Asio4All not working output&input at the same time

Cubase
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Hi!
Im trying to get my ancient Cubase 5 to work on new hardware on win11.
I use a USB interface for mic (U-PHORIA UMC22).

I can’t get recording to work at the same time as playing output through the normal sound system (headphones jack or speakers). Which worked fine on my old hardware (win 10 if that matters).

I go into device setup/VST audio system and select ASIO4all driver for my USB interface:

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The control panel for asio4All looks like this:
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The realtek is just built-in sound-system for the PC. If I active it and set the input/output in “VST connections” I can hear the output in headphones/speakers, but I cant record.

If I active the second option (USB CODEC) I can record fine, but the output i can choose in VST connections is just the USB, which makes output silent as it tries to use my USB mic as speakers…

Any idea how this is supposed to work? :slight_smile: Thanks!
Erik

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Can’t answer your question but I recommend to download Wavelab and install ASIO driver that comes with it. I had problems with Asio4All too, switching to Wavelab’s driver fixed it. Thanks to recommendation from one of the admins here.
I wonder why Cubase doesn’t include same ASIO driver as Wavelab but instead has a different one that didn’t work properly for me too and looks inferior.

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An ASIO driver can only speak to one audio interface at a time. If you select your Realtek interface, can you use the microphone input to record?

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You might get better results with FlexASIO.

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Thank you for your replies!

  1. I dont own Wavelab. Buying it will include drivers that also might work for Cubase 5? Could I try these drivers in some other way?
  2. I cant record using the front mic jack if I activate realtek. That only one audio interface can be activated at once seems right, but i’m SURE i could (in my old win 10 hardware) record and still use standard headphone jack/speakers at the same time. Could I maybe have used some sort of loop setting so the output still went to the headphone/speakers?
  3. Flexaudio installs fine and can be activated, but i cant get either playback or recording to work at all unfortunatly. Its just dead.

Best regards
Erik

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That sounds odd. Does this jack work in other applications?

I should perhaps also mention that the “real” solution to all this is to acquire an audio interface that comes with proper ASIO drivers.

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You can download the installer and install only ASIO driver, it’s located in WaveLab_Pro_12.0.10_Installer_win64\WaveLab Pro 12\Additional Content\Installer folder.
No need to buy or install Wavelab itself.

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Thank you for your help!
I realized I can monitor by using the output jack on the USB interface. Didn’t need to in my old setup but this makes more logical sense

(im starting to realize my old setup might be pure luck, that I used a loop-hole that actually 2 ASIO drivers could be active at the same time depending on how I started Cubase up).