This has driven me NUTS for a decade. Regardless of interface, the following happens to me ONLY with Cubase…
Open a CPR
Wait…
-Eventually- the audio dies. All other functionality works, but just no sound. And if you open TaskMgr, you can -see- that one process in Cubase has gone to sleep… but cannot be revived.
So… hands down, -the- most common way I ‘exit’ Cubase, is with TaskMgr.
THIS NEVER HAPPENS WITH ANY OTHER AUDIO APP I HAVE.
So it’s not like there’s a problem with ‘cheap ASIO driver’. In fact, this never happens -regardless- of interface (RME, Native Instruments, M-Audio, Lynx)
Eg. I can leave Wavelab open for -weeks-. The audio is always right there. I can totally take it for granted.
Why can’t Cubase fix this most -basic- functionality?
The problem is not likely on my system. Since it’s recurred over the years with several machines.
There’s this notion that, if it doesn’t happen to -everyone- it’s not a bug. And although I haven’t been a software engineer for a while it’s disappointing to me that this ‘blame the user’ mentality still persists. Frankly, it was one of the uglier parts of the biz and I sure hope it goes away at some point.
Have you checked your power settings for usb? I’ve used dozens of computers with cubase and never got this problem. Though I always optimize windows before, especially power options
This is a FEATURE REQUEST. If you don’t have this issue, GOOD FOR YOU. I’ve been using Cubase for 20+ years and -trust me- this is an ongoing issue for lots and lots and lots of people. Most of us just suck it up.
But other DAWs do NOT have this issue. As I said… Wavelab (same vendor) NEVER misbehaves like this. Ableton. Never a problem.