What Am I Doing Wrong On Cubase Control Room?

[Domlun]

So... I'm trying to set up a more me headphone mix to record vocals, so I figured I'd try headphone mixes as implemented in the Cubase Control Room.

OMG!!! THAT WAS A MISTAKE!

What a convoluted nightmare of endless clicks and menus, and only 200 clicks and FIVE HOURS LATER, I still can't get it to do the simple thing I want.

All I want is my full mix and my headphones a good bit louder.

I've watched multiple tutorials and have done EXACTLY what they said to do I think.

I adjust the volume in the cue sends and nothing changes. Nothing happens.

Now I wish I could just get rid of Control Room altogether, but... when I disable Control Room in the audio settings, I can't hear any of my tracks at all, so have now ruined my entire project trying to use Control Room?

All I want is Control Room OFF of and out of my project. I regret the day I ever attempted to use it.

How do I back out, and get my project back to where it was before I STUPIDLY attempted to use Control Room?

[ozinga]

You need to re connect your output to your interface in the Audio Connections Window and Outputs Tab

[Weasel-Boy]

Ozinga’s answer is correct. That’s one of those little “gotchas” about using Control Room. When you activate it, it automatically disconnects the Output tab connection to your I/O. When you dismiss Control Room, it doesn’t reestablish the Output connection…so you have to do it manually as Ozinga suggests.

[middle_color]

Addition to above answers: it is useful to create presets for I/O routing with and without Control Room. Then apply them on demand.