I don’t like to be hand-held, but I’ve realised that even I need it sometimes. Therefore: can we pretty please have the opportunity to turn on some sort of alert that notifies us if the project (not individual audio clip) sample rate doesn’t match the output SR? The alert is already there, but “hidden” in the project setup dialogue. I think I need to have it pop in my face with a big, red warning sign. Those who don’t can just leave it disabled 
j,
I don’t understand that…
If you change the project sample rate, there is already a warning if it can’t change the converter sample rate.
And there are warnings available if you import content with the wrong sample rate and you can choose resample to fit the project sample rate.
Nope, there’s no “public” warning if it’s the other way around: have your converter set to 44 and load a project that’s in 48, you simply get a pitched down output and no warning unless you happen to look at the project setup dialogue. I’d really like a warning.
Ftr: my converter is externally clocked, so it’s not controlled by Cubase (but C does notice that there is a mismatch, it just doesn’t tell me).
Importing audio is not relevent to this.
j,
I think that’s up to the user to notice that, as you are kind of in “manual” mode.
Well the ting is that the warning is already there, it’s just buried inside a dialogue you have to remember to open. I would like a big warning triangle, perhaps even on top of the ‘play’ icon. But this should of course be (very) optional. Not all need or want this. For me it’ll be super-useful.
j,
I’m bumping this, because it bit me in the behind once more. I was redoing some older projects done at 44, while my system was set to 48. Only when the new mixes were done did I realise that everything was supposed to go both slower and deeper. Start again. Argh! A visible warning would have saved me a lot of time. Please do this.
I second this motion! As a matter of fact it was a feature they took away for some reason. The record format at the top of the edit page used to glow yellow if there was a mismatch, it no longer does since 12. Please bring it back, saves some heartache!
No, nobody took anything away.
If you switch your interface to external sync, you or your external hardware is responsible for the correct sample rate. Cubase loses control about it, but that is the intention of that switch.
If the sample rate is controlled by Cubase, the project file is defining the sample rate.
How is it set to 48kHz? External device? So it is up to your external device to set the sample rate.
Yeah, I notice that mismatch warning disappeared recently. I’m not sure why it was removed. Anyway, the bigger problem is that Cubase is one of the few DAWs that have a problem when there is a mismatch between the audio interface and project sample rates. Most DAWs these days handle that situation seamlessly and do not require that they match.
Of course it’s set by the external device, otherwise there wouldn’t be a mismatch. What I (we) want, is a warning about it. Cubase does indeed notice it, so why not tell us?
