CI2 and Cubase AI5 - Product Guide 21 of 31 Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH – July 2009
8 Cubase AI 5 Overview
8.1 Creativity First
The Cubase experience:
finest tools for artists
In 1984, Steinberg was founded on an ideal: to help artists to
make music in ways that put their creativity first, and using
technology that almost anyone could afford. Since then,
Steinberg has developed some of the most successful music
products and technologies including Cubase, the world’s
most popular software for composing, recording and mixing
music.
Building on 25 years of experience in music technology, the
Cubase 5 series yet again sets new standards in usability,
creativity and sheer functional depth. Our motivation is to
produce the most intuitive music production software in the
world, in a way that best supports the most important aspect
of artistic endeavor: creativity.
Defining industry standards for
25 years
Since the foundation of the company in 1984, Steinberg has
constantly pushed back the boundaries of what is possible in
digital audio. The advanced technologies included in Cubase
AI 5 offer flexible, cost-effective and intuitive ways of realizing
the artists full creative and professional potential. Steinberg’s
experience in developing highly performing cross-platform
applications gives Mac and Windows PC users the option to
enjoy Cubase on the hardware of choice.
VST3: The latest version of the Steinberg industry
standard Virtual Studio Technology
The leading Virtual Studio Technology (VST) standard,
developed by Steinberg, creates a full, professional studio
environment on a PC or Mac computer and allows the
seamless integration of virtual effect processors and
instruments right into the sequencing software. The
revolutionary VST standard recently reached a new stage
with the release of VST3, a groundbreaking new version with
a host of new capabilities, including dynamic I/O
management and enhanced CPU efficiency.
ASIO: Steinberg's low-latency, high-performance audio
standard by Steinberg
The Audio Stream Input/Output (ASIO) architecture forms the
backbone of VST. ASIO addresses any needs a professional
audio recording solution might have. It does this by
supporting variable bit depths and sample rates, multi-
channel operation and synchronization. As a result, the user
gets low latency, high performance, easy setup and stable
audio recording within VST.
The entire system becomes controllable and offers complete
and immediate access to the audio system’s capabilities.
Since its introduction, ASIO has become a supported
standard by many leading audio hardware manufacturers —
for good reason.
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