Hello all, Well, it's been a long time since I did anything with Cubase (my version is vst5.1). Anyhow, I have a new PC...Windows 7, 64bit o/s..8 Gb ram etc...and a Roland UR80 interface...all up a very fast machine. I now want to get back into some home recording. As a teacher I can get Cubase 5 essentials for less than $100, and the software will be sufficient for what I want to do (some guitar tracks with a few midi tracks). So, my question is (despite some reading on the Steinberg site)...will Essentials 5 work on my win7 64 bit machine? Thanks, Paul
"Paul Burdett" <> wrote in message news:4ccdcbb4$0$27088$... > Hello all, > > Well, it's been a long time since I did anything with Cubase (my version > is vst5.1). Anyhow, I have a new PC...Windows 7, 64bit o/s..8 Gb ram > etc...and a Roland UR80 interface...all up a very fast machine. I now want > to get back into some home recording. As a teacher I can get Cubase 5 > essentials for less than $100, and the software will be sufficient for > what I want to do (some guitar tracks with a few midi tracks). So, my > question is (despite some reading on the Steinberg site)...will Essentials > 5 work on my win7 64 bit machine? > > Thanks, > > Paul Update: According to the Steinberg site (win 7 software compatibility section)...it looks like Cubase 5 essentials will run on win 7, (but it doesn't say 32bit or 64 bit ...maybe it doesn't matter?) but I'm still trying to find out if it will run on win 7 64bit...even as a 32 bit program? Also (and I'm somewhat annoyed!)..it seems after contacting Roland, my UR80 won't work with win 7 64 bit either, as there are no drivers released (or will be). However, there is a windows vista driver available (which Roland tells me won't work)..however...win 7 has a compatibility mode or something (just read how to do that on a website)..but I'm reticent to start stuffing around with the new computer. I know that Cubase 5 studio works on win 7 and the disk contains both 32 and 64 bit installers..so that maybe an option for me...although I don't need all the bells and whistles. The many free sequences available are stating to look good to me! Paul > >
"Paul Burdett" <> wrote in message news:4cce857c$0$24510$... > > "Paul Burdett" <> wrote in message > news:4ccdcbb4$0$27088$... >> Hello all, >> >> Well, it's been a long time since I did anything with Cubase (my version >> is vst5.1). Anyhow, I have a new PC...Windows 7, 64bit o/s..8 Gb ram >> etc...and a Roland UR80 interface...all up a very fast machine. I now >> want to get back into some home recording. As a teacher I can get Cubase >> 5 essentials for less than $100, and the software will be sufficient for >> what I want to do (some guitar tracks with a few midi tracks). So, my >> question is (despite some reading on the Steinberg site)...will >> Essentials 5 work on my win7 64 bit machine? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Paul > > Update: According to the Steinberg site (win 7 software compatibility > section)...it looks like Cubase 5 essentials will run on win 7, (but it > doesn't say 32bit or 64 bit ...maybe it doesn't matter?) but I'm still > trying to find out if it will run on win 7 64bit...even as a 32 bit > program? Also (and I'm somewhat annoyed!)..it seems after contacting > Roland, my UR80 won't work with win 7 64 bit either, as there are no > drivers released (or will be). However, there is a windows vista driver > available (which Roland tells me won't work)..however...win 7 has a > compatibility mode or something (just read how to do that on a > website)..but I'm reticent to start stuffing around with the new computer. > I know that Cubase 5 studio works on win 7 and the disk contains both 32 > and 64 bit installers..so that maybe an option for me...although I don't > need all the bells and whistles. The many free sequences available are > stating to look good to me! > > Paul >> >> Paul As long as Windows 7 64 bit drivers are available for your hardware, then either 32 bit or 64 bit versions of Cubase Essentials should work on your machine - if indeed a 64 bit version even exists, which I'm not sure about as I run Cubase 5.5 32 bit or 64 bit on my main Windows 7 64 bit DAW. Regards Nick
