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Steinberg is a German musical software and equipment company based in Hamburg
Hamburg

Hamburg is the second-largest city in Germany , and is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits. The city is home to approximately 1.8 million people, while the Hamburg metropolitan area has more than 4.3 million inhabitants....
. It mainly produces MIDI
Musical Instrument Digital Interface

MIDI is an industry-standard communications protocol defined in 1982 that enables electronic musical instruments such as keyboard controllers, computers, and other electronic equipment to communicate, control, and synchronize with each other....
 music sequencer
Music sequencer

A music sequencer is software or hardware designed to create and manage computer-generated music.Originally, music sequencers did not include the ability to record audio....
 software, software synthesizer
Software synthesizer

A software synthesizer, also known as a softsynth or virtual instrument is a computer program for digital audio generation. Computer software which can create sounds or music is not new, but advances in processing speed are allowing softsynths to accomplish the same tasks as dedicated hardware....
s and digital audio editing
Digital audio editor

A digital audio editor is a application software for audio editing, i.e. manipulating digital audio. Digital audio editors are the main software component of a digital audio workstation....
 tools.

company was founded in 1984 by Karl Steinberg and Manfred Rürup. Its first product was the MIDI sequencer Steinberg Pro 16 for the Commodore 64
Commodore 64

The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer released by Commodore International in August, 1982, at a price of United States dollar595. Preceded by the Commodore VIC-20 and Commodore MAX Machine, the C64 features 64 kilobytes of Random-access memory with sound and graphics performance that were superior to IBM-compatible computers of tha...
. The company has changed name from Steinberg Research to Steinberg Soft- und Hardware GmbH, and was active in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 for some years as Steinberg North America, Inc. In January 2003, the company was acquired by US firm Pinnacle Systems
Pinnacle Systems

Pinnacle Systems, Inc. is a California-based United States manufacturer of digital video hardware and software for the consumer and broadcast markets....
, within which it operated as an independent company producing its products before being sold to Yamaha in December, 2004.

nberg have introduced several industry standard software protocols.






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Steinberg is a German musical software and equipment company based in Hamburg
Hamburg

Hamburg is the second-largest city in Germany , and is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits. The city is home to approximately 1.8 million people, while the Hamburg metropolitan area has more than 4.3 million inhabitants....
. It mainly produces MIDI
Musical Instrument Digital Interface

MIDI is an industry-standard communications protocol defined in 1982 that enables electronic musical instruments such as keyboard controllers, computers, and other electronic equipment to communicate, control, and synchronize with each other....
 music sequencer
Music sequencer

A music sequencer is software or hardware designed to create and manage computer-generated music.Originally, music sequencers did not include the ability to record audio....
 software, software synthesizer
Software synthesizer

A software synthesizer, also known as a softsynth or virtual instrument is a computer program for digital audio generation. Computer software which can create sounds or music is not new, but advances in processing speed are allowing softsynths to accomplish the same tasks as dedicated hardware....
s and digital audio editing
Digital audio editor

A digital audio editor is a application software for audio editing, i.e. manipulating digital audio. Digital audio editors are the main software component of a digital audio workstation....
 tools.

History

The company was founded in 1984 by Karl Steinberg and Manfred Rürup. Its first product was the MIDI sequencer Steinberg Pro 16 for the Commodore 64
Commodore 64

The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer released by Commodore International in August, 1982, at a price of United States dollar595. Preceded by the Commodore VIC-20 and Commodore MAX Machine, the C64 features 64 kilobytes of Random-access memory with sound and graphics performance that were superior to IBM-compatible computers of tha...
. The company has changed name from Steinberg Research to Steinberg Soft- und Hardware GmbH, and was active in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 for some years as Steinberg North America, Inc. In January 2003, the company was acquired by US firm Pinnacle Systems
Pinnacle Systems

Pinnacle Systems, Inc. is a California-based United States manufacturer of digital video hardware and software for the consumer and broadcast markets....
, within which it operated as an independent company producing its products before being sold to Yamaha in December, 2004.

Products

Steinberg Pro12
Steinberg have introduced several industry standard software protocols. These include:
  • ASIO
    Audio stream input output

    Audio Stream Input/Output is a computer soundcard Device driver protocol for digital audio specified by Steinberg, providing a low-Latency and high fidelity interface between a software application and a computer's sound card....
     (a low-latency communication protocol between software and sound card
    Sound card

    A sound card is a computer expansion card that facilitates the input and output of sound to/from a computer under control of computer programs....
    s)
  • VST
    Virtual Studio Technology

    Steinberg's Virtual Studio Technology is an interface for integrating software Sound_recording_and_reproduction synthesizer and audio effect plugins with audio editors and hard-disk recording systems....
     (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
Nuendo

Nuendo is a digital audio workstation developed by Steinberg. The package is aimed at multimedia production, but is frequently used for audio post-production – being labelled as a rival to Pro Tools....
, as well as WaveLab
WaveLab

WaveLab is a digital audio editor by Steinberg aimed at the professional as well as the semi-professional market. It supports multi-channel files, DirectX plugin, Virtual Studio Technology and DVD-Audio creation....
 (a digital audio editor
Digital audio editor

A digital audio editor is a application software for audio editing, i.e. manipulating digital audio. Digital audio editors are the main software component of a digital audio workstation....
) and numerous VST plugins.

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