It’s incredibly frustrating, isn’t it? You spend countless hours working with Cubase your favorite software, everything is running smoothly, and then BAM! Windows decides it’s time for an upgrade, or some other change happens in your PC’s operating system, and suddenly it’s like chaos unleashed. Your recording software, whether it’s on an Apple or Windows system, seems to throw a fit, glitches abound, and it feels like you’re back to square one.
Why does this happen? Why is it that software seems so utterly unprepared to deal with changes in the operating system? It’s like they’re speaking completely different languages, unable to communicate when the rules of the game change.
I’m not a programmer, but it feels like there’s a fundamental flaw in the way these programs are coded. Shouldn’t there be some sort of protection or redundancy built into them? Why does upgrading something like Omnisphere suddenly cause Cubase to throw a tantrum and stop working altogether? It’s as if they’re not designed to play nice with each other, let alone adapt to changes in the environment they operate in.
I wish I had answers, but all I have are questions and frustrations. It’s like we’re at the mercy of these software developers who seem more interested in pushing out flashy updates than ensuring their products can withstand the inevitable changes in the operating systems they rely on.
It’s time for a change. It’s time for software to be built with resilience in mind, to be able to adapt and evolve alongside the systems they inhabit. Until then, we’ll just have to brace ourselves for the next inevitable glitch-fest every time our operating systems decide to shake things up.
I know .
I have dedicated DAW PC which is not connected to the web ,but from time to time you have to get your networking devices on ,so you can update Steinberg licenses ,and then I forgot that the PC is connected and then the windows decided to upgrade and then the hell got loose… LOL
Cubase I love you !
I’ve used my current Win 11 Pro / Nuendo setup for a few years now and I’ve had zero such problems as far as I can recall. I’ve deferred large feature updates for as long as is possible and the security / quality updates are deferred by a week or two or whatever it is. I usually get the alert that a security update is pending and I run that overnight.
Oh, and I need broadband internet for my post work so I’m online at all times.
There are other - arguably more beginner friendly - instructions floating about, but this kind of stuff is probably safer to get from Microsoft.
Making these kinds of changes requires meticulous attention to detail and a backup/recovery plan for when things don’t work. Hopefully anyone reading this already knows that.
p.s. In my experience the second approach yielded much better results and I don’t seem to suffer from those Windows update induced problems anymore.
