u/StratHistory

I've been recording for over 30 years and was a very early user on Cubase..

But recently I painted myself into a corner because I had no idea that Windows has either become limited or somehow I was not ever hitting it in the past...

Overtime, I intentionally purchased a Roland RD88 and then a Roland SH4D and finally in SSL 18.. All best in class as digital sources and it took me a long time to get everything the way I wanted it..

And then I learned that they aren't really digitally compatible... I've learned that Windows won't allow the RD-88 and SH4D to record digitally through the SSL 18 because Windows doesn't allow multiple drivers.

I never had this problem on a Mac and I've learned that apparently they handle drivers differently so that this type of problem doesn't exist.

If this is true, I can't understand how any professional could use Windows..

Am I missing something?

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I've been out of recording for 10 years or so, and am confused about the current state of Cubase 15 and drivers.. 

As I said, it's been a long time, but I'm almost certain in the old days I could treat my Motif XS7 as an internal instrument.. I recall it took some setup but once I had everything saved, I seem to recall it working perfectly well all the time. 

So now I'm in Cubase 15 with an RD88 and an SH 4D.. both are sold with the capability of being an internal instrument, however, I don't understand how this works with my current recording interface.. an SSL 18.

Of course the SSl needs a driver and I've installed the RD-88 and the SH4D drivers, however Cubase seems to only want one of them at a time. 

I've read about workarounds using ASIO4 to build a combined driver but haven't been able to make that work so far and I'm confused as to why this now is an issue..it did not seem to be a problem in my past experience. 

I'm also confused about how this would work for anybody.. in a recording studio you're going to have some type of interface that requires a driver yet you want to use external instruments as internal instruments whenever you can to reduce noise gain issues etc..

What am I missing? and yes I've used macs in the past and this is not a problem with them.

Thanks in advance for any and all ideas.

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I've been out of recording for 10 years or so, and am confused about the current state of Cubase 15 and drivers..

As I said, it's been a long time, but I'm almost certain in the old days I could treat my Motif XS7 as an internal instrument.. I recall it took some setup but once I had everything saved, I seem to recall it working perfectly well all the time.

So now I'm in Cubase 15 with an RD88 and an SH 4D.. both are sold with the capability of being an internal instrument, however, I don't understand how this works with my current recording interface.. an SSL 18.

Of course the SSl needs a driver and I've installed the RD-88 and the SH4D drivers, however Cubase seems to only want one of them at a time.

I've read about workarounds using ASIO4 to build a combined driver but haven't been able to make that work so far and I'm confused as to why this now is an issue..it did not seem to be a problem in my past experience.

I'm also confused about how this would work for anybody.. in a recording studio you're going to have some type of interface that requires a driver yet you want to use external instruments as internal instruments whenever you can to reduce noise gain issues etc..

What am I missing?

Thanks in advance for any and all ideas.