Our resident Steinberg Cubase expert Gaz Williams takes a look a the new Cubase 8.5 release. Less of a major milestone, it appears to be more of a workflow enhancement with numerous changes and tweaks to make it more 'pro' which is Steinberg's aim.

Features

• VST Transit - cloud asset sharing
• Retrologue 2 - virtual analog extra oscillator, more FX and presets
• Ribbons - for hide/show interface aspects
• Import tracks from projects
• MIDI and Drum edit enhancements
• Chord Pads Sections - for more creative options
• Profile Manager - save your settings and use them elsewhere (Cubase Pro)
• Punch In/Out record
• Impressive new Elastique time stretch algorithm

Upgrade from Cubase 8 £36, from Cubase 7.5 £110.

For a full list of upgrade pricing, check the Steinberg website.

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