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Comprehensive tools for music creation
Cubase 15 Artist equips you with everything you need to take an idea from sketch to finished track. Its clear, logical interface makes complex tasks easy, whether you’re recording live instruments or programming electronic arrangements. Advanced MIDI tools such as Chord Pads, Chord Track, and the Scale Assistant help you write harmonically rich progressions with confidence. You can edit MIDI data with precision, apply real-time automation, and quantise performances for perfect timing. The Pattern Sequencer adds even more flexibility, now with monophonic and polyphonic modes, shape generators, and randomisers that bring new life to your melodies and basslines.
Recording is equally straightforward. Cubase 15 Artist handles audio capture with professional-grade clarity thanks to its next-generation audio engine. With flexible monitoring, intelligent comping, and low-latency performance, every take feels smooth and natural. Once recorded, powerful editing tools like VariAudio and AudioWarp allow you to correct pitch, refine timing, and sculpt performances without affecting sound quality. Whether you’re working with vocals, guitars, or orchestral instruments, Cubase ensures every element sounds its best.
Enhanced workflow and creative efficiency
Steinberg has redesigned Cubase Artist’s workflow for faster navigation and creativity. The new Hub helps you start projects quickly with searchable templates, project previews, and instant access to recent sessions. Improved automation tools now highlight your last-touched parameter, allowing quick edits without digging through menus. You can also add volume and pan directly to the Track Controls area, helping you make rapid mix moves and stay focused on your creative flow. When it’s time to share your work, new quick export options let you bounce mixes or stems in seconds, saving valuable time during production.
The updated MixConsole provides advanced routing and customisable channel strips, letting you design your workspace around your mixing style. It supports scalable interfaces for all stock plugins, giving you full control over your screen layout. On compatible Mac systems, pinch-to-zoom gestures and native full-screen mode make editing tactile and immersive. Everything about Cubase 15 Artist is built to help you stay in the zone, from the first note to the final bounce.
Rich sounds and instruments to inspire
Cubase 15 Artist comes packed with inspiring sounds and instruments that make creating music effortless. Groove Agent SE 6 now features a refreshed interface, new mixer, and improved effects, providing next-level drum production right inside your DAW. The included 40 drum kits cover everything from modern trap and hip-hop to electronic and pop, all preloaded and tweakable to suit your mix. For harmonic inspiration, 30 brand-new Chord Pad presets deliver playable voicings for jazz, soul, and pop progressions.
Writing Room Synths bring the authentic tones of vintage hardware into your studio, captured from world-class sessions in Los Angeles and Stockholm. They deliver rich leads, lush pads, and warm basses that add character to your productions. The included Songstart packs provide loop-based inspiration, covering a range of genres and production styles. Combined with Cubase’s integrated effects including the versatile UltraShaper, you’ll have everything needed to craft professional mixes without relying on third-party plugins.
Precision editing and professional sound
The audio editing environment in Cubase Artist 15 is built for precision. VariAudio offers intuitive pitch correction for vocals and instruments, while AudioWarp lets you stretch and align recordings for tight, consistent timing. The new Pitch Shifter expands both creative and corrective options with formant preservation, saturation modes, and stereo unlinking. Whether you’re refining a vocal take or designing experimental textures, you can manipulate sound in real time while maintaining natural tone and clarity.
The updated Score Editor also brings new tools for composers and arrangers. It supports complex notation projects and integrates seamlessly with Dorico Pro, making it a practical choice for film, TV, and orchestral scoring. For those who prefer visual workflows, spectral editing via SpectraLayers provides detailed control over frequencies and harmonics, allowing you to repair, reshape, or isolate sound with surgical precision. Combined with the MixConsole’s detailed metering and flexible routing, Cubase Artist 15 ensures your mixes sound clean, balanced, and ready for mastering.
Performance, stability, and collaboration
Built on Steinberg’s proven audio engine, Cubase Artist 15 delivers rock-solid stability across sessions of all sizes. You can work confidently knowing your setup will keep pace with demanding arrangements and high track counts. Regular updates ensure compatibility and continued improvements, keeping you equipped with the latest tools and features. The DAWProject format adds even more flexibility, enabling you to share sessions seamlessly across Cubase, Cubasis, and other supported DAWs without losing structure or settings.
For producers working remotely, Cubase supports VST Connect, making real-time cloud collaboration possible from anywhere. You can record with musicians or producers worldwide directly within your project, maintaining studio-quality sound. The Control Room feature gives precise monitoring control, whether you’re mixing on headphones or through multiple speakers.
Inspiration without limits
Cubase 15 Artist is all about empowering creativity. New melodic modes in the Pattern Editor let you design expressive motifs, basslines, and arpeggios quickly. The Hot Swap function in MediaBay makes auditioning samples faster, so you can experiment freely and stay inspired. Scaling for all plugins ensures a comfortable workspace on any screen size, while “Last Touched First” automation keeps adjustments intuitive and immediate. Everything is designed to remove friction between ideas and execution.
Whether you’re producing your first EP, composing for film, or refining complex mixes, Cubase 15 Artist gives you a professional platform that grows with your skills. It combines powerful features, inspiring sounds, and a user-friendly interface to make music production approachable and enjoyable without sacrificing the depth professionals expect. With Cubase 15 Artist, you can stay creative, stay efficient, and bring your musical ideas to life exactly as you imagined them.
Features
- 67 audio effects, 11 instruments and over 50GB of samples and loops included
- 64-bit floating point processing audio engine and up to 192kHz sample rate for high-quality audio recordings
- Create expressive melodic patterns with monophonic and polyphonic modes, step input, custom scales, shape generators and randomizers inside the Pattern Editor
- Fresh synthesis presets inspired by vintage synthesizers found in the world’s best songwriting rooms from LA to Stockholm
- Redesigned Hub with startup previews, search filters and audio setup tools on launch
- Improved automation shortcuts with “Last Touched First” with faster, simplified automation workflows
- Add Volume and Pan controls directly to the Track Controls area and customize the layout per track type
- More than 40 new modern drum kits included for hip-hop, trap and electronic styles
- 30 brand-new Chord Pad presets for jazz, soul, pop and indie chord voicings
- PitchShifter offers +/- 24 xemitones of shifting with formant control and saturation
- Fuel your sessions with genre-spanning loop packs and samples for quickly getting ideas flowing
- Omnivocal (beta) offers a revolutionary vocal synthesis, allowing you to enter notes and sing lyrics via MIDI
- Groove agent SE 6 provides new UI, mixer and effects for a streamlined drum programming workflow
- Native Mac fullscreen support
- DAWProject for all lets you share projects easily between every edition of Cubase and other supported DAWs
- Updated Quick Export options let you render audio faster than ever before
- All stock effects plugins now feature a user-defined scalable interface
- Instantly swap and replace samples with the MediaBay using Hot Swap
- Use pinch gestures on Mac to effortlessly zoom the timeline
Specifications
- Operating system:
- Mac: macOS Sequoia, macOS Sonoma and macOS Tahoe (Apple Silicon Native and Rosetta 2 support)
- Windows: Windows 11 and Windows 10 (64-bit)
- CPU:
- Mac: Intel Core i5 or later and Apple Silicon
- Windows: Intel Core i5 or AMD Ryzen 3000 or later
- RAM: 8GB
- Disk space: 85GB
- Display resolution: 1440 x 900
- Activation: Internet connection is required for activation. Account setup and production registration is required. Download is required for installation.
- Product code: 92479
