Absolute 7

Steinberg

release date: 19.02.2026

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Your Sound. Your Ideas. Your VST Instruments Collection.

Get the full variety of Steinberg VST instruments – all in one attractive package. Whether it’s orchestral scores, emotional songwriting, chart-ready pop productions, or electronic beats, this collection covers it all.

35 creative instruments compatible with all major DAWs
194 GB of sound content with over 8,000 presets for all music styles
Includes the HALion 7 sampling and synthesis platform
Seamless integration with Cubase, Nuendo, and Dorico

HALion: The Heart of Your Inspiration

HALion 7 is a powerful sampling and synthesis instrument, designed to play, shape, and reinvent inspiring sounds. It’s the perfect environment for advanced sound design and for creating your own instruments.

Drum Kits, Beats, and Percussion

Absolute gives you everything you need for drums – from intuitive beat-making tools to meticulously recorded drum sets and organic percussion kits in Groove Agent. Advanced AI-assisted drum sound design is available in Backbone, along with sampled instruments like BeatBox and World Percussion.

Bass and Guitar

The detailed Electric Bass brings groove to your tracks. The open-tuned guitar Tales is perfect for cinematic soundscapes, while Axe Machina delivers raw, distorted guitar sounds from a custom-made seven-string guitar.

Inspiring Keyboard Instruments

Get inspired by versatile keys: from the warm, soulful sounds of Amped Elektra to the refined tone of the Yamaha C3X grand in Etude. Add funky accents with the jazz-infused Model C organ, or explore the timeless piano collection The Grand 3. Absolute provides the perfect keys for your music.

Majestic Sounds for Film Music

From the powerful tones of The Orchestra: Colors to the authentic depth of Studio Strings and the majestic voices of Olympus Choir – discover orchestral instruments crafted specifically for cinematic productions.

An Endless World of Sounds and Synths

Dusty lo-fi textures, granular soundscapes, a modern spectral engine, Yamaha’s legendary FM synthesis, or the virtual-analog synth Retrologue – Absolute offers limitless possibilities to develop your own signature sound.