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Review: Steinberg Absolute 5

Features

Instrument collection

Sampler, wavetable, granular

Backbone decomposer

130 GB, 7,500 Presets

VST/AU/AAX/Standalone

From Windows 10, macOS 10.14

Copy protection: eLicenser

Facts

Developer: Steinberg

Web: steinberg.net

Distrib: Website

Price: 499 Euro; Update/Crossgrade frm 99.99 Euro

▴ Innovative Decomposer
▴ Organic Padshop sounds
▴ Punchy drums
▴ E-Piano and E-Bass
▴ Moderate CPU load
▴ Cubase integration
▾ No Pre-Listen function

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