Measure effect loop delay problems (RME UFX)

Erlend · April 1, 2014, 7:40pm

irecord2:

This has been a known issue with Cubase and RME interfaces (I have a Fireface 800) which goes back several versions and still has not been resolved despite the following undertaking in Sound on Sound Dec 2011 issue of Cubase Notes - Using Outboard Gear:

" it is possible for an interface to report negative latency, and Cubase’s external FX can’t cope with this"…

While there are a couple of workarounds suggested in this article, the author goes on to say:

“unfortunately this does not work on my system (Cubase fires the signal out , but the compensation remains set to zero), and still can’t compensate for negative latency. I’ve mentioned this to Steinberg, who recognize that there’s a bug, and have said they’ll fix it in an update during the current product cycle”.

Probably not going to happen because not enough people are affected and SOS won’t follow up. This has been the thorn in my side with Cubase, as I rely on external FX with my hybrid setup, I’d really like this resolved.

What a bummer…
How do you manage this? Any workarounds to share?

Please fix these kinds of things Steinberg instead of spending your time making the GUI grey.