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Cubase 4.5.2 Essential Update

October 9th 2008

This patch updates any already installed Cubase Essential 4 installation (4.1 or later) to the current version Cubase Essential 4.5.2.
Please note that you might need to insert the original Cubase Essential 4 installation DVD during the update process!

Mac OS X 10.4/ Mac OS X 10.5 Windows XP/Windows Vista
Cubase Essential 4.5.2 Update · 92 MB Cubase Essential 4.5.2 Update · 8 MB

Update Information

List of all improvements, corrections and solutions to known issues:
Version History, Issues & Solutions (PDF)

Documentation of new functions and features:
"New Features" Manual (PDF)

Cubase Essential 4 ISO Image

The ISO image here contains all data necessary for a complete installation. A valid license is required to run the software.

Cubase Essential 4.1.2 (DVD/ISO Image) Mac OS X & Windows · 2.9 GB

Use any common burning software to create an installation DVD from the ISO image. On Mac OS X and Windows 8, ISO images can be opened as virtual drives directly by double-click. To be able to do so on older Windows releases, you need for instance "WinCDEmu".

Cubase Essential 4.5 Documentation

October 9th 2008

In order to minimise the download volume the documentation is divided into language packs and provided separately from the Cubase Essential 4.5 update.

The ZIP files available here include the complete documentation which consists of the following PDF manuals:

  • Getting_Started.pdf
  • Mackie_Control.pdf
  • Menu_Reference.pdf
  • New_Features.pdf
  • Operation_Manual.pdf
  • Plug-in_Reference.pdf
  • Remote_Control_Devices.pdf