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Steinberg’s new release Cubase 6.5 had made me quite anxious
until yesterday when I finally had an opportunity to check all its new
features. The overall expression it left on me is that Cubase 6.5 is full of
updated features. Its user-friendly interface blends wonderfully with its
inspiring instruments, effects and great editing tools. So now we can go down
to more detailed description:
Basically there are two new synths in Cubase 6.5: Retrologue and
Padshop. Retrologue is more like a vintage analogue synth. You can get rich
old-school sound. You will fall in love with Retrologue if you like funky style
and come to recording funky bass and leadsounds. Retrologue comes with a
library of 300 presets, so most likely you will be able to find just the right
sound for your funky track in Retrologue’s preset library.
Padshop as its title hints is a wonderful source of pads. I
could not manage to try out all of its presets which are 400 totally, however I
still could manage to try out some of its out of this world atmosphere sound. This
synth has built-in effects that are very convenient to use and that can help
you create completely unique sound, completely unique pads.
Cubase 6.5 also introduces three new effects: DJ-EQ, MorphFilter
and VST AMP RACK 1.5. DJ-EQ as the title tells itself is specially designed to
create a favourite performance effect for DJs. The effect is quite useful for
creating unexpected twists. I also tried it and made some breaks and it did
well. What is more, the parameters can be automated so that you get all the
dance floor atmosphere through Cubase’s quick controls which is renowned for
being so user-friendly.
Unfortunately I did not have enough time to test MorphFilter’s
abilities fully. However one thing is clear: Steinberg tried its best to create
superior filter types of HALion 4. I think I’ll be using more of MorpFilter
soon.
I did try out and fell in
love with VST AMP RACK! I got such insane tones for my guitar. The feeling of
playing with signature tones of world renown guitarists from famous bands
likeAccept,Meshuggah, Emperor. It’s just wonderful! The VST comes with
maximizer and limiter, so that your guitar soundwill be cut through the mix. 
I just can not ignore the new way of warping offered by Cubase
6.5. The hitpoints are fused and warp quantizing is directly embeded into the
Quantizing Panel which is specially dedicated for this use. The result of this
is that entire arrangments just like single audio loopsneed just a mouse click
for quantizing – like MIDI parts. .. and yes! your audio events are warped not –
sliced which means that they followautomatically any global pitch or tempo
changes of your project. This makes arrangements quite easy since audio events
remain uncluttered.
The new version of Cubase also comes with some unexpected
surprises. The most important of these is the ability to link your Cubase to
your SoundCloud account. This gives you possibility share your songs directly
with the world. The uploader is built-in the Cubase 6.5.
Linking with SoundCloud is not just for easy sharing. It made possible
for Cubase 6.5 to include lossless FLAC audio compression codec. You save up to
60% disk space when recording tracks in real time.
What is more, Cubase 6.5 is the first version of Cubase to offer
an interface in Simplified Chinese!
