Problem recording 8 tracks using Zoom R16 template

Cubase
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Previous 8 track recordings on LE5 have been successful

For the latest one, I was using a fresh install of LE5 and had (for the first time) made use of the project templates provided by Zoom.

Zoom inputs 1-8 matched with Cubase Audio Tracks 1-8. Output to stereo bus all looked normal.

The problem:
tracks 1-6 each faithfully captured inputs 1-6. Tracks 7 and 8 appeared to be a mix of all the zoom inputs. The VU meters on channels 7 and 8 on the zoom responded to the entire mix. When the XLR leads (from stage signal splitter) were removed from inputs 7 & 8 on the zoom, the VUs on 7 & 8 were still responding to the mixed signal (clearly a signal coming down the USB from Cubase)

The recording, of course, is useless, and I can use the templates I’d prepared on another computer quite easily, but I’m curious to learn what settings I’d overlooked on this occasion.

Ideas?

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Sounds to me like you have the internal mics on the R16 turned on. There is a switch labeled “MIC” just above the input gain knobs of channel 7, 8. It overrides the xlr input on 7 and 8. For your configuration it should be in the off position. :bulb:

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Now that explanation fits totally with the qualities of the audio on tracks 7 and 8, and although the switch is in the off position now, it may have been “on” on the day. I’ve only used it a few times and on the steep, but infrequent, learning curve to the whole process and the gear.

Thanks.