Sonic Academy welcomes Cubase guru Protoculture as he checks out some of the new features in Steinberg's latest release of Cubase 10.

New Features Include:

• VariAudio 3 - Ultimate control of your audio, with more creative tools and Smart Controls to speed workflow.
• MixConsole Snapshots - Instantly recall different project mixes and settings to quickly compare mixes and add mix notes.
• Audio Alignment - Stack and match recordings quickly, easily synchronising them to a reference track.
• New channel strip - Redesigned Channel Strip offers better metering and functionality.
• Easy side-chaining - Quickly and easily set up side-chaining to make space in mixes or create distinctive effects.
• Groove Agent SE 5 - A new user interface and many improvements to the best drum production tool.
• 5 GB of high-quality sounds and loops - From six highly acclaimed producers.
• AAF support - Lets you exchange multimedia data with all the most commonly used applications.
• Distroyer - Adds everything from subtle analog warmth to searing heat for mixes and individual instruments.
• Latency Monitor - Lets you quickly and easily know exactly where — and how much — latency is occurring.
• Steinberg Virtual Reality - VR production suite adds a suite of professional yet intuitive virtual reality audio production tools.

There's a host of other new features too which we'll no doubt be delving into more with up and coming tutorials and tech tips but in this First Look we get a quick lowdown of some of Protoculture's favourites!

Enjoy!