Annoying Midi Device thingy in cubase

thebookofbob

I get very frustrated when cubase "loses" my USB midi connection to various devices I have attached & I have to restart cubase mid-compose before the devices work again

It usually happens when PC goes into sleep or low power, when my mobile goes off ( although I've sussed this by putting ferrites on the usb leads ) or sometimes randomly and haven't pinned this down yet..

Question is , is there a way to refresh the devices rather than closing the app. My sound trivial but when you've 20 instances of a VSTi to load etc, even on a Quad Core it can be slow and interrupt workflow. I can run one device from a proper midi port rather than a USB port with external power to make sure it never happens on at least one device but that's overkill imo?

Am I the only one with this gripe?

davemcgeown

sorry man., i don't have an answer to your question but your the only thread i can find relating to cubase i thought maybe you could help me with something., i just got cubase and am hooking up my mic through an external soundcard., but for some reason it seems only to be redcording on the right(the top line), playing back o the right speaker., i wonder if you could give me any help on this>?

Neurojazz

I believe that you can create a 'mono' audio track and then record into this - just create it where the track pane is.

ICN

davemcgeown wrote: »

sorry man., i don't have an answer to your question but your the only thread i can find relating to cubase i thought maybe you could help me with something., i just got cubase and am hooking up my mic through an external soundcard., but for some reason it seems only to be redcording on the right(the top line), playing back o the right speaker., i wonder if you could give me any help on this>?

If you have the Cubase Channel in Stereo - Try sticking it on Mono - See if that helps.

ICN

Neurojazz wrote: »

I believe that you can create a 'mono' audio track and then record into this - just create it where the track pane is.

Great minds think alike - Fools seldom differ!

ICN

thebookofbob wrote: »

I get very frustrated when cubase "loses" my USB midi connection to various devices I have attached & I have to restart cubase mid-compose before the devices work again

Am I the only one with this gripe?

Yeah.. Its a cnut.

I'd say the only thing you can really do is change the sleep settings on your PC.

I've got mine on 30mins. If I'm away for that long.. which is rare.. then its ok for the computer to have a little rest.

davemcgeown

yup changing it to mono did the trick thanks a million:)

ICN

davemcgeown wrote: »

yup changing it to mono did the trick thanks a million:)

Nice one!

banquo

thebookofbob wrote: »

I get very frustrated when cubase "loses" my USB midi connection to various devices I have attached & I have to restart cubase mid-compose before the devices work again

It usually happens when PC goes into sleep or low power, when my mobile goes off ( although I've sussed this by putting ferrites on the usb leads ) or sometimes randomly and haven't pinned this down yet..

Question is , is there a way to refresh the devices rather than closing the app. My sound trivial but when you've 20 instances of a VSTi to load etc, even on a Quad Core it can be slow and interrupt workflow. I can run one device from a proper midi port rather than a USB port with external power to make sure it never happens on at least one device but that's overkill imo?

Am I the only one with this gripe?

Not alone, I'm afraid. This has been bothering me for years. Like, I might start Cubase and then cop that I haven't the keyboard turned on. Have to shut Cubase, turn on keyboard, and start again. And I might already have loaded a huge template.

Suggestions appreciated.