Old Noob seeks uptodate sound driver advice

[keithmartin999]

I’ve just started trialling Cubase Elements on a Windows 10 PC. First challenge I had was that my realtek sound driver was not being seen by CB. This was fixed with AISO4ALL. However, one of the features of AISO4ALL is that you can’t use audio with any other programs. I’m trying to sample audio and import these in to CB on the fly but, currently I have to close CB, sample the audio and save it, open CB again and drag and drop the file. There must be a better way to do this?

PS, Be gentle. I’m a returning music enthusiast who’s last bit of kit was a Korg Triton…

[Martin.Jirsak]

Hi and welcome to the forum,

Where (what application) do you sample the audio? Why not use Cubase?

Btw, if the other application doesn’t have to work in real-time, you can use other but ASIO driver type.

[mlindeb]

As Martin said, you might be able to do your sampling straight in Cubase.
You can otherwise try the setting “ Release driver in background”.

[keithmartin999]

Good question, because I didn’t know you could? All the Youtube vids I’ve watched showed dragging and dropping sample files or loading as VSTs. I want to sample from Youtube, Apple Music or similar and was using the Chrome extension “Sample” to do this. Is it possible to play audio via something other than CB and record the sample on CB?

[keithmartin999]

Is that a setting in CB?

[Martin.Jirsak]

Hi,

@mlindeb

“ Release driver in background”.

@keithmartin999

Is that a setting in CB?

Yes: Studio > Studio Setup > Audio System.

@keithmartin999

I want to sample from Youtube, Apple Music or similar

You can use several apps/extensions to make a WAV file from the source. Then you can import the file to Cubase.

Or you can use virtual audio cable to route the signal to Cubase.

[Johnny_Moneto]

@mlindeb

Release driver in background

Guys, please stop giving advice to release driver in background. Even my Realtek soundchip has a multi-client driver.
The solution is to tell Windows not to block the audio device.

How to: Realtek/ASIO4ALL laptop settings

Cubase LE 12, Version 12.0.60, Build 453, Surface Pro 7, Win11 - Installed ASIO2ALL v2, had to manually set headphones as “Main Mix” in Audio Connections. Solved headphone playback. Previous version auto-selected headphones. Still working on Track playback…

Audio Setup Guide - for Windows users

This guide will explain how to output the audio from both Cubase and Windows at the same time. If you want to be able to listen to audio from Cubase, Windows or any other program at the same time, and record in multiple applications at once, the following points should be observed : You audio interface driver must be multi-client compatible, The sample rate must be the same between all programs, You must disable Exclusive Mode in Window, You must disable Release Driver in Cubase. All these…

[keithmartin999]

First, Thanks @Johnny_Moneto for the links. Second, Unfortunately I’m back with the same/worse problem. I have…

Matched Sample rate to 41.1k to match default Cubase
Unchecked “release driver” in ASIO4ALL settings
Unchecked “Allow applications to take exclusive control” in the realtek Speaker Properties

I now find that ASIO is reporting that the realtek HD Audio Output is unavailable. I get audio from Youtube, games and everything else.

Maybe it’s because I’m using Win11? Can’t see why though.

[Johnny_Moneto]

Which driver version does your Realtek device use? (You can look it up through the Windows Device Manager)

[keithmartin999]

I did an update today even though it said it was up to date. Version 6.0.8795.1 is what it is now. Different to yours I notice…