the rich orchestral libraries of SYMPHONY ESSENTIALS - COLLECTION, to the movie-trailer ready sounds of ACTION STRINGS and ACTION STRIKES, and innovative sound design tools like THRILL, KINETIC TOYS, and KINETIC METAL.

16 synthesizers:

From faithful hardware recreations, to cutting-edge designs that go beyond the capabilities of even the most out-there analogue gear, KOMPLETE 12 ULTIMATE Collector's Edition boasts 16 expressive, versatile synthesizers. Dive into FM synthesis with FM8, discover new textures with FORM, or explore the uncharted sonic worlds of the forthcoming MASSIVE X. Unique to KOMPLETE 12 ULTIMATE Collector's Edition are REAKTOR 6-powered favourites like FLESH, RAZOR, and SKANNER XT.

30 sampled instruments:

KOMPLETE 12 ULTIMATE Collector's Edition contains 30 sampled instruments, from unique pianos like UNA CORDA, THE GIANT, and ALICIA'S KEYS to the pop-production sheen of SESSION STRINGS PRO 2, and the full DISCOVERY SERIES: COLLECTION.

12 drums and percussion instruments:

KOMPLETE 12 ULTIMATE Collector's Edition includes dedicated percussion tools for everything from pop and rock grooves and boom-bap beats to movie-trailer impacts. Recreate the sounds of yesterday with the full suite of Abbey Road drums, design your own kits with POLYPLEX and BATTERY 4, or create dramatic wide-screen tension with DAMAGE.

28 effects:

Sculpt, tweak, and tailor your sound with 28 studio-grade effect plug-ins - from REPLIKA XT's infinitely tweakable delays to the retro-meets-futuristic EFFECTS SERIES - MOD PACK and CRUSH PACK, and a full suite of mixing tools included in the SOLID MIX SERIES, VINTAGE COMPRESSORS, and more. You also get 53 additional effects and 17 amp sims courtesy of GUITAR RIG 5 PRO.

Includes Expansions:

KOMPLETE 12 ULTIMATE Collector's Edition includes 20 Expansions - genre-specific sound packs loaded with synth presets, drum kits, one-shots, samples, and loops. Created by top artists and sound designers, Expansions can be used in any DAW and work with a range of Native Instruments products, including MASSIVE, BATTERY 4, and MONARK.

Find your sound with Komplete Kontrol:

It's not easy to make sense of over 90,000 sounds. That's why KOMPLETE 12 ULTIMATE Collector's Edition comes with KOMPLETE KONTROL, a handy plug-in that makes light work of browsing through all your instruments and effects, whether using NI hardware or your mouse and keyboard. And since each instrument preset comes with an audible preview, you can audition all your sounds without waiting for extra plug-ins to load.

Get hands-on with NI hardware:

Everything in KOMPLETE 12 ULTIMATE Collector's Edition comes ready-mapped to your NI hardware by the plug-in developers themselves, so getting hands-on with all your instruments and effects is as simple as connecting a KOMPLETE KONTROL keyboard or MASCHINE controller. And thanks to NKS, you get exactly the same experience with hundreds of plug-ins from more than 75 leading manufacturers.

Notes: ***FOR OWNERS OF KOMPLETE ULTIMATE 8-12***

KOMPLETE 12 ULTIMATE is the definitive instruments and effects suite for professional production, scoring, performance, and sound design. This collector's edition contains 100+ premium instruments and effects, plus the full SYMPHONY SERIES - COLLECTION, and more than 40 Expansions.

Cutting-edge platforms for synthesis and sampling:

Build just about anything you can imagine with KOMPLETE 12's two builder platforms. KONTAKT 6's advanced sampling and REAKTOR 6's flexible modular approach power thousands of innovative instruments and effects from NI, hundreds of leading manufacturers, and a growing community of users. Not ready to dive in at the deep end? Start making music straight away with comprehensive built-in libraries.

16 orchestral and cinematic instruments:

KOMPLETE 12 ULTIMATE Collector's Edition contains an extensive set of sampled instruments for any scoring project, ranging from the rich orchestral libraries of SYMPHONY ESSENTIALS - COLLECTION, to the movie-trailer ready sounds of ACTION STRINGS and ACTION STRIKES, and innovative sound design tools like THRILL, KINETIC TOYS, and KINETIC METAL.

16 synthesizers:

From faithful hardware recreations, to cutting-edge designs that go beyond the capabilities of even the most out-there analogue gear, KOMPLETE 12 ULTIMATE Collector's Edition boasts 16 expressive, versatile synthesizers. Dive into FM synthesis with FM8, discover new textures with FORM, or explore the uncharted sonic worlds of the forthcoming MASSIVE X. Unique to KOMPLETE 12 ULTIMATE Collector's Edition are REAKTOR 6-powered favourites like FLESH, RAZOR, and SKANNER XT.

30 sampled instruments:

KOMPLETE 12 ULTIMATE Collector's Edition contains 30 sampled instruments, from unique pianos like UNA CORDA, THE GIANT, and ALICIA'S KEYS to the pop-production sheen of SESSION STRINGS PRO 2, and the full DISCOVERY SERIES: COLLECTION.

12 drums and percussion instruments:

KOMPLETE 12 ULTIMATE Collector's Edition includes dedicated percussion tools for everything from pop and rock grooves and boom-bap beats to movie-trailer impacts. Recreate the sounds of yesterday with the full suite of Abbey Road drums, design your own kits with POLYPLEX and BATTERY 4, or create dramatic wide-screen tension with DAMAGE.

28 effects:

Sculpt, tweak, and tailor your sound with 28 studio-grade effect plug-ins - from REPLIKA XT's infinitely tweakable delays to the retro-meets-futuristic EFFECTS SERIES - MOD PACK and CRUSH PACK, and a full suite of mixing tools included in the SOLID MIX SERIES, VINTAGE COMPRESSORS, and more. You also get 53 additional effects and 17 amp sims courtesy of GUITAR RIG 5 PRO.

Includes Expansions:

KOMPLETE 12 ULTIMATE Collector's Edition includes 20 Expansions - genre-specific sound packs loaded with synth presets, drum kits, one-shots, samples, and loops. Created by top artists and sound designers, Expansions can be used in any DAW and work with a range of Native Instruments products, including MASSIVE, BATTERY 4, and MONARK.

Find your sound with Komplete Kontrol:

It's not easy to make sense of over 90,000 sounds. That's why KOMPLETE 12 ULTIMATE Collector's Edition comes with KOMPLETE KONTROL, a handy plug-in that makes light work of browsing through all your instruments and effects, whether using NI hardware or your mouse and keyboard. And since each instrument preset comes with an audible preview, you can audition all your sounds without waiting for extra plug-ins to load.

Get hands-on with NI hardware:

Everything in KOMPLETE 12 ULTIMATE Collector's Edition comes ready-mapped to your NI hardware by the plug-in developers themselves, so getting hands-on with all your instruments and effects is as simple as connecting a KOMPLETE KONTROL keyboard or MASCHINE controller. And thanks to NKS, you get exactly the same experience with hundreds of plug-ins from more than 75 leading manufacturers.

Notes: Flagship synths, immersive platforms, unique sampled instruments, and sounds for any genre, production, or performance. KOMPLETE 13 packs the very best Native has to offer into a do-it-all production toolkit that includes brand-new GUITAR RIG 6 PRO, SUPER 8, NOIRE, and much more.

PLATFORMS:
KONTAKT 6
REAKTOR 6

SYNTHESIZER:
ABSYNTH 5
FM8
FORM
KONTOUR
MASSIVE
MASSIVE X
MONARK
REAKTOR PRISM
REAKTOR SPARK
RETRO MACHINES MK2
ROUNDS
SUPER 8*
TRK-01

CREATIVE SAMPLERS:
BATTERY 4
POLYPLEX

PLAY SERIES:
ANALOG DREAMS
BUTCH VIG DRUMS*
CLOUD SUPPLY*
ETHEREAL EARTH
HYBRID KEYS
LO-FI GLOW*
MODULAR ICONS*

DRUMS AND PERCUSSION:
ABBEY ROAD 60S DRUMMER
DRUMLAB
STUDIO DRUMMER

ACOUSTIC PIANOS:
NOIRE*
THE GENTLEMAN
THE GIANT
THE GRANDEUR
THE MAVERICK
UNA CORDA

ELECTRIC PIANOS AND ORGANS:
SCARBEE A-200
SCARBEE CLAVINET/PIANET
SCARBEE MARK 1
VINTAGE ORGANS

GUITAR AND BASS:
ELECTRIC SUNBURST*
SCARBEE MM-BASS
SCARBEE RICKENBACKERr BASS
STRUMMED ACOUSTIC

CONTEMPORARY HORNS AND STRINGS:
SESSION STRINGS 2
SESSION HORNS

CINEMATIC:
KINETIC METAL

STUDIO EFFECTS:
RAUM*
SOLID BUS COMP
SOLID DYNAMICS
SOLID EQ
SUPERCHARGER
TRANSIENT MASTER

CREATIVE EFFECTS:
CRUSH PACK - BITE*
CRUSH PACK - DIRT*
CRUSH PACK - FREAK*
DRIVER
GUITAR RIG 6 PRO*
MOD PACK - CHORAL
MOD PACK - FLAIR
MOD PACK - PHASIS
REPLIKA
THE FINGER

EXPANSIONS:
DECODED FORMS*
DEEP MATTER
ELASTIC THUMP
HALCYON SKY
INDIGO DUST*
LILAC GLARE*
LONDON GRIT
LUCID MISSION
MECHANIX*
MOEBIUS*
MOLTEN VEIL
NEON DRIVE
NOCTURNAL STATE*
PULSE*
QUEENSBRIDGE STORY
RISING CRESCENT*
RUSH*
SCENE*
SOLAR BREEZE*
SPECTRUM QUAKE*
STADIUM FLEX*
TRUE SCHOOL
VELVET LOUNGE

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

Windows 10 (64-bit, latest Service Pack)
macOS 10.14 or 10.15 (latest update)
Intel Core i5 or equivalent CPU, 4 GB RAM (6 GB recommended), graphics hardware support for OpenGL 2.1 or higher, 10 GB free disk space (240 GB for complete installation)
Supports ASIO, Core Audio, WASAPI
Runs in 64-bit VST, AU, AAX hosts.

Notes: Upgrade to Studio One 4 Professional from any prior version of Studio One Professional OR Producer!

There's a very good reason why so many musicians have switched to Studio One from older, more rigid programs. Built on a modern foundation that's not bogged down by legacy code, Studio One provides an efficient, creative companion from initial inspiration to final master. Its efficient, single-screen interface houses an unlimited number of tracks, intuitive editing tools, advanced virtual instruments, mastering, and video player- you spend your time creating music, not wondering what to click next. The 64-bit double-precision mix engine is state of the art, while the smooth, analog quality of the virtual instruments comes from proprietary techniques that provide much higher controller resolution. That's why Studio One just plain sounds better.

The reason why Studio One resonates with musicians is simple: PreSonus listens. Many new features in Version 4 are the direct result of user feedback, including AAF import/export so users can bring song data from their old DAW into Studio One. Add the most flexible arranging tools of any music program, full integration with Notion for superior notation, over 20 GB of carefully curated content, analog console emulation, advanced step sequencing, unified hardware control with the FaderPort series of hands-on controllers, and much moreiit's no wonder that Studio One continues to gain new followers every day.

Create Without Boundaries - Produce Without Limits

System Requirements:
Windows

Windows 7 (SP1 + platform update), Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 x64
Studio One 4 operates on 64-bit operating systems only.
Intelr Core Duo or AMD AthlonX2 processor (Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon X4 or better recommended)
4 GB RAM minimum (8 GB or more recommended)
Internet connection (needed for installation and activation)
Monitor with 1366 x 768 resolution (high-dpi monitor recommended)
A multi-touch enabled monitor is required for touch operation
40 GB hard-drive space
Mac

macOSr 10.11 or higher
Studio One 4 operates on 64-bit operating systems only.
Intelr CoreTM 2 Duo processor (Core i3 or better recommended)
4 GB RAM minimum (8 GB or more recommended)
Internet connection (needed for installation and activation)
Monitor with 1366 x 768 resolution (Retina display recommended)
A multi-touch enabled monitor with TUIO support is required for touch operation
40 GB hard-drive space

Notes: Create without boundaries.

Record, produce, compose, mix, master, and perform-all from a single, intuitive application. Only Studio Oner 5 provides integrated tools that take you from initial inspiration to mastered production, from full-length album to setlist on stage. The standard for end-to-end production, Studio One is the DAW that does it all.

Drag-and-drop everything.

Studio One pioneered the often-imitated drag-and-drop workflow that continues to be a guiding principle in Presonus' design philosophy. Audioloops, virtual instruments, plug-in effects, and even presets can all be dragged into your session from Studio One's innovative Browser. Copy FX Chains from one channel to another simply by dragging-and-dropping. Convert MIDI to audio or audio to MIDI using drag-and-drop. Upload and download files to and from your PreSonus Sphere Workspaces by drag-and-drop. Ease of use is at the heart of Studio One, so your mind stays focused on your inspiration.

Perfect harmony.

The only DAW with Harmonic Editing for both audio and MIDI, Studio Oner 5 offers Chord Track, a songwriter's dream come true. Create, audition, and change chord progressions and even have older parts follow a newer, better chord structure, thanks to the inspiration Harmonic Editing can provide. With version 5.3, you can now drag chords from the Chord Track to an Instrument Track to begin composing right away. Chord notes can even be extracted directly from audio by detecting chords and then dragging the audio event to an Instrument Track.

Inspiring plug-ins.

With a complete suite of effects plug-ins, Studio Oner 5 supercharges your mixing. These plug-ins are so good we've made a few available for use in any DAW by popular demand. From State Space Modeled guitar amps to lush reverbs and polyrhythmic delays, Studio One has all the plug-ins you need to mix and produce. Studio One Professional's unique Pipeline XT plug-in lets you use boutique and vintage analogue signal processors as easily as software plug-ins. Studio One's powerful Splitter plug-in lets you run multiple plug-ins in parallel on a single channel.

Analogue mixing with digital ease.

The proprietary Mix Engine FX plug-ins provide State Space Models of classic analogue consoles that can process your mix across channels on any bus, collectively. This isn't a stereo bus plug-in, this is multi-source processing that re-creates true analogue circuit behaviour like console input-gain saturation, analogue noise, and crosstalk-all painstakingly modelled component by component from real-world hardware.

Produce without limits.

Forget laborious transposition, cutting, pasting, and moving when arranging. Audition new arrangement ideas on the fly with a simple click of your mouse. Use Scratch Pads to test arrangements. The flexible Arranger Track makes moving sections of Songs as easy as moving Parts. Powerful comping tools make assembling a perfect take simple, efficient, and fun. A robust suite of tools ranging from transient detection to multiple slicing and time-stretching features makes editing multitrack drums blazingly fast. And with groundbreaking Harmonic Editing-the most flexible implementation ever-no other program can approach the ease of arranging and songwriting that Studio One 5 delivers.

Edit audio and MIDI- fast.

Clip Gain Envelopes let you polish performances or remove glitches with adding a plug-in to your effects chain. Convert audio to MIDI and MIDI to audio with a simple drag-and-drop for blazing fast sample replacement. Replace drum sounds with samples simply by dragging the source track to an Impact XT track. The combined Arrow and Range Tools boost your audio editing efficiency by merging the most frequently used tools into one. Select, move, split, or duplicate Events; trim start and end points of Events; adjust fades; and change the overall Event level in one seamless action.

A sound as unique as you.

Inspiring virtual instruments and unique Multi Instruments let you combine instruments to create your own unique library of sounds. You'll create beats faster than ever with Impact XT, our comprehensive rhythm-production environment. Build your own sampled instrument with Sample One XT. From polyphonic analogue to monophonic subtractive synthesis, Studio One has the sounds that make you want to create. Presence XT can be expanded with Add-on packs like Deep Flight One and PreSonus Studio Grand. Aux Channels let you easily use your hardware synths, drum machines, and groove boxes as part of your productions, so dust off that TX81Z or Portastudio and put them back to work! However you create, Studio One has a tool that makes the job easy.

Notes: Create without boundaries.

Record, produce, compose, mix, master, and perform-all from a single, intuitive application. Only Studio Oner 5 provides integrated tools that take you from initial inspiration to mastered production, from full-length album to setlist on stage. The standard for end-to-end production, Studio One is the DAW that does it all.

Drag-and-drop everything.

Studio One pioneered the often-imitated drag-and-drop workflow that continues to be a guiding principle in Presonus' design philosophy. Audioloops, virtual instruments, plug-in effects, and even presets can all be dragged into your session from Studio One's innovative Browser. Copy FX Chains from one channel to another simply by dragging-and-dropping. Convert MIDI to audio or audio to MIDI using drag-and-drop. Upload and download files to and from your PreSonus Sphere Workspaces by drag-and-drop. Ease of use is at the heart of Studio One, so your mind stays focused on your inspiration.

Perfect harmony.

The only DAW with Harmonic Editing for both audio and MIDI, Studio Oner 5 offers Chord Track, a songwriter's dream come true. Create, audition, and change chord progressions and even have older parts follow a newer, better chord structure, thanks to the inspiration Harmonic Editing can provide. With version 5.3, you can now drag chords from the Chord Track to an Instrument Track to begin composing right away. Chord notes can even be extracted directly from audio by detecting chords and then dragging the audio event to an Instrument Track.

Inspiring plug-ins.

With a complete suite of effects plug-ins, Studio Oner 5 supercharges your mixing. These plug-ins are so good we've made a few available for use in any DAW by popular demand. From State Space Modeled guitar amps to lush reverbs and polyrhythmic delays, Studio One has all the plug-ins you need to mix and produce. Studio One Professional's unique Pipeline XT plug-in lets you use boutique and vintage analogue signal processors as easily as software plug-ins. Studio One's powerful Splitter plug-in lets you run multiple plug-ins in parallel on a single channel.

Analogue mixing with digital ease.

The proprietary Mix Engine FX plug-ins provide State Space Models of classic analogue consoles that can process your mix across channels on any bus, collectively. This isn't a stereo bus plug-in, this is multi-source processing that re-creates true analogue circuit behaviour like console input-gain saturation, analogue noise, and crosstalk-all painstakingly modelled component by component from real-world hardware.

Produce without limits.

Forget laborious transposition, cutting, pasting, and moving when arranging. Audition new arrangement ideas on the fly with a simple click of your mouse. Use Scratch Pads to test arrangements. The flexible Arranger Track makes moving sections of Songs as easy as moving Parts. Powerful comping tools make assembling a perfect take simple, efficient, and fun. A robust suite of tools ranging from transient detection to multiple slicing and time-stretching features makes editing multitrack drums blazingly fast. And with groundbreaking Harmonic Editing-the most flexible implementation ever-no other program can approach the ease of arranging and songwriting that Studio One 5 delivers.

Edit audio and MIDI- fast.

Clip Gain Envelopes let you polish performances or remove glitches with adding a plug-in to your effects chain. Convert audio to MIDI and MIDI to audio with a simple drag-and-drop for blazing fast sample replacement. Replace drum sounds with samples simply by dragging the source track to an Impact XT track. The combined Arrow and Range Tools boost your audio editing efficiency by merging the most frequently used tools into one. Select, move, split, or duplicate Events; trim start and end points of Events; adjust fades; and change the overall Event level in one seamless action.

A sound as unique as you.

Inspiring virtual instruments and unique Multi Instruments let you combine instruments to create your own unique library of sounds. You'll create beats faster than ever with Impact XT, our comprehensive rhythm-production environment. Build your own sampled instrument with Sample One XT. From polyphonic analogue to monophonic subtractive synthesis, Studio One has the sounds that make you want to create. Presence XT can be expanded with Add-on packs like Deep Flight One and PreSonus Studio Grand. Aux Channels let you easily use your hardware synths, drum machines, and groove boxes as part of your productions, so dust off that TX81Z or Portastudio and put them back to work! However you create, Studio One has a tool that makes the job easy.

Notes: Create without boundaries.

Record, produce, compose, mix, master, and perform-all from a single, intuitive application. Only Studio Oner 5 provides integrated tools that take you from initial inspiration to mastered production, from full-length album to setlist on stage. The standard for end-to-end production, Studio One is the DAW that does it all.

Drag-and-drop everything.

Studio One pioneered the often-imitated drag-and-drop workflow that continues to be a guiding principle in Presonus' design philosophy. Audioloops, virtual instruments, plug-in effects, and even presets can all be dragged into your session from Studio One's innovative Browser. Copy FX Chains from one channel to another simply by dragging-and-dropping. Convert MIDI to audio or audio to MIDI using drag-and-drop. Upload and download files to and from your PreSonus Sphere Workspaces by drag-and-drop. Ease of use is at the heart of Studio One, so your mind stays focused on your inspiration.

Perfect harmony.

The only DAW with Harmonic Editing for both audio and MIDI, Studio Oner 5 offers Chord Track, a songwriter's dream come true. Create, audition, and change chord progressions and even have older parts follow a newer, better chord structure, thanks to the inspiration Harmonic Editing can provide. With version 5.3, you can now drag chords from the Chord Track to an Instrument Track to begin composing right away. Chord notes can even be extracted directly from audio by detecting chords and then dragging the audio event to an Instrument Track.

Inspiring plug-ins.

With a complete suite of effects plug-ins, Studio Oner 5 supercharges your mixing. These plug-ins are so good we've made a few available for use in any DAW by popular demand. From State Space Modeled guitar amps to lush reverbs and polyrhythmic delays, Studio One has all the plug-ins you need to mix and produce. Studio One Professional's unique Pipeline XT plug-in lets you use boutique and vintage analogue signal processors as easily as software plug-ins. Studio One's powerful Splitter plug-in lets you run multiple plug-ins in parallel on a single channel.

Analogue mixing with digital ease.

The proprietary Mix Engine FX plug-ins provide State Space Models of classic analogue consoles that can process your mix across channels on any bus, collectively. This isn't a stereo bus plug-in, this is multi-source processing that re-creates true analogue circuit behaviour like console input-gain saturation, analogue noise, and crosstalk-all painstakingly modelled component by component from real-world hardware.

Produce without limits.

Forget laborious transposition, cutting, pasting, and moving when arranging. Audition new arrangement ideas on the fly with a simple click of your mouse. Use Scratch Pads to test arrangements. The flexible Arranger Track makes moving sections of Songs as easy as moving Parts. Powerful comping tools make assembling a perfect take simple, efficient, and fun. A robust suite of tools ranging from transient detection to multiple slicing and time-stretching features makes editing multitrack drums blazingly fast. And with groundbreaking Harmonic Editing-the most flexible implementation ever-no other program can approach the ease of arranging and songwriting that Studio One 5 delivers.

Edit audio and MIDI- fast.

Clip Gain Envelopes let you polish performances or remove glitches with adding a plug-in to your effects chain. Convert audio to MIDI and MIDI to audio with a simple drag-and-drop for blazing fast sample replacement. Replace drum sounds with samples simply by dragging the source track to an Impact XT track. The combined Arrow and Range Tools boost your audio editing efficiency by merging the most frequently used tools into one. Select, move, split, or duplicate Events; trim start and end points of Events; adjust fades; and change the overall Event level in one seamless action.

A sound as unique as you.

Inspiring virtual instruments and unique Multi Instruments let you combine instruments to create your own unique library of sounds. You'll create beats faster than ever with Impact XT, our comprehensive rhythm-production environment. Build your own sampled instrument with Sample One XT. From polyphonic analogue to monophonic subtractive synthesis, Studio One has the sounds that make you want to create. Presence XT can be expanded with Add-on packs like Deep Flight One and PreSonus Studio Grand. Aux Channels let you easily use your hardware synths, drum machines, and groove boxes as part of your productions, so dust off that TX81Z or Portastudio and put them back to work! However you create, Studio One has a tool that makes the job easy.

Notes: Create without boundaries.

Record, produce, compose, mix, master, and perform-all from a single, intuitive application. Only Studio Oner 5 provides integrated tools that take you from initial inspiration to mastered production, from full-length album to setlist on stage. The standard for end-to-end production, Studio One is the DAW that does it all.

Drag-and-drop everything.

Studio One pioneered the often-imitated drag-and-drop workflow that continues to be a guiding principle in Presonus' design philosophy. Audioloops, virtual instruments, plug-in effects, and even presets can all be dragged into your session from Studio One's innovative Browser. Copy FX Chains from one channel to another simply by dragging-and-dropping. Convert MIDI to audio or audio to MIDI using drag-and-drop. Upload and download files to and from your PreSonus Sphere Workspaces by drag-and-drop. Ease of use is at the heart of Studio One, so your mind stays focused on your inspiration.

Perfect harmony.

The only DAW with Harmonic Editing for both audio and MIDI, Studio Oner 5 offers Chord Track, a songwriter's dream come true. Create, audition, and change chord progressions and even have older parts follow a newer, better chord structure, thanks to the inspiration Harmonic Editing can provide. With version 5.3, you can now drag chords from the Chord Track to an Instrument Track to begin composing right away. Chord notes can even be extracted directly from audio by detecting chords and then dragging the audio event to an Instrument Track.

Inspiring plug-ins.

With a complete suite of effects plug-ins, Studio Oner 5 supercharges your mixing. These plug-ins are so good we've made a few available for use in any DAW by popular demand. From State Space Modeled guitar amps to lush reverbs and polyrhythmic delays, Studio One has all the plug-ins you need to mix and produce. Studio One Professional's unique Pipeline XT plug-in lets you use boutique and vintage analogue signal processors as easily as software plug-ins. Studio One's powerful Splitter plug-in lets you run multiple plug-ins in parallel on a single channel.

Analogue mixing with digital ease.

The proprietary Mix Engine FX plug-ins provide State Space Models of classic analogue consoles that can process your mix across channels on any bus, collectively. This isn't a stereo bus plug-in, this is multi-source processing that re-creates true analogue circuit behaviour like console input-gain saturation, analogue noise, and crosstalk-all painstakingly modelled component by component from real-world hardware.

Produce without limits.

Forget laborious transposition, cutting, pasting, and moving when arranging. Audition new arrangement ideas on the fly with a simple click of your mouse. Use Scratch Pads to test arrangements. The flexible Arranger Track makes moving sections of Songs as easy as moving Parts. Powerful comping tools make assembling a perfect take simple, efficient, and fun. A robust suite of tools ranging from transient detection to multiple slicing and time-stretching features makes editing multitrack drums blazingly fast. And with groundbreaking Harmonic Editing-the most flexible implementation ever-no other program can approach the ease of arranging and songwriting that Studio One 5 delivers.

Edit audio and MIDI- fast.

Clip Gain Envelopes let you polish performances or remove glitches with adding a plug-in to your effects chain. Convert audio to MIDI and MIDI to audio with a simple drag-and-drop for blazing fast sample replacement. Replace drum sounds with samples simply by dragging the source track to an Impact XT track. The combined Arrow and Range Tools boost your audio editing efficiency by merging the most frequently used tools into one. Select, move, split, or duplicate Events; trim start and end points of Events; adjust fades; and change the overall Event level in one seamless action.

A sound as unique as you.

Inspiring virtual instruments and unique Multi Instruments let you combine instruments to create your own unique library of sounds. You'll create beats faster than ever with Impact XT, our comprehensive rhythm-production environment. Build your own sampled instrument with Sample One XT. From polyphonic analogue to monophonic subtractive synthesis, Studio One has the sounds that make you want to create. Presence XT can be expanded with Add-on packs like Deep Flight One and PreSonus Studio Grand. Aux Channels let you easily use your hardware synths, drum machines, and groove boxes as part of your productions, so dust off that TX81Z or Portastudio and put them back to work! However you create, Studio One has a tool that makes the job easy.

Notes: Updated to version 6, Presonus's innovative DAW just keeps getting better. New features include Smart Templates, online collaboration via Sphere Workspaces, customisable toolbars and new native plug-ins.

Supplier's Notes:
Your creative partner for end-to-end production, Studio One has everything you need to bring your inspiration to life. Studio One is the only audio production software that provides a complete integrated experience for recording, production, composing, mixing, mastering, and performing.

Studio One's pioneering drag-and-drop workflow makes it highly intuitive and fast to use. Laborious tasks like vocal comping and drum replacement are as easy as drag and drop. Smart Templates make it easy to get started with streamlined workflows and helpful guided tutorials. Use the new Customization Editor to select just the tools and functions you need for the task at hand, simplifying the user interface so you can focus and work faster than ever.

Only Studio One features harmonic editing for both audio and MIDI. Experiment with new chord progressions until your next hit song comes to life - no music theory degree required. From pop ballads to rap anthems, the Chord Track is a producer's dream come true. Quickly create beats with advanced pattern editing, flexible samplers, and live looping. Remix complete songs with the Arranger Track and Scratch Pads.

Go from the studio to the stage or stream with the Show Page. Design a complete show by creating a Setlist using songs you're already created in Studio One, incorporating a mix of live instruments, pre-recorded tracks, and virtual instruments.

Assemble your album and get mastering with Studio One Projects. Only Studio One Professional links Songs with mastering projects, so you can update mixes as needed without losing fades, automation, Clip Gain edits, or any other mastering work.

Designed with ease of use at its core, Studio One seamlessly moves with you from initial inspiration to full production, final mix to mastered album, digital release to live production... and lets you truly create without boundaries.

What's new in Version 6:

Customizable user interface. Show or hide essentially every user interface tool and function with the new Customization Editor.
Smart Templates. Smart Templates provide essential toolsets for the tasks at hand from basic recording to mixing stems, mastering an album to setting up a live show.
Global Lyrics Support. Add lyrics to your scores, songs, productions, and live performances with the all-new global Lyrics Track!
Global Video Track. The all-new global Video Track provides an intuitive video workflow thanks to the familiar drag and drop functionality that made Studio One famous.
Track Presets. Store every aspect of a given track or channel for instant recall, even for multiple selected tracks/channels.
Advanced Collaboration with PreSonus Sphere. Studio One 6 deepens the integration between your desktop application and your PreSonus Sphere Workspaces with convenient sharing options and built-in sync options right from the Studio One Browser.

Tech Specs

Computer System Requirements

Studio Oner is a 64-bit, cross-platform DAW. While we make every effort to ensure Studio One will run well on the widest variety of computers possible, please read these specifications carefully to determine compatibility with your system.

Windows

Windows 10 (64-bit only)
Intelr Core i3/AMD A10 processor or better
4 GB RAM minimum (8 GB or more recommended)

macOS

macOSr 10.14 or higher (64-bit only)
Intelr Core i3 or better
4 GB RAM minimum (8 GB or more recommended)

All Computer Systems

Internet connection (needed for installation and activation)
Monitor with 1366 x768 resolution (Retina display recommended)
Multi-touch enabled monitor with TUIO support is required for touch operation

Content Storage

40 GB free hard drive space (Studio One Professional)
20 GB free hard drive space (Studio One Artist)
2.5 GB free hard-drive space (Studio One Prime)

Notes: Do you want to start creating your own music, bring your production up to a professional level, or streamline your workflow for short deadlines? Whatever you need, Cubase helps you to reach your full creative potential. From Hollywood blockbuster composers and Billboard Hot 100 producers right through to keen beginners, the world of music production trusts the comprehensive feature set, straightforward tools and unrivaled sound of this acclaimed music production software.

Notes: Cubase Artist is focused purely on music creation and production, with a wealth of dedicated tools for composing, songwriting, recording and mixing. Its cutting-edge audio technology was developed through decades of music software expertise and is based on the same technologies used and appreciated by leading musicians around the world. Cubase Artist inspires musicians from any genre with instantly accessible features, exciting instruments and effects and a next generation mixing environment. Write songs, record band demos, create beats and mix your music using the acclaimed Cubase audio and mixing engine.

Award-winning 64-bit floating-point Steinberg audio engine with up to 192 kHz
Unlimited number of audio/MIDI/Instrument tracks
Complete effect suite with over 70 high-end audio and MIDI VST effect processors
Four outstanding VST Instruments with over 2.500 included instrument sounds, HALion Sonic SE 3, Groove Agent SE 5, Padshop 2 and Retrologue 2
NEW: Improved MIDI Remote controller integration
NEW: FX Modulator - advanced, multi-effect modulation
NEW: Improved AudioWarp with phase-coherent multi-track warp
NEW: Scale Assistant in VariAudio
NEW: Audio to MIDI chords
NEW: Verve - a beautifully atmospheric felt piano.
Native Apple silicon support
And many more.

Cubase 12 also features the new Steinberg Licensing system, which means the Steinberg USB eLicenser is not required anymore.

System requirements

Operating systems (Windows): 64-bit Windows 11 (version 21H2 or higher), 64-bit Windows 10 (version 21H2 or higher)
Operating systems (Mac): macOS Monterey, macOS Big Sur
Apple silicon-based Mac: Native App
CPU minimum (Windows): rIntel Core™ i5 (4th Generation) or AMD Ryzen™
CPU minimum (Mac): rIntel Core™ i5 (mid 2013 or later) or Apple silicon
CPU cores: 4 or more
RAM minimum: 8 GB
Hard disk free space (full installation): 70 GB
Display resolution minimum at 100% UI scaling: 1440 x 900
Graphics minimum (Windows): Graphics card with native Windows 10 support
(Microsoft Basic Display Driver is not recommended)
Graphics recommended (Windows): AMD R or RX series and later or
NVIDIA Series 700 and later
Graphics (Mac): Graphics card with Metal support
Graphics (GPU memory): 4 GB or higher for 4k displays

OS compatible audio hardware
ASIO-compatible audio hardware is recommended for low-latency performance.
An internet connection is required for activation, account setup and personal/product registration. A download is required for the installation.
Note: This software version does not support 32-bit plug-ins. VST 2 plug-ins only run in Rosetta 2 mode on Apple silicon-based Mac computers. Cubase does not
support VST 2 when running natively on Apple silicon Macs.

Notes: Cubase Artist is focused purely on music creation and production, with a wealth of dedicated tools for composing, songwriting, recording and mixing. Its cutting-edge audio technology was developed through decades of music software expertise and is based on the same technologies used and appreciated by leading musicians around the world. Cubase Artist inspires musicians from any genre with instantly accessible features, exciting instruments and effects and a next generation mixing environment. Write songs, record band demos, create beats and mix your music using the acclaimed Cubase audio and mixing engine.

Award-winning 64-bit floating-point Steinberg audio engine with up to 192 kHz
Unlimited number of audio/MIDI/Instrument tracks
Complete effect suite with over 70 high-end audio and MIDI VST effect processors
Four outstanding VST Instruments with over 2.500 included instrument sounds, HALion Sonic SE 3, Groove Agent SE 5, Padshop 2 and Retrologue 2
NEW: Improved MIDI Remote controller integration
NEW: FX Modulator - advanced, multi-effect modulation
NEW: Improved AudioWarp with phase-coherent multi-track warp
NEW: Scale Assistant in VariAudio
NEW: Audio to MIDI chords
NEW: Verve - a beautifully atmospheric felt piano.
Native Apple silicon support
And many more.

Cubase 12 also features the new Steinberg Licensing system, which means the Steinberg USB eLicenser is not required anymore.

Operating systems (Windows): 64-bit Windows 11 (version 21H2 or higher), 64-bit Windows 10 (version 21H2 or higher)
Operating systems (Mac): macOS Monterey, macOS Big Sur
Apple silicon-based Mac: Native App
CPU minimum (Windows): rIntel Core™ i5 (4th Generation) or AMD Ryzen™
CPU minimum (Mac): rIntel Core™ i5 (mid 2013 or later) or Apple silicon
CPU cores: 4 or more
RAM minimum: 8 GB
Hard disk free space (full installation): 70 GB
Display resolution minimum at 100% UI scaling: 1440 x 900
Graphics minimum (Windows): Graphics card with native Windows 10 support
(Microsoft Basic Display Driver is not recommended)
Graphics recommended (Windows): AMD R or RX series and later or
NVIDIA Series 700 and later
Graphics (Mac): Graphics card with Metal support
Graphics (GPU memory): 4 GB or higher for 4k displays

System requirements

OS compatible audio hardware
ASIO-compatible audio hardware is recommended for low-latency performance.
An internet connection is required for activation, account setup and personal/product registration. A download is required for the installation.
Note: This software version does not support 32-bit plug-ins. VST 2 plug-ins only run in Rosetta 2 mode on Apple silicon-based Mac computers. Cubase does not
support VST 2 when running natively on Apple silicon Macs.

Notes: Do you want to start creating your own music, bring your production up to a professional level, or streamline your workflow for short deadlines? Whatever you need, Cubase helps you to reach your full creative potential. From Hollywood blockbuster composers and Billboard Hot 100 producers right through to keen beginners, the world of music production trusts the comprehensive feature set, straightforward tools and unrivaled sound of this acclaimed music production software.

Notes: Cubase Pro condenses decades of music software development experience into the most advanced and intuitive audio production environment available today. Cubase Pro 12 comes with 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 Pro 12 will bring your creative ideas to life better - and faster - than ever.

Award-winning 64-bit floating-point Steinberg audio engine with up to 192 kHz
Unlimited number of audio/MIDI/Instrument tracks
Complete effect suite with over 90 high-end audio and MIDI VST effect processors
Four outstanding VST Instruments with over 3.000 included instrument sounds, HALion Sonic SE 3, Groove Agent SE 5, Padshop 2 and Retrologue 2
NEW: Improved MIDI Remote controller integration
NEW: FX Modulator - advanced, multi-effect modulation
NEW: Improved AudioWarp with phase-coherent multi-track warp
NEW: Scale Assistant in VariAudio
NEW: Audio to MIDI chords
NEW: Verve - a beautifully atmospheric felt piano.
NEW: Raiser - flexible limiter
NEW: Enhanced Logical Editors
Native Apple silicon support
And many more.

Cubase 12 also features the new Steinberg Licensing system, which means the Steinberg USB eLicenser is not required anymore.

System requirements

Operating systems (Windows): 64-bit Windows 11 (version 21H2 or higher), 64-bit Windows 10 (version 21H2 or higher)
Operating systems (Mac): macOS Monterey, macOS Big Sur
Apple silicon-based Mac: Native App
CPU minimum (Windows): rIntel Core™ i5 (4th Generation) or AMD Ryzen™
CPU minimum (Mac): rIntel Core™ i5 (mid 2013 or later) or Apple silicon
CPU cores: 4 or more
RAM minimum: 8 GB
Hard disk free space (full installation): 70 GB
Display resolution minimum at 100% UI scaling: 1440 x 900
Graphics minimum (Windows): Graphics card with native Windows 10 support
(Microsoft Basic Display Driver is not recommended)
Graphics recommended (Windows): AMD R or RX series and later or
NVIDIA Series 700 and later
Graphics (Mac): Graphics card with Metal support
Graphics (GPU memory): 4 GB or higher for 4k displays

OS compatible audio hardware
ASIO-compatible audio hardware is recommended for low-latency performance.
An internet connection is required for activation, account setup and personal/product registration. A download is required for the installation.
Note: This software version does not support 32-bit plug-ins. VST 2 plug-ins only run in Rosetta 2 mode on Apple silicon-based Mac computers. Cubase does not
support VST 2 when running natively on Apple silicon Macs.

Notes: The USB-eLicenser (formerly Steinberg Key) is a copy protection unit (sometimes called dongle) which is needed to use Steinberg's software range. With the host applications Cubase, Nuendo and WaveLab, the USB-eLicenser is already included in the product package. The USB-eLicenser is also required to run Steinberg VST instruments, but is not included in the product boxes and must be purchased separately if no USB-eLicenser/Steinberg Key is already present on the system.

The USB-eLicenser is actually a tiny computer which stores licenses for Steinberg products, and is connected to a USB port on your computer. All current Steinberg products that use a copy protection device use exactly the same system. The Steinberg copy protection system allows the storage of several licenses on the same USB-eLicenser. Licenses can also be transferred between USB-eLicensers with certain limitations. This can be very useful, for example in the unlikely event of a Steinberg customer wishing to sell a product.

The USB-eLicenser is included with the following products:

Cubase 6
Cubase Artist 6
Nuendo 5
WaveLab 7