You obviously dont use it very much, or many channels.
I/O cannot exist as both inputs AND External FX.
So depending on whether you are recording OR mixing you have to change these assignments back and forth constantly.
We are simply looking for a Save button (as it exists for Inputs) for External FX.
This is ridiculous they havenāt addressed something as basic as this. They obviously havenāt thought about external FX for years now and dont care.
Last release there was a major bug that effected the Latency(Ping) for External FX which existed for months. So it seems this stuff is not even BETA tested.
Oh Cubase, please just consider people using this software coming from Pro Tools or other pro studio envinronments which still have Hardware!
I use it everyday as I work OTB. You can save External FX as favourites which is why I donāt understand why you say you canāt save them. In my case my soundcard also lets me duplicate the hardware I/O to multiple ASIO channels. I can then use them for both I/O and External FX within Cubase without having to switch out (which I agree is a pain - Ableton for instance lets you assign the same I/O to as many device as you want even if they end up conflicting).
I take it back. Favorites does nothing for me. It simply saves the ātextā of an external FX?
Are you an actual user of this featureā¦ or just wasting everyoneās time?
I need to recall about 20-30 External FX assignments, then switch that back to 32 input routing assignments.
Can you explain how you do this typically?
I have found a hack to do it by messing with the Cubase application files, but this requires restarting Cubase and seems ridiculous to have to do it this way.
this is also my experience.
I donāt know what does he mean with duplicate channels even.
I have 48 AD and 48 DA channels that goes through a Madi FX and a simple feature to save the External FX would just be too smart to be true.
Instead I have to mess with manually replacing the html file each time I switch between the main activities:
tracking
mixing
bouncing
the third one typically requires an ad hoc chanell configuration as I connect cascaded HW via the HW patchbay to save some DAAD rountrip.
not to mention the dual mode stuff (see my other post).
I really just donāt get why we get the 3rd incarnation of Variaudio (auto-tune still sounds the best IMO and what I use)ā¦
We cant get even super basic support for Hardware?
hmmm, mine seemed to have been retained. good to know though, because Iām planning on doing a clean install of my PC from scratch and would hate to have to do this over again. I would report this in issues.
Sad but true: Steinberg tends to keep far away the professional studios. No improvements in this direction from years. Studio One is a best choice. I hope an eventually Steinberg awakening, because hardware users are stuck from many years. No signs from there.
Yes thatās correct. I think RME does this too. So for instance hardware input 1 and 2 can be sent to ASIO 1-4. Then ASIO 1/2 is used for a stereo input and 3 and 4 are used to make mono versions so the inputs of 1 and 2 on the soundcard can appear at both places within Cubase without conflicting.
And I agree I wish the external support was better. I keep getting old latency settings popping up in projects sometimes. Studio One was better but not enough to make me switch over.
No matter how much they might wish the entire world worked only in-the-boxā¦ thatās just never going to happen 100%. They are better off improving support for external devices - and they will be better accepted in more studios because of it. Iāve had frustrations with āpingā for many yearsā¦ I finally gave up. Iāll have to test in Cubase 10 to see if anything is differentā¦
Iām generally happy with Cubase, but this is one area where Iād like to see improvement. For example āAudio Process Historyāā¦ YOU CANāT USE THIS FEATURE WITH EXTERNAL EFFECTS??? This makes no sense at allā¦ this is one of the areas that ABSOLUTELY needs upgrading. Itās very frustrating to go to the feature, and itās just āgreyed outāā¦ It just doesnāt work AT ALL.