I usually work from two setups: in the studio, where I have outboard gear and external instruments, and at home, where I primarily edit and use VSTs.
I’m experiencing an issue where, after properly setting up Audio Connections in my template and ensuring everything works in the studio, all connections switch to “Not Connected” when I work at home. Unfortunately, when this happens, even if I return to the studio, everything remains “Not Connected,” and I have to reassign everything manually, which can be quite time-consuming. I’ve tried saving the devices as favorites, but they still appear as “Not Connected” when I add them from the favorites.
In the studio, I’m using a UFX III with three Ferrofish for additional I/O, while at home, I only have a UA Volt, so there is a significant variation in the number of I/O between the two setups, but I’m not sure if this is the issue. I’ve resorted to not working from home at all, but that’s not a real solution. Is anyone else experiencing something similar and knows the correct way to handle this?
Hi, this is “normal” behavior for Cubase - I wish they would redesign the whole I/O setup so that you can switch profiles (studio/home/roaming…) with a single action.
If you are using a Mac computer, you could try using an aggregate device, setting the embedded interfaces first then the optional ones. I think I still encountered issues with the ports order when using multiple interfaces on an aggregate setup.
Another option would be to purchase Audiomovers Omnibus which now works on both Mac and PCs (and incidentally is currently on sale). I use it on Mac because I got fed up of having to reconfigure I/Os after launching Cubase outside of my home studio or with a missing interface.
I thought it was expensive but it is saving me so much time and so far I haven’t encountered issues. As soon as a device is connected it is added to the setup and the previous routing is recovered, without having to reconfigure anything.
Thanks @Folleville , I feared this was the case, as some older topics mentioned this, but I assumed it would be fixed by now. I’ll have a look at Omnibus, it’s definitely convenient it’s on sale right now!
I was hoping that maybe some .xml file could be “backed up” and restored every time I’m in the studio to make it “forget” something changed but I don’t know if that’s the case.
Well you can use individual presets on most tabs of the I/O dialog to restore settings - but not on the external effects tab, I believe there is an xml file for this tab though.
I have input and output presets and control room presets. When I move to the studio I just pull in the input presets, output preset then control room preset. It takes seconds.
I seem to not have any issues with inputs and outputs either, but External Instruments and External Effects behave differently somehow. When I bring those back in, the name, # of returns and latency compensation is there but it shows as “Not Connected” and I need to reselect each I/O. Doing this for all the outboard effects, synths and drum machines every time takes a while.
I might have found a decent workaround for anyone facing this issue.
After setting up all External Instruments and FX properly, save each one as a Favorite. When you come across the Audio Connection reset issue, close the current session and open a new, Empty session. Go to Audio Connections and re-add all the instruments and FX from the Favorites menu. They will be added with the correct interface and I/O, as long as you do this while connected to it. You can then close this project without saving and when you reopen your previous project, the connections will be restored with the correct I/O. You can’t do this from an open session with existing connections, Instruments or FX because Favorites can’t be added if the connections already exist.
I believe this is clearly a bug or an oversight, as it makes no sense for them to behave differently from the Input, Output, or Control Room connections and this solution still mildly frustrating, but at least it’s much quicker than re-adding every I/O channel manually.
PS. I also tried @Folleville ‘s method and it works great, but Omnibus caused some slightly odd latency calculation issues on my end.
I’m goiing to try this….. It’as been a bug bear for years as i also use a hybrid setup with UFX III and ferrofish MADI for my external FX etc and also use a MBP for working remotely with a UR22-c.
It’s crazy that the IO etc can be recalled but NOT the external FX routing which in my case is more channels than the IO.
A good solution - as long as the use of more than one different AUdio INterface is not possible on Win/Asio - would be to have a “total audio-connections preset” (that includes ALL connections) that is linked to the interface being used and thus could be switched with a single click in any open project!
Cubase separates In- Out- and Controlroom and External Gear connections in separate presets - which could be maintained - but it lacks a “total preset” for these connections. This is based on the assumption “one project, one audio interface”, which is unfortnuantely cumbersome at times. I for example have my Motif XF connected via its Firewire INterface and also an RME Interface card. In some projects I record via the XF FIrewire (Yamaha Firewire Driver) - and switch to the RME interface while working on the project for other sources. It would be MORE THAN HANDY to automatically switch all audio connections to a predefined (Preset) State when changing the audio interface while working on the project. That includes the Control ROom by the way.
I have it set up with audio-connection presets - but this requires a lot of clicks, since the presets are separate items.