I’ve been experiencing some extremely strange external FX behavior ever since I got my outboard M7 reverb. Half the time, the device is completely inaudible, despite the fader displaying a healthy signal. How could this be?
See my current project below as an example. I have a guitar sending a signal at full volume to the reverb. You can see that the reverb channel is receiving a signal back from the device.
But, I cannot hear the reverb, and it is not present on any exports.
What’s exceptionally strange is, this behavior is not consistent. I hear the unit other times when working in Cubase. So I find myself frequently in the situation where I’ll work on a mix, set the reverb send levels, walk away, then return another day and the reverb is gone.
Looking at your first screenshot, I have a problem : there is no audio signals coming in the Control Room. So, could you post a screenshot showing all the tracks involved and, additionaly, also a screenshot of your Audio Connections > External FX pane ?
OK. I see that the FX1 Bricasti M7 track has a level close to nothing, despite its fader set to 0 . Any reason for this ? How is the Bricasti set, output level related ?
I still have a problem : it looks like your Stereo out bus has a Line Out 6/7 routing, while the Control Room Main bus having a Line Out 3/4 one. FWIW, I have set, using the Control Room, all the busses shown in the Outputs pane as Not connected, this, to avoid any conflict between the Control Room and the ‘usual’ outputs.
Beside this, have you checked the gain level of the Mic/Line 3/4 inputs ?
OK. As the issue isn’t consistent but persists, I begin to think that there is an issue with your preferences files. Could you try to close and restart Cubase in ‘safe mode’ ?
Actually, I have no other solution : I simply don’t know what’s going on with your external FX. Check again the routing : maybe something isn’t set as it should be.
I appreciate the effort man. I’ve had this issue for months and it’s definitely driven my sanity meter down a bit. The inconsistency deals the most damage I think. Been laying on the couch staring blankly for a half hour or so now.