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I used to run a 1000+ disabled track template but at some point the save times got to be ludicrous. Minutes, not seconds. Can’t imagine I always tolerated it so I suspect it was one of the Cubase updates that made it worse. With the constant potential of a random Cubase crash, auto-save or very...

Selling my Ozone 8 Standard! Excellent limiter modes, multiband saturation and stereo widening modules, convenient referencing and metering features plus automated track-assistant that effectively does the mastering for you. PM an offer that sounds reasonable to you.

Presumably you've turned it on? In your screenshot, it's off (top right).

Same issue on Cubase 10.5.2 on Windows

How are you guys getting these vouchers?! I own a fair bit of PA stuff, but haven't received a voucher that I can remember.

Adding another request for a HO Diamond version or at least the patch names you used per track so we can load up the equivalent Diamond patches ourselves. Thanks!

My take is that both OT and Spitfire have super slick marketing and clear offerings that connect to the in thing at the moment. Incredible at generating hype (and they do back it up with quality releases). By contrast, Cinesamples does not do slick marketing, relying mainly on Mike's simple...

In many ways, I love CineStrings. It has a great tone and a lot of flexibility with the mics included. I'd recommend it over the Albion One strings any day, which sound a bit synthetic and one-dimensional compared. It's not a perfect library. Plenty of quirks and odd sounds at the ends of...

I wish, everytime they make one of these seismic workflow decisions for us, that they'd include an option in preferences to be able to alternately select the original way we've come to rely on.

There we go. Thank you for this post edit. This reality makes much more sense to me. Your Sceptres do have some noticeable hiss. To you, it's not much. But they do hiss enough to be audible at 18-20 inches. OP wants monitors where he doesn't notice the hiss, so I venture Sceptres would not be...

In truth, yes. It genuinely seemed like there must be some miscommunication. The internet is full of reports of Sceptre owners complaining about the hiss, Sunny has kindly described the component that causes it: the class-D amp, which is built into every single monitor--including yours--and even...

I'm not sure I understand the relevance of your 100 dB SPL calibration here. The hiss I'm talking about occurs even with no music playing, totally disconnected from the interface, and with the monitors at their lowest gain setting. Maybe that's the misunderstanding? I wouldn't expect you to be...

Great piece of info. Explains why the other monitors in my room don't hiss by comparison: they use class AB amps. Thanks for the clue!

Of course, nobody's accusing you. But, the fact that you fixed the hiss which is persistent without being connected to anything by changing the settings on things you're connecting to is definitely a bit mystifying. Again, the hiss occurs even if the interface is totally disconnected from the...

Given my own experience, how common and widespread the issue seems to be according to google, and with Presonus support confirming the hiss is expected behavior, I'm having a lot of trouble reconciling your experience. You say you don't hear hiss from 3-4 feet away. Okay, how about closer than...

Well, in my case, I'm in a very well-treated room coming from my Apollo x8p which I would consider a good signal chain. More definitively, I get hiss without being connected to anything and just turning on the S8s. So it's nothing to do with the monitoring path. Further, two other pairs of...

I also have the S8s and in my interaction with support they told me the hiss is normal, expected behavior.

No meaningful improvement that I can tell. If you're on Windows, I would particularly avoid Universal Audio's Thunderbolt 3 devices until they sort out their drivers, which currently can cause clicks and pops with everyday WDM audio playback. Seems relatively arbitrary which users are affected...

For me, it’s the audio connections mapping. Cubase seems to randomly overwrite that preset file. I have a ton of inputs, and with how clunky that menu is to re-set up (no reordering once a bus is created?!?), it’s a definite drag.

Can you share your build? Especially grateful for mobo recommendations that support 128gb+ RAM. Thanks!

There does not seem to be a memory lock option in my version of SINE (1.0.3). I click Options->Advanced Settings and all I see is Prefetch, Latency Buffers, Sample Cache Pages, Reader Cache Pages, Reader Cache Page Size E20p and a checkbox to Disable Expression CC.

SINE continues to cause Cubase to freeze. Requires a control-alt-delete close to fix. Upgraded to Cubase 10.5.2, same issue. System never did this before SINE. This is a serious issue. I dropped a pretty penny on the SINE version of Ark I, which sounds glorious, but it's not at all useable like...

I'm getting Cubase Pro 10 freezing while loading a sample in SINE during project playback (something I do all the time with Kontakt, no problem). That being said, I love SINE in general. Clean, easy to find articulations, and the samples load incredibly fast. Much faster than Kontakt for me.

Is no one going to mention how ridiculously convenient this interface is? The entire orchestra right in front of you, click the section and it instantly loads the all the articulations for that instrument! I don't know how I'm going to go back to the dark age nightmare of Kontakt after this.

I reliably get hanging notes with the legato bass patches, other legato patches hang too but you can really count on that one. Also clicks and pops at <512 buffer. My response from support on the clicks and pops is that's expected behavior at less than 512. Solution? Raise the buffer. Only...

I contacted Cinesamples, and I guess this is par for the course given their coding. They said using anything under 512 buffer is not recommended, and may cause clicks and pops.

Yeah, I also find the upgrade pricing applying to versions 5-8 fairly frustrating. Those on version 8 have paid $100 to $150 per incremental upgrade to stay current. Why should the upgrade cost be as high for them as for someone who gets to jump straight from version 5? I've same gripe with the...

Already said I'm not judging you and you're free to take your own approach. Pointing out that there is an established solution to the problem which may benefit you and anyone else dealing with the issue. Also feel a strong responsibility to reiterate that feeling pain (or an extremely...

It's certainly practical to every mix engineer that works exactly like this. I suspect if you're having trouble with quiet passages being inaudible and frequently need to twiddle the monitor volume knob to accommodate, there's either balance issues in the mix or you're working in a room with a...

Not judging you and you're free to create your own approach, but the established way to deal with this is to adjust your mix levels. You should have a calibrated monitor volume that is safe and comfortable when limited to 0dbFS. In addition to protecting your ears from the bursts you're...

You're definitely monitoring too loud if 4kHz signal at 0dBFS hurts. Pain threshold is 120dB! Most monitoring recommendations to get in the flattest part of Fletcher Munson curve are in the ballpark of 80dB. No reason to be anywhere remotely near 120dB. For the sake of your ears, turn down your...

Yeah, thanks, I know. I guess being greeted by a messy, sensory overload that I have to close each time is just psychologically repelling to me. That it doesn't remember my choice and I have to close it each time also feels ridiculous. Even once you get past the tag cloud, searching by...

Turns out running Massive X in KK is pretty slick. The macros that are already mapped to wavetable position/volume, filter cutoff/resonance and attack/release upon loading the init patch are ready to go on the 8 knobs of the keyboard. Huge timesaver. Can forgive the (hopefully) temporary absence...

I guess I don't get the prompt. You want a limiter but instead of reducing the signal, it just shuts off your speakers? That's either annoying: set at a reasonable level, your speakers cut out every time you were going to peak. Or useless: you set a truly disastrous level you more rarely...

If your aim is to reduce the level of things that get 'too loud,' you're going to have to reduce the signal when it overshoots a specified threshold. You've just designed a limiter.

Setup a limiter on your output bus with a threshold at 0dB. If a signal limited to 0dB is painful, your speakers are too loud. Calibrate.

I updated for Massive X only, too. I LOVE the (semi) modular nature, the new modes, the FM stuff. Absolutely mystified by the lack of MIDI learn. Surprised also about the ADSR curves with no values/animations. I'm assuming these are coming? Same with a manual? Weird launch, but a very cool...

my experience is UAD plugins cause some of the worst latency. I don't instantiate them until the very end of the mix session.

I was hoping this would make Vocalign Project 3 work in Cubase. No luck yet. Seems like it won't let you pull in any guide track outside of the clip you've currently loaded the extension on. Anyone figured this out?

I do not love KK. I really tried because I want the integration with my S88. But it’s so clunky. The tag cloud search is a nightmare. Things get weird with high track counts. I really can’t imagine using it voluntarily.

Can't we let the ants and dragons live out their days in peace? :) I have a biggish template (500 tracks) for orchestral work and a slim one for more intimate arrangements. Kontakt, soft synths (NI, Arturia, etc.) and mix plugins = most of the load. Hm. This is a very interesting idea. If...

What's the latency like on VePro? Can you elaborate on the convenience hit you're talking about?

Thanks John, appreciate the insight very much. Maybe my one system approach, no matter how powerful, is a pipe-dream and I simply need to look at networking a second system to run the samples to get the load off the main system.

I understand. I guess what I mean to ask is, the figures reported in Cubase for input latency/output latency with no plugins instantiated, is it correct to assume those are mainly owing to interface only? If so, I'm getting ~3.5ms in/out latency at 64 samples and 48khz sample rate. What I'm...

Very sensible. I've been throwing money at this problem without really figuring out the source. I've run LatencyMon and I can see buffer times in Cubase but is there a way to understand specifically what performance impact the Apollo is responsible for?

This is helpful! I think I'm confused how it all comes together. If RME is handling ASIO, Apollo as A/D, can I still send other preamps to the Apollo's ADAT and SPDIF to make use of it's full 18 channel capacity? (I currently send a Saffire PRO40 to Apollo's ADAT to get 8 more ins.) Or would...

Trying to figure out a way to better performance--keep my buffer low, no crackles. I have a solid machine, 8700K, 64gb ram, all m.2/ssds. Right now I'm looking at my firewire Apollo as the potential bottleneck. Do not have Thunderbolt on this mobo. Would a PCI-based interface improve my...

Makes total sense, very helpful. Thank you!

When you're cooking up the conductor's score for a piece where certain instruments (oboe, clar, bsn, tpt) are tacet the whole time, do you leave their staves in as placeholders with extended rests or delete them entirely? Less staves would seem easier to read, but then I could also imagine...

This has been annoying me for years. I was beginning to think it was all in my head. Weird sort of comfort knowing I'm not alone

Is one of the group tracks it's routed to accidentally mono by chance?

So what's weird is my CPU doesn't spike when it crackles. Never gets past 8% CPU in standalone, even at 64 buffer. Is this a clue?

Actually, I am able to take Cubase out of the equation by using standalone Kontakt--and I get the same issue! Getting bad performance by running only one patch of Cinestrings in standalone Kontakt definitely feels like something's amiss, I just can't figure out what

That's helpful to know, thank you so much for testing. Based on my specs, I feel like I definitely should be able to get similar performance. Not really understanding why it's giving me problems. Back down the troubleshooting rabbit hole I go...

1.31 currently, but I've had this issue with every version along the way No, not sure how to do that, but also a bit hesitant to mess with the firewire drivers. UA's website says: "These PCIe-to-FireWire adapter cards are tested with the FireWire driver included with Windows. When installing...

Thank you, that'd be extremely helpful. I'm talking with nothing else going. If I load up just the ensemble sustain patch only and play a few two-hand chords, it'll give me grief if under 512 buffer, most noticeably 128 and under.

Hm, CS performs OK for me at 512+ too. I want to get down to (optimally) 64 or 128. It's the only library holding me back. Interested if it performs acceptably for you (or anyone) at the lower buffer settings?

Apollo Silverface over FW Tried the batch resave, no luck. What buffer are you guys able to get away with? At 512, I get no crackles (but real-time peak brushes the limit). At 256, mild crackles. At 128, unbearable.

Anyone know how to get Cinestrings not to do a bunch of crackling at less than 512 buffer? Been wrestling with this for a long time. Hoping for a solution at every update of Cinestrings...and I'm now at 1.31. Regularly hitting real-time ASIO peaks in Cubase with just a single instance of the...

Sold Juno. Maschine Drum Selection still available.

Sold Supercharger. Maschine Drum Selection and Juno still available.

Sold Skanner XT. Supercharger, Maschine Drum Selection and Juno still available.

Since beginning of December. I believe predating Meltdown/Spectre updates.

What's strange is I get it even on virtually empty "container" libraries like the unloaded instance of 8dio Anthology (only 23mb). Sorry to hear you're affected too. Helpful to know that I'm not the only one dealing with this.

Thanks for the idea though I've already white-listed/made exceptions for the library folders in Windows Defender (mentioned above).

When loading certain (usually 3rd party) libraries for the first time in a project, there is a super long load time. The hang is before it ever shows the loading samples bar--everything hangs for a minute or two on a blank Kontakt window, can't click anywhere--then when it does get around to...

Sold Rickenbacker Bass.

bump :)

Thanks, this is really helpful. The M.2 seems to have solved Cinestrings crackling and popping, so that's made the decision as to what goes on there, and your post helps me know that I shouldn't also include the projects on that drive.

Maschine Drum Selection: $25 -Full of great kits and inventive groove ideas built in, runs in Kontakt. (Does not require Maschine hardware; these are sounds and beats ported to Kontakt from their many Maschine-based kits) Roland Juno DI: SOLD Scarbee Rickenbacker Bass: SOLD Skanner XT: SOLD...

I have 3 SATA SSDs and 1 ultra M.2 and I need help figuring out how to spread my samples and recording projects across them. Would I see better performance running the samples off of the SATA SSDs and reserve the faster m.2 for record/read of audio files? Vice versa? Or should I split the m.2...