Steinberg Cubase key facts
Last updated- Legal entity
- Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH
- Headquarters
- Germany (DE)
- Ownership
- Part of Yamaha Corporation
- Founded
- 1984
- Data hosting
- Germany
- Deployment
- On-prem
- Open source
- No
- US Cloud Act exposure
- Low (no US parent)
- Replaces
- Pro Tools (Avid), Logic Pro (Apple), Studio One (PreSonus)
About Steinberg Cubase
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH is a Hamburg-based company specializing in music-production and audio software for musicians, producers, and professionals in film and post-production. Founded in 1984, the company is a pioneer in digital audio, known for creating the VST standard and the Cubase workstation. Since 2005, Steinberg has operated as a subsidiary of the Yamaha Corporation. The company develops tools for recording, editing, and mixing audio, supporting high-resolution recording up to 192 kHz and advanced MIDI sequencing. Its products are widely used in professional studios worldwide for music composition and multimedia sound design.
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