In Level 1 of this 4 part series we're going to take you through everything you need to know to get started. We're going to start right at the beginning with setup, and taking a tour of the new interface. All the basics will be covered - plus we'll start to dig into some advanced features. If you're new to Cubase or want some help getting accustomed to the latest version, than this DVD is perfect. It's also great for those advanced users out there that haven't loaded up a project in a while and need a quick refresher. This DVD is perfect for all Cubase users!! It’s the next best thing to having the expert right there beside you. With thousands of hours of seminar experience under his belt, Cubase Guru Steve Kostrey explains in a step by step, easy to follow style, how to get the most out of Cubase 5.

Cubase 4 and its streamlined sister product, Cubase Studio 4, include a range of groundbreaking new features and technologies that offer enhanced capabilities and workflow for musicians, producers and other audio professionals worldwide. . Designed for professionals from the ground up, Cubase converges extraordinary sound quality, intuitive handling and a vast range of highly advanced audio and MIDI tools for composition, recording, editing and mixing.

Steinberg Cubase AI 4 is a powerful music workstation combining audio and MIDI recording, editing and mixing in a single, integrated software package.
Based on the same technologies as Steinberg’s award-winning advanced music production system Cubase 4, Cubase AI 4 is the perfect entry ticket into the world of computer-based music production.

iDrum turns your Mac or PC into a powerful, simple-to-use virtual drum machine. Build patterns with iDrum's lightning-fast step sequencer, using included kits or your own samples.

iDrum for PC and Mac can also link to iDrum for the iPhone and iPod touch, letting you take your beats anywhere!

Final Master: A dual platform VST/AU multi effect
processor for stunning quality final production
mastering. Fully programmable multi effects processing, which also ships with a vast array of professionally designed pre-set configurations suitable for almost any demanding application.

Commercial CD and DVD audio mastering used to be available only in expensive professional mastering suites and studios. Now, with Yamaha’s Final Master, the results you have always desired are now available in your home studio.

Final Master is a VST/AU plug-in based on Yamaha's compression algorithms, and delivers the tools needed for audio mastering. Features include a multi-band compressor/limiter with adjustable frequency control, three soft clipping models and pre-seek look-ahead technology.

Final Master really is the ultimate solution for your CD or DVD/DVDA production mastering requirements.

iDrum turns your Mac or PC into a powerful, simple-to-use virtual drum machine. Build patterns with iDrum's lightning-fast step sequencer, using included kits or your own samples.

Easy. Fun. Dope.
It doesn't matter if you're a professional beat-maker or if you've never touched a drum machine before. iDrum lets you create drum patterns quickly, either with its top-notch included kits or your own samples. There's simply no faster way to build a beat on your Mac or PC.
Drum machine newcomers will get to experience the same magical instant-gratification that hooked an entire generation of musicians on the hardware drum machines of yesteryear. Pros will find that iDrum is the perfect way to manage large unwieldy drum sample libraries, get a phat beat going, and get it exported into the format you need (and for less money than a replacement pad for your MPC 3000).

Seamless integration
iDrum runs as both a standalone native OS X and Windows application and as a plug-in for Pro Tools, GarageBand, Logic, Ableton Live, SONAR, Cubase and more. This means you can use iDrum to create beats from right within your favorite music software environment, perfectly synced with your arrangement and always right where you left it when you return to your project after your next world tour.
Play that Beat
Don't feel like pushing buttons with your mouse? Prefer to bang on things instead? iDrum has you covered. Use record mode to tap out beats on an attached MIDI keyboard, or even using your QWERTY keyboard!

Cubase 4 - Advanced Music Production System - Cubase 4 represents a new generation in the development of music production software. Groundbreaking new technologies such as the SoundFrame™ universal sound management system and the virtual Control Room support the workflow of audio professionals to an extent never before seen in music production software. Cubase combines a brand new VST3 plug-ins and a versatile set of first-rate VST instruments with an enhanced user interface and many more exciting new features.

Cubase 4 comes with a brand-new VST3 plug-in set and four new integrated software instruments with more than 1000 sounds. The revolutionary SoundFrame™ is a powerful combination of Track Presets, Instrument Tracks, and MediaBay database, to help organize all your sounds from every instrument - both software VSTi and hardware. Cubase 4's mixer now offers a flexible Control Room section and up to four independent studio mixes. Composers and musicians benefit from the enhanced score editor while the redesigned user interface with many new features speeds up workflow and boosts creativity to new levels.

Cubase 4 represents the cutting edge in digital audio workstations. Designed for professionals from the ground up, Cubase converges extraordinary sound quality, intuitive handling and a vast range of highly advanced audio and MIDI tools for composition, recording, editing and mixing.