I run Cubase Sx 3 on WIndows 10 and I use the compatibility mode setting. I have set to Windows XP (Service pack 3) and it is stable.
Look for the latest version of Cubase Pro ( at the time of writing Cubase 11 Pro) and download the 1 month trial. Downlad and Install the activation to your eLicense on your USB. ( you dont need to fully install pro to achieve this)
Open Cubase SX and point to the Pro license. Cubase SX3 now opens… Finally !! But only for 1 month. Lots of time to convert my arr and all files.
Use file - import - Cubase arrangement , then file save as to save as a CPR
or
Use file - import - Cubase song
The song opens with a table. Select one row at a time for each arrangement within the song.
You need to do this multiple times to convert the entire song.
Select the row. When the song is loaded go to File - Save as to save in cpr format.
Audio is preserved. If an audio file is not in the correct folder you can search for it.
Parts names track names etc are also preserved. Much better than moving in midi format.
As of 2021 Jan all items I mentioned above are easily obtainable through the Steinberg website.
This solution does not work using a Cubase Artist license. It must be Pro !
Hi, I tried to do this with Cubase 12 Pro and Cubase SX 3 but it doesn’t seem to work. The soft eLicenser isn’t accepting the pro license. I don’t have an USB dongle. Do I absolutely need one or is there an other option? I have found more than 20 tracks from the 1990s in and I really would like to export the .all files to midi so I can use it in my DAW that I use these days.
er… wait a second. You will need a Cubase 11 or earlier license to do that. Do you have one in you Steinberg account? (sorry, I was imagining you were referring to a Cubase SX 3 license, but I realize you might only have Cubase 12 Pro.)
If you ever registered it in a Steinberg account, SB Support can help you obtain it.
If you have the SX license in your Steinberg Account, you can do a Zero Down Time request to obtain an activation code good for 25 hours of usage, and eventually receive a replacement permanent code.
Thanks, yeah I only downloaded Cubase 12 Pro as a Trial for 60 Days. I won’t fork out the money for it just to get my old files. The price for the dongle would haven been ok. I use Reason and Ableton depending on the project nowadays and I won’t go back to Cubase I guess. The OP wrote that it works with the trial version so I thought I give it a shot. But I don’t know if I can get Cubase 11 as a trial now.
HI, sorry to ask on this old topic. I cannot install SX3 on Win10… It keeps failing at trying to copy stein____.tff a font file… Has anyone found a way around this?
SX3 don’t run on modern macs, like mac studio unfortunately
There might be a way using emulators but frankly, not worth the hassle…
Would be great if there was a handy little tool, even command line would suffice. Then I could put it into Apple shortcuts for a context menu launch…
As far as I understand it running sx3 needs a licence running in the elicencer for a later version of Cubase up to version 10 or 11. I managed this today as I had an unexpired cubase 10 pro trial left on my usb elicencer. So sx3 installed OK.
But what happens in 2025 when the elicencer is withdrawn?
Also it was luck that I had a trial version licence as I crossgraded to Nuendo 11 for my full licence a couple of years ago. I thought I read somewhere that Nuendo 11 licenses would still be useable with older versions of Cubase but this does not seem to be the case.
Surely for the future Steinberg should be providing a more seamless method for converting older user files - either by providing an independent utility program for conversion - or by decoupling sx3 from it’s protection software - or by releasing enough source code for community developers to develop a utility solution. Thanks.
This does not work for me. Cubase SE3 does not install on Windows 11. And when I had to replace my eLicenser, the old SE3 license was not included on it. I emailed Steinberg, and I was told the license is no longer available.
I still have a bunch of old .ALL files that I cannot access.
