Cubase highjacks the soundcard HELP PLEASE

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#1

HI
Im finding in the last few days if play a wave or mp3 using Foobar or windows media player for eg…, its all
fine, but as soon as I open Cubase it highjacks the sound card and cuts
off the other players. Even if I close down Cubase the sound card still
wont play with the other players…

I have ticked the box to release soundcard when in the background in
Cubase/soundcard options,.

If I reboot Windows 10, it seems to be fine for a while then it reverts to the above

Does anyone know why this happens with Cubase, and what I can do to fix this. ?
Many thanks

#2

Me too! updated to the latest version of Cubase Pro 9.5.41

#3

… also I found that you can sometimes get it to allow another program to play sound but makes an almighty thump every time it switches. After a few times it stops switching altogether. Has there been a change in soundcard management with 9.5.41?

#4

Intesting thought that it might be a change in soundcard management with 9.5.41… STEINBERG can you come on board and tell us whats going on please ???

#5

Just hoping to bump this thread along, does anyone else get the same problem? Mister Steinberg?

#6

Hello? Anybody there? STEINBERG??? This is becoming a massive PITA, I can’t audition loops, listen to stuff online etc whenever I have Cubase running, even after closing it down I have to reboot before I get any sound back. I have tried the Release driver in Background (now set by default) but this doesn’t seem to do anything.