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Activating and Deactivating Ports (macOS only)
On macOS you can specify which input and output ports are active. This allows you to use the
microphone input instead of the line input or to deactivate the audio card input or output.
NOTE
This function is only available for built-in audio, standard USB audio devices, and a certain
number of other audio cards.
PROCEDURE
1. Select Studio > Studio Setup.
2. In the Devices list, select your audio hardware driver.
3. Click Control Panel.
4. Activate/Deactivate ports.
5. Click OK.
Adding Input and Output Busses
You must add input and output busses to establish the connection between your audio hardware
and
Cubase.
PROCEDURE
1. In the Audio Connections dialog, click the Inputs or Outputs tab.
2. Click Add Bus.
3. In the Add Input Bus dialog, congure the bus.
4. Optional: Enter a name for the bus.
If you do not specify a name, the bus is named according to the channel conguration.
5. Click Add Bus.
The new bus is added to the bus list.
6. For each of the speaker channels in the bus, click in the Device Port column and select a
port of your audio hardware.
Setting the Default Output Bus (Main Mix)
The Main Mix is the default output bus to which each new audio, group, or FX channel is
automatically routed. If only one bus is available, this bus is automatically used as the default
output bus.
PREREQUISITE
Add an output bus.
PROCEDURE
1. In the Audio Connections dialog, right-click the output bus that you want to use as default
output bus.
2. Select Set <bus name> as Main Mix.
Audio Connections
Adding Input and Output Busses
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