Cubase Artist 12 is a powerful digital audio workstation that builds on the success of previous versions with a range of new features and workflow enhancements. Embodying decades of music software innovation and development; Cubase Artist provides everything you need to create edit arrange and mix music. At the heart of Cubase Artist is an award-winning 64-bit floating-point Steinberg audio engine with audio resolutions ranging up to 192kHz. Cubase Artist is truly limitless being one of the only DAWs out there to offer unlimited audio MIDI and instrument tracks. Artist is a streamlined version of the Cubase Pro software offering all the major features and tools you need for in-depth music production and audio editing. Version 12 offers a wide variety of new features including the ability to convert audio to MIDI chords. Deeper MIDI controller integration allows you to spend more time creating and less time clicking. The editing workflow has also seen a massive overhaul with new functions and key commands that speed up the process. Pitch editing is made easier than ever thanks to the new Scale Assistant in VariAudio. As well as all the new improvements Cubase also includes everything that made it so popular in the first place. Create and explore with a variety of sounds including four remarkable VST instruments (HALion Sonic SE 3 Grooveagent SE 5 Padshop 2 and Retrologue 2) as well as over 2500 instrument sounds to choose from. Not only that you can sculpt and shape your sound using the powerful effect suite comprised of over 90 high-grade audio/MIDI VST effect processors. Please Note: This upgrade is only for users who currently own a copy of Cubase AI.