Cubase 15.0.21 with meter problem with already mastered music

Cubase
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Cubase 15.0.21 with meter issue. It stays above 0 dB, reproducing the audio of an already mastered song, leaving the audio distorted in the meter. In Cubase 15.0.10 this does not happen, as shown in the screenshot. I hope this bug gets fixed.

Cubase 15.0.10
Cubase 15.0.101920Ă—1080 135 KB

Cubase 15.0.21
Cubase 15.0.211920Ă—1080 127 KB

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To me it looks a bit like “Peak hold” was maybe not configured in the first example, but it is difficult to judge from the screenshots.

Can you run “Audio->Statistics” on the audio file and post the result?

Is this the exact same project, not changes made?

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Open Cubase normally, import a song already mastered in 0DB. In Cubase 15.0.21 it exceeds 0DB. In Cubase 13,14 and 15.0.10 this does not happen. No plugins inserted, no adjustments made and it happens with any mastered track.

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I normally don’t master anything at 0dB but I just tried rendering a couple of my 2 track mixes at 0dB (true peak) in Wavelab then opening them in Cubase 15.0.21. The meters stay pegged at 0dB, they don’t go over.

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When I open Cubase 15.0.21 it is around 1 DB above 0DB. In Cubase 15.0.10 it is stuck at 0DB. Was there some configuration that changed? I never had this problem in previous versions.

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Same problem in new version 15.0.30

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I just tried it again on V15.0.30. I still can’t get the meters to go over 0dB.

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Can anyone confirm this issue on Windows 11? I’ve already installed version 15.0.10, and the problem doesn’t occur. Is there a setting I need to change?

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Cubase Pro v15.0.30 on Windows 11 Pro v25H2 here.

I have never noticed such an issue. I just fired up TestGenerator with a 1 kHz sine blasting at 0.00 dB, and the Peak Max. on the Meter reads and shows exactly that: 0.0.

You may need to investigate your signal path in Cubase. There are a number of gain stages where additional level may be introduced (channel pre‑gain, faders, audio event volume, plug‑ins, etc.).

Also, the level may change if sample‑rate conversion is used during import.

To start, can you post the statistics of the audio file that is triggering overshoots (Audio > Statistics).

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Can you post what Cubase’s audio statistics say about the file? Cubase 15.0.30 that is.