Hi,
A friend has just bought the Steinberg UR 22 MK2 which came with a copy of Cubase 12 Elements.
He has it all set-up correctly, VSTs working, Midi Keyboard recognised and recording, microphone and guitar inputs all good Audio Connections looks good, both input and output and STUDIO SETUP has the right driver displayed but…oh no!..intermittent fault!
When Monitoring his system sometimes develops what he calls a metallic, almost robotic quality to the sound.
As I have never had a UR22 I don’t know much about the set-up - could it be that the buffer size is not right? Or is it something to do with the MIX knob on the front of the interface? Is it latency? Or could it be something to do with DIRECT MONITORING causing a feedback loop? Possibly his speakers are not able to handle the output? Poor quality leads? I don’t know how to advise him!
Is there anyone here who uses this interface that might be able to shed some light on this? Or tell me what settings they have in Audio Connections and Studio Setup. As I live too far away from this internet ‘friend’ I cannot visit to experiment with these ideas but maybe someone here has experienced similar issues and sorted them out?
I would be grateful for all ideas - thx in advance,
Robin
To me it sounds like a driver issue, perhaps a device or sample rate conflict or something along those lines. Just “metallic” to me hints at a type of problem that’s hard to nail down but is often solved by restarting.
I would maybe look into giving Cubase exclusive access to the driver just to start somewhere, in case he hasn’t already done that.
It’d probably be a good idea though to try to capture the sound and share it here so we can hear it. Sometimes it’s a good way to exclude some problems and point in the right direction.
