Note Expression: Allows MIDI controllers such as pitch bend, volume, pan, and filters to be applied only to the selected notes.
In other DAWs, this requires the use of complicated MIDI program changes and key switches. Chords can be either entered manually or detected automatically.
Chord Tracks: Helps the user keep track of chord changes, and can optionally be used to harmonize audio and MIDI tracks automatically, as well as trigger arpeggios and chords with basic voicings or voicings for piano and guitar.It has a number of features designed to aid in composition, such as: These versions can be upgraded to a more advanced version at a discount.Ĭubase can be used to edit and sequence audio signals coming from an external sound source and MIDI, and can host VST instruments and effects. Cut-down versions of Cubase are included with almost all Yamaha audio and MIDI hardware, as well as hardware from other manufacturers.
The first version, which was originally only a MIDI sequencer and ran on the Atari ST computer, was released in 1989.