Cubase 6.5 ReadMe

ReadMe

February, 2012

Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH

ReadMe Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH

Table of contents

Welcome .................................................................................................................................. 3 Welcome to Cubase! ............................................................................................................... 3

Software license and system requirements .................................................................. 4 Software licensing .................................................................................................................... 4 Minimum system requirements ............................................................................................... 4

Installation and activation .................................................................................................. 5 Installation .................................................................................................................................. 5 Cubase 6.5 license activation ................................................................................................ 5 First Cubase 6.5 start up ........................................................................................................ 5

Technical support and additional resources ................................................................. 6 Register your software first ..................................................................................................... 6 Technical support ..................................................................................................................... 6 Updates for download.............................................................................................................. 6 Hardware drivers ....................................................................................................................... 6 Steinberg USB-eLicenser ....................................................................................................... 7 Pro Tools® key command preset .......................................................................................... 7 The Cubase community ........................................................................................................... 7 What is new in Cubase 6.5? .................................................................................................. 7 Known issues in Cubase 6.5 .................................................................................................. 7

Additional technical information ...................................................................................... 8 Using PowerPC plug-ins on Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6 / 10.7) systems ......... 8 Using the Cubase 6.5 64-bit version ................................................................................... 8 Plug-in compatibility with older Cubase projects .............................................................. 9 Notes about using SoundCloud ......................................................................................... 10

Credit notice: Steinberg, Cubase, ASIO and VST are registered trademarks of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. VST Sound is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. Macintosh, Mac and Mac OS are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. All other product and company names are ™ and ® of their respective holders. All rights reserved. All specifications are subject to change without notice. Made in Germany. © 2012 Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH.


Welcome

Welcome to Cubase!

Congratulations and thank you for purchasing Steinberg’s Cubase 6.5!

Bristling with new features and enhancements, Cubase 6.5 is your go-to software for recording, editing, mixing and producing music in all its creative forms. Advanced multitrack editing tools, an unrivaled take-comping system and a revolutionary approach to MIDI form the centerpiece of this next-generation production environment with a straightforward interface that gives faster access and more intuitive control than ever before. Inspiring effects and instruments like VST Amp Rack, HALion Sonic SE, Padshop and Retrologue fuel your creative imagination. Combining the very best sound quality, intuitive handling and a vast range of highly advanced audio and MIDI tools for composition, recording, editing and mixing, Cubase 6.5 condenses over 25 years of Steinberg development into the most cutting-edge set of digital audio workstations anywhere.

This Read Me includes important information about installing and using Cubase 6.5 on your PC Windows or Mac OS X computer.

We wish you a lot of musical inspiration and success using Cubase 6.5!

Your Steinberg team

You can find a detailed description of the major new features Cubase 6.5 has to offer in the “New features addendum.pdf”, located in the Documentation folder on the DVD ROM. A brief overview is also available in the "Version history, issues & solutions” PDF document, which is located in the "Read Me files" folder on the Cubase DVD.


Software license and system requirements

Software licensing

Please read the Software End User License Agreement displayed on your screen when installing Cubase. By installing the software you are declaring yourself to be in agreement with the conditions in the contract.

If you want to read the Software End User License Agreement independently from the installation process, or if you want to print the contract, you'll find the text file on the DVD in the “Additional Content/License” folder. Please open the file in your preferred language

Minimum system requirements

Please make sure that your system meets at least the following minimum system requirements.

Mac PC

Mac OS X Version 10.6 / 10.7*

Intel dual core CPU

CoreAudio compatible audio hardware

Windows 7*

Intel or AMD dual core CPU

Windows compatible audio hardware**

2 GB RAM

8 GB of free HD space

Display resolution of 1280 x 800 recommended

DVD-ROM dual-layer drive

USB port for USB-eLicenser (license management)

Internet connection for license activation

* Native 32-bit and 64-bit Cubase version.

** ASIO compatible audio hardware recommended for low-latency

performance.

For recommended systems, please refer to our website www.steinberg.net in the Support section under DAW Components.

http://www.steinberg.net/


Installation and activation

Installation

Depending on your system, the Cubase 6.5 Start Center program on the DVD may start automatically. If no interactive start menu appears, view the contents on the DVD and double-click the file “Start_Center” under Windows or “Start Center” on a Mac computer. From here you can start the installation of Cubase and browse through the additional options and information.

Cubase 6.5 updates any previously installed Cubase 6.0.x version.

The software installation is covered in detail in the printed Quick Start Manual as well as in the Operation Manual PDF

Cubase 6.5 license activation

The retail version of Cubase 6.5 ships with an USB-eLicenser which is pre-loaded with a 25 hours license. It allows you to use Cubase up to 25 hours of non-consecutive operation time. The remaining time will be displayed each time you start Cubase. Please make sure to activate your Cubase license permanently within this timeframe, as it will not run without a permanent license.

For further details, please read:

http://www.steinberg.net/activate/

The USB-eLicenser authorization is also covered in detail in the printed Quick Start Manual as well as in the Operation Manual PDF.

First Cubase 6.5 start up

The first time you start Cubase 6.5 it can take a while until the loading process is finished. Cubase needs to gather all components and plug-ins you may have installed. Subsequent starts of the application will be much faster after that.

http://www.steinberg.net/activate/


Technical support and additional resources

Register your software first

Please register Cubase on MySteinberg in order to gain access to online support offers and additional exclusive services. To do so, visit:

http://www.steinberg.net/mysteinberg

Technical support

Steinberg product specialists are also on hand to provide individual assistance at:

http://www.steinberg.net/en/support

Please note that you are required to register your product online to receive technical support and information.

Updates for download

Developing software is an ongoing process that perpetually gets closer to perfection without ever achieving it, thus we encourage you to make sure you are using the latest version of Cubase at all times.

Download the proper install/update utility from the Support/Download section at:

http://www.steinberg.net/en/support/downloads

Hardware drivers

Cubase 6.5 requires recent drivers and components for your audio and remote controller hardware, so please make sure that the latest versions are installed before you start working with Cubase.

You can download the most recent drivers for all Steinberg hardware from the respective download site at:


http://www.steinberg.net/en/support




Steinberg USB-eLicenser

Should you experience any difficulties with your USB-eLicenser, go to the “Additional Content/Copy Protection Driver” folder on the DVD and double-click the included installation setup file. Alternatively, you can download and install the latest version of this software at:

http://www.elicenser.net/en/latest_downloads

Pro Tools® key command preset

Cubase 6.5 is installed with a key command preset for Pro Tools. This preset maps common key commands used in Pro Tools to Cubase functions. For more details please have a look at the document “Pro Tools Key Commands Preset” in the “Read Me Files” folder on the Cubase 6.5 DVD.

The Cubase community

Check out the Cubase worldwide community in the official Steinberg forums for tons of tips and other useful information:

http://www.steinberg.net/forum/

What is new in Cubase 6.5?

To get an overview of the new features Cubase 6.5 has to offer, please take a look at the "Version history, issues & solutions” PDF document, which is located in the "Read Me files" folder on the Cubase DVD.

Known issues in Cubase 6.5

All known issues with Cubase are noted in the "Version history, issues & solutions” PDF document, which is located in the "Read Me files" folder on the Cubase DVD.

http://www.elicenser.net/en/latest_downloads

http://www.steinberg.net/forum/


Additional technical information

Using PowerPC plug-ins on Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6 / 10.7) systems

Since the release of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, the OS component “Rosetta” is no longer installed by default.

The included PowerPC Cubase 6.5 plug-ins “Embracer”, “Monologue” and “Tonic” are not installed by default but can be enabled by clicking the “Customize” button in the installer. Steinberg recommends installing “Rosetta” before starting Cubase for the first time. More details can be found at:

https://www.steinberg.net/en/support/knowledgebase_new/show_details/kb_show/mac-os-x-snow-leopard-some-older-plug-ins-are-missing

Please note that since the release of Mac OS X 10.7 the OS component “Rosetta” is no longer available from Apple. Therefore PowerPC plug-ins cannot be used in Cubase at all under Mac OS X 10.7.

Using the Cubase 6.5 64-bit version

Under Mac OS X 10.6 / 10.7:

Cubase will start as 32-bit application by default. If you want to start Cubase as 64-bit version, select the Cubase application icon and then choose “Get Info” from the context menu. In the Get Info window un-check “Open in 32-bit mode”. When using Cubase in 64-bit mode, the following features are not available:

• Print functions: Use the “Export Scores” function from the menu >File >Export instead and then print the output file with e.g. Preview included in Mac OS X or start Cubase in 32-bit mode if you need to print scores.

• PowerPC plug-ins incl. “Tonic”, “Embracer” and “Monologue” are only available when using Cubase 6.5 in 32-bit mode under Mac OS X 10.6 or lower (see above).

• The VST Bridge allows you to load Intel-compiled 32-bit VST 2.4 plug-ins only. PowerPC plug-ins and VST3 32-bit plug-ins are not supported. Please check with the respective plug-in manufacturer if and when your favorite plug-ins will be available in native 64-bit format.





Under Windows 7 64-bit:

Users of Windows 7 64-bit editions have the choice of installing either the 32-bit version and/or the native 64-bit version. Both versions can be also installed in parallel.

When working with the 64-bit version of Cubase, you may encounter issues with third-party plug-ins if they are not in compliance with the User Account Control (UAC) feature of Windows. Plug-ins affected by this are e.g. based on the “SynthEdit audio plug-in creator”. In such cases, please try to start Cubase with administrator privileges.

The 64-bit version of Cubase contains the VST Bridge, which allows you to run VST plug-ins and instruments, if they’re not available in 64-bit format.

Please note that VST 3 plug-ins in 32-bit won’t be available using the 64-bit version of Cubase. 32-bit plug-ins based on Waves Waveshell are not supported.

Plug-in compatibility with older Cubase projects

Some old plug-ins are no longer part of the Cubase installation:

HALion ONE:

HALion ONE is no longer installed by default and has been replaced by HALion Sonic SE. If you have Cubase 5 or Sequel still installed on your system, HALion ONE will be available in Cubase 6.5. If you install Cubase 6.5 with no prior Cubase 5 or Sequel installation available on the system, HALion ONE will be unavailable.

However, you may want to install it if you want to load Cubase or Sequel projects using it, or if you use content sets requiring this VST instrument (e.g. VST Sound Instrument Set Synthesizers). To install HALion ONE, start the Cubase installer via the Cubase Start Center from DVD, and enable HALion ONE in the “Customize” section.

Please note that even though HALion ONE and its content will be available after that, VST presets won’t be installed! The content is just provided to ensure compatibility with older Cubase 5 projects. The HALion ONE sound library has been included in HALion Sonic SE, so none of your favorite sounds are lost.


SPL DeEsser:

This plug-in has been replaced with a current VST 3 version named DeEsser.

SurroundPan:

This plug-in has been replaced by the VST 3 version Surround Panner v5 and offers much more functionality. The old SurroundPan plug-in is still included for compatibility reasons but will only be loaded with older project files requiring it.

Other legacy plug-ins:

Other plug-ins from earlier Cubase versions are provided for you on the Steinberg website in case required for compatibility reasons.

Notes about using SoundCloud

When you upload your mixes from Cubase to your SoundCloud account, your web browser will open and the SoundCloud website will ask you to connect Cubase to your SoundCloud account. Once you have confirmed this connection, it will be valid for several hours, so you do not need to re-connect Cubase with every other upload.

To disable the connection between Cubase and your SoundCloud account, log in to SoundCloud and click on “Settings”->“Connections”->“Revoke access” button.

Please note that the web browser Opera is not supported for uploading audio material from Cubase to SoundCloud.

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