Ableton to Cubase

Ableton → Cubase. Drop an Ableton Live .als project and get a .dawproject Cubase imports: the real session rebuilt, not bounced to stems.

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Local conversions never leave your browser; uploaded sessions are encrypted and yours to delete anytime. 3 conversions a month free, no account.

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§ What transfers

What comes across

Every track, clip and note, written into a .dawproject Cubase imports, not flattened to stems.

Tracks Arrangement MIDI Audio clips Sample files inside the file Track levels Markers Tempo & sig Groups & sends Plugin chains with saved state Automation not yet
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§ Honesty

Told straight, never silently dropped

Tracks with their names, colours, volume, pan, mute and solo; groups as bus tracks; return tracks as FX channels fed by every send; the tempo and time-signature maps; markers; MIDI clips with every note; audio clips with their files inside the .dawproject. VST3, VST2 and AU plugins go into the file with their saved state, and Live’s EQ Eight, Compressor, Gate and Limiter become the format’s built-in equivalents with their settings; anything else is named in the report. Automation isn’t promised on this pair yet; the report lists what came across. Nothing is silently dropped: every conversion comes with a report of what changed.

§ Privacy

Your music stays yours

Local conversions stay right in your browser: your session never leaves your computer, nothing uploaded, nothing stored. Uploaded sessions move over an encrypted connection into your own private space, with access only you control, and yours to delete anytime.

§ Questions

Ableton to Cubase: common questions

Can Cubase open an Ableton Live .als file?

Not as a native Cubase project. Doseedo converts it: upload your .als, or zip the whole project folder (.als + Samples/) so the audio travels with it, and it writes a .dawproject (the open DAWproject format Cubase 14 or later imports) with the tracks, MIDI, audio and tempo map in place.

Why do I get a .dawproject and not a .cpr?

Cubase’s own .cpr format isn’t publicly documented, and a file we can’t be sure opens would only look like a conversion. DAWproject is the open project format Bitwig and PreSonus created together; Cubase 14 or later imports it through its DAWproject import, and Nuendo reads the same file. The download is that one file, with the audio inside it.

How do I export or transfer an Ableton Live project to Cubase?

People describe the same job five ways (export Ableton Live to Cubase, import an .als into Cubase, transfer the project, open an Ableton Live project in Cubase), and none of it needs stems. Upload the .als and it converts to a .dawproject Cubase imports with tracks, MIDI, audio and the tempo map intact.

What carries over from Ableton to Cubase?

Tracks with their names, colours, volume, pan, mute and solo; groups as bus tracks; return tracks as FX channels fed by every send; the tempo and time-signature maps; markers; MIDI clips with every note; audio clips with their files inside the .dawproject. VST3, VST2 and AU plugins go into the file with their saved state, and Live’s EQ Eight, Compressor, Gate and Limiter become the format’s built-in equivalents with their settings; anything else is named in the report. Automation isn’t promised on this pair yet; the report lists what came across.

Do my plugins transfer from Ableton to Cubase?

VST3, VST2 and AU plugins go into the file with their saved state, and Live’s EQ Eight, Compressor, Gate and Limiter become the format’s built-in equivalents with their settings; anything else is named in the report. Nothing is faked: whatever doesn’t cross the Ableton–Cubase boundary is named in the conversion report.

Is my project private?

Your project is uploaded over an encrypted connection into your own private space, converted, and is yours to delete anytime.

How many conversions are free?

3 conversions a month with no account; a free account gets 120 credits a month and Pro 2,000 (a conversion is 1 credit), every plan at full fidelity. No watermark, cancel in one click. One conversion is one project translated one direction; a round-trip is two.

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