Cubasis 3 - DAW & Music Maker 4+

Mixer, Audio & Midi Editor App

Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH

    • 4.5 • 722 Ratings
    • £49.99
    • Offers In-App Purchases

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Description

Quickly and easily capture your musical ideas as soon as they arrive and turn them into professional-sounding songs with the multi-award winning Cubasis 3. Enjoy performing, recording, mixing and sharing your music in no time, wherever you are, right there on your iPhone and iPad. Meet one of the fastest, most intuitive and complete audio and MIDI DAWs available on iOS today: Cubasis 3.

Computer Music Editor’s Choice Award 2020・MusicTech Choice Award 2020・NAMM TEC Award Nominee 2022

"Cubasis 3 marks a great leap to the iPhone, and maintains Cubasis’ status as the DAW to beat on the iOS platform." — Computer Music

"Cubasis has always represented the best balance between features and usability in any iOS DAW/sequencer, and in Cubasis 3, Steinberg have raised a high bar even higher." — Sound On Sound

"Cubasis 3 is far and away the most powerful and user-friendly mobile DAW around." — ASK Audio

"Cubasis has been invaluable for me when I just need to create a quick demo before the plane lands." — Rob Swire (Pendulum, Knife Party, Deadmau5)

Learn more about Cubasis at www.steinberg.net/cubasis

NEW IN CUBASIS 3
• Universal app support: Run Cubasis on the iPhone and iPad
• Group tracks: Easily combine individual tracks to groups
• Full-screen mixer: Easily extend the size of the mixer and more
• New look, same feel: Enjoy creating more efficiently
• Free Cubasis 2 IAP transfer: Freely transfer previous in-app purchases to Cubasis 3
• 960 PPQN MIDI resolution: Precise audio and MIDI event editing at the highest level
• 8 insert, 8 send effects: Create great-sounding tracks with flexible effects options
• FX rearrangement: Quickly rearrange plug-ins and change their pre/post fader position
• 75 new effects presets: Make tracks sound great with these ready-to-use presets
• Undo with history list: Quickly jump back to earlier versions of your song
• Redesigned instruments and effects: Modern styling with more precise operation
• Audio, MIDI and automation editors revisited: File editing is much more effective
• Revised MediaBay: Your all-new control center for file and project management
• UI scale presets for iPhone and iPad: Quickly change the size and arrangement of Cubasis
• MicroSonic instruments refill: Get creative with great-sounding new instruments

HIGHLIGHTS
• Unlimited number of audio and MIDI tracks
• 24 assignable physical inputs and outputs
• 32-bit floating-point audio engine
• Audio I/O resolution of up to 24-bit/96 kHz
• Real-time time-stretching and pitch-shifting featuring zplane’s élastique 3
• Micrologue virtual analog synthesizer with 126 ready-to-go presets
• MicroSonic with over 120 virtual instrument sounds
• MiniSampler to create your own instruments (includes 20 factory instruments)
• Mixer with studio-grade channel strip per track and 17 effects processors
• Sidechain support
• Fully automatable DJ-like Spin FX effect plug-in
• Over 550 MIDI and time-stretch-capable audio loops
• Virtual keyboard with chord buttons, chord and drum pads with intuitive note repeat
• Audio editor and MIDI editor with MIDI CC support
• MIDI editor for programming and editing MIDI tracks quickly and efficiently
• MIDI Learn, Mackie Control (MCU) and HUI protocol support
• MIDI auto quantize and time-stretch
• Track duplicate
• Automation, MIDI CC, program change and aftertouch support
• Core Audio and MIDI-compatible hardware supported
• Keyboard shortcut and mouse support
• MIDI over Bluetooth LE support
• Audio Unit including Instrument Multi Out support, Inter-App Audio and Audiobus 3 support
• Ableton Link Support
• Import audio via iTunes, iCloud Drive, Files app, AirDrop or use AudioPaste
• MIDI clock and MIDI thru support
• Export to Cubase, iCloud Drive, external hard drives, wireless flash drives, Dropbox, AudioCopy and email

Technical support
http://www.steinberg.net/cubasisforum

If you like Cubasis, please support us by rating this app in the App Store! Thank you!

What’s New

Version 3.6.1

What's New in Cubasis 3.6.1
This supplemental update includes improvements and is recommended for all Cubasis users.
For more info please visit us at http://steinberg.net/cubasisforum.

What's New in Cubasis 3.6
Cubasis, our award-winning mobile DAW, lets you capture every moment of your inspiration on the go. Cubasis 3.6 adds four exciting, unique instruments, which are powered by Steinberg's HALion and will take your compositions to a whole new level. Let your creativity flow while playing the beautiful LoFi Piano, create epic tracks with our all-new HALion Sonic Selection music workstation, explore FM synthesis in depth with our outstanding FM Lab-based Neo FM and FM Classics instruments. Never miss a creative moment with Cubasis for iPad and iPhone.

LoFi Piano (FREE)
Enjoy this outstanding instrument, which features uniquely beautiful LoFi piano sounds, which are perfect for musicians, producers and beatmakers. Based on an upright acoustic piano, recorded with carefully selected vintage gear, LoFi Piano provides you with a gritty blend of contemporary and vintage piano sounds, with the option to instantly tweak them to your taste via six simple effects.

• Beautifully tape-saturated piano for Cubasis
• Six lofi-inspired effects for tunes with a dusty ambience
• Free with Cubasis 3.6

HALion Sonic Selection (Cubasis IAP)
Create professional-sounding tracks on the go with HALion Sonic Selection, the ultimate music creation workstation for Cubasis. Be ready when inspiration strikes and choose your perfect sound from a cutting-edge XXL library of 1100+ world-class, pro-grade instruments, suitable for any genre. Instantly tweak your instruments sounds to perfection, via eight fast and easy-to-use controls.

• Your music creation workstation for Cubasis
• Cutting edge library of 1100+ instruments for any genre
• Eight controls for quick and easy sound editing

Neo FM (Cubasis IAP)
Be inspired by playing this superb library of next-generation FM synthesis sounds, covering earth-shattering basses, crystal-clear leads, atmospheric pads, arpeggiated pulsating sounds, and much more. Neo FM is based on Steinberg's acclaimed FM Lab instrument and includes 300+ cutting-edge presets, each with eight intuitive controls to quickly and easily tweak your sounds.

• A next-generation FM synth for Cubasis
• 300+ cutting-edge presets for modern music creation
• Eight controls for quick and easy sound editing

FM Classics (Cubasis IAP)
Dive straight into the 1980s and celebrate 40 years of the ‘king of FM’ - the mighty Yamaha DX7. This fantastic sounding instrument comes with all the classic DX7 and TX81Z factory sounds - matching the originals as closely as you can get. FM synthesis changed the sound of popular music forever back in the early eighties, and it has thankfully returned to today’s pop music. Enjoy playing these all-time greatest FM tones, paired with a lovely DX-like user interface which has easy-to-use editing options.

• Classic FM synth for Cubasis
• 250+ ultimate DX7 and TX81Z factory sounds
• Eight controls for quick and easy sound editing

Improvements
Cubasis lets you focus on instantly creating great tracks. Cubasis 3.6 brings many improvements, pairing rock solid stability with the highest performance standards, to let you capture your ideas with ease. Do you prefer a darker environment, to make sure you are not distracted while being creative? The stunning new dark keyboard mode is just for you! Have you fallen in love with a great sound? Simply tap the star icon next to the preset name, making sure you will find it again, quickly and easily. Are 24 ins/outs not enough for your creativity? Check out the beta 64 ins/outs addition. And there's so much more. Whenever you are ready to create, Cubasis is ready too. For the complete list of improvements and solutions, please visit us at www.steinberg.net/cubasisforum.

If you like Cubasis, please support us by rating this app in the App Store! Thank you!

Ratings and Reviews

4.5 out of 5
722 Ratings

722 Ratings

PBUH91 ,

New update new problems

Bug Update: Freezing tracks is totally broken. The audio you get is a stuttery mess.

The new update brings midi stretching and Ableton push. Though both are quite large features and greatly appreciated, I was hoping for a little more from a major update. I’m having strange glitching effects with the metronome and sometimes with just playing my track. It sounds like interference or something, beeps and scratches that are quite loud. Nothing about my setup has changed and I checked with just headphones, still there, though not that frequent. When playing a track, I’ve also noticed a small glitch that happens between clips. I’m sure I’ll find more bugs as I go, but the performance seems to be better overall. I’m happy overall with cubasis 3 and I hope it keeps getting updated with new features and bug fixes.

Developer Response ,

Hi PBUH91, Please note that Cubasis 3.4.1 has been released yesterday evening. To find out more about Cubasis 3.4.1 please read here: https://forums.steinberg.net/t/cubasis-3-4-1-available. We hope you will enjoy the new Cubasis version, and would be very pleased about your updated feedback! Thank you & stay safe, Lars
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Hi PBUH91, Thank you for your updated Cubasis review and rating! Please note that we aim to shortly release Cubasis 3.4.1 which will resolve many user-reported problems. We would be pleased about your updated feedback, once the version has been released. Thanks in advance & stay healthy! Best wishes, Lars
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Hi PBUH91, Thank you for your updated Cubasis review and rating! We're glad to read that you're happy overall with Cubasis, and of course we try our best to make the app better with every update! In regards to your glitching issues, it would be great to have a bug report, including a short clip and the steps to reproduce the problem. If possible, please file a bug report at our forum to share these infos with us and to allow exchanging with you: steinberg.net/cubasisforum. Thanks in advance! Best wishes & stay safe, Lars
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Hi PBUH91, Thank you for your Cubasis review and rating. Please note that Cubasis for iOS is distributed through the Apple App Store, who is fully responsible to grant refunds. I'd suggest to get in touch with Apple again and provide them with the info, that you've seen their statement to get a refund within 14 days. We know Apple to be very customer-friendly and I'd think that they do care well. This is the link to Apple's official article that explains how to request a refund for apps or content bought from Apple: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204084. Please let me know if this helps via your updated comment. In addition, you're able to exchange with us via our Cubasis forum (steinberg.net/cubasisforum). Please let me know if your problem could be solved by this. Thanks & stay well, Lars

Jamestyros ,

Too many issues.

I’ve had Cubasis 2 for years, used on various iPads, with hardly any issues. I recently purchased Cubasis 3 while the sale was on, and so glad I didn’t pay full price. I have also updated it to latest Cubasis 3.4. Cubasis 3 has so many issues. I use iPad 11 pro and iPhone 13 pro max. Haven’t used it on the iPhone yet, but on iPad it constantly crashes during recordings. And now it has started playing back recordings at really slow distorted speeds! Really frustrating. Tried so many obvious solutions, restarts, iPad restart etc etc. Sometimes it plays back normal speed then other times it switches back to slow distorted speeds. I’ve never played around with speed settings, tempo etc, just left everything as default. I use Audiobus 3 to set up Cubabsis with recordings. Always starts of great, then once you get going adding more instruments or sounds, it either stops dead or crashes off screen. Think I’ll go back to using Cubasis 2 until Steinberg can sort these bugs out. I’ve read through various forums that there are a lot of issues with Cubasis 3. Seems a lot more work needed to go into this before it’s released.
There are constant complaints of Cubasis 3 crashing in different scenarios. Steinberg should not be releasing it without fully testing. Tried everything you suggested and checked on forums. These crashes are constant. I’m giving up on Cubasis 3 and applying for a refund. Wasting too much time trying to resolve different types of crashes.

Developer Response ,

Hi Jamestyros, Please note that Cubasis 3.4.1 has been released yesterday evening, adding many fixes and improvements to a wide range of user-reported problems. Please find out more what's included in the update right here: https://forums.steinberg.net/t/cubasis-3-4-1-available. We would be glad to have your updated feedback, once you've downloaded and checked Cubasis 3.4.1 yourself! Thanks in advance & stay safe, Lars
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Hi Jamestyros, Thank you for your updated Cubasis review and rating. Again, we are sorry to read about your issue. Please note that Cubasis 3.4.1 is planned to be released shortly, which will include many improvements and fixes to user-reported issues. We would be very glad to hear about your feedback, once the update has been released. Thanks in advance & stay safe and sound, Lars
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Hi Jamestyros, Thank you for your Cubasis review and rating. We are sorry to read about your problems. Please give the following steps a try, to see if it helps to resolve the issues: (1) Load the "New Project" project template. (2) Close all running apps, including Cubasis. (3) Fully shut down the iPad/iPhone. Does Cubasis works as expected, once relaunching the iOS device and the app? In addition, it would be great to have more details about your playback speed /distortion issues. Are these related to using Bluetooth devices (such as BT phones or speakers)? It would be of great help if you could share your bug reports with us in our forum at steinberg.net/cubasisforum to allow us exchanging with you. Once our engineers can reproduce the problems, there is a good chance for a fix! Thanks & stay safe, Lars

martinstephen ,

Achieving a fade unintuitive and difficult to achieve.

Hello Generally v good. I’m running 3.4 on iPad Pro .. yet why so difficult to achieve a fade? I’d prefer to do this from the main tracks without opening the waveform window yet when I do nothing appears easy and intuitive including achieving a fade. Coming to Cubasis3 on iPad Pro from using Digital Performer for years this is disappointing. In addition on an iPad mixer panning isn’t easy to do with some accuracy. Open pan into a separate window perhaps?

Thank you for your reply Lars, I’ve worked it out !
My confusion arose thus : I’m making audio splits in the main tracks section and assumed if I then double clicked on a particular split section to bring up the waveform window I’d then only see my split area but the whole original waveform is displayed so I then have to shuffle through this to find the bars I wish to fade. As you point out The movable Handles in the waveform area define the fade points as I’ve just realised! By the way the handles are a fabulous idea. Be nice also to have some ‘markers’ as feature in Digital Performer yet I appreciate this might over complicate what is a clean uncluttered intuitive design. I rate Cubasis3 v highly indeed and look forward to the next update …

Developer Response ,

Hi martinstephen, Thank you very much for your updated Cubasis review and rating! Glad to read that things work as expected for you! Please note that Cubasis 3.4.1 is planned to be released shortly, which will included many improvements and fixes to user-reported problems! Enjoy making music & stay well! Best wishes, Lars
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Hi martinstephen, Thanks for your Cubasis review and rating! There are various options to create fades in Cubasis. You can use the handles of an event to easily create fade ins and outs. But, Cubasis comes with full automation support too. To learn more about the Cubasis workflow, I strongly suggest to check out our "Getting started with Cubasis" tutorial, where Dom Sigalas shows all steps to create a full blown track with the app in near to no time: https://youtu.be/KcFuk4z-eUQ. Hope this helps & that you enjoy the clip! Thanks again! Stay safe and sound & best wishes, Lars

In-App Purchases

Waves Plug-in Bundle
Waves Plug-in Bundle
Polish your tracks with 4 classic plug-ins.
£19.99
Waves Tune Real-Time
Waves Tune Real-Time
Your ultimate real-time pitch correction tool
£4.99

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