The Competitive Crossgrade lets users of another manufacturer’s DAW switch to Cubase Pro 15, Steinberg’s complete digital audio workstation – proof of purchase of your current DAW is required.

According to Steinberg, eligible products are Ability Pro, Ableton Live 8 or later (Standard and Suite, not Intro), Apple Logic Pro 9 or later, Avid Pro Tools 9 or later including subscriptions (Pro Tools, HD, Studio, Flex, Ultimate; not Artist and First), Bitwig Studio 1 or later (not 16-Track), Boris FX Samplitude Pro X 1 or later (not Music Studio), Boris FX Sequoia 9 or later, Cakewalk Sonar X2 or later (Platinum and Professional; not Artist or Cakewalk by BandLab), Cockos Reaper (commercial licence only), Fender Studio Pro 8 or later (perpetual licence or annual plan, not the monthly subscription), Image-Line FL Studio 11 or later (Signature and Producer, not Fruity), MOTU Digital Performer 7 or later, PreSonus Studio One Professional or Studio One+ Hybrid (not Prime and Artist) and Reason Studios Reason 10 or later. Cubase Pro 15 offers unlimited audio, MIDI and instrument tracks, eleven virtual instruments and libraries with more than 3,000 sounds and more than 90 audio effects; new in Cubase 15 are the melodic Pattern Sequencer, AI-powered stem separation and UltraShaper, among others.

Features

• Unlimited audio, MIDI and instrument tracks
• 11 virtual instruments and libraries with more than 3,000 sounds, more than 90 audio effects
• VariAudio 3, Audio Warp Quantize and comping for precise audio editing
• Control Room, VCA faders plus ADM authoring and renderer for Dolby Atmos
• New: Pattern Sequencer with melodic mode, AI-powered stem separation, UltraShaper
• Redesigned Expression Maps integrated with the Key Editor and Score Editor

Technical details

• Type: Crossgrade (DAW software)
• Operating systems: Windows, macOS
• Architecture: 64-bit
• Licensing: Steinberg Licensing (account-based), internet connection required for activation
• Requirement: proof of purchase of an eligible DAW from another manufacturer (see description for the list)
• Content: more than 3,000 instrument sounds, 11 virtual instruments and libraries, more than 90 audio effects, over 20 GB of samples and loops

System requirements

• Windows 10 (64-bit) version 22H2 or higher, or Windows 11 (64-bit) version 24H2 or higher
• macOS 14 Sonoma, macOS 15 Sequoia or macOS 26 Tahoe; runs natively or via Rosetta 2 on Apple silicon Macs
• Processor (Windows): Intel Core i5 (8th generation), AMD Ryzen 3000 series or Windows on Arm processor
• Processor (Mac): Intel Core i5 (late 2018 or later) or Apple silicon
• CPU cores: 4 or more; RAM: at least 8 GB
• Disk space: 84 GB free (core installation: 1.5 GB)
• Display resolution: at least 1440 x 900 at 100% UI scaling
• Graphics: Windows – graphics card with native Windows 10 support (recommended: AMD R/RX series or NVIDIA 700 series and later); Mac – graphics card with Metal support
• Audio hardware supported by the operating system; ASIO-compatible audio hardware recommended for low latency
• VST 2 is not officially supported: VST 2 plug-ins can be loaded with the VST 2 scanner enabled in the VST Plug-in Manager (not natively on Apple silicon), without Steinberg support

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.