Steinberg GmbH is a German musical software and equipment company based in Hamburg. It mainly produces music recording, arranging and editing software as used in digital audio workstations and VSTi software synthesizers.
The company was founded in 1984 by Karl Steinberg and Manfred Rürup with the support of Nicole Rürup with headquarters in Hamburg. Its first product was the MIDI sequencer Steinberg Pro 16 for the Commodore 64. The company changed its 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, Steinberg was acquired by U.S. firm Pinnacle Systems, within which it operated as an independent company before being sold to Yamaha Corporation in December, 2004.
Steinberg Cubase 5, 6, 7 and 8 (successor to the SX series)
Steinberg Cubase Studio 5 & 6 (successor to the SL series)
Steinberg Cubase Essential 5, 6, 7 & 8 (successor to the SE series)
Steinberg Cubase LE (Light Edition)
Steinberg Dorico
Steinberg Sequel
Steinberg V-Stack
Steinberg Nuendo
Steinberg WaveLab
Steinberg Cubase LE 4
Steinberg Cubasis (exclusively for iPad)
Steinberg Groove Agent
Steinberg Groove Agent 2
Steinberg Groove Agent 3
Steinberg Groove Agent 4
Steinberg Groove Agent SE
Steinberg HALion 1.1
Steinberg HALion 2
Steinberg HALion 3
Steinberg HALion 4
Steinberg HALion 5
Steinberg HALion Player
Steinberg HALion SE
Steinberg HALion String Edition 1
Steinberg HALion String Edition 2
Steinberg HALion Symphonic Orchestra
Steinberg D'cota
Steinberg D'cota SE
Steinberg Hypersonic
Steinberg Hypersonic 2
Steinberg HALion Sonic
Steinberg The Grand
Steinberg The Grand 2
Steinberg The Grand 3
Steinberg The Grand SE
Steinberg Plex
Steinberg Padshop
Steinberg Retrologue
Steinberg Virtual Guitarist
Steinberg Virtual Guitarist SE
Steinberg Virtual Bassist
Steinberg UR824 -24x24 USb 2.0 audio interface with 8x D-PREs, 24-bit/192kHz, on board DSP, zero latency monitoring, advanced integration.Their top of the line USB audio interface
Steinberg CC121 - Advanced Integration Controller
Steinberg CI2 - Advanced Integration Controller
Steinberg MR816 CSX - Advanced Integration DSP Studio
Steinberg MR816 X - Advanced Integration DSP Studio
Steinberg UR44 - 6x4 USB 2.0 audio interface with 4x D-PREs, 24-bit/192 kHz support & MIDI I/O
Steinberg UR22mkII - 2x2 USB 2.0 audio interface with 2x D-PREs, 24-bit/192 kHz support & MIDI I/O
Steinberg UR12 - 2x2 USB 2.0 audio interface with 1x D-PREs, 24-bit/192 kHz support
Steinberg Key (License Control Device for Steinberg Software - Dongle)
WK Audio ID Controller
Steinberg Pro 16 (for Commodore 64)
Steinberg Pro 12 (for Atari ST)
Steinberg Pro 24 (for Atari ST, Commodore Amiga)
Steinberg Cubase SE
Steinberg Cubase SL
Steinberg Cubase SX
Steinberg Cubase VST24
Steinberg Cubase VST32
Steinberg Cubase Audio
Steinberg Cubase Audio XT
Steinberg Cubase Score
Steinberg Cubase For Windows
Steinberg Cubasis VST (low-cost edition of Cubase)
Steinberg Avalon - sample editor for Atari
Steinberg Plex
Steinberg D'cota
Steinberg Hypersonic
Steinberg/Wizoo X-phraze
Steinberg V-Stack
Steinberg Model-E
Steinberg neon
Steinberg MIDEX-8 - USB MIDI interface
Steinberg MIDEX-3 - USB MIDI interface
Steinberg MIDEX - Atari MIDI interface
Steinberg Amiga MIDI interface
Steinberg Media Interface 4 (MI4) - USB MIDI interface
Steinberg Avalon 16 DA Converter - AD Converter for Atari
Steinberg have introduced several industry-standard software protocols. These include:
ASIO (a low-latency communication protocol between software and sound cards)
VST (a protocol allowing third-party audio plugins and virtual instruments)
LTB (providing accurate timing for its now-discontinued MIDI interfaces)
VSL (an audio/MIDI network protocol which allows the connection and synchronisation of multiple computers running Steinberg software)
Steinberg's notable packages include the sequencers Cubase and Nuendo, as well as WaveLab (a digital audio editor) and numerous VST plugins.
