CPR INSPECTOR
This has my been my wish for over 20 years of me using Cubase. To be able to see at a glance the most important information about my projects - without opening Cubase! CPR Inspector does that - and much more!
Plugins
Every plugin in the project, grouped into instruments, Steinberg effects and third-party effects. You see the maker, the installed version, how many times each plugin is used and on which channels. Anything missing from your Mac is flagged in red, so there are no surprises when the project loads.
Tracks
See every track in your project with its type, fader level, inserts (with plugin versions) and where its output goes. Filter by audio, instrument, group, FX or output, or search for any track or plugin.
Safe Copy
A plugin crashing Cubase as your project loads? Pick the plugins that shouldn’t load and CPR Inspector creates a new copy of the project with them switched off, so you can get back in. Your original file is never touched.
Routing
Pick any channel and see exactly what feeds into it, what it does, and where it goes next, all the way to the final output. Sends, groups and side-chains are drawn as one clear diagram, and you can switch to a by-destination view to see everything feeding each bus.
Audio I/O
See which audio interface the project was made with, plus every input bus, interface input and output, and MIDI port. You’ll know what to remap before you open a session from another studio.
Statistics
Charts of your track types, how plugin instances split between third-party effects, Steinberg effects and instruments, and how many plugins are installed. You also get your most-used plugins and the plugin makers you rely on most.
Compare
Liked the previous mix?
Drop in any two Cubase projects and see every difference, channel by channel. Each change shows what it was in Project A and what it is in Project B: plugins added, removed or swapped, settings changed, fader moves, sends and routing.
Dust Collector
Scan your entire projects folder and rank every plugin by how many projects use it, when you last used it and how much space it takes up. Find your rarely used plugins and the ones you’ve never used at all, and see how many gigabytes they’re taking up.
Reports
Export a full PDF report, CSV lists of tracks and plugins, or a Markdown summary, or copy a quick summary to paste into an email or chat.
Share with clients, collaborators and keep records of your own productions
FAQ section
Everything you need to know about CPR Inspector
Absolutely not! CPR Inspector is a one-time purchase. You pay once and the version you buy is yours to keep, with no monthly fees.
Not at the moment. CPR Inspector is a Mac app. It can open projects that were saved on Windows, though, so you can inspect a session a Windows user sends you.
macOS 13 Ventura or later
A Mac with Apple silicon (M1 or later)
8 GB RAM (16 GB recommended for very large projects)
50 MB of disk space
No internet connection needed
Cubase isn’t required to view projects. To check which plugins are installed, Cubase 12 or later needs to be installed on the same Mac.
CPR Inspector is built and tested for Apple silicon Macs. Intel Macs aren’t officially supported.
It reads projects saved in Cubase 12 to 16, from Cubase Pro, Artist or Elements, on Mac or Windows. Older projects may open, but with less detail.
CPR Inspector is designed and tested for Cubase .cpr projects. Nuendo and Cubasis projects aren’t officially supported.
No. CPR Inspector reads the project file directly, so Cubase doesn’t need to be open, and no plugins are loaded.
Never. CPR Inspector only reads your projects. Even Safe Copy creates a brand-new file and leaves your original untouched.
It checks the plugin lists that Cubase itself keeps on your Mac, plus Cubase’s built-in plugins and your Waves plug-ins folder. If something looks out of date, rescan your plugins in Cubase (Studio → VST Plug-in Manager) and open the project again.
For plugins that store their preset name readably, such as HALion and HALion Sonic, yes. Many plugins hide that information inside their own data, so it isn’t always available.
If a plugin crashes Cubase while a project loads, Safe Copy lets you pick the plugins that shouldn’t load. It then creates a new copy of the project with them switched off, so you can get back into your session and track down the culprit.
No. Everything happens on your Mac. CPR Inspector has no tracking or analytics, doesn’t upload anything, and never connects to the internet.
Yes. CPR Inspector is signed with an Apple Developer ID and notarised by Apple, so macOS opens it without security warnings.
Open the downloaded DMG and drag CPR Inspector into your Applications folder. The first time you open it, you’ll be asked to accept the licence agreement.
Your licence is for one person, and you can use it on any Macs you personally own or control. It can’t be shared with other people, including other people in your company or studio.