New Features

This dynamic plug-in combines up and down compression for up to three bands. Use it to help your lead sounds cut through the mix, tame aggressive bass lines, or enhance subtle, spacey reverberation. The plug-in is described in the separate document Plug-in Reference. See Squasher.

Quickly and easily set up side-chaining to make space in mixes or create distinctive effects. See Side-Chaining.

The sampler track comes with a number of great new features. The new slicing mode chops up your loops so they’re ready-to-play with just a click. There are now two global LFOs available to add motion and interesting effects. You can go for a vintage feel or the highest fidelity with the sample engine’s new quality modes. And the new mono legato glide is perfect for typical 808 basslines and more. See Sampler Tracks.

You can select whether you want ramps or steps as the default type for new controller events. See Controller Lane Setup Menu.

You can copy all of your CC edits to another track. See Controller Lane Context Menu.

You can set your pitchbend steps to semitones to always be perfectly in tune. See Pitchbend Controller Lanes.

You can create ramps and curves in the CC and pitchbend lanes, just like you are used to with automation. See Creating Smooth Transitions between Continuous Controller Events.

You can delete MIDI notes with a simple, fast double-click. See Deleting Note Events.

The Scale Assistant is a superb addition to your songwriting toolkit. You can set your song’s scale in the Key Editor and follow its lead, quantize a solo to scale or play live in perfect tune. You can change the view to only see the notes of the set scale. You can even let the Scale Assistant analyze your MIDI recording and suggest the right scale. Now there are no more excuses for wrong notes. See Scale Assistant in the Key Editor.

Cubase now supports more scaling settings for Windows 10, such as 125 %, 150 %, and 200 %. Even plug-ins that do not support HiDPI can now be scaled based on the scaling factor of Windows. See General.

Vertical marker lines are shown on all tracks to indicate marker positions on all tracks throughout the entire project. See Markers.

When working with the Divide Track List feature, it is now clearly indicated which of the track lists has the keyboard focus. See Keyboard Focus in the Project Window.

The Maximizer channel strip module now offers a details view in the Channel Settings window. See Maximizer – Details View.

For plug-ins that support multiple side-chain inputs, for example, Squasher, you can now set up an individual side-chain routing for any of these inputs. This allows you to control each plug-in side-chain input with a different side-chain source. See Side-Chain Routing.

Selecting and editing poly pressure events on the controller lane is much more intuitive now. See Adding Poly Pressure Events.

You can define which pitches are visible in the event display and the piano keyboard display of the Key Editor. See Showing Specific Pitches in the Key Editor.