Cubase 12 Pro "Could Not Create Record File" on old Projects

Cubase
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Hi,
Just installed Cubase 12 Pro on a new laptop (Windows 11 Pro). It’s literally the only software on the machine at the moment.
I have no problems so far on new projects but when I open my old projects (all of them made on Cubase 11 Pro on another computer with no problem EVER), I either:

  1. Get a “Could Not Create Record File” as soon as the project opens and on every track if I try to record;
  2. Can only record on the tracks that are already there but if I add a new one I get the the same thing.

I have already checked if it depends on Windows Defender but I have the same issue even if it’s turned off.
If I open the same exact project, from the same exact external HDD, on my old laptop with Cubase 11 Pro it works perfectly.

Please help!

2

Hi,

Double-check the permissions of the folder (and all parents) where are your old projects stored, please. Make sure, you can write to the folder.

3

Hi,
It has nothing to do with that. After a couple of days I finally figured it out.
Cubase sets up all the old projects on my HDD as 24bit 48khz FLAC, even if they were originally 32/48/wave. All it takes to make it work is changing FLAC to Wave and it works fine. Extremely simple but a tedious (and pretty dumb…) bug.

4

Hi,

Do you mean in the settings in the Project Setup?

5

Yes.
Basically, to record in my old projects I have to change the settings on the Project Setup to the original settings of the project, otherwise Cubase 12 automatically opens them as 24/48000/FLAC (by “old” I mean projects stored on an external HDD that I was working on three days ago with no issues on another computer using Cubase Pro 11).