A.I. powered 
So maybe ARA2 is in Cubase 10 and Variaudio 3 is a new ARA2 based pitch editor. This way they wouldn’t have to include Melodyne as a freebie in Cubase yet Melodyne owners would still be able to use it in ARA2 in Cubase if they wanted.
Matt
Pretty soon we’ll know! A solution like this imaginable I think, VA3 = VariAudio plus ARAesk addition. I’d love it!
No, VariAudio and ARA are two distinct animals that can perfectly live together. ARA isn’t about time-pitch correction only, it is an ammendment to the VST protocol which enables plugins to see and process the whole audio track(s), not just a time-constrained window comprising several samples.
Miloslav
“New the Cubase 10 is the audio alignment tool. This will automatically assit in aligning multiple audio recordings, perfect for double tracking vocals and guitars.”
New VariAudio 3, improved in every way for perfect vocal editing
New Audio alignment tool, easily sync your backing vocals
New Mixer snapshots, create alternate mixes and compare them instantly
New Distroyer plugin, brand new non linear distortion plugin, very thought after by producers
New redesigned console Channel strip, with better visual feedback, control and functionality
New Vintage Verbs for REVerence, new collection of vintage reverb impulses
New Groove Agent SE 5, based on the brand new Groove Agent 5, includes “The Kit”, and 20 new Beat Agents for electronic music production
New 5GB exclusive content library(all versions) with fresh sounds/loops produced by top acclaimed producers (from Allen Morgan to Florian Meindl and Beat Butcha)
((( weak )))
Great now Studio One gets to play catch up…
Underwhelmed! I was really hoping that 10 would be something extra special, as 9 was a bit underwhelming also. I might, for the first time, skip updating. Hopefully this information is incomplete, but someone mentioned elsewhere that the list looked pretty official. D’oh! 
I think the list is not complete… I hope not…
But let’s see… Maybe tomorrow?
If that is all…wow…what a disappointment…no chunks, no midi editing enhancements, no smart tools, are you listening steinberg? How many people asked for a distortion plugin…I think steinberg doesn’t listen anymore. Another year with lots of opportunities wasste
Sorry. Rant over
The list may not be complete. All the third party websites have removed the item for now, as I can see for a while.
However, it is already Wednesday morning in Germany. Let’s see what happens…
Yeah! Where’s my f’n time machine Steinberg! WHERE! LIke WTF!
Smart Tool has GOT to be there. I was at a session the other day and the editor was on PT – I was imagining how many more mouse clicks and/or keyboard clicks I’d need to do in Cubase to do the same things. I believe almost every other DAW has a multi-tool for a very, very good reason, so I’m hoping that that list is incomplete.
Is it a German thing to have lots of clicking about when it’s not at all necessary and can be done much faster and more intuitively? 
NI, also a German company, has the same issue, and it’s mind boggling to me…seems like an obvious thing to do that every single user would appreciate. Unless, again, some people love clicking lots of times and/or mousing about to do things that you wouldn’t need to do that for if it had better design???
And I think the channel strip could be the one on the bottom…
Incremental update it is then. Let’s hope there are lots of smaller refinements which can add up to make a solid release
Getting ready to launch…
New Youtube videos coming all the time now:
So, a lot of what the people was asking: NO…Bunch of loops: YES
(midi bezier, ARA, smart tool, smart quantize…you know, things that make our job easier)
I clearly don´t understand steinberg choices anymore…well there goes another year waiting
ARA2 is coming in 2019 quarter 1.
Based on newly uploaded videos on youtube, I can see still no smart tool for piano roll in Cubase 10. At first glance, it looks like this update contains no workflow improvements, actually.
Will I buy the update? No, thank you, not this time. Really disappointing update.