CUED UP If you're new to sequencing software or have developed temporary amnesia, here is a quick rundown of the Cubase evolution during the past 10 years. Long a fave of all the Euro-thump jocks who make dance music across the big pond, Steinberg has certainly put its foot to the floor and upped the power of its flagship sequencer, Cubase, with 32-bit processing, 128 channels of digital audio, scads of excellent plug-ins, Internet collaboration and MP3 support. So I'll give only a quick overview of the program before discussing the features that are new since the last PC review. EM published numerous Cubase reviews in the past (see the table 'Cubase Past and Present'), including an extensive review of Cubase VST/24 4.0 in the April 1999 issue.
There are two new track types: Marker Track, which lets you create and edit Markers just like other Parts and Folder Track, which lets you group tracks together while retaining their separate identities. These include the ability to change individual Track sizes in the Arrange window and several new track parameters that you can adjust during playback. Cubase VST/32 5.0 also includes all the enhancements found in recent Mac versions, only some of which made it into PC version 3.7. Among the new features in Cubase VST/32 5.0 are a redesigned user interface, built-in access to the Rocket Network, Apogee's UV-22 dithering algorithm, new plug-in effects and VST Instruments, and high-resolution MIDI timing, accurate to within 300 ms when using Steinberg's MIDEX 8 USB MIDI interface.
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