Hey I have the same problem, and can’t find the hardware strip…
did you find it meanwhile MRedZac? Or someone else?
Steinberg, please can you give us an update now please on the disappearance of the hardware strip and other incompatibility issues with the MR816 and C7.
Thank you.
Al
Its now in the rack under hardware.
Are you sure it´s there ? - Can you please post a screenshot ? - Thanks in advance ! 
Here’s a picture of the mixer. The picture is from Nuendo but it should look very similar to Cubase. Just make sure that “Hardware” is selected in the “Racks” dropdown list.
How do you have Nuendo 6 already, since it is not available yet ? In Cubase, this doesn’t seem to work yet… Anyway, thanks for your screenshot and the effort you made ! 
for me it is working.
just follow the instructions given here,or u might have issues with ur system.
No “Hardware” selection appears in the rack on my system.
OK, for me it´s working now as well ! - Thanks for your precious help again !
Just make sure that “Hardware” is selected in the > “Racks” dropdown list> .
Hi
On Mac OS 10.7.5 here.
Just updated to MR Tools 1.7.4. Then Installed Cubase 7 and the 7.0.1 hotfix.
Went into AutoMap and deactivated ALL plug in control so nothing was wrapped.
Restarted and sure enough when Cubase 7 loaded I had no “Hardware” items in the Mixer Rack or The Devices Menu.
So I quit the app, re-launched and from the Templates page loaded the MR816 csx Multitrack template. This fixed the issue immediately. I have the old "Hardware: item in the Devices menu ( though they didn’t update the look of the panel … very V 6! ) and in the Mixer Rack.
The Ext FX ( plug in ) mode seems to work fine once the 816 was configured from the Hardware panel.
Now to figure out the new mixer/Control room… wow!
Best
Lee
I seem to be having issues using the built in DSP effects as plug-ins in Cubase 7. I set up my MR816csx the same way I did in version 6 when doing this(set to “external effects” in control panel), but when the MR effects are opened as inserts… they show up as “not available”. What am I doing wrong?
Hi,
I found this thread as I am having issues with Cubase and my MR816x. I have posted here as I have had no luck elsewhere.
I also have no hardware option in the mixer list.
I could not get the Rev-X to work until I downloaded a Core Audio update, but it works now. Steinberg support did not help me find this? I discovered it myself - they told me I had to register with an authorisation code to get Rev-X working - support got it wrong, it does not use an authorisation code?!
I am not using Cubase 7 but I still have the issue using Cubase 5.5.3, to show that it is not related to Version 7 only with the missing hardware option in the mixer.
iMac late 2012
OSX 10.8.3
Hello aaroradz1 and all! I tried the automap solution: I went to my computer: C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\Yamaha
There I deleted all the files that started with !
!ChannelStrip_m (Automap).vst3
!ChannelStrip_s (Automap).vst3 and so on
Now suddenly the cannelstrips ar available!! Wonderful! But I can not controll them with automap (but mabye it is possible som how?
No I don’t think so. Automap and 816 don’t get along… Though to be honest I stopped using auto map … More trouble than it was worth to me, so I don’t know about the latest updates .
In my case I just use the GUI for the 816 plug ins… Though I love the little Steinberg CM controllers… They work great.
Best
Lee
Oh, BTW the CM-QC quick controller controls the 816 plug ins just fine … push the learn button, mouse point at a plug in control and turn a controller knob. Done.
Remembers each track’s assigned controls too.
Ended up being much less strain than Auto Map IMO … I like the little controllers very much, maybe not the faders… but the others are great.