Cubase is a powerful digital audio workstation, or DAW, developed by Steinberg, serving as a comprehensive software application for music recording, arranging, editing, and mixing. This software acts as a central hub for modern music production, enabling users to record audio from various sources, arrange audio and MIDI data on a timeline, edit audio and MIDI with tools for cutting, copying, and timing adjustments, and mix tracks using a virtual console with features like volume control and effects processing. Initially released in 1989 for the Atari ST, Cubase has evolved to become a widely used professional tool for musicians, producers, composers, and audio engineers, offering a vast array of features including MIDI sequencing, audio editing, VST support, virtual instruments, and effects plugins.