Yes, that’s true. I’ll try that. pretty clunky, as you have to create a folder, then a stereo track and map it, then a mono track and map it.
The other workaround I’m trying is to create one LRS track for recording, and then move the 3-channel clips to a stereo track. that’s not exactly elegant, either.
IMHO the better solution would be to have the channel management done in the output buss assignment. that way you could map just about anything to anything. in my case, I’d have the LR channels sent to a stereo group buss - and if you think about it, this is really no different than a mono channel to a stereo buss.
But perhaps I’m asking too much of Cubase? The recent releases show a clear preference for EDM, and I’m just an old rocker, making old-fashioned linear songs, with real instruments. I don’t give a rats about a sampler track, groove fitting, yada yada.
Another place where I desperately want a track type to be more flexible - and arguably this one is not an exotic feature request, but IMHO a bug that it doesn’t work this way: Instrument tracks using External synths. The behavior right now is that you can only have a single Instrument track with any External instrument! You can’t even Freeze it to release it to record another one - even tho there is a checkbox labeled “Release VST instrument” on the Freeze dialog box. I’ve reported this and Steinberg said “that’s the way it’s supposed to work,” which is utter BS. Now, instead of an simple, elegant workflow: 1) record a synth line in MIDI, 2) edit MIDI, 3) Freeze audio, 4) Lather, rinse, repeat. I have to create a folder for each track, with a MIDI track and an Audio track in it. Notice that there is no limit to MIDI tracks using an External instrument, just Instrument tracks. SAD!!
My beef here is that Steinberg seems to not care so much about non-EDM production these days, so we’re stuck with clunky, inflexible workflows for non soft-synth music. I’ve been a Cubase & Nuendo user for 20+ years, but maybe it’s time to look around.