What's New

Learn about all the new features introduced in Cubasis 3!

3.7

• Tempo and signature track Global tracks allow you to set tempo and signature changes with a wide range of signatures.
• Iconica Sketch If you own Iconica Sketch, our brand-new iOS orchestra app, you will get a built-in version in Cubasis for free. On Android, Iconica Sketch is available as an in-app purchase, offering 34 different instruments and 140 articulations.
• Free FM Classics (IAP) voice ROM update To celebrate Yamaha’s Synth 50th Anniversary, the free DX7 voice ROM 101-106 update adds 384 presets.
• Improvements and bug fixes

3.6.5

• Audio Glue Select several events and combine them into a single audio track via simple tap.
• Convert Files to Mono Quickly convert stereo tracks to mono in the audio editor and mixdown popup.
• Copy and Paste Revisited Tap, hold and move your finger to the right to easily create event copies.
• Search your instruments, effects, and presets Simply type to search across all your plug-ins and presets, incl. Audio Unit support.
• Smoother Level Metering with peak hold support Enjoy smoother level meters, which make mixing more pleasing and accurate.
• Mixdown to MP3 and AIFF Easily create and share MP3 and AIFF versions of your tracks.
• Improvements and bug fixes

3.6

• LoFi Piano LoFi Piano is based on an upright acoustic piano and was recorded with carefully selected vintage microphones.
• HALion Sonic Selection (in-app purchase) Your music creation workstation with a library of 1100+ world-class, pro-grade instruments.
• FM Classics (in-app purchase) All the classic DX7 and TX81Z factory sounds, matching the originals as closely as you can get.
• Neo FM (in-app purchase) Neo FM hosts a superb library of next-generation FM synthesis sounds.
• Dark keyboard setup option
• Instrument preset user favorites
• 64 I/O audio channels
• View height is saved
• Latency setup option on Android
• 55+ Improvements and Bug Fixes

3.5.2

• Android-only This update fixed a bug of the 3.5.1 release on Android.

3.5.1

• Android Home Screen shortcuts added to instantly load recent or create new projects.
• New button added to toggle the Hub lower zone info area
• Improvements and Bug Fixes

3.5

• Hub The all new Cubasis Hub is your in-depth control center when you want to choose between loading new or recent projects, or to browse through templates and existing projects, tutorials and more.
• iOS Quick Actions A long tap on the Cubasis for iOS app icon opens the Quick Actions allowing you to immediately launch the app with a new project with predefined tracks, or to load the most recent project you are working on.
• iOS Drag & Drop Cubasis 3.5 for iOS makes life easier and quicker now offering full drag & drop support, to get your desired files into the right place.
• Handy new setup options You can now choose to show the iOS status bar, to display the grid above events, to enable the Metronome only while recording, to disable snapping the locators to an event via long-tap, and configure the MIDI output latency.
• Added a mixdown option to exclude effects
• 9 new metronome sounds
• iPadOS 16 compatibility
• Improved MIDI editor tools
• Improved Bluetooth support on iOS
• Support for mouse and trackpad scrolling
• Improvements and Bug Fixes

3.4

• Ableton Link Support Make Cubasis on multiple iPad, iPhone and Android devices play in time together. Jam with others who run Link-enabled apps on their devices. Sync Cubasis with multiple applications on the same device… and much more.
• MIDI Recording Workflow Improvements A long tap on the locator range lets you instantly place the locators in a new position to quickly start your recording. Use the Chord Buttons to instantly create great-sounding chord sequences at your finger tips, while recording melodies in one go. MIDI time-stretch lets you easily change the speed of MIDI events.
• State Save / Total Recall Improvements Cubasis 3.4 makes sure you will find the project in the exact same state as when you left the app last time. The editors remember the zoom level and position for each audio and MIDI event, allowing you to instantly continue with your edits. The same goes for the arranger, the mixer channel width, the setup choices you've made and more.
• 75+ Improvements This update includes many improvements which deliver the best possible performance with the utmost stability.

3.3.4

• Android-only This update fixed a bug of the 3.3.3 release on Android.

3.3.3

• Improvements and Bug Fixes This update fixed a bug that occurred with iOS 15 along with a few other minor issues.

3.3.2

• Android-only Cubasis now follows Google's new scoped storage requirements and stores MediaBay data in an app-specific directory.

3.3.1

• Improvements and Bug Fixes This update fixed several bugs of the 3.3 release.

3.3

• MIDI Learn, Mackie Control (MCU) & HUI protocol support Easily control Cubasis remotely, via your external controller. Enable MIDI Learn and simply move a knob or fader on your controller to assign it to a selected parameter. What's more, you can load existing presets for your controller or save your own. And if your controller provides Mackie Control (MCU) or HUI protocol support, you're covered right away too.
• Audio Unit Instrument Multi Out support Audio Unit Multi Output support lets you quickly assign the single instrument sounds of a drum kit to individual outputs, or allows you to route individual instruments to discrete channels.
• Sidechain support Use a few simple taps to create that classic, warm pumping sound we all love when listening to many genres of music — be it hip hop, pop, heavy techno... you name it. Create punchy kicks, make vocals stand out in the mix, separate frequencies from each other and much more.
• Extended MIDI routing Make use of extended MIDI routing options to create inspiring tracks in a snap. Modulate vocals to make them sound robotic, using the new extended MIDI routing options alongside our Waves Tune RT IAP or a third-party vocoder iOS app, manipulated via an existing MIDI track. Explore even more creative possibilities via advanced MIDI track-to-track routing options.
• Improvements Cubasis 3.3 includes many improvements which deliver the best possible performance with the utmost stability.

3.2.1

• Improvements and Bug Fixes This update fixed several bugs of the 3.2 release.

3.2

• Keyboard Shortcut and Mouse Support Speed up your workflow with simple keyboard shortcuts to record, play, navigate, edit and more, creating great tracks at lightning speed. Cubase shortcuts and mouse support are included.
• Waves Tune Real-Time IAP Your ultimate real-time pitch correction tool for vocals. A dream tool that helps vocalists stay in tune while singing, feel confident, and focus on the emotion of their performance. Waves Tune Real-Time provides smooth, natural-sounding vocal pitch correction, instantly and automatically. And it’s exclusively available through Cubasis in-app purchase on iOS.
• Waves H-Delay Now Included in Waves Plug-in Bundle IAP From classic old school PCM42-style effects like filtering, flanging and phasing, to slap-back echo, ping-pong delay and tempo-sync with modulation, H-Delay delivers the goods. Controlled by a super–intuitive interface that lets you get straight down to business, it is exclusively available in the Waves Plug-in Bundle IAP, including a free update for existing users!
• Multicore-rendering and improved Audio Unit performance Cubasis gives you the freedom to use many more third party Audio Unit instruments and effects plug-ins simultaneously than ever before. Multicore rendering support exploits the potential of newer devices to their utmost.
• 45+ Improvements Cubasis 3.2 provides many more user-requested improvements and fixes throughout the application. For the complete list of improvements, issues and solutions please visit the Cubasis forum.

3.1.2

• Audio input device selection This setup lets you select the audio input source on Android devices.
• Improvements and Bug Fixes This update includes more than 35 improvements and bug fixes.

3.1.1

• Improvements and Bug Fixes This update fixed several bugs of the 3.1 release.

3.1

• Master Strip Plug-in Suite Make your tracks sound excellent with this pro-grade mastering plug-in suite.
• Audio Recording Offset Compensation Use the all-new offset compensation to let Cubasis auto-sync your recordings with the metronome, keeping you right in time.
• Performance Improvements and Maintenance With extensive performance improvements under the hood and many bug fixes, Cubasis 3.1 is designed to work even faster and smoother.

3.0.2

• MiniSampler Create your own sampled instruments with Cubasis on iPhone and iPad.
• Apple Pencil Support Use Apple Pencil on your iPad to edit even more precisely in Cubasis.
• Improvements Enjoy the best performance, speedy operation and rock-solid stability.

3.0.1

• Improvements and Bug Fixes This update fixed more than 35 bugs of the initial release.

3.0

• Universal app support Create your songs with Cubasis on iPhone and iPad.
• Cubasis 3 for iPhone A fully equipped DAW, quick and easy to navigate, on your iPhone.
• Group tracks Process, edit and mix tracks as though they were a single track.
• Full-screen mixer, zoom modes and level metering Easily extend the mixer up to full-screen size and more.
• New look, same feel Creating mobile music is easier, faster, more efficient and enjoyable.
• Free Cubasis 2 in-app purchase transfer Freely transfer previous in-app purchases from Cubasis 2 to Cubasis 3.
• 960 pulses per quarter note Enjoy MIDI editing with finest level of detail and precision.
• Up to eight re-arrangeable insert and send effects Use up to eight re-arrangeable effects and change pre/post fader positions.
• 75 new effects presets Make new tracks sound great, with an inspiring selection of ready-to-use presets.
• Undo reinvented with History List Comfortably jump back and forth between earlier versions of your project.
• Redesigned instruments and effects Enjoy improved user interfaces for more precise operation.
• Updated audio, MIDI and automation editors File editing is quicker and more efficient.
• Improved MediaBay Create folders, move files, share your music and more with ease.
• UI scale presets for iPhone and iPad Quickly change the size and arrangement of the Cubasis user interface.
• Overdub and looper recording modes Choose the perfect mode for your recording task.
• MicroSonic instruments refill Get creative with this great library of expressive instruments.
• Vertical event coloring Easily keep visual track of the individual parts of your arrangement.
• AU MIDI effects automation The controls and switches of your AU MIDI plug-ins can move automatically.
• Micrologue ARP (IAP) automation Get more creative with the Micrologue ARP, now supporting automation.
• Don’t stop the music Enjoy playback to continue, while performing undo, redo and more.
• Improvements Enjoy the best performance, speedy operation and rock-solid stability.