Just recently I noticed this in Cubase 8.5. Every time I open a MIDI file to edit it, the record enable is activated. Changing the setting in “Solo Record In MIDI Editors” makes no difference. Cubase 9 does not do this, but it has an annoying feature that automatically record enables when a track is selected by the mouse, I looked for this quesion here but there was no answer.
Hi,
As you are missing several different terms, is really hard to guess and help.
Do you mean “open Editor”, “open MIDI File” or “select track”?
In Cubase 8.5, when I double-click a MIDI file in the Project Window to edit it in the Key Editor, the corresponding track is automatically record enabled. There does not seem to be a way to change this behavior. A good thing is that it turns off the record enabled button when the editor is closed. Is this normal for Cubase 8.5?
I also have Cubase 9. In the key editor there is a option to switch this on or off. I did find the way in C9 to switch off the automatic record enable when selecting a track.
Hi,
You probably mean the MIDI Part.
Disable the:
- Auto Select Events under Cursor in the Preferences > Editing
- Track Selection Follows Event Selection in the Preferences > Editing
- Enable Record on Selected MIDI Track in the Preferences > Project & MixConsole.
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Thank you, but those settings were already disabled. I even re-enabled them and disabled them again. No change.
Hi,
Could you try in the Cubase Safe Start Mode [Disable preferences], please?
Thanks for the suggestion, but that option is not available in Cubase 8.5.
Hi,
Oh, you are right, this was not available in Cubase 8.5.
Then you can try to remove the whole preferences folder manually, to get the factory settings.
Cubase Preferences folders are:
Mac: ~/Library/Preferences/Cubase X
Win: %appData% \Steinberg\Cubase X_64
Where the X is the Cubase version (for example 14).
It is not a folder, but an xml file. If I rename it. Will the program load default settings?
Hi,
No, it’s the whole folder.
If you quit Cubase, rename the folder, start Cubase, you get all factory/default settings. Then you can change it, but with no risk, there was any corrupted state.
On my Windows 10 system, I could find no folder named Preferences. I did find UserPreferences.xml, and I renamed it. There was no change after reloading Cubase. After I renamed it, Cubase created a new file with the same name. I was able to open original the file. The settings agreed with the settings where I disabled the 3 you mentioned, indicated by a 0.
Actually there is no option to disable the enable record when editing the MIDI part. Only I can disable the “Enable Record on Selected MIDI track.” When it was enabled, the record was enabled when selecting the track. When it was disabled, of course the record mode did not come on when selecting the track. In other words, it worked normally.
I am beginning to think that this is normal for Cubase 8.5. I can live with it, but do not understand why this happens.
Dan
Hi,
As mentioned in the post above, rename the Cubase X_64 folder.
Sorry, I misunderstood you when you said “preference folder.” I will try your suggestion soon.
After renaming the folder the issue was corrected. However, I lost all my settings that took hours to configure. I was hoping that I could locate the specific file that is causing this.
Hi,
it’s a good thing that the issue is narrowed down to the preference folder.
Please, go back to your previous preference folder and rename it like the new one which you can now delete. Now, relaunch Cubase and save your profile following this instruction:
Close Cubase. Now, rename your preference folder again (to have a safe copy) and relaunch Cubase. Import your profile and see if your most important settings are preserved.
Let’s take it from there. Hope that’s a start 
Hi,
I don’t think, the Profile function was in Cubase 8 already.
Once we know the issue is in the preferences, we can try to investigate deeper. As mentioned, rename the original preferences folder to back up. Then you can copy it again and rename it back to the original name (so you get the corrupted state again). From this folder, you can delete just the defaults.xml file (which becomes corrupted most often). Start Cubase. You will see what happens.
Or you can go from the other side. From your renamed backup folder, you can move some files back to the original one (for example, start with the Key Commands.xml file). Remember, when you are removing or adding files to the original preferences folder, Cubase must not run, otherwise, there will be no effect.
Oh shoot, you are right about it @Martin.Jirsak, thanks! The Profile Manager was first introduced in Cubase 9. Near miss with 8.5 but still a miss 
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Thanks both of you for your time in this. Actually according to the manual I have the Profile Manager in C8.5. I won’t have time until later today to try your suggestions. I want to learn about the Profile Manager as well.
LOL 
After all this confusion I fact-checked by going through the manuals of each version starting with Cubase Pro 8.5. It turns out that
the Profile Manager was first introduced in Cubase Pro 8.5.
Fun “fact”: AI still declares that Cubase 9 introduced the Profile Manager. So much for AI and reliable information.
@dlbeaty The Profile Manger is a brilliant feature, it is really worth looking into it. @Martin.Jirsak approach is the right way to do it in case you have important settings that are not included in your profile.
Well, I am not sure what happened. I really thought when I renamed the original folder that the problem was gone. So I was going to try what was recommended here. When I later booted up with the fresh folder it came back, so I deleted that one. It came up like a new install, asked for the drivers and to register, but still the record enable came on as soon as I double-clicked the midi part.
At least I could get all my settings back from the original copy.