I am using an XR18 and Cubase 14 Pro v41. i have noticed that to get Panning to work on Mono tracks i have to setup an Output Channel(s) that is a stereo pair in Cubase in the Studio Output tab, but i normally use Cubase’s control room for recording. If i don’t first setup a Stereo OUT in the Studio > outputs section and then create an Monitor in Control Room Panning for mono tracks won’t work I can’t get the control to work in the inspector or anywhere else. In other words I can’t just use a Monitor in Control Room even if it is stereo to show panning on Mono tracks in any mixer i use. I also can’t really route to Control Room from a Mixer. Is this how Cubase is supposed to be setup? If i want to record, i have to enable Control Room, and if i want to mix i have to disable Control Room and use the Stereo Out i crated earlier. Is this what is suppose to happen with Cubase 14 Pro v41? Are we supposed to toggle back and forth between Control Room and the Output Tab in the Studio setup?
What kind of tracks are your mono tracks routed to?
No.
You need an output channel in the output Section that is defined as the “Main Mix” for Control room to work. Control room takes that as the input. If you have only one output, that will automatically become the “Main Mix”.
The important thing is not to set any physical output to the Main Mix output bus!
Mono Channels by definition have to be routed to a stereo bus (any, can be the main out or a group or whatever) to be able to be panned.
I am not sure why you think that you need to toggle back between between control room and the “output tab”? What do you mean exactly by that?
When i was on v30 or so, i had set it up the way you describe above but i had made a MONO OUT, I didn’t realize it at the time but that had made my Control Room Mono as well and i had no way to set Panning, and i couldn’t get panning to work. So i removed all of that after getting v41 and tried to do a Stereo Out in Studio > Outputs tab then switch to Control room and it wouldn’t work.
I found i needed Panning for Vocal harmonies i have mostly written instrumentals and never really messed with Panning. Normally i just make sketches so i can write a chart and play them with bands but i thought lets try recording something with Vocals blah blah…. ended up with a new problem.
So the above was my work around at least currently that is what it is. So its at least its good to know that this not the desired strategy. I might just wipe all my preferences etc. i have my Profile, Templates etc. backed up.
BTW, i am not on Cubase 15 Pro i see you have a link above about Routing. I will probably get it sometime after Christmas but letting them work the bugs out and Christmas is quite the expense as it is.
Thanks for the clarification on how Cubase is meant to be used, i just can’t get it to work that way currently.
The cubase version is actually not very the control room has been there since Cubase 5 or so… can’t remember exactly.
You can select the manual for the Cubase version you have, but it’s not that different.
If the manual is too sparse in its explanations (it tends to be), maybe search on YouTube for a video on how to set up Control Room?
Well like i say it used to work, but now it does not. i had it working with a Mono as an OUT in the regular OUT and then i switched it from there to the Control Room and it worked but for whatever reason its not doing the same thing with a Stereo out from the Regular OUT then enabling it in Control Room not sure why but, like i say i might just wipe my preferences and see if i can start clean. Not really sure what else i can do.
You could post a screenshot showing the Outputs tab of the Audio Connections dialog.
It is really hard to understand what you have tried and what you now want to do. Very, very likely you do not have to “wipe” your preferences. There is nothing wrong with Cubase, you are just confused about how to use it.
Do what Johnny said and post screenshots of the Outputs tab of the Audio Connections dialog, an while you’re at it take a screenshot of your Control Room tab as well.
Then state clearly what your goal is.
“Normal” use is to have a main stereo output bus, and if you want to use Control Room use that main output bus as the source. All other tracks are routed to the main stereo output bus, either directly or indirectly. This now allows you to pan sources into that stereo path.
Control Room gives you listening options.
In my mind using all mono paths seems like a waste.
I am no longer using Mono path ways, that was how i found the problem. At any rate i have fixed this. So thanks for everyone’s input. It was a mixture of settings on my XR18 and Cubase.