Steinberg Absolute 7

Your Sound. Your Inspiration. Your VST Instrument Collection.

Save big and unlock the whole collection of Steinberg VST instruments. Designed for everything from orchestral scores to emotional songwriting to chart-ready pop productions and electronic beats — this instrument collection has you covered.

FEATURES

• 35 creative instruments which work across all major DAWs

• 194 GB of sound content with 8,000+ presets for all kinds of genres

• Includes the HALion 7 sample and synthesis platform

• Seamless integration with Cubase, Nuendo, and Dorico

New in Absolute 7

Groove Agent 6 - Perfect drums for every style
Groove Agent is a comprehensive groove and beat-making environment, now available as a sleek, fully resizable VST plug-in. Get creative by layering acoustic kicks, toms, and snares with 47 newly sampled kit pieces. Explore the all-new acoustic Punch Kit for dynamic drum sounds, or design fresh rhythms using 25 vibrant Beat Agent kits in the new Color Punch set.

Axe Machina - Raw power condensed in a guitar
This powerful electric guitar library by Soundiron is crafted for raw, distorted sounds. It features a custom-made, sampled seven string guitar and comes with open and muted notes, energetic power chords, harmonics, scrapes and fretting, as well as custom FX and even an auto-strum function.

Etude - The keys to inspiration
This world-class Yamaha C3X grand piano was sampled in a recording space specifically designed with acoustics for piano performance and listening. Featuring 18 GB of exquisite chromatic samples, with 12 dynamic layers, four mic positions, and adjustable resonances, it’s perfectly suited for scoring, classical music, jazz, and even pop compositions.

The Orchestra Colors - Compose with the colors of every emotion
Enrich your compositions with delicate string textures, bold brass ensembles, or heavenly choral voicings. The Orchestra: Colors inspires creativity with beautiful Hollywood-ready presets and an intuitive engine for pre-orchestrated sounds — all instantly playable and ready to deliver scores that stand out.

Carrier8 - One hundred fresh new sounds for FM Lab
Carrier8 is a newly crafted expansion for FM Lab by sound designer Stéphane Garganigo, who pushes the limits of HALion’s FM engine to deliver soaring leads, pulsing basslines, and evolving pads, each inspired for contemporary pop and electronic music.

Colors Lofi Tapes - The beauty of imperfection
Get the authentic sound of lo-fi music with layers of vintage synthesizers, orchestral elements, horns, strings, piano, and other beautifully imperfect instruments. This warm, character-rich instrument comes alive with added textures of tape hiss, loop noise, vinyl crackle, and even a sampled vintage Echolette.

Verve - A beautiful and warm cinematic felt piano
Verve blends felt piano tones with field recordings from glass, metal, electric distortion, strings, and synthesizers. The piano was recorded using a custom-built, high-precision sampling robot at Yamaha Studios in Los Angeles and can also be played in its pure form. It’s ideal for creating warm and dreamy soundscapes.

Fractured - Glitchy distorted drum sounds for Backbone
Sampled raw analog and digital drum machines are combined with electronic noises, bleeps, cracks, clicks, and even guitar sounds, making this Backbone expansion truly outstanding. Perfect for abstract drum textures, raw-energy rhythms, and experimental impacts, it is a must-have in today’s producer toolkit.

Vintage Classics - Iconic synth sounds for Retrologue
Hundreds of handmade presets for Retrologue, inspired by the legendary analog synths that defined electronic rock, new wave, and synthpop. Every tone is designed to capture the magic of these classics. Created by sound designer Dave Polich, it delivers the essence of vintage synths for today’s producers.

HALion: The Core of your Inspiration
HALion 7 is a high-performance sample and synthesis instrument, designed for playing, tweaking, and crafting inspiring sounds. It's the perfect playground for deep sound design and the creation of your own instruments.

Drum kits, beats, and percussion
The rhythm section of Absolute spans everything from intuitive beat-making to deeply sampled acoustic drum kits and percussion in Groove Agent. Advanced, AI powered drum sound design is available in Backbone, as well as sampled instruments like BeatBox and World Percussion.

Your bass and guitar players
Get groovy with the beautifully sampled Electric Bass, craft cinematic soundscapes with the open tuned guitar Tales, or unleash raw power with Axe Machina, a custom-made, seven-string guitar captured in stunning detail.

The keys to your inspiration
From the warm, soulful tones of Amped Elektra to the precisely sampled elegance of the Yamaha C3X in Etude, every note inspires creativity. Add a touch of groove with the funky, jazzy Model C organ, or explore the timeless The Grand 3 piano collection. Whatever your style, you’ll find the perfect keys to bring your music to life.

Majestic sounds for cinematic
From the bold sound of The Orchestra: Colors and the authentic depth of Studio Strings to the majestic voices of Olympus Choir: discover these and many more instruments which are crafted for cinematic brilliance in the Absolute Collection.

Infinite world of sounds and synths
Explore dusty lo-fi patches, a universe of granular textures, a cutting-edge spectral engine, and Yamaha’s legendary FM synthesis, plus Retrologue, one of the most powerful virtual analog synthesizers available. With Absolute, there are limitless possibilities to craft your own signature sound.

System Requirements

Operating systems (Windows): 64-bit Windows 10 Version 22H2 (or higher), 64-bit Windows 11 Version 24H2 (or higher)
Operating systems (Mac): macOS Sonoma, macOS Sequoia, macOS Tahoe
Apple silicon–based Mac: Native App, Rosetta 2 App
PlugIn format (Win): VST 3, AAX
PlugIn format (Mac): VST 3, AAX, AU
Hard disk free space: 194 GB
Internet connection for: License activation, installer download, account sign up and product registration

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