Steinberg have announced Studio Case: a suite of virtual instruments combined with Cubase SE to form a music production software package - all in one box at one low price.

The Studio Case includes five VSTis and Cubase SE, a streamlined version Cubase SL/SX. The package contains over 700 MB of sounds, upwards compatible with Cubase SL, SX and Nuendo, works on Mac OSX and Windows 2000 or XP, and "sounds amazing with 24/96 kHz professional audio quality".

What's inside Studio Case?

• Cubase SE Sequencer
  - 48 audio tracks
  - 8 audio inputs/outputs
  - VST Instrument support
  - VST System Link support
  - Upwards compatible with Cubase SL, SX and Nuendo
  
  
• Virtual Guitarist EE SE
  - Instant, realistic guitar tracks
  - 6 players
  - 4 parts per player
  - 5 chords per set
  
  
• Groove Agent SE Virtual Drummer
  - Instant, realistic drum tracks
  - 11 styles
  - 13 complexity levels
  - 53 sound groups
  
  
• The Grand SE Piano
  - Realistic grand piano sound and feel
  - 90MB piano sample
  - 4 presets
  - 16-note polyphony
  
  
• D'cota SE Synthesizer
  - Analog modeling synthesis
  - 13 waveforms
  - FM synthesis, ring modulation
  - 16-voice polyphony
  - Three filter types
  
  
• HALion SE Sampler
  - Hard disk streaming support
  - Waldorf filters
  - 32 programs
  - 4 MIDI channels
  - Supports WAV, AIF, SF2, REX, LM4, LM4MkII formats

Steinberg's Studio Case is available at Steinberg dealers in August, 2003 for EUR 279.99.