Cubase hijacks Windows sound

Cubase
#1

Whenever Cubase Elements 6 is running sound from all other Windows applications seems to be disabled. I also noticed that if I assign a midi channel to Microsoft Wavetable GS Synth there is no sound, but if I route the channel to Halion then I can hear it.

Have I unintentionally set something up wrongly in Cubase? Can anyone advise what the problem might be?

Grateful for advice.

#2

Set, release drivers in background.

#3

Many thanks. That has solved the problem.

I still don’t hear anything if I assign a track to the Microsoft Wavetable GS Synth, though. Is there something extra in the setup required?

My OS is Windows 7 Pro 64bit.

#4

This is because ASIO audio drivers are single-client ones (only one program can access them at any given moment). And there’s good reason for this: keeping it simple lowers the latency.

If you want to hear both Cubase and Windows (MS GS Synth) sounds at the same time you need:

  1. One sound interface for ASIO (Cubase)
  2. One sound interface for Windows sounds
  3. External mixer into which you connect these two.
#5

Not entirely true. Some audio device manufacturers have added true multi-client ASIO support to their drivers, by assigning unused ASIO i/o’s or by sharing all ASIO i/o’s.
I can easily run several ASIO applications side by side over the same driver, simultaneously.

#6

Thanks for these replies. I am using the Steinberg provided Generic Low Latency ASIO driver, and at the moment I only have the computer’s internal soundcard which is Realtek High Definition Audio. So I assume for now I can’t use the Wavetable GS synth.

#7

You could always try the ASIO4ALL driver

#8

both is playing with RME drivers here…