Steinberg
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Steinberg GmbH is a German musical software and equipment company based in Hamburg
. It mainly produces music recording, arranging and editing software as used in digital audio workstation
s and VSTi software synthesizer
s.
. The company has changed name from Steinberg Research to Steinberg Soft- und Hardware GmbH, and was active in the United States
for some years as Steinberg North America, Inc. In January 2003, the company was acquired by US firm Pinnacle Systems
, within which it operated as an independent company producing its products before being sold to Yamaha in December, 2004.
Steinberg's notable packages include the sequencers Cubase and Nuendo
, as well as WaveLab
(a digital audio editor
) and numerous VST plugins.
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
. It mainly produces music recording, arranging and editing software as used in digital audio workstation
Digital audio workstation
A digital audio workstation is an electronic system designed solely or primarily for recording, editing and playing back digital audio. DAWs were originally tape-less, microprocessor-based systems such as the Synclavier and Fairlight CMI...
s and VSTi software synthesizer
Software synthesizer
A software synthesizer, also known as a softsynth is a computer program or plug-in for digital audio generation. Computer software which can create sounds or music is not new, but advances in processing speed are allowing softsynths to accomplish the same tasks that previously required dedicated...
s.
History
The company was founded in 1984 by Karl Steinberg and Manfred Rürup. Its first product was the MIDI sequencer Steinberg Pro 16 for the Commodore 64Commodore 64
The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January 1982.Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$595...
. The company has changed name from Steinberg Research to Steinberg Soft- und Hardware GmbH, and was active in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
for some years as Steinberg North America, Inc. In January 2003, the company was acquired by US firm Pinnacle Systems
Pinnacle Systems
Pinnacle Systems, Inc. is a California-based American manufacturer of digital video hardware and software for the consumer and broadcast markets. The company was founded in 1986 by Ajay Chopra, Mirek Jiricka and Randall Moore....
, within which it operated as an independent company producing its products before being sold to Yamaha in December, 2004.
Products
Music software
- Steinberg Cubase 5 & 6 (Successor to the SX series)
- Steinberg Cubase Studio 5 & 6 (Successor to the SL series)
- Steinberg Cubase Essential 5 & 6 (Successor to the SE series)
- Steinberg Cubase LE (Light edition sometimes bundled with sound cards)
- Steinberg SequelSequel (software)Steinberg's Sequel is essentially a heavily stripped down and simplified version of Cubase. It has been called a Garageband clone as it features very similar functionality and interface as Apple's Garageband, which itself, is a heavily stripped down version of Logic, a competitor with Cubase....
- Steinberg V-Stack
- Steinberg NuendoNuendoNuendo is a music software product developed by Steinberg for music recording, arranging, editing and post-production as part of a Digital Audio Workstation. The package is aimed at audio and video post-production market segments, but it also contains optional modules that can be used for...
- Steinberg WaveLabWaveLabWaveLab is a digital audio editor by Steinberg aimed at the professional as well as the semi-professional market. It supports multi-channel files, DirectX plugin, VST plugin and DVD-Audio creation. WaveLab was for a long time the main competitor to Sound Forge. Wavelab was started in 1995 and it is...
- Steinberg Cubase LE 4
VST instruments
- Steinberg Groove Agent
- Steinberg Groove Agent 2
- Steinberg Groove Agent 3
- Steinberg Groove Agent SE
- Steinberg HALion 1.1
- Steinberg HALion 2
- Steinberg HALion 3
- Steinberg HALion Player
- Steinberg HALion SE
- Steinberg HALion String Edition 1
- Steinberg HALion String Edition 2
- Steinberg HALion Symphonic OrchestraSteinberg HALion Symphonic OrchestraHALion Symphonic Orchestra is a soundbank application designed to emulate the acoustic sounds of a full orchestra. It was created by German company Steinberg, who are known for producing MIDI music sequencer software, software synthesizers and digital audio editing tools.Used as a Virtual Studio...
- Steinberg D'cota
- Steinberg D'cota SE
- Steinberg Hypersonic
- Steinberg Hypersonic 2
- Steinberg HALion Sonic
- Steinberg The Grand
- Steinberg The Grand 2
- Steinberg The Grand 3
- Steinberg The Grand SE
- Steinberg Plex
- Steinberg Virtual Guitarist
- Steinberg Virtual Guitarist SE
- Steinberg Virtual Bassist
Hardware
- Steinberg CC121 - Advanced Integration Controller
- Steinberg CI2 - Advanced Integration Controller
- Steinberg MR816 CSX - Advanced Integration DSP Studio
- Steinberg MR816 X - Advanced Integration DSP Studio
- Steinberg Key (License Control Device for Steinberg Software - Dongle)
- WK Audio ID Controller
Music software
- Steinberg Pro 16 (for Commodore 64Commodore 64The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January 1982.Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$595...
) - Steinberg Pro 12 (for Atari STAtari STThe Atari ST is a home/personal computer that was released by Atari Corporation in 1985 and commercially available from that summer into the early 1990s. The "ST" officially stands for "Sixteen/Thirty-two", which referred to the Motorola 68000's 16-bit external bus and 32-bit internals...
) - Steinberg Pro 24 (for Atari STAtari STThe Atari ST is a home/personal computer that was released by Atari Corporation in 1985 and commercially available from that summer into the early 1990s. The "ST" officially stands for "Sixteen/Thirty-two", which referred to the Motorola 68000's 16-bit external bus and 32-bit internals...
, Commodore Amiga) - Steinberg Cubase SE
- Steinberg Cubase SL
- Steinberg Cubase SX
- Steinberg Cubase VSTVirtual Studio TechnologySteinberg's Virtual Studio Technology is an interface for integrating software audio synthesizer and effect plugins with audio editors and hard-disk recording systems. VST and similar technologies use digital signal processing to simulate traditional recording studio hardware with software...
24 - Steinberg Cubase VSTVirtual Studio TechnologySteinberg's Virtual Studio Technology is an interface for integrating software audio synthesizer and effect plugins with audio editors and hard-disk recording systems. VST and similar technologies use digital signal processing to simulate traditional recording studio hardware with software...
32 - Steinberg Cubase Audio
- Steinberg Cubase Audio XT
- Steinberg Cubase Score
- Steinberg Cubase For Windows
- Steinberg Cubasis VSTVirtual Studio TechnologySteinberg's Virtual Studio Technology is an interface for integrating software audio synthesizer and effect plugins with audio editors and hard-disk recording systems. VST and similar technologies use digital signal processing to simulate traditional recording studio hardware with software...
(low-cost edition of Cubase, occasionally bundled with sound cardSound cardA sound card is an internal computer expansion card that facilitates the input and output of audio signals to and from a computer under control of computer programs. The term sound card is also applied to external audio interfaces that use software to generate sound, as opposed to using hardware...
s) - Steinberg Clean!
- Steinberg Avalon - sample editor for Atari
VST instruments
- Steinberg Plex
- Steinberg D'cota
- Steinberg Hypersonic
- Steinberg/Wizoo X-phraze
- Steinberg V-Stack
Hardware
- Steinberg MIDEX-8 - USB MIDI interface
- Steinberg MIDEX-3 - USB MIDI interface
- Steinberg MIDEX - Atari MIDI interface
- Steinberg Media Interface 4 (MI4) - USB MIDI interface
- Steinberg Avalon 16 DA Converter - AD Convertor for Atari
Protocols
Steinberg have introduced several industry-standard software protocols. These include:- ASIOAudio stream input outputAudio Stream Input/Output is a computer sound card driver protocol for digital audio specified by Steinberg, providing a low-latency and high fidelity interface between a software application and a computer's sound card...
(a low-latency communication protocol between software and sound cardSound cardA sound card is an internal computer expansion card that facilitates the input and output of audio signals to and from a computer under control of computer programs. The term sound card is also applied to external audio interfaces that use software to generate sound, as opposed to using hardware...
s) - VSTVirtual Studio TechnologySteinberg's Virtual Studio Technology is an interface for integrating software audio synthesizer and effect plugins with audio editors and hard-disk recording systems. VST and similar technologies use digital signal processing to simulate traditional recording studio hardware with software...
(a protocol allowing third-party audio plugins and virtual instruments) - LTB (providing accurate timing for its now-discontinued MIDI interfaces)
- VSL (an audio/MIDI network protocol which allows the connection and synchronisation of multiple computers running Steinberg software)
Steinberg's notable packages include the sequencers Cubase and Nuendo
Nuendo
Nuendo is a music software product developed by Steinberg for music recording, arranging, editing and post-production as part of a Digital Audio Workstation. The package is aimed at audio and video post-production market segments, but it also contains optional modules that can be used for...
, as well as WaveLab
WaveLab
WaveLab is a digital audio editor by Steinberg aimed at the professional as well as the semi-professional market. It supports multi-channel files, DirectX plugin, VST plugin and DVD-Audio creation. WaveLab was for a long time the main competitor to Sound Forge. Wavelab was started in 1995 and it is...
(a digital audio editor
Digital audio editor
A digital audio editor is a computer application for audio editing, i.e. manipulating digital audio. Digital audio editors are the main software component of a digital audio workstation.-For use with music:...
) and numerous VST plugins.