#Vst connections cubase 10 update#
It's The Little ThingsĪs usual, this update is packed with smaller features that are as significant as the headline grabbers - certainly in that they aid workflow and improve usability. Once installed, extra options are added in the Export Audio Mixdown for these formats. Finally, SX now supports Nuendo 's optional Dolby Digital and DTS encoders. Another welcome enhancement is the ability to copy and paste the settings of multiple mixer channels in one go. Other improvements to the mixer include the ability to disable the pan control on an audio-based channel by Alt/Option-Shift-clicking it, and there's also a new Equal Power mode in the Project Setup window's Pan Law settings, where the power of the signal remains constant no matter what the pan position - useful for smoother-sounding pan movements across the stereo or surround field. Usefully, you can also specify whether Key Command actions should affect all channels in the mixer, with the ability to exclude input and output channels, or just the selected channel. This includes bypassing EQs, sends and inserts, loading and saving mixer and channel settings, configuring metering and toggling visible channel types. Into The MixĪcknowledging the fact that many people use Key Commands in Cubase, it's now possible to carry out certain actions in the VST Mixer via Key Commands. The external instrument's editor will be a Device Panel, if one has been assigned, and the VST Connections window allows you to make delay adjustments to compensate for any latency. The external instrument is now functionally identical to a VST one (you can route its audio around the VST Mixer, using insert and send effects, for example), with the exception that you can only use one instance of each external instrument in a Project. Once the configuration is done, you can choose this external instrument via the VST Instruments window and Cubase will create a mixer Audio Instrument channel for its output. Here you can specify the external MIDI device that will receive the MIDI data, and the inputs on your computer system's audio hardware to which the outputs of the device are connected. This is achieved in a similar way to integrating external effects units into the VST Mixer (a feature introduced in SX3), via a new External Instruments tab in the VST Connections window. One of the headline (SX-only) new features is the second phase of Steinberg and Yamaha's Studio Connections initiative, dubbed Studio Connections Audio Integration, making it possible to integrate external MIDI instruments into the Cubase environment and use them in the same way as if they were VST Instruments.
#Vst connections cubase 10 upgrade#
However, Steinberg have been listening and, by the time you read this, Cubase SX 3.1 should be available as a free upgrade for SX3 users, with a similar update for Cubase SL users to follow. Last year's Cubase SX 3 release was perhaps the most significant version of Cubase SX to date, and while it offered a mature feature-set for the most part, there were still a few areas that could have been fine-tuned. We investigate the major and minor new features on offer in Cubase SX/SL 3.1. Cubase SX v3.1 enables you to define external instruments in the VST Connections window, meaning that you can work with them inside Cubase in exactly the same way you would VST Instruments.