New Mac Pro - can I roll back to Mavericks?

Hi there,
I'm wanting to buy a new 8-core Mac Pro but my work software (Steinberg's Cubase 7.5) does not yet have official support to run under Yosemite.
I don't have a purchase or disk of Mavericks but I can buy a USB stick with an installer from eBay. My question is that if I buy a Mac Pro, boot from the stick and do a clean Mavericks install to the internal flash drive, will that be as complete an install as I need? I spoke to a guy in a Solutions store today who said he might have concerns that there would be a possible issue with hidden partitions or something like that?
Will this work for me? All I need to do is get the internal drive erased and install everything I need for Mavericks, hidden or not!
Many thanks,
Tony

Thank you - that's good to know, especially with consideration of the outlay on the new Mac!
cheers
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