Kind of new to Cubase, last time I used it was on an Amiga in the late 80s early 90s, then dabbled with various daws on and off through the years. Just taken out a subscription with Landr which includes cubase (yay) my choose route, and Ableton12. Cubase loads and runs on my machines ( unlike Ableton) is there a minimum spec or a minium processor required due to instruction sets and software coding? or anybody using older hardware.
I’ve got a HP Z800 with dual Intel Xeon x5600 processors, win 10, 96gb ddr3 rc ram, Samsung SSD drives and a pair of Ati radion graphics cards, 4K monitors, which i still use today for Adobe photoshop, illustrator and a back up of SeratoDJ and music… also various other hardware and laptops, but nothing really recent apart from a 3070 gpu, which I believe Cubase can’t use its processing power…
Cubase loads and opens on the HP and plays an imported mp3, im still learning my way around, I’ve no projects as yet, and am wondering if this is just going to bog down or glitch when the project window is open and tracks are loaded…
In short should at I look at something newer to get the best from Cubase or am I good to go for a while,
Appologies, think I posted when I thought I was saving .
What is it as a user , pc wise do you need to get a good user experience from Cubase… with out going to the extreme’s of high end pro work stations costing thousands today
Longer answer: Depends on what you intend to do. For complex projects, especially with a lot of current (synth and sampler) plugins, your CPU might reach its limit soon. With simpler projects, e.g. recording mostly audio and doing some mixing with mostly Cubase plugins, it should entirely be possible to do that with your system. Memory isn’t a problem for you with 96GB anyway…
The minimum system requirements as per the Cubase shop are:
64-bit Windows 10 Version 22H2 (or higher) / 64-bit Windows 11 Version 24H2 (or higher)
macOS Sequoia / macOS Sonoma / macOS Tahoe
8.0 GB minimum RAM required
It seems you are safe for the moment, and some experimentation with Cubase
You don’t have to spend thousands to get a decent or even really good Cubase machine.
My current system is from 2023, AMD Ryzen 7590X with 64G RAM, and with some M2 SSD and other stuff it cost less than 2000€ back then. With current prices of components, that might be some more nowadays of course.
Maybe have a look at some shops that offer pre-built systems especially designed for Pro Audio and see what they have to offer. From your user name I guess that you are in the UK (?), I know there is Scan, probably others. The advantage of the specific Pro Audio builds is usually that the components are specifically chosen for the Task of Real time Audio and should generally work.
But I am pretty sure other people here are more versed with current hardware setups for Cubase. I only am interested in that stuff when I buy a new PC and then ignore hardware again for the next 5-7 years…
While it does of course depend on what you want to do with it, that machine is well capable of running Cubase. If I remember correctly, the Z800 was once a recommendation made by Steinberg themselves, although they no longer to that. I even sometimes run Cubase 15 on a 2011 ThinkPad (with limitations, of course), and then there’s the fact that Microsoft have abandoned Windows 10. Up to a year ago.
Another issue is that prices of PC components have gone through the roof so you’d be well advised to sit tight until the so-called “AI” bubble bursts. I built my current PC (specs in my profile) last July just before things went properly crazy, but it would have cost me at least double that today.
So in short, there’s no need to replace your current machine as there’s no technical reason to do so, unless you are concerned about not getting Microsoft security updates (but if you’re in the EU, you can still get them until October 2026 as long as you log into your Windows 10 with a Microsoft account every now and again).
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… I doubt that, I think you mean Atari? I had Pro24A on the Amiga.
Your machine can be just fine for many workloads. If you loaded CB and the whole thing works to satisfaction, then enjoy and don’t waste time (!!) and money to “improve” your PC to shave a few seconds.
Indeed, and I will continue using Windows 10 on two laptops, just not internet-connected. I’ve also got image backups of both of them from last year, just in case Microsoft “update” them with a kill switch before October. The bottom line though, is that these will become instant targets for the first ML-generated malware that surfaces after the final Windows 10 security update.
I agree with Y-D, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, unfortunately however Microsoft decided in their wisdom to “fix it” anyway.
Me too. I’m holding out for Windows 12, as long as I’m able. With a bit of luck the tradition of even-numbered versions being better than odd-numbered will continue.
Don’t really know what the problem with Win11 is. I have not problem with it since I got a new PC 2 years ago. It takes some time, as with every Windows version ever, to set it up to your liking, but then it is smooth sailing and imho not much different to Win10, except for a better UI.
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