This upgrade is for owners of Cubase Artist 16 and takes them to Cubase Pro 16. A valid licence of the product named is required.

Cubase Pro 16 is Steinberg’s complete digital audio workstation for producers, composers, songwriters and engineers who want to work in a single production environment, from the first idea through to mastering. Unlimited audio, MIDI and instrument tracks, twelve virtual instruments and libraries with over 3000 sounds, and more than 20 GB of samples and loops form the basis for electronic music, songwriting, band recording, orchestral music and film scoring. For demanding productions there are VariAudio 3 pitch correction, Audio Warp Quantize, Audio Alignment, Control Room, VCA faders, Modulators, and ADM authoring and a renderer for Dolby Atmos. New in Cubase 16 are Instrument Stacks, improved Stem Separation that now also covers piano and guitar, Spectral Audio Warp, the DrumChain multi-effect, VocalTouch, Omnivocal Basic and Module for HALion Sonic, among others.

Features

• Unlimited audio, MIDI and instrument tracks
• 12 virtual instruments and libraries with over 3000 sounds, over 20 GB of samples and loops
• VariAudio 3, Audio Warp Quantize, Audio Alignment and comping for precise audio editing
• Control Room, VCA faders, Modulators, and ADM authoring and renderer for Dolby Atmos
• Score Editor, Expression Maps and video support for composing and film scoring
• New: Instrument Stacks, improved Stem Separation, Spectral Audio Warp, DrumChain, VocalTouch and Omnivocal Basic

Technical details

• Type: Upgrade – DAW software
• Operating systems: Windows, macOS
• Architecture: 64-bit
• Licensing: Steinberg Licensing (account-based), activation on up to three computers at a time, Internet connection required once for activation
• Content: 12 virtual instruments and libraries, over 3000 instrument sounds, over 20 GB of samples and loops

System requirements

• macOS 15 Sequoia, macOS 26 Tahoe or macOS 27 Golden Gate (native on Apple silicon or via Rosetta 2)
• Windows 10 (64-bit) version 22H2 or later, or Windows 11 (64-bit) version 25H2 or later
• Processor Windows (minimum): Intel Core i5 8th generation, AMD Ryzen 3000 series or Windows on Arm processor
• Processor Mac (minimum): Intel Core i5 (late 2018 or later) or Apple silicon
• CPU cores: 4 or more; RAM: at least 16 GB
• Disk space: 89 GB (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, AMD R/RX series or NVIDIA 700 series and later recommended
• Graphics Mac: graphics card with Metal support
• Audio hardware: OS-compatible; ASIO-compatible hardware recommended for low latency

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.