Following the recent Windows on ARM news from the Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit 2024, Steinberg have made available several Preview versions of their popular software applications that have been specifically developed for and tested on devices powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X Elite processors.
Recently shown at the Qualcomm event, these preview versions enable Steinberg customers using Windows 11 to run Cubase 13, Nuendo 13, HALion 7, HALion Sonic 7, Groove Agent 5, Retrologue 2 and Padshop 2 natively with Snapdragon X CPU technology. Additionally, through the use of Microsoft’s Arm64EC technology, many existing x64 VST3 plug-ins can be run unchanged under emulation within Cubase 13 and Nuendo 13.
“Thanks to our continued partnership with Microsoft, we’re excited to announce that our DAWs and a selection of our virtual instruments for discerning musicians, producers and engineers are available in preview for Snapdragon X PCs today.. “By supporting Windows on ARM, we’re expanding our software applications to new computing environments, delivering more freedom to our customers to use the system of their choice.” - Ralf Kuerschner, Director of Engineering, Steinberg
Availability
The Windows on ARM Preview installers — as well as a preview of the Yamaha Steinberg USB Driver for Windows on ARM — are available now from the Steinberg Download Assistant in the Complementary Products category, as well as from the Steinberg Support pages.
Steinberg say that the available Previews have undergone extensive testing, but are not yet fully optimised. Therefore, they cannot ensure the same level of stability and performance which customers who run Steinberg’s officially supported platforms are used to.
