Hi!
I recently picked up Cubase to mess around with orchestral mock ups. I get sound in all the other multi-track layout options to start a new project except for Empty… it registers that input is coming in as the meters light up, but I am getting no output sound and I don’t know where to look to fix this issue. I’m not sure where to look in the manuals either, so I am at a loss here. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks for looking!
There’s no sound in Empty Project because the project is
Try loading an instrument.
I have loaded instrument tracks:
but thanks for trying.
… and activated the Monitor button in the involved tracks headers ?
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Yeah I checked those, still getting nothing. I do get sound with the other template options, which is odd… So, for now I’m just opening one of them, deleting all the tracks and going from there.
OK. Could you post a screenshot of an empty project with a first instrument track, and showing what is surrounded in red in the following screenshot ? Thanks.
Here you go… I’ve tried switching MIDI channels and didn’t have any luck with that either. I admit I am relatively new to this stuff but I don’t understand how it’s not working just for this particular instance. Cubase works just fine for all the other templates. Believe me I thought it might be something I overlooked or a rookie mistake such as the volume or the monitors being off.
Regardless, I appreciate the assist.
According to this screen shot the sound goes nicely from the instrument through its channel to the Stereo Out.
So now we would need to see some picture where the signal from Stereo Out is routed to.
That would be the Studio → Audio Connections dialog with the Output tab, please. And make sure to “expand all”, please.
Great ! So, your empty project does have sounds, at least, until the Stereo Out bus. As @Johnny_Moneto stated, all is about now what is happening between it and your monitors/headphones.
Added to his inquiry, and if you have the Pro version, I would also like to see what’s in the Studio > Audio Connections > Control Room panel, after having used the Expand All button.
EDIT - Thinking more of it, and as it seems strange to me that it’s only with the ‘empty’ template (virtual, as there is no Empty.cpr file that is involved) that you are having a sound issue, I would also suggest to start Cubase in safe mode, with the Disable program preferences option : it won’t do harm in anyway, at this troubleshooting stage.
That solved it! It was empty… go figure. I loaded up my Focusrite USB ASIO and there is sound. They really mean it’s empty when they say empty don’t they.
I do, and it was also empty… so I switched that over to Focusrite USB ASIO as well… Out of curiosity, what does the Control Room do? If I set the control room to the Focusrite , the outputs get disconnected, but there is still sound. Or is this too over my head?
Thank you all for the help. Greatly appreciated!
Basically, the Control Room allows you to set a virtual… studio control room, separating it from an also virtual musician(s) area. It gives you a set of features, such as cue sends for each musician (another use : added monitors), a talkback channel, etc. Additionaly it allows you to put inserts on the monitoring signal flow without altering the mix one that will be export (example : brickwall limiting, Sonarworks…). IOW, the control room allows you to use different hardware outputs pairs in an independent way for specific playback/cues/monitoring purposes, so, IMO, it is useless if you have only one hardware outputs pair available.
There is more than that, of course, but when using the Control room, basically, all what’s in the Studio > Audio Connections > Outputs panel should be set to Not connected, all the available outputs being set in the Control Room one, as it seems that you have experienced it, already.
On my end, and in a very amateurish way, I use it mainly to control separately my headphones levels from my monitors ones. This allow me to use them both in the same time at ease :
Thanks for the explanation! I can’t see myself using that functionality anytime soon but it’s good to know that it’s available should there ever be a need for it. This is certainly a very powerful program.
I’m using Cubase 13 on an M2 Mac, Ventura. I was really enjoying the latest release (13.0.41 build 256) until suddenly, no sound. I tried all the suggested tips but although I could see the built-in audio I could not get it to connect. Eventually, wondering if I had a hardware fault, I opened up Dorico which was fine. Command tab back to Cubase and the audio-connections - outputs allowed connection. It’s a quick fix for a time consuming bug.
