type private gmbh genre music technology founded 1984 founder karl steinberg manfred r rup headquarters hamburg germany products cubase nuendo parent yamaha corporation website http www.steinberg.net 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 . contents 1 history 2 products 2.1 current products 2.1.1 music software 2.1.2 vst instruments 2.1.3 hardware 2.2 discontinued products 2.2.1 music software 2.2.2 vst instruments 2.2.3 hardware 3 protocols 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was founded in 1984 by karl steinberg and manfred r rup with the support of nicole r rup 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 . products edit steinberg s first product steinberg pro 16 was sold on floppy disks . this is version 2.3 current products edit music software edit 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 sequel steinberg v stack steinberg nuendo steinberg wavelab steinberg cubase le 4 steinberg cubasis exclusively for ipad vst instruments edit 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 hardware edit 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 discontinued products edit music software edit 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 vst instruments edit steinberg plex steinberg d cota steinberg hypersonic steinberg wizoo x phraze steinberg v stack steinberg model e steinberg neon hardware edit 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 protocols edit 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 . references edit this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w 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