Hi!
This is a two-part question.
I have tried for almost exactly 2 months to get my headphones to work in cubase. I have had various problems but right now I can only get my laptop speakers to produce sound if I use ASIO4ALL using the settings in the screen shot below. I can also get some sound with my headphones if I use the ASIO4ALL driver and instead use bluetooth, but aside from the latency issues VST´s such as Pigments crash using this setting. I have tried using the second output in the screen shot below (the second sub setting in the Realtek tree), and that will give me some sound in my headphones but it is corrupted and causes Cubase to crash. I am grateful for any help, but right now it feels rather hopeless.
I therefore have another question. If I give up and get a USB soundcard such as the Behringer UMC202HD with native Asio-drivers, is it reasonable to think that this will solve my problems? I am rather new to this and I understand it is impossible to give any guarantees, but I am again, very grateful for any advice
Cubase can only use one sound driver at a time, so it’s either ASIO4ALL or your bluetooth headphones.
I’m not familiar with the UMC202HD specifically, but getting a USB Audio Interface with dedicated ASIO drivers will almost certainly improve your situation.
For starters, the drivers will be for the device specifically, whereas ASIO4ALL is a general driver that tries to be as broad as possible. Latency will undoubtedly improve, and stuff like pigments should work better too.
If you get the UMC202HD, you’ll still hit the same problem with not being able to listen to Bluetooth headphones as well as speakers at the same time. Plugging in wired headphones will be fine though.
Thank you for your reply
I understand I can only use one driver at the time though. I simply tried every way to get sound from my computer I could think if. I would prefer if my headphones worked using a normal 3.5mm cable but so far that has proven impossible. But at least I feel somewhat confident now that buying a usb soundcard should fix my problems.
No worries - I think I made an assumption that you had bluetooth only headphones - that’s my fault for not fully reading fully. Either way, I think an audio interface will only improve things. Keep us posted with your progress and if there are any questions - I’m sure many people will be happy to help!
Watch out though as Behringer don’t always do their own asio drivers and expect you to use asio4all. I would see what others say but I’d go for something a bit better where they provide their own asio drivers
Hi
Hm yes I rather spend more and feel confident that it will work. Do you know of a good alternative with native drivers? All I really need is a sound card with usb and 3.5mm plug.
I’ve gradually progressed through a lot of different sound cards, and TBH they are much of a muchness, especially at the lower price bands.
The Komplete Audio 6 is a reasonably priced unit and works well, but I personally like the Focusrite Scarlett range a lot. The 2i2 would serve your needs, but you could pay a bit more and future proof yourself a little with the 8i6.
I am using the 8i6 at the moment as it has two independent headphone outs, and if you are using the Control Room function in Cubase then this allows for a whole lot of flexibility for tracking and monitoring. Plus the latency is exceptionally low.
Other forumistas will have their own preferences no doubt, but shop around the likes of Steinberg (UR22), Native Instruments, Focusrite and you won’t go far wrong.
