Update - Downgrade

[milkyway_snacks]

Is it possible to downgrade if I have Cubase 9.5 Artist but just want to buy Cubase 13 Elements?
My main interest is to keep my e-licensing product and avoid losing support in the future.

Thanks in advance for your answer.

[JuergenP]

Welcome to the Forum.

As far as I know you can not downgrade a release, the only way here is to buy the full license of the lower edition of the product.

@milkyway_snacks

My main interest is to keep my e-licensing product and avoid losing support in the future.

You are not losing anything, your Cubase 9.5 version will keep on working, as long as your USB eLicenser is ok and functioning. The release will not be stopped.

Regarding support of Cubase 9.5, that is a release that has no support at all anymore for some years now, so you won’t get any fixes for it anymore.

[Makumbaria]

You can upgrade to Cubase 13 Artist but run 13 elements. Your Elicenser will be marked as upgraded and you will be able to run every Artist version up to 11 using that elicenser key.

[Johnny_Moneto]

@Makumbaria

You can upgrade to Cubase 13 Artist but run 13 elements.

That is not true. Please kindly remove this piece of information.

[milkyway_snacks]

Thank you very much for the warm welcome!

@JuergenP

As far as I know you can not downgrade a release, the only way here is to buy the full license of the lower edition of the product.

I suspected it since I couldn’t find an upgrade among the options, but I didn’t want to lose hope.

Have a great day!

[JuergenP]

@Johnny_Moneto

That is not true. Please kindly remove this piece of information.

Sorry but IT IS possible, See Here

Accessing Cubase 12 Elements after upgrading to Cubase 12 Artist?

Hi @donaldlof, first of all: welcome to the forum! yes, you can also use Cubase Elements with your Cubase Artist license. Regarding Cubase’s license hierarchy, you can open / use any minor version (of the same generation) by owning a personal license for its respective higher version(s). → Cubase 12 license hierarchy: Pro → Artist → Elements → AI (non-retail) → LE (non-retail) So, if you own a license for Cubase Pro / Cubase Artist, you can also open Cubase Elements, AI or LE. . . BUT i…

[Johnny_Moneto]

Let’s hope the information is correct.

I shall remove my post then.

[Makumbaria]

It is correct. It is the same thing in Cubase pro (you can run any of the lower versions, like Artist, elements, and so on) .

[Markus_Leuthel]

Hi @Johnny_Moneto,

this does still work with Cubase 13 (all variants). Just tested it.

Using my Cubase Pro 13 license, I’ve also installed the Cubase Elements 13 installer package (just in case, if a student / colleague / friend uses Cubase Elements 13 and needs some version-compatible project from me):

Cubase_LE_AI_Elements_13.0.41_Installer_win64.zip

Cubase Elements 13 Downloads | Steinberg

Once installed, one just has to click the Cubase Elements 13 desktop link and immediately also press the (left) ALT key. Then all three minor Cubase versions become accessible. To access Cubase Elements, it doesn’t matter if someone holds a Pro or Artist license.

Proof:

Best,
Markus