Please, can you fix this behaviour?

[Puli]

I have already asked in the past but haven’t got any answer, have a look here:

Weird behaviour when using spectralayers ARA in Cubase 15 with - 25% scaling

I’ve already posted in the Cubase forum this but I haven’t had any feedback, so I will try here: [02] Win 11 pro I’m on a laptop here 1920 x 1080 but I’ve set the system scaling to 125%. Cubase scaling set to -25% so basically it’s 1920 x 1080 with Cubase, when opening SL ARA there’s the visual artifact while setting the system 100% everything is fine. Any other change leads to the artifact. This means that SL and whatever ARA is slave to the system settings and not to the Cubase scaling, I …

[JuergenP]

This a user forum, so you won’t get any definitiv answer to this. Try creating a support ticket.

[Puli]

It’s not a matter of support, it’s just a bug running when screen scaling is different from 100% in Cubase with ARA (Spectralayers and Wavelab) . They definitely have to fix it somehow.

[Jonas2021]

@JuergenP

Try creating a support ticket.

… that’s how it goes.

[ctreitzell]

Um, look a little deeper into the forum. If users want to highlight a specific issue: then tag @Robin_Lobel who frequents and participates on this sub-forum. Whether or not Robin responds is obviously his prerogative

[Robin_Lobel]

Hi, as @ctreitzell mention you should tag me so I can look at specific issues.

@Puli By default SpectraLayers follows system scaling as you’ve noticed. You can force it to other scaling in Edit > Preferences > Display.

[Puli]

@Robin_Lobel But the problem comes with ARA in Cubase not with Spectralayers itself.

Same with Wavelab ARA in Cubase.

This happens even if Windows scaling stays unchanged.

For example:

Windows scaling 100%

Changing only Cubase’s internal scaling (e.g., +25% or --25%) immediately triggers the ARA visual artifacts.

This suggests that ARA does not correctly follow the host’s scaling adjustments.

Keep Windows scaling unchanged (e.g., 100% or 125%)

Open Cubase or WaveLab

Change the host scaling (e.g., +25% or --25%)

Load any ARA plugin

Visual artifacts appear immediately

Restore host scaling to default → issue disappears

The issue seems related to how ARA reacts to host scaling changes, regardless of Windows DPI settings.
Since it affects multiple hosts and multiple ARA plugins, it appears to be related to the ARA integration layer.

However, the issue I’m reporting is not related to SpectraLayers’ own scaling settings.

The problem appears only in ARA mode, and only when Cubase’s internal scaling is changed (for example +25% or --25%), even if Windows system scaling stays exactly the same.

SpectraLayers standalone works correctly at any scaling.
The issue happens only inside the ARA window, and the same behavior occurs in WaveLab ARA, so it’s not specific to Cubase or to SpectraLayers.

This suggests that ARA does not correctly follow the host’s scaling adjustments, which leads to the visual artifacts.

So the Display settings in SpectraLayers do not affect this issue, because the problem is triggered by host scaling changes, not by SpectraLayers’ own scaling.

Thank you for your assistance.