Cubase 13 drum editor - where are my instrument names?

[Johnny_Moneto]

This is one of the main points of critique I have with Cubase. It can sabotage itself.
How many people have been helped in this forum by altering/deleting their preference files?
If Cubase had been designed in a good way, that kind of stuff would not happen.
There is a major design flaw at the core of Cubase.

[Justin_Sillman]

Hey! I’m running Cubase 11 on a Mac and recently started having this same problem… I’m not super coding savvy but I was wondering if you’d have any advice on where to change this setting on a Mac?
This is the last thing I need right now and they’re not even supporting Cubase 11 anymore :(… aaaahhhhh

[alexis]

@Johnny_Moneto

1. Close Cubase.
2. Open the “Run” command prompt by pressing the Windows logo key + R simultaneously.
   In the command line of the ‘Run’ window, enter one of the following path shortcuts::

user specific installation (standard): %appdata%
installation “for all users”: %programdata%

Simply use %appdata% if you are in doubt.

3. A new Windows Explorer Window opens.
4. Locate the folder ‘Steinberg’ and therein the folder ‘Cubase 13_64’.
5. Move (not copy) the Cubase folder onto the desktop.
6. Start Cubase
   Cubase will now restore its factory settings.

This is merely for testing, to see if the problem really lies in the preference files. You will not have your key commands and other settings anymore but thanks to moving instead of deleting the folder in step 5 you can restore your old files anytime.
Simply delete the new folder ‘Cubase 13_64’ in the %appdata%\Steinberg folder and move the old one from the desktop to this place.

Thank you for this, @Johnny_Moneto , I’ve been thinking of this recently but didn’t know where to find the information.

I’m wondering … how is this different from staying up in Cubase Safe Mode?

[Reco29]

Removing or renaming the folder will initiate Cubase to create a brandnew folder with restored factory settings. Starting Cubase with User preferences disabled starts Cubase on the old factory settings as is which may or may not have been compromised.

[Johnny_Moneto]

@alexis

I’m wondering … how is this different from staying up in Cubase Safe Mode?

When using the option from the dialog Cubase will only replace one or two of the files of the preference files, not the entire folder.

[Reco29]

@Johnny_Moneto How do you know that? My previous answer was based on logical assumptions btw…

[Johnny_Moneto]

The mods said it somewhere sometime.

[Reco29]

Fair enough, thanks for the answer!

[Reco29]

@Johnny_Moneto

The mods said it somewhere sometime.

Were you referring to this post?

Start Cubase in Safe mode / Temporarily disable preferences

Hi, I have just tested. Disable Preferences from the Safe Start Dialog: Cubase creates Defaults.xml.backup file, what is backup of your original Defaults.xml file. Only the Defaults.xml file becomes reset for the given time. Once you quit Cubase, the Defaults.xml.backup file still remains, so you can decide what to do. During the next start, if Cubase finds the Defaults.xml.backup file, it deletes the Defaults.xml file (which was just temporary) and renames the Defaults.xml.backup (your orig…

[Johnny_Moneto]

@alexis , look: Reco29 found out it is only the Defaults.xml file that gets surpressed. So only one of the files, not two.

[Reco29]

@Johnny_Moneto

look: Reco29 found out it is only the Defaults.xml file that gets surpressed. So only one of the files, not two.

Nice of you to say that @Johnny_Moneto but the honour, of course, is Martin’s alone. @Martin.Jirsak is the one who took his time and shared his findings. He is the one who deserves credits.
I just stumbled on his post by accident, got reminded of this thread from a couple of days ago and linked it here. Haha, my contribution is merely that of a monkey