Adam Crute

Audient switches gears with a new sub-brand and this small and compact interface that prioritises simplicity but boasts professional value.

In our last Cubase tutorial, we introduced you to the basics of the Score Editor. This time, we dig deeper to learn about score voices and layers.

Softube’s well-loved Console 1 finally gets some dexterous motorised faders to bolster its already impressive specs. But is this addition worthy enough to warrant an upgrade?

The latest pack from Sonokinetic allows for the simple creation of easy orchestral runs throughout your tracks, which blends perfectly with the company’s canon of products.

The ability to convert MIDI notes into scored music, and vice versa, has been one of the strings to Cubase’s bow ever since the app’s inception, but there’s an awful lot more to using this feature than meets the eye.

Software is getting cleverer, we all know that, but Sonnox’s latest plug-in takes on the nuanced detail of drum gating setup with such aplomb that you’d be forgiven for thinking it was self-aware.

Being just-about the longest-serving DAW out there, it’s surprising that Steinberg can still think up ways to improve the venerable Cubase. But it can and it does, so let’s see what’s new in 10.5.

We’ve seen more and more plug-ins over the last year that enable deeper dynamic control. On the surface, the DSM V3 from Pro Audio DSP appears to be a worthy overall tool for this purpose, so let’s take a closer look.

Has Universal Audio perfected the compact desktop audio interface? The Apollo X4 provides a very strong case.

The flexibility of Mid/Side processing can bring big advantages during mixing, but Cubase doesn’t have any built-in M/S capabilities. All it takes, though, is a free plug-in and a bit of clever routing.