In addition, the VST3 SDK was finally made available to third‑party developers. However, in the two years following Cubase 4's release, Steinberg released two important updates: 4.1, bringing significantly better mixer routing (and parity with Nuendo 4.1), and, more recently, 4.5, which introduced VST Sound as a new way to integrate content into Media Bay.
CUBASE 4 UPGRADE TO CUBASE 5 UPDATE
Most of the new functionality centred around the new Media Bay, which only really helped you navigate the content that was provided by Steinberg, and VST3, an update to Steinberg's plug‑in technology that was initially unavailable to third‑party developers. Unlike the earlier versions of Cubase SX, which added interesting tools for musicians to embrace, Cubase 4, if I'm being honest, just didn't seem that exciting to me. Cubase 4, released a little over two years ago, dropped the 'SX' suffix, returning the product to its original name once again. Since then, Steinberg have been consistently improving Cubase alongside their other, more post‑production‑oriented audio application, Nuendo. However, that was version 5 of the original Cubase application, the last version released before the introduction of Cubase SX. It's been nearly nine years since Sound On Sound last reviewed Cubase 5. The first paid‑for update to Cubase for two years introduces some major innovations for sequencing and composition, including integrated Melodyne‑style pitch correction and editing.