hahaha
check out this funky flash intro from back in the day
http://web.archive.org/web/20000622003848/htt … undblaster.com/
http://web.archive.org/web/20000815210240/htt … sbliveplatinum/

ok this kind of solidifies it
http://web.archive.org/web/20000826211348/htt … um/software.asp

it says right there highlighted in red

CuBasis VST
By integrating audio and MIDI recordings, CuBasis VST effortlessly turns your PC into a complete recording studio. Its simple MIDI interface allows you to connect any combination of MIDI keyboards and MIDI sound modules. CuBasis VST also prints your MIDI parts as notes, with text and titles.
Note:This software is only included in products sold in Europe.

so my suspicion was correct.. at least by the time they replaced Cubasis AV with Cubasis VST...
i guess i can assume that they probably did it that way from the start... ?

heres the original page from web archive of the steinberg us site, archived in 1998:
http://web.archive.org/web/19980213230539/htt … asis/index.html

http://www.activemusician.com/Steinberg-to-Bu … rope--t101i4274

not surprising that it was also bundled with the emu APS which uses the same Emu10k chip as the sblive!

http://www.mediafire.com/download/g2b5bu1c3gv … ubasis_AV.toast

if anyone wants a copy of this old disc i finally tracked it down

confirmed working on XP 32bit with "Win98 compatibility" enabled

🤣.. zero interest... 😀

Amusingly, it's 16-bit, well into 1998.

hay,
Can I at least have the soft karaoke folder in the appliactions cd? I've been triing to find that for years!