Available for download, Steinberg Absolute 5 is a software collection of virtual instruments, a sampler, drum-design tools, and workstation plug-ins, and expansion packs for bass, choir, orchestra, and keys. It's all designed to offer inspiring and deep-level functionality for sound designers, composers, electronic musicians, and producers, in studio-based production and live performances.
Get tons of creative instruments, with over 130 GB of sound content and 7500 inspiring presets for every kind of music production. The collection includes sampler, piano, synths, bass, drum, percussion, organ, brass, choir, and cinematic instruments and expansion packs.
Absolute 5 supports Audio Units, VST2, VST3, and AAX plug-in formats and is compatible with macOS and Windows.
Note:
Software requires a USB-eLicenser USB copy protection device (available separately), if one is not already on the system.
New in Version 5
Backbone
One of the most innovative plug-ins for drum sound design and resynthesis. Layer, resynthesize, and decompose samples into noise and tonal parts. Thanks to many unique features and superior workflows, you can make 808s fatter than ever, design cinematic hits, and craft your own signature drum sounds.
Amped Elektra
A rare vintage electric piano has been completely restored by the manufacturer, sampled from the DI signal, and reamped through three legendary amps like The Tower from 1949, a Fender Twin, and an Ampeg V4. Included are unique impulse responses from different reverb units that have influenced modern music through the decades.
Electric Bass
This electric bass library is based on samples combined with advanced physical modeling. This concept allows you to create the sound of classics in no time at all, from J-bass to P-bass, and even the MM bass. It comes with seven articulations from fingerstyle and muted to slapped and authentic auto-legato and slides.
Polarities for Padshop 2
The Padshop 2 expansion pack Polarities plays with the concept of contrasts and confrontation, like divine and evil, tonal and noisy, frozen and moving. You can morph the sounds or split polarized sounds on the keyboard. It's another great expansion by sound designer Simon Stockhausen.
Sounds of Soul for Retrologue
This Retrologue expansion pack covers the greatest synth sounds from more than four decades of soul music. More than 400 presets programmed by Dave Polich, who programmed and produced for artists like Michael Jackson, David Foster, and Sergio Mendes.
Future Past Perfect for Groove Agent
Future Past Perfect is a drum toolkit for music in the style of New York House, Future House, Progressive House, and Techno. This expansion pack is exclusively created for Groove Agent by producer, DJ, and composer, Dean Coleman, who moves crowds in global hot spots, from Brazil to Paris and Ibiza to New York.
Sampler and Workstation
HALion 6 Sampler
A remarkably powerful sampling and sound-design tool, HALion 6 is the main plug-in for many of the instruments in the Absolute Collection. You can also build your own unique HALion instruments.
HALion Sonic 3 VST Workstation
HALion Sonic 3 features thousands of great synths, deeply sampled acoustic instruments, and first-class effects—all in one VST workstation. It breaks new ground in terms of quality, versatility, and ease of use.
Synthesizer and Electronic Music
Retrologue 2
With classic vintage analog synth sounds and attention-grabbing sonic bites, Retrologue 2 is perfect for fat and funky lead and bass creation.
Padshop 2
Padshop 2 is a unique synthesizer with two engines (granular and spectral), which both allow you to edit the smallest bits, grains, and building blocks of samples, morphing them into completely new sounds.
Polarities
Electronic and acoustic sounds that complement and oppose each other at the same time.
Skylab
Soaring through space like a bright star, Skylab's unique combination of a huge sample library and granular synthesis is the ideal creative tool for attention-grabbing cinematic scores and electronic music.
Anima
Anima features a huge palette of cutting-edge synth sounds. Coupled with a powerful arpeggiator, flexible modulation section, and two wavetable oscillators, modern electronic music production has never sounded so good.
Voltage
Many of the most famous analog synthesizers from the past inspired Voltage. Adding the sonic range and power of true vintage style bass, it delivers truly inspirational lead sounds that characterize the warmth and class of the best electronic music.
Auron
Auron will inspire you to create unique new soundscapes and provides 160 granular synthesis presets for quick access to great-sounding pads, textures, and timbres.
Triebwerk
For club sounds with soaring synths, hypnotic beats, and classic vocals, Triebwerk is the go-to choice.
Granular Guitars
With nearly 3GB of studio-grade samples, Granular Guitars features a wide range of acoustic and electric guitars alongside traditional instruments like psaltery, Celtic harp, and oud. It also features experimental guitar treatments for Padshop Pro.
Hypnotic Dance
With 400 synth-heavy dance sounds, Hypnotic Dance is truly a classic. Featuring a custom-designed macro page, it delivers thick bass lines, soaring leads, and finely textured pads.
Trium
Trium proves that analog doesn't have to mean retro. Its clean user interface and great sounds are sure to inspire your creativity.
HALiotron
The sounds of '60s and '70s rock and pop have left an indelible mark on music history. HALiotron is a painstaking reconstruction of the analog technology that helped to make it such a great era.
Pianos
The Eagle
The Eagle grand piano has a rich and transparent sound which is ideally suited to modern pop, rock, and jazz, as well as classical music.
The Grand 3
Five meticulously sampled outstanding pianos from Yamaha, Steinway, and Bösendorfer, bringing prestige and true sonic excellence to your music.
The Raven
The Raven is a grand piano that delivers a beautifully rich, harmonic sound with stunning nuances. It has a natural, precise playing feel that oozes craftsmanship and class.
Organ
Model C
Variously described as smoky, punchy, and silky, the Model C is a tonewheel organ emulation suitable for a wide range of musical styles.
Brass
Hot Brass
A multisampled brass library with gloriously fat, tight, and authentic sounds perfect for contemporary pop, funk, reggae, and soul music.
Drums and Percussion
Groove Agent 5
Groove Agent 5 offers fantastic electronic and acoustic drum kits, brilliant MIDI grooves, live sampling, beat-creation tools, and unique features like Decompose to create your own signature drum sound.
Prime Cuts
Created by British producer Beat Butcha, Prime Cuts brings the latest hip-hop rhythm sounds to Groove Agent.
Rock Essentials
There is nothing quite like a hard-hitting rock beat to drive a song along. Rock Essentials brings the essence of over four decades of classic rock music directly into your music.
World Percussion
From Africa to Asia, Europe, and many other places, World Percussion allows you to play and record percussion from right across the globe.
B-Box
B-Box is a step sequencer for beats and drum tracks. It features 13 instruments and 16 steps, each with velocity control and integrated mixing section—the perfect tool straightforward creation of great rhythms.
Cinematic Instruments
World Instruments
World Instruments brings a huge array of music from different cultures to your productions. These range from West African balafons and Turkish tambours to Japanese shakuhachis and Shona kalimbas, plus much more.
Dark Planet
The perfect creative tool for cinematic scores and music with genuine suspense, Dark Planet features atmospheric sounds, moody instruments, and unpredictable loops.
Studio Strings
Combining great playability with vibrant sound, Studio Strings is a string ensemble sample library, which is optimized for film scores, pop arrangements, any other music where depth and style are essential.
Symphonic Orchestra
If you ever need a complete symphony orchestra at your fingertips, HALion Symphonic Orchestra is the answer.
Choir
Olympus Choir Micro
This lightweight, user-friendly choir instrument is the perfect tool for composers who need a simple but effective choir in their mix, without any of the fuss or options of more complex instruments. Compatible with HALion 6, HALion Sonic 3, and the free HALion Sonic SE 3, Olympus Choir Micro includes basic male and female choral samples to suit any musical need.