Cubase Pro 15 DAW Software – Upgrade from Cubase Artist 15
The deal
$174.99 at Sweetwater (down from $249.99). That's 30% off the standard upgrade price, with no coupon needed. Sale pricing is active as of this writing - check Sweetwater for the current end date.
What it is
This is a direct upgrade path from Cubase Artist 15 to Cubase Pro 15, Steinberg's flagship DAW and one of the longest-standing professional production environments in the industry. While Artist is a capable DAW, Pro removes all the limits - more tracks, more insert slots, full mixing tools, and exclusive creative modules that Artist simply doesn't include. The upgrade is a one-time license purchase that applies your existing Artist 15 license toward the Pro tier.
Who it's for
Cubase Artist 15 users who have hit the ceiling on track count, mixing depth, or scoring tools. This upgrade is ideal for professional producers, film and TV composers, and musicians who need the complete toolset that Pro unlocks - particularly those doing orchestral arrangement, stem mixing, or anything requiring fine-grained spectral repair work.
Key features
- The full Chord Track with AI-assisted chord detection and voicing suggestions is exclusive to Pro, letting you build and manipulate harmonic progressions in ways Artist can't match
- VCA faders give you DAW-standard group fader control for complex mix sessions, with true gain staging propagation across linked channel groups
- The Advanced Score Editor supports multi-instrument layouts, guitar tablature, lyrics, chord symbols, and full print-ready notation - a genuine notation environment rather than a basic MIDI display
- SpectraLayers integration is also Pro-only, giving you spectral layer editing and audio repair tools directly inside Cubase without needing to round-trip to a separate application
