
Cubase Feature Comparison Chart
Feature
Native audio - no additional DSP hardware required
Simultaneous playback of hundreds of audio tracks
Unlimited number of MIDI tracks
Physical Inputs/Outputs
Inserts
Group channels
FX channels
VST Instrument Slots
MIDI insert plugins
Rewire 2 support (number of channels)
Adaptive and configurable track mixer
Number of mixer views
Extended Mixer view
Automation modes
New VST 2.3 audio engine
Surround: True multichannel audio path
24-bit/96 kHz audio resolution
32-bit floating point audio resolution
Unlimited Undo and Redo functions
Offline Process History
VST System Link
New Look & Feel
Configurable Toolbar & Track Controls
VST Connections Window
User-Definable window layouts
Project Browser
FX Return Channels
Video Thumbnail track and preview
Recording Modes: Mix, Overwrite, Normal, Merge, Stacked
Editors: Key, Drum, List, SysEx, Score
Logical Editor
Audio/Tempo analysis and Audio/Groove analysis
Slice & Stretch for audio loops, automatic tempo matching
Professional Score layout and printing functions
Improved handling of multiple parts (audio and MIDI)
Musical Timebase
Linear Timebase
Soft Quantize
Time Warp Tool
Spectral Analysis
Statistics functions
Pitch Shifting/Time Stretching algorithm
Dithering
User-definable macros
Pool import/export
Cubase VST 5.x song import
Freeze for VST Instruments
Hardware Controller Support
Supports LTB for high-precision MIDI Timing (w/ Midex 8)
MTC/MMC support
CD audio grabbing
Full MP3 Fraunhofer Encoding
Windows Media WMA Pro surround encoding
A1, LM7, VB1 VST instruments included o* x x
* Cubase SE sold with Studio Case only. Includes SE versions of Halion, The Grand, Groove Agent, Virtual Guitarist
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Cubase SE Cubase SL 2.
xxx
48 x x
xxx
8 128 256
556+2
8 128 256
8 128 256
16 16 64
244
8 256 256
oox
123
oox
touch fader touch fader
oxx
oox
xxx
oxx
1xx
single undo
xxx
oxx
oxx
oxx
oxx
oxx
oxx
xxx
excl. stacked x x
xxx
oxx
xxx
xxx
oox
oxx
xxx
oxx
xxx
oxx
oox
oox
3 modes 3 modes 3 modes plus MPEX
Apogee UV22 Apogee UV22
oxx
oxx
xxx
oxx
Houston, Generic +
Tascam US-428/224
onl
xxx
send MIDI clock only x x
xxx
available as update available as update x
oox
for built-in audio
processes
xx
ubase SX 2.0
touch fader, x-over,
autolatch, trim,
overwrite
for built-in
audioprocesses and all
Apogee
UV22/UV22HR
-ins