.rex files in Cubase 12

[GDStar]

Hi all,

Umm, so despite working perfectly in Cubase 11 pro, none of my .rex files come up in the media bay. According to the manual they’re still supported. Is this a bug? Anyone else had the same issue?

thanks!

Greg

[raino]

Make sure that Media Bay is scanning the location where the .rex files are stored.

[GDStar]

It should definitely be scanning it… when I try and import a .rex file from the same folders (using file<import<audio file…) it recognizes the files, but i get an error message popping up …

[topaz]

I cannot read REX2 files in Cubase 12

On windows 10 (at least) make sure REX Shared Library.dll is inside “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Steinberg\Shared Components”

[MartijnS]

Copied them there but that did not work for me. Now I am stuck with some project where I needed to import some rex files in. Please fix this Steinberg!!!

[Johnny_Moneto]

Meanwhile in a different place in the universe…

and in MediaBay:

[Ph-J]

I hadn’t used .rex files in a long time (last time must have been in C11)
I now notice I have the same issue.
Did you get it to work ?
(the REX Shared Library.dll is copied in \shared components\ and it’s also in \Steinberg\MediaBay\Components where I found it)

Thanks

[GDStar]

Hey, nope sorry… I never got it sorted. I’ve got a Mac now and updated Cubase, and finally it’s working. But that’s probably not the work around fix most are after lol. It must be some incompatibility bug with a certain version of windows and cubase. the only thing I can think of. tried everything

[Ph-J]

Thanks for the update.
The good news is, I just installed C13 , and it is functional here.
I just have to get used to the new looks

[specialistsound]

also having the same issue.
Have tried dumping sys prefs and checks shared folder location. no joy

rex2 worked in c11, but no longer in c12

[specialistsound]

Hi. I also had this problem when moving to 12, up until today after trying everything.
However it managed to solve itself by rescanning the entire library in mediabay over night. I unchecked and rechecked my entire sample drive. It took all night to rescan my sample library.
I checked in the morning and now all rex files are supported and play. which is nice.
Hope it works for you,

[studioconnect.io]

OK if found the solution for Windows, some how there was a reference to an old “REX Shared Library.dll” so i just replaced all “REX Shared Library.dll”'s with the new one which is 837 KB , the old one is 311KB. You best use Agent Ransack to find these files on your System drive.

[SF_Green]

There is this thread where there was considerable discussion of this topic:

I cannot read REX2 files in Cubase 12

Sorry for my bad English. REX2 files (.rx2) cannot be loaded in Cubase 12. I get an invalid file warning, and I can no longer load or paste them from mediabay either. if I initialize the Cubase settings, I can load them again, but after a while, I get a loading error. Does anyone know how to fix this?

[studioconnect.io]

Hey guys, since I keep having problems with rex files in conjunction with Mediabay and Steinberg doesn’t care to fix the problem, I’ve decided to write an application that batch converts all rex files to corresponding WAVs, preserving the BitDepth and original tempo. If anyone is interested, drop me a DM.

[T-Cup]

The little app is excellent. Works like a dream and is very fast at converting. A life saver for anyone with REX files on PC

[Avitronic]

Cubase 14 user here, same problem, it doesn’t open REX files, why??
I checked on C:\Program Files\Steinberg\Cubase 14\Components and there is the Rex library dll file, I also checked on C:\Program Files\Common Files\Steinberg\ and there was not a “Shared Components” folder as one user suggested, so I created that folder and copied the dll file in there, but it still can’t open rex files, any idea?