I did a sequence of upgrades from Cubase LE 11 to Cubase LE 15 to Cubase Elements 15 to Cubase Artist 15 but, the last upgrade to Cubase Artist 15 just gave me the same software as Cubase Elements 15. The Steinberg Download Assistant shows the exact same file Cubase 15.0.5 Application of size 1.17GB whether I download Cubase Elements 15 or Cubase Artist 15. Does anyone know how to get Cubase Artist 15 code?
The Cubase Artist 15 icon shows up in the “My Products” window of the Download assisstant.
I thought maybe there is only one Cubase 15 file with some internal switches to turn on the extra functionality of the higher functionality versions but, if so those switches aren’t working as the executable that loads up which should be the artist version still shows a Cubase Elements 15 title and doesn’t have the new functionality I am expecting. Mark
Did you put your Download Access Code into the Steinberg Download Assistant in order to actually upgrade the Cubase Elements 15 license to Cubase Artist 15?
Thanks for the help. Yes, I did put in the Cubase Artist 15 download access code, all 25 characters of it. That’s how I got the Cubase Artist 15 icon to show up in the My Products area of the Download assistant.
It appears that the switches in the 15.0.5 executable don’t know where the license is or they’re ignoring it. I have installed the code on non default drives/directories different from the drive my OS is on because of disk constraints. Do you know where the Cubase 15.0.5 executable looks for valid licensing information? If it goes to my account on the web it should find my Artist License there. I can see it. I couldn’t find anything that looks like licensing information in the Steinberg directories on my OS drive.
Hi,
if you hold Alt/Option during start you can pick the Cubase version you want to launch.
Installing Cubase on a different drive other than the system drive is not recommended. Cubase itself doesn’t take up much space and you can easily move your content (libraries) to another drive using the Steinberg Library Manager.
Got it. I had to run an executable called Activation Manager that I found in my
C:\Programfiles\Steinberg\Activation Manager\ subdirectory. I ran it and it showed nothing activated then suddenly on its own it showed Cubase Artist activated. I went back and clicked on the installed Cubase 15 icon and voila Cubase Artist 15 loaded and the Audio file split function now works.
No where did anyone tell me I had to run this Activation Manager to get my upgrade to work. Lame, I spend about 5 hours on this. You guys were essential to my finding the solution though. Thanks very much.
The whole process is fragmented and not at all user friendly. Hopefully at some stage Steinberg will combine the functions of the various download, activation and library “managers” and make it more intuitive for new users.
One other utility you may find useful is the Steinberg Library Manager, which can be used to move selected (sound) libraries, and you can also set a default library location to avoid filling up the system disk.