Steinberg Nuendo 11
The latest iteration of Steinberg’s premium DAW promises a more potent toolset than ever before, but can it tempt the Pros away from Tools?
£859
When Nuendo was first released back in 2000, Steinberg worked hard to differentiate their new platform from their long-established Cubase, and they did this by positioning their new DAW to take on Pro Tools’ then-dominance of the post production market. Over the years since, Nuendo’s toolset has expanded to cater for those working with games development, VR content creation, and advanced sound design, and has constantly honed its capabilities in the TV and film post-production sphere. By including all of Cubase Pro’s features, it’s not half bad at audio recording and music making too!
All of the new features found in Cubase Pro 11 are also to be found in this latest Nuendo release. Check out our review in 291 for the complete low-down, but in brief we’re talking: improvements to the Key and Score editors; a new multi-channel sidechain engine; improved ARA2 support; important new plugins, and updates to some existing ones; graphical tweaks; the inclusion of SpectraLayers One, a cut-down version of Steinberg’s spectral editing system; improved Sampler tracks; export queuing; and much more. As you would expect, Nuendo 11 also boasts a bunch of updates that are all its own.