Old Cubase

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I just watched this video

I really like the look of the old b/w cubase and how you can clearly still see the DNA is there in modern versions.

Just wondered if any original users still use the old cubase versions on an Atari etc from time to time?

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Yep – still got the Atari STFM and last used it (for conversions) about two years ago. The monochrome monitor I had is long dead, but fortunately there are ways to get the “hi-res” (640x480 !!!) display working on a VGA monitor.

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That’s cool and even better you can use a new monitor with it. I must admit the monochrome looks cute.

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BTW, the product shown in that video at 0:46 is not Cubase, it’s the Amiga version of Pro 24 (I had that too!)

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Is that before or after Cubase?

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Woody had a go and failed :sweat_smile:

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After – here’s a link: Sound on Sound Feb 1991: An Old Pro

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Of course he did – Cubase required the “hi-res” monochrome monitor (actually 640x400). Whatever way he’s got that hooked up, it’s using the “regular” resolution which was intended for games (in colour).

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Thanks. What’s this one. It says 1986 :distorted_face: Steinberg Pro 24 (IM Oct 86)

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Ah I wonder if someone pointed that out to him :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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That’s the Atari version – the Amiga version didn’t appear until around 1989-90. It was actually quite a powerful program.

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From the 1986 article:

Steinberg Pro 24 Software ÂŁ250
Atari 1040ST; around ÂŁ900

The prices today would be:

Steinberg Pro 24 Software ÂŁ761.04
Atari 1040ST; around ÂŁ2,703.75

Edit: and it says “Pro 24 purchasers are entitled to 12 months’ free updates for £34.50 (Which is £103.64 today); the first update covers the colour monitor option and SMPTE reading”

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That’s really early isn’t it. 1986. the same year as Papa Don’t Preach" by Madonna, “Take My Breath Away” by Berlin, “Livin’ on a Prayer” by Bon Jovi, and “Sledgehammer” by Peter Gabriel

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“Steinberg History & Hands-On Pro-24”

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Speaking of old versions. Do you guys know which Cubase version was the last one to properly read the .ALL files or how the compatibility chains of the Cubase project file formats were?

To be more concrete:

  • Which was the last “native” .ALL reading version? (VST5?)
  • Which was the first version introducing CPL (SX1?)
  • Which was the last version that could convert .ALL to the new file format? (SX2/3?)

I’m asking because I might have some old Cubase .ALL disks lying around and would be fun to convert them to work in Cubase 15.

Edit: found what I was looking for: https://helpcenter.steinberg.de/hc/en-us/articles/115000075750-Converting-Cubase-VST-songs-ALL-ARR-into-CPR-format

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You are correct on all three accounts.
Cubase VST 5.x
Cubase SX (the 1 was omitted)
Cubase SL/SX 3

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WIll my elicenser usb dongle work with SX3? It should, right? I once had all these licenses, I think it already was elicenser and USB in times of SX, right? Can’t remember until when we had the parallel port dongles.

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I can still run Cubase VST 5 off my dongle so SX3 should work fine.

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Hm, tried the elicenser in an old winxp sp2 machine I still have around. It’s not recognized by the elicenser. On my Windows 11 Pro machine, I can’t get SX3 installed.

The thing I’m almost more curirous about. Looking at my elicenser content in my last version I have on Win11 Pro, it doesn’t show Cubase licenses any more. It shows a couple of (Upgraded to xxx with Steinberg Licensing), but my Cubase elicenser licenses seem to be gone. Is that normal?

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Grab this while it’s still there (direct download link):
https://download.steinberg.net/downloads/Archive/eLC_6.7.1.8151/eLicenserControlSetup.exe
It’s the last one for XP.