I currently run Cubase 11 on a Windows 10 laptop and I use a Zoom L-12 digital mixer/USB interface to connect guitars, mics etc to it for recording into the DAW.
I’m about to sell my Zoom L-12 to upgrade to a better mixer/interface, however I’m wondering what will happen to my DAW projects in Cubase when I connect a different USB interface/mixer to it? Will I still be able to use the Cubase projects ok? On each track in Cubase, the inputs and outputs are routed from and to the inputs/outputs on my Zoom L-12, so will the DAW get confused when I connect a new one, and will I have to re-route all the inputs/outputs again within Cubase?
It would be a shame to lose my hard work on song projects because of a mixer/interface upgrade.
You will have to reroute the hardware inputs and outputs. There is no way around that.
The routing/sends to groups, etc. inside your peoject will remain as they were.
Yeah, it should pickup the main outputs so you wont have to worry about your main output bus, but any track inputs/ouputs from the units individual ins and outs will have to be rerouted as Tj99 said.
Just do one project, save the in and out Audio Connections as a preset, and then you can open up the rest and just apply the preset to it.
I bring in projects every day that we’re created with a different interface and different control room settings. Usually the main out will map automatically to your new main out. What is a bit more ti e consuming is if lots of other routings are used. I get ones like that but just push everything to left.right then I may create groups and move to them. Easy though changing interfaces and all old projects will load.