u/Baroque4Days

So, for about 6 or 7 years I've done a lot of work reconstructing soundtracks from the ground up, or straight up reimagining them. Over the years, I've gained a good probably 3,000 subs from this and it has been great. Never anything serious until I really started locking in with it about a year ago which saw the jump from maybe 400 to 3,000 subs.

Since uploading my original music, I've gained an additional 2,000 subs but the issue has always been watch hours for me. Subs seem to be a bit of a mess and whenever I post my remakes, I tend to lose subs, presumably from the people who subscribed for my original music.

I've just created a new channel and uploaded my 7 original works there and privated them on my old channel.

I suppose, I just want to hear if you guys think this is probably the best move. It feels sad to be starting from nothing again but, realistically, people who are subscribed to listen to my original music do not want to hear soundtracks they have 0 interest in popping up on their feed every few days, surely?

I feel like this is the right move but would definitely love to hear if any smaller channels have had these sort of experiences or if any more successful people on here had some advice for a smaller channel in this case.

DAW: Cubase 9 Pro

Audio Interface: Focusrite Scarlett 8i6 Gen 3

Hardware FX Unit: TC Electronic M3000

So, I'm assuming the issue might be something in the Focusrite Control Panel but I'm not sure. Basically, I two TS to XLR cables running from Stereo Out 3 & 4 on my 8i6 going into the inputs on the M3000. I've then got two TS to XLR cables going from the output of the M3000 into the Stereo In 3 & 4 on my 8i6. In terms on monitoring, I've got headphones in the front headphone port 2 (1 doesn't work), and my Roland XV-5080 hooked up with MIDI input and output, as well as audio running in to Stereo In 1 & 2 on the 8i6.

I've routed it probably correctly in Cubase. I've got my Stereo Out pointing at Output 1 & 2 on the 8i6, not got monitors but the headphones work fine as well. I've got my input set up fine with the XV-5080 which works fine. For external FX, I've got the send set to Output 3 & 4 and the receive set to Input 3 & 4.

For the longest time, I couldn't figure out why I wasn't getting any sound, but it occured to me that I hadn't turned up the monitor knob on te 8i6 at all. After doing that, I got reverb, albeit sounding as if I was hearing the project through both the 8i6's headphone port and through some kind of loop back into it with the M3000 FX unit. Once I added reverb, I started getting an infinite reverb feedback look.

I've heard suggestions this has something to do with direct monitoring but I have no button for this like I used to on my old interface so I have no idea.

Anyone else set up hardware FX with a Focusrite in Cubase got any ideas?

Edit: 99% sure Focusrite Control is doing something smart which isn't helping here. Any ideas?