Windows 11, Cubase 11 & 13.
Hello folks,
I’ve just purchased and installed an additional interface (Focusrite 4i4 3d gen) . I also have an older very good one (TC Electronics Impact Twin ). Now, Cubase recognizes each of them separately but… no way to accept them both together ! Is that normal or there’s a hidden “magic” anywhere ?
Thanks for your feedback !
Very_8ad_0isciple
That is normal. Tough luck.
On windows this is normal. On Mac you can make an aggregate device in core audio.
You can do the same on windows with a third party driver (VB audio coconut for example) but at a little performance cost.
Does it have to be on Windows? Unfortunately Windows doesn’t have aggregate interface devices like MacOS does. The closest you can get is something like VBMatrix. I’ve also seen people report they can get ASIO4All to do that, but I’ve never been able to get it to work.
Thank a bunch you guys ! That makes it clear. Luckily I have the opportunity to send back the newly purchased interface.
In addition I will share with you that I like Cubase after using all updates since 20+ years but… one thing always had disappointed me, its inflexibility. Still, after 20 years they have diminished it really remarkably…
Best vibes !
Well that’s a problem originating Windows and your chosen hardware, not Cubase.
Have you tried connecting the interfaces to each other using digital I/O (ADAT, MADI etc.)?
For example, I use three RME interfaces all the time and they are interconnected via ADAT.
Thanks for that detail, ‘themancable’, I was already thinking of such a combination, must just figure it out.
But the impossibility to use simultaneously two interfaces comes from Cubase itself as it is clear. Now, maybe the Mac OS system provides an additional option, but Cubase itself doesn’t.
Sorry, but you are not correct and you are missing some fundamental understanding of how DAWs work. Not all interfaces allow for digital interconnections between them. But the better ones do.
This has NOTHING to do with Cubase, Windows or Mac. It has to do with the hardware (audio interface, computer) you are using and that is all.
Please read the manuals and educate yourself before falsely attributing blame!
This is a limitation of Windows, not Cubase. To be done properly, aggregate devices needs to be in the OS, which is why it’s a feature of MacOS. You can try taking your complaint to Microsoft.
I don’t see why am I “accused” for any “blaming” ?? When opening Cubase it shows a window asking to choose which ONE of the interfaces I have plugged (or other drivers) - with no way to choose two! So it is Cubase that does NOT support two interfaces simultaneously. What does Microsoft or the Pope of Rome has to do with that fact ???
Not exactly. On a Mac you can have multiple interfaces working in Cubase at the same time. But they would have to be set up at an OS level (Aggregate devices in MacOS). Windows doesn’t have an equivalent to this. A workaround is to use a 3rd party driver like ASIO4All where you can set up multiple interfaces under one ASIO driver.