Cubase SX3 takes music production to a new level by adding more than 70 new features including powerful Audio Warp Realtime Timestretching, an intuitive Play Order Track, convenient Inplace Editing and many new editing functions.For the first time, a native music production system combines full -featured audio and MIDI recording and editing, virtual instruments and powerful audio mixing with the added flexibility of loop- and pattern-based arranging and mixing. Cubase SX3 supports Windows XP and Mac OSX and works with a multitude of audio interfaces. Add to that the seamless integration of external audio and MIDI hardware, and Cubase SX3 redefines music production technology.

Easy and flexible integration of external hardware within the modern DAW environment has become paramount to many recording facilities and project studios. Steinberg Cubase SX3 sports new MIDI Device Maps and panels that allow direct, user-customizable access to outboard MIDI hardware such as synthesizers. The External FX Plug-ins allow direct integration of external effect processors such as reverbs and compressors into the VST mixing environment. Now top class outboard hardware can now be integrated into the mixing process as easily as software Plug-ins, including automatic latency compensation.

Steinberg Cubase SX3 is the first version of Cubase to support a 64-bit operating system, and supports up to 4GB of RAM when used with a 64-bit operating system such as the upcoming Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition and appropriate 64-bit processors such as the AMD Opteron. This doubling of maximum available RAM resources is accompanied by a significant performance boost when used with the latest generation of 64-bit processors.

Steinberg Cubase SX3 also sees another first: implementation of the first level of Studio Connections announced this year at Frankfurt Musikmesse. Representing the first fruits of the development alliance between Steinberg and music instruments and audio hardware manufacturer Yamaha, Studio Connections technology has been incorporated into the Steinberg Cubase SX3 release, with total system Recall functionality. Steinberg Cubase SX3 integrates Yamaha’s Studio Manager 2 software which serves as a link between the sequencer and hardware editing components. Each editor component can be opened like a Plug-in from within Steinberg Cubase SX3. Entire studio setups are saved and recalled with the project. Supported hardware currently includes Yamaha’s DM2000, 01x and 02r96 mixers, as well as the Motif ES synthesizer and SPX2000 signal processor.