This request is made for each version of CB and I should have submitted it again when I first noticed it was not implemented (which was on the first day of the CB8 release). I hope we can get it implemented one of these days.
Cubase running on a PC Windows OS system will not recognize a USB Midi device when the USB device is connected after Cubase is already running.
According to the posts Iāve read in the related threads listed below this issue only happens for those running Cubase on a PC/Windows OS. Not Mac OS X
Here is one scenario and the steps to reproduce the concern:
Start Cubase and open a project.
While listening to your project you decide you want to add something from your USB midi keyboard to it. It just happens that your keyboard was not plugged in prior to starting Cubase.
You plug in your USB midi keyboard and notice Cubase will not recognize it.
You need to close the project, shut down Cubase and restart Cubase for it to recognize the keyboard.
As a suggestion maybe a āreconnectā or ārefreshā button could be added to alleviate this concern. I know this request can be implemented as this function is available in other DAW software.
In an attempt to consolidate some of the requests for this function I attached a few threads associated with topics requesting the same.
+1. OK, so itās partly a case of driver error, but itās very irritating for those of us who need to take gear out to gigs/location work, as you always have to remember to re-plumb things in the studio before you need them. Many is the time Iāve though āoh, Iāll just play a quick part in thereā only to find I have no MIDI input device attached. You either have to resort to programming or re-booting Cubase ā and the latter is usually a slower option.
Itās important to me, to have this feature fixed. Desk space is valuable and it does make sense plugging different devices, depending on the task at hand.
All standalone applications use that (Kontakt for example).
New attached USB Midi Devices show up and are useable if you plug them by running the application.
So this is possible!
+1. Sorely needed, especially in this day and age of saving power by keeping things turned off until you need them! I.e. I donāt turn my keyboards on unless I need them, but of course, then I have to restart Cubaseā¦
Most of my MIDI gear is connected with traditional MIDI cables to USB-powered MIDI interfaces (Motu midi express 128 and Steinberg Midex8). So they are always connected when I switch them on.
However last week I got me a new synthesizer module, a Yamaha Motif rack XS, and I want to use the Editor vst plugin. For that I need direct USB connection, but this fails when the unit is not switched on before Cubase startup.
The unit can be expanded with a (FW16E) FireWire Expansion for audio and MIDI.
Does anyone know if the firewire does connect after Cubase startup?
Iām asking because I think itās possible: my firewire audio interface (Steinberg MR816x) DOES reconnect after switching off and on with Cubase opened, and also my Motu midi express is reconnecting, which makes me think itās a driver issue?
I started a topic in the Yamaha synth forum, but didnāt figure it out yet:
+1
Itās time for Steinberg to implement such function for automatic recognition of the MIDI device when itās plugged after the Cubase is started.
My main DAW is Cubase Pro 8, but Iām Presonus Studio One 2.6 user /Studio One is product developed by former Cubase developers/. These guys implemented, even, function which gives you a notification that MIDI device isnāt plugged in during the start up /Check the picture below/
Itās not something impossible to be includedā¦ Iām, and many others, still wandering why Steinberg didnāt do that already?! And what are they waiting for?!
Pro Tools, Nuendo and Cubase are the most expensive DAW software on the marketā¦
In general, this request is very old, but the guys from Steinberg donāt do anythingā¦
Actually, Cubase does give similar messages and has been since I jumped to Cubase 6 from Sonar X2 & Studio One 2.
I have at times, forgotten to turn on my MIDI interface, and I always get a message that it is missing. Itās called the āMissing Portsā dialog box. I get it in both 7.5.20 & 8.0.10
In fact, any time Iāve forgotten to turn anything on, including my USB keyboard, or even my audio interface, a message always shows up, and I have to either correct the problem, or at the very least, click the āOKā to close the message.
The missing audio interface message will pop up without a project file being opened since it is essential, but the MIDI interface and the USB keyboard are notified only if I open a project that has used either one.
Not sure why this isnāt happening for you Thurisaz.
If Iām not mistaken, I do recall seeing something that gives you the option to be informed about missing devices.
I could be wrong about that though.
@jamusic: Of course, there is a window about missing MIDI interfaces (I think since SX3 or even earlier), but thereās no way to add these devices without restarting Cubase and reloading project.
Rightā¦I mistook his 2nd paragraph for the 1st one.
In reading it again, I now see that he was talking about the āReconnectā button in Studio One, which I havenāt seen in Cubase or Sonar.
Ok - my bad.
