KVR Audio

Oxytoxine · Post by **Oxytoxine** » Tue May 05, 2009 8:51 pm

thanks captain caveman and lawrence for the masterclass for the uninitiated, i'm looking forward to try these tips out as soon as possible!

(didn't intend to be frustrated or incorrect, just don't know it better since i'm still quite new to cubase. still i think that screensets are just a partial remedy for guys like me that do not have huge screens. but yeah, that's of course not cubases fault

fandango · Post by **fandango** » Tue May 05, 2009 9:03 pm

Oooh, looks like C5 is going to arrive earlier than expected.

Now... do I buy a new USB hub, or make do without the printer for a while?

captain caveman · Post by **captain caveman** » Tue May 05, 2009 9:03 pm

bduffy wrote:
Fredo Gevaert wrote:
bduffy wrote:You know what I don't like about Cubase? Really, really, really long startup times - even on a modern, fast machine. I mean, seriously: over one full minute for me to get working! Or is that just because I have a Waves bundle?
Yes, that is a problem with the Waves Bundle. Besides the long startup times, you will also notice an increased memory usage.

Waves has released a patch to solve these problems, though they do not advertise it. You should get in contant with Waves Support and they will supply instructions to download a new version of the 6.0.7 Waveshell-VST file from their FTP site. Then have to trash the "Vst2xBlacklist, Vst2xPlugins, VstPlugInfo" in the Nuendo/Cubase App Data folder along with the Waves prefs located at "C:\Documents&Settings\your user\Application Data\Waves Audio\Preferences"

HTH
Fredo
Hey Fredo, I just got off the horn with Waves, and the guy told me that my loading times are "normal", and they only have a fix specifically addressing Waveshell 6.0.7 and Cubase (PC) 5.0.1. I take it you're running PC, then?

Basically, he was like Jeff Probst on Survivor: "I got nothin' for ya". Actually, he was quite nice and said that they're fully aware of customer dissatisfaction with the Waveshell paradigm, and indicated they're doing something about it. I hope so. This "loading the everything into memory" has got to stop. Not that I've noticed said memory hit, but it's disturbing, nonetheless.

Sorry Brent! Derailed again!

The solution you are looking for is here.....

http://forum.nuendo.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=20069

Funnily enough, when I type in "Gearslutz" in Google, one of the search suggestions that comes up is "Gearslutz Fredo". Seriously it does - there must be some pearls of wisdom on there that people are searching for a lot

koolkeys · Post by **koolkeys** » Tue May 05, 2009 9:07 pm

fandango wrote:Oooh, looks like C5 is going to arrive earlier than expected.

Now... do I buy a new USB hub, or make do without the printer for a while?

Hey! Guess what? My box is now arriving TOMORROW instead of Thursday. Hopefully yours will come pretty quickly as well. But these are always good surprises, aren't they? YAY!

P.S.- I love Fedex. They actually try to get packages there as quickly as possible. UPS always just tries to get it there on the estimated delivery date.

fandango · Post by **fandango** » Tue May 05, 2009 9:14 pm

The last box I got from Fed-Ex had a nice note (read: bill) from "HM Customs and Excise" attached. This is why I'm ordering from within the UK this time.

(that, and the weak UK pound)

koolkeys · Post by **koolkeys** » Tue May 05, 2009 9:17 pm

fandango wrote:The last box I got from Fed-Ex had a nice note (read: bill) from "HM Customs and Excise" attached. This is why I'm ordering from within the UK this time. (that, and the weak UK pound)

Well, I should say they are great for inside the US shipping. I NEVER ship using them overseas. They are ten times more expensive than using the postal service, both UPS and Fedex. But when receiving shipments, I'm always glad when it says FedEx.

Brent

LawrenceF · Post by **LawrenceF** » Tue May 05, 2009 9:22 pm

Tips for "dongle virgins" with more than one computer that you plan on using Cubase 5 on...

Don't (please, trust me) plug in your dongle directly repeatedly. It's an accident waiting to happen. The accident being the one or two times you don't pull it straight out and bend the tip, and damage the casing and/or the pcb.

Find a short USB extender cable and plug your dongle into that, then plug that into your computer(s) and use that extender cable to pull it out when moving it.

Mine is taped to the extender with duct tape. I did this *after* the dongle case came completely apart from multiple ins/outs on my 3 different systems.

It also makes it harder to lose when it's not on the lanyard.

fandango · Post by **fandango** » Tue May 05, 2009 9:25 pm

Thanks for the tip!

I have a short USB extender originally from a USB wifi which isn't being used at the moment, should be perfect for the job.

koolkeys · Post by **koolkeys** » Tue May 05, 2009 9:59 pm

I carry both a USB extentder and a small 4 port USB hub with me. I never plug it in directly(I have three different dongles currently). I figure that if I accidentally break something in my USB port, it is better that it's the extender rather than the dongle itself. This is on a laptop of course.

Brent

headquest · Post by **headquest** » Tue May 05, 2009 11:25 pm

koolkeys wrote: I have been assimilated.

Yikes!! You too....

....I hope you enjoy Cubase as much as I am enjoying it. I mean.... WOW!

Cheers

LawrenceF · Post by **LawrenceF** » Tue May 05, 2009 11:48 pm

Oxytoxine wrote:(didn't intend to be frustrated or incorrect, just don't know it better since i'm still quite new to cubase. still i think that screensets are just a partial remedy for guys like me that do not have huge screens. but yeah, that's of course not cubases fault

Hey Oxy man... we all get frustrated and we all are wrong from time to time (though few will admit it publicly

).

I agree with what you say above, the media bay presents a HUGE amount of information so having a small screen is not a really good idea if you plan to make regular use of it. A wide screen comes in handy. That screenie I posted was from a wide screen laptop so not really a huge screen.

It's funny though, these Internet daw conversations seem to be gradually moving away from "...X can't do this beotch! Y can't do that beotch!" to... "Hey dude, how do you do X in Y?" Which is a much more pleasant and informative conversation even if you can't do X in Y.

Nobody who can do everything they currently need to do (see the legions of happy Reaper users) even cares, nor should they, what some other daw does unless they feel they need (or could really use) a particular thing... like quick swipe comping.

Good luck to you Oxy.

koolkeys · Post by **koolkeys** » Wed May 06, 2009 2:10 am

headquest wrote:
koolkeys wrote: I have been assimilated.
Yikes!! You too....

....I hope you enjoy Cubase as much as I am enjoying it. I mean.... WOW!

Cheers

Yes, I'm about to become part of the borg! I'm sure we'll be talking along the way about various items!

Brent

Integratron · Post by **Integratron** » Wed May 06, 2009 2:17 am

I should be impressed... they basically wrote the book on DAWs. I just don't have the patience. I think StudioOne would be more up my ally if it was out!

LawrenceF · Post by **LawrenceF** » Wed May 06, 2009 2:37 am

koolkeys wrote:Yes, I'm about to become part of the borg!
Brent

koolkeys · Post by **koolkeys** » Wed May 06, 2009 4:30 am

Wow, I want one of those arm guns. Does that come with Cubase?

Brent

Impressed with Cubase- am I crazy? What impresses you?