Why is direct monitor not available in cubase 15 I can’t believe that my new scarlet 18i20 is not compatible. Direct monitoring is greyed out in studio config. ???
control room has been rendered useless by focusrite control 2 monitoring features contrary to my wishes.
is there a fix ?
marc
Hi and welcome to the forum,
Are you on Windows? Is it available in older Cubase versions?
Hi Marc,
It is correct that for your scarlett the check box in the studio config is greyed out. I have the 16i16 and it is greyed out as well. This option is only available for specific audio interfaces like the Steinberg UR-C series to take over the functions of the DSPMixFX application.
In other words… it depends on your audio interface software wether it is available or not. But believe me… you will not miss anything. Direct monitoring can be done using Focusrite Control 2 and not enabeling software monitor on your cubase tracks. This will be the same for most audio interfaces that are not Steinberg. Imho this works nicer.
I don’t use Control Room so I cannot give advice on that. I also do not know what you would like to achieve. However I do not believe it will be limited somehowe because of this option.
Good day Martin,
Tanks for responding quickly,
Yes I am a windows 11 user since late in December 25, and just about every window before that.
And
A cubase user that upgraded to ver. 15 a few weeks ago along with the upgrade came a new card to replace 2 aging ‘’ M-audio delta 10-10 ‘’ The old setup running cubase 12 could use the ‘’ direct monitoring ‘’ feature although very buggy it was there.
I am deceved by the revalation that a new card from focusrite does not support this feature… ( the cheap ones do ! )
There is a workaround and I will be forced to use it that way but it seems to be more demanding then the original ‘’ direct monitoring ‘’ we will see
Thanks again
Marc
Good day Blademan,
Quick answer thank-you,
Your vision sums it up ! And your explanation is clear. I was running 2 delta 10 / 10 with cubase 12 and the computer stopped booting … eventually I realized it had to go … the new computers don’t come with PCI slots anymore so the ‘’ M-audio cards would be replaced also …
The old setup running cubase 12 could use the ‘’ direct monitoring ‘’ feature although very buggy it was there.
I am deceived by the revelation that a new card from focusrite does not support this feature… ( the cheap ones do ! Scarlett solo , Scarlett 2 )
Very glad that there is a workaround and I will use it that way, but it seems to be more demanding then the original ‘’ direct monitoring ‘’ we will see … I am thinking of over dubs and punch-ins where the incoming channel will have to be set to rec. And quickly muted …
This focus control 2 is built to provide monitoring facilities and I did not find a way to shut it down … I enjoyed working from the cubase control room, I might have to give that up to !
You confirmed to me that the 18i20 does not conform to this standard and that I should not be upset about it.
OK
I occasionally work with musicians and I try to enable a comfortable environment, latency is very hard to deal with…
Thank you very much for your time and clear explanation of this new set-up. Version 15 is behaving nicely my old version 12 was buggy, not stable and that part at least is a very encouraging.
I will let you know how things are going in a few days/weeks. It is a long process many things to check out …
Until later thanks again
Marc
