“Cubase LE is part of Steinberg's professional range of Cubase music production software and features the same industry standard technologies and pristine sound quality that have made Cubase both a household name and the software of choice for platinum artists around the world. With a full range of tools ready for audio and MIDI recording and mixing, Cubase LE is both fully cross platform and easily upgradeable to the full version of Cubase Essential 4 through the Steinberg website. Cubase LE is also fully upwards compatible, so all Cubase LE projects can be opened and worked on all higher Cubase versions.”
Cubase LE Bullets
  • Macintosh and PC cross platform product
  • 24bit/96kHz professional audio quality
  • Fully upgradeable to Cubase Essential 4
  • Includes full set of audio effects plugins
  • Contains basic virtual instruments to get users started
  • Cubase LE offers the same advanced user interface and functionality as Cubase 4/Studio4
    • System Requirements
    Windows
  • Pentium III 500MHz or AMD K7 (Pentium III/Athlon 1GHz or faster recommended)
  • 256 MB RAM (512MB recommended)
  • 1GB of free hard disk space for complete content
  • Windows XP, Windows 2000 *

    (*) ZOOM products doesn't support USB connection to Windows 2000 based computers.

    Macintosh
  • Power Mac G4 450MHz
  • 256 MB RAM (512MB recommended)
  • 1GB of free hard disk space for complete content
  • OS X Version 10.2 or higher


    • Cubase Main Feature Comparison
    Feature
    Cubase LE
    (Ver. 1.0.10)
    Cubase Studio4
    (Ver. 4.0.2)
    Cubase 4
    (Ver. 4.0.2)
    Audio Tracks
    48
    unlimited
    unlimited
    MIDI Tracks
    64
    unlimited
    unlimited
    Physical Inputs / Outputs
    4
    128
    256
    Group Channels
    4
    256
    256
    Insert Effects
    2
    8
    8
    VST Instrument Slots
    2
    32
    64
    MIDI Plugin Slots
    not available
    4
    4
    Number of Mixer Views
    1
    2
    3
    32bit Float Recording
    not supported
    supported
    supported
    5.1ch Surround
    not supported
    not supported
    supported
    Undo / Redo
    last 10 steps
    unlimited
    unlimited
    Sync Mode
    Master
    MIDI Clock
    MTC, MIDI Clock
    MTC, MIDI Clock
    Slave
    MTC
    MTC
    MTC

    How To Upgrade To Cubase Essential 4
    Cubase LE can be upgraded to Cubase Essential 4.
    This link directs customers to the Cubase LE upgrade page with all necessary information. It is also accessible directly from the About menu in Cubase LE.
    http://www.steinbergupgrades.com/upgrade.html