Hi.
I just got the S1 and Cubase fin it as a midi device, and I,ve set up a midi track. It seem to sync nicely as well. However, there is no sound over USB. What do I need to do for this?
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When you say “no sound over USB” you mean when you play midi data to it, you don’t hear the output with your headphones plugged into the S-1? You’ll need to take the audio output of the device into whatever system is running Cubase and then route that to main out.
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Sorry I might have been unclear.
It should work to send both midi and audio via the USB-C cable, no neee to use the audio out. Right?
I don’t think it’s performing any A/D and acting as a USB-compliant audio device. The “audio-over-USB” is so you can sample audio from your computer into the unit from what I saw.
Everything I saw indicates that it’s a “standard” type keyboard that outputs audio out of the .125 jack. That said, they DO show a video of that girl bobbing around while playing with it and it only has the USB cable in it (no headphones) so it either has a little speaker or they just didn’t think their marketing through. I could be 100% wrong though - it’s just not in any of their specs that I saw. I don’t see how that would even work…
All that said, you still just have to get a cable and connect the output of that guy to your interface input and record away. If that is indeed the way it works (meaning, like any other external synth that outputs its own audio) then you can create an External Instrument in Cubase where you configure the audio input channels and map it back to a midi port. That way you can just create the “instrument” track and it’s all set up for you.
Thanks, I’ll try this in the weekend, I do have other external synths. Hopefully I figure it out🙂
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See this:
Cubase only uses ASIO devices. If Cubase lists the S-1 as an audio I/O device and you are OK with your playback coming thru the S-1, then select it and it should work. If Cubase does not see the S-1, you will need ASIO4ALL or something like it which converts other digital audio formats to ASIO.
Even if the S-1 supported ASIO without an external driver (doubtful), it would become your ONLY audio I/O for Cubase after you selected it.
The most flexible and robust solution would be to patch the S-1 mix out into your mixer and/or audio interface like you would for a guitar or mic.
I have not had much luck using different in and out devices with ASIO4ALL.
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If I get all this right it seem like you can use audio over USB only as with ASIO. As I Use anotther Audio Interiface (Focusrite USB 4PRe) with its ASIO Drivers, I guess it is not possible to use the S-1 with my current interface. Thus it is eather S-1 alone (when in audio over USB, or to use the MIX OUT and connect it via my audio in on my Focusrite.
Can someone comfirm this?
Thanks for your help!
No, other digital audio formats work over USB but Cubase only works with ASIO.
Maybe. If the S-1 uses ASIO this is correct. If not, you need other software.
It is not 100% certain, the S-1 is ASIO. The manual says that it uses a Class 2 audio over USB driver which I doubt supports ASIO. Since you do not see the S-1 listed as an audio device, I would assume it is not ASIO. It this is the case, it might be possible to use other software (ASIO4ALL, FlexASIO, etc) to allow you use it as a Cubase audio device. This however, can be unreliable in some situations. I personally would simply connect the mixout to the Focusrite and get on with using the S-1.
Indeed - this is what I was trying to say. It will act as a class-compliant audio device, but that would really only be to record samples or to play the internal sounds into the DAW. But you would have to monitor through the S-1. So you could record the audio out via USB, while playing the instrument via MIDI out, but you wouldn’t be able to monitor inside Cubase.
That’s why I suggested creating an external instrument instead so you wouldn’t have all those limitations.
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