This update is for owners of Absolute 1 to 5 and brings them up to Absolute 7. A valid licence of the version named is required.

Absolute 7 unlocks the whole collection of Steinberg virtual instruments – designed for everything from orchestral scores to emotional songwriting, chart-ready pop productions and electronic beats. At its core is HALion 7, a high-performance sample and synthesis instrument for playing, tweaking and crafting sounds that serves as a playground for deep sound design and building your own instruments. The rhythm section comprises Groove Agent with deeply sampled acoustic drum kits and percussion, Backbone with AI-powered drum sound design, BeatBox and World Percussion, while Electric Bass, the open-tuned guitar Tales and the seven-string guitar Axe Machina cover bass and guitar. Keys such as Amped Elektra, the sampled Yamaha C3X in Etude, the Model C organ and The Grand 3 piano collection join cinematic sounds from The Orchestra: Colors, Studio Strings and Olympus Choir, plus synths with lo-fi patches, granular textures, a spectral engine, Yamaha’s FM synthesis and the virtual analogue Retrologue.

Features

• 35 creative instruments that work across all major DAWs
• 194 GB of sound content with more than 8,000 presets for all kinds of genres
• Includes the HALion 7 sample and synthesis platform
• Drums and percussion with Groove Agent, Backbone, BeatBox and World Percussion
• Pianos, keys and organ: The Grand 3, Etude, Amped Elektra, Model C
• Cinematic sounds with The Orchestra: Colors, Studio Strings and Olympus Choir

Technical details

• Type: Update – Bundle (virtual instruments)
• Operating systems: Windows, macOS
• Plug-in formats: VST3, Audio Unit (macOS only), AAX
• Architecture: 64-bit
• Licensing: computer-bound
• Content: 35 instruments including HALion 7, 194 GB of sound content, more than 8,000 presets

System requirements

• macOS Sonoma, macOS Sequoia or macOS Tahoe
• Windows 10 version 22H2 or higher, or Windows 11 (64-bit) version 24H2 or higher
• Disk space: 194 GB

The licence is registered with the manufacturer at https://steinberg.net/sda. You will receive your serial number and the download link by e-mail immediately after purchase.