Steinberg 395260 213903368 2008-05-21T08:04:58Z 220.253.110.74 {{Otheruses}} [[Image:Steinberg logo.gif|thumb|145px|The Steinberg company logo]] '''Steinberg''' is a German [[music]]al equipment and [[software]] company. It mainly produces [[Musical Instrument Digital Interface|MIDI]] [[music sequencer]] software, [[software synthesizer]]s and [[digital audio editor|digital audio editing]] tools. The company was founded in [[1984]] by [[Karl Steinberg]] and [[Manfred Rürup]]. Its first product was the MIDI sequencer ''Steinberg Pro 16'' for the [[Commodore 64]]. The company has changed name from '''Steinberg Research''' to '''Steinberg Soft- und Hardware GmbH''', and was active in the [[United States]] for some years as '''Steinberg North America, Inc.''' In January [[2003]], the company was acquired by US firm [[Pinnacle Systems]], within which it operated as an independent company producing its products before being sold to [[Yamaha Corporation|Yamaha]] in December, [[2004]]. They have also specified the [[Audio Stream Input Output]] (ASIO) protocol which provides a low-latency communication link between digital audio software and professional [[sound card]]s, the [[Virtual Studio Technology]] (VST) an industry standard bringing studio technology into sequencer software, the [[Linear Time Base]] (LTB) protocol, and [[VST System Link]] (VSL) a network protocol which shares the resources of several computers on the same project. [[Image:Steinberg pro12.jpg|thumb|260px|Steinberg's first product, Steinberg Pro 16, was sold on [[floppy disk]]s like this one. Here is version 2.3.]] ==Current Products== ===Music Production=== *Steinberg [[Cubase]] 4 (Successor to the SX series) [http://www.steinberg.net/983+M52087573ab0.html Cubase 4 Site] *Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 (Successor to the SL series) *Steinberg Cubase Essential 4 (Successor to the SE series) [http://www.steinberg.net/1591_1.html Cubase Essential 4 Site] *Steinberg Cubase SX3 *Steinberg Cubase SL3 *Steinberg Cubase SE3 [http://www.steinberg.net/33+M52087573ab0.html Cubase SE3 Site] *Steinberg Cubase LE (Light edition sometimes bundled with sound cards) *Steinberg [[Sequel (software)|Sequel]] [http://www.steinberg.net/1301+M52087573ab0.html Sequel Site] *Steinberg [[V-Stack]] *Steinberg [[Nuendo]] [http://www.steinberg.net/1409+M52087573ab0.html Nuendo 4 Site] *Steinberg [[WaveLab]] ===VST Instruments=== *Steinberg Groove Agent *Steinberg HALion 3 *Steinberg HALion Player *Steinberg HALion String Edition 2 *Steinberg HALion Symphonic Orchestra *Steinberg Hypersonic 2 *Steinberg The Grand 2 *Steinberg Virtual Guitarist *Steinberg Virtual Bassist ===Older or discontinued products=== *Steinberg Pro 16 (for [[Commodore 64]]) *Steinberg Pro 24 (for [[Atari ST]]) *Steinberg Cubase [[Virtual Studio Technology|VST]] (Virtual Studio Technology) *Steinberg Cubasis [[Virtual Studio Technology|VST]] (low-cost edition of Cubase, occasionally bundled with [[sound card]]s) *Steinberg Clean! *Steinberg Plex *Steinberg D'cota *Steinberg Hypersonic *Steinberg/Wizoo X-phraze ==External links== *[http://www.steinberg.net/ Official website] [[Category:Software companies of Germany]] [[Category:German brands]] [[Category:Music technology]] {{tech-company-stub}} [[de:Steinberg Media Technologies]] [[es:Steinberg]] [[it:Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH]] [[hu:Steinberg]] [[nl:Steinberg (bedrijf)]] [[sv:Steinberg]] [[uk:Steinberg]]