HI toril
The Focusrites are a devil to configure and Cubase.
I rang Focusrite and they took remote control of my computer.
I had to rewire a couple of things.
Now my Focal Alpha 50s are dedicated to the Focusrite. Tommy 73 did point me that way, but was not totally convinced then. I must be frightened of change!!
Tommy 73 did help as much as he could with drawings and all and i appreciate that.
I got everything In the right holes now as well. If you put output leads from the Focusrite 6i6 In holes at back inputs 3 and 4 you have no control and the vst Instruments blow your head off with volume. So It Is ouputs 1 and 2 on the back. Thanks Focusrite for that as I thought I was going to blowup my Focals at one point.
I pull the main out plugs from Genos and stick the DXR 8's leads In and that Is for pleasure listeng and practicing and making Midi songs in the Genos sequencer to transport accross . That is where I start first but later I will do some multi tracking in Cubase combining Midi and vst. etc
The Focals as I said are mainly for mixing and Cubase is where I can use the Genos with VST instruments or just tidy up a song.
That will work for me.
So If you get any trouble with Focusrite sound boxes they can get remotely into your system and see what Is going on. They do give you a code and then you get rid of it after the remote session with them has finished and they can do It worldwide In seconds. Very helpful staff.
If you get trouble with Focusrite drivers from 1st generation , there Is a focusrite Beta site and my 1.8 driver was deemed out of date by Focusrite and can potentually render your box useless.
Basically the 2nd generation driver is used on the first generation now.
The beta driver works great now as every now and then when I walked off for a coffee or tea and come back using the original driver nothing worked unless I restarted the box and cubase.
Years ago I remember having a EMU 0404 USB sound box and had to keep switching the thing off and on again and also had crackles and pops due to the high latency then with poor Pentuim computers. I wonder how a ZX Spectrum or a Commodore 64 would fair today!!???
Another thing Toril You can try Bandlab as It Is free.
This used to be Sonar Platinum. Yes an expensive program for free now
The only thing is you have to pay for the vsts, but It has enough In there to start.
You have to go through a sign up thing though. May be worth a look.
I had Sonar Platinum and It went bust and Bandlab took over. I paid good money for a lifetime of updates which only lasted a year!! flaming Gibson to blame for that, the guitar people.
But I can use Banlab If I wish, but Cubase Is my main man now.
All the best
john