Steinberg Cubase Artist 8.5 Recording Software (with free upgrade from 7.5) Cubase Artist 7.5 Retail Box with free upgrade to the newest 8.5 software Complete music production system, offering a set of professional audio/MIDI recording, editing, streamlined scoring and mixing tools Supports 128 MIDI and 64 simultaneous audio tracks with up to 24-bit/192 kHz Includes 8 outstanding instruments with over 2,600 instrument presets, including the HALion Sonic SE 2 workstation, Padshop, Retrologue, Loop Mash 2 and the MPC-style Groove Agent SE 4 drum machine Comes with a suite of 50 audio and 18 MIDI VST effect processors, including Pitch Correct for vocal intonation correction, extraordinary VST Amp Rack guitar tone suite, DJ-EQ and Morph Filter Chord track facilitates working with chords in a project context VST Transit cloud collaboration service brings together musicians and producers from all over the globe Upgraded Key and Drum Editors for faster, more intuitive MIDI editing