No Sound When Previewing from Mediabay

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New install of Cubase Pro 12 on PC Windows 10.

I have a ton of random audio loops in WAV Format I keep on an external hard drive. When i pull up the list of files in the Mediabay or the file browser on the right side of screen, and i select a WAV file, i dont hear anything. It says it’s playing the preview but i dont hear anything. If i drag the file into the project window it plays, but why cant i hear the preview? Using Steinberg UR22MKII Interface.

Thanks!

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Hi,

If you use Control Room, enable the Monitor 1 bus and route it to your output. All previews are routed via Monitor bus.

If you don’t use Control Room, right-click to the output in the Audio Connections > Outputs and enable Main Mix. If you don’t use Control Room, the previews are routed via Main Mix.

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Hey thanks for your help on that one, it fixed the problem and i can now hear the preview. I have one more question. If i use the control room it turns off the audio outputs in audio connections. If i turn on the audio connections, it turns off the control room. Why cant i have both at the same time?

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Hi,

Because the sound would be doubled then. If Control Room is enabled, the Output doesn’t go out directly, but it goes thru the Control Room too.

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Hi Martin. I have a similar problem. It worked perfectly, then for reasons not understood it stopped. I can see wav form in media bay, and also on rhs panel on Cpro12. I don’t have nor ever had control room switched on and it worked fine. Any thoughts? I’ve asked for support but nothing has come of it. I’m dreading a reinstall. Cheers Mikael

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Hi,

Open Studio > Audio Connections > Outputs. Right click to the wanted output and enable the Main Mix, please.

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Same issue. All of a sudden I cant preview anything in Media.
I am trying to “Right click to the wanted output”… What is this “wanted output?” I only see “Stereo out Left/Right” which, when right-clicked is already set to “set stereo out as main mix.”
Is there any way to find the Media Preview Output and direct it to the main?
I can see it playing but I don’t hear anything unless I drag the loop over into my project.

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Hi,

Do you have Control Room enabled?

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Hi. Sorry, I’m picking up on this thread because I have the same issue: preview audio from MediaBay etc isn’t audible. The solution isn’t quite clear. Yes, using Control Room, and I see the audio is playing back on Monitor 1. However, in Audio Connections setup, to route to my monitors (i.e. Outputs 1 & 2 of my interface) requires overiding the main stereo mix outputs. There must surely be a way to send previews to the stereo output - otherwise, I would need to buy separate monitors just for previewing and that surely isn’t the case? What am I missing?

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Hi,

Set the Monitor 1 to your Output 1 & 2. Keep the Stereo Out bus and set it to Not Connected. This is the correct settings.

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Excellent - I understand it now, makes total sense. I actually thought I had this sorted out already last year but have been experiencing some crashes (I think it’s plugin related) and coming back to Cubase find that my output settings have been removed/forgotten.

Thanks very much!

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Thank you!

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Same issue…

  1. Using ASIO4ALL driver, or Generic Low Latency ASIO driver or Steinberg built-in ASIO driver.
  2. VST instrument (Toontrack drums) make sound.
  3. Trying to audition samples (Pro Drums Bundle) in the Cubase Loop Browser or Media Bay window.
  4. Studio > Audio Connections > Outputs correctly selecting the correct output (see point 2). Control Room is NOT CONNECTED.
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Hi,

Is the Output set as Main Mix?

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Main mix doesn’t appear as a selection in Studio > Audio Connections > Outputs. Bus Name = Stereo Out 1, Speakers = Stereo (cannot be changed, no dropdown), Audio Device = Steinberg build-in ASIO Driver, and Device Port = Speakers (Realtek(R) Audio) 1 & 2. Using Cubase Pro 13 on PC.

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Hi,

Right-click on the Bus you want to use and enable the Main Mix option.

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Hi … sorry, 2 gigs and 2 days later… where am I right-clicking? In the Audio Connections > Outputs window? When I choose Add Bus via either the right-click or just pressing the button labeled Add Bus, the options (under Configuration when I press the button, but just presented as the only options on a right click on either the actual Bus Name or Device Port) are Mono, Stereo, LRCS, 5.0, 5.1 etc

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Hi,

Click on the already existing Bus, which you want to use for Monitoring.

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Hey I am no expert at this stuff but I wanted to share this. I also could not hear the audio preview even though Control Room power was off. I followed instructions going to Audio Connections > Outputs and enable Main Mix but I was doing that in the Output settings. Nothing happened. I saw that the Control room tab was not showing up in Audio Connections. I had to add the Control Room tab and THEN I could see the MONITOR 1 slot. I right clicked on that and selected Generic Low Latency as I am currently using my computer speakers. THAT solved the problem of not hearing the preview of audio from the VSTi loops. If you are using FocusRight then select that. But you need to make sure you are going into that control room tab in Audio Connections and going down to the Monitor 1 slot. Hope this helps someone.

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