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I use lots of free VST synth and FX plugins and I'm confused by how they store new user patches. Most have a list of supplied patches in a drop-down box at the top but this has no room for new patches, and many plugins automatically overwrite the current preset. Patches can be saved via the Save...

In Cubase AI 10.5 I have the Yamaha Steinberg USB driver with two Devices: UR22 audio/MIDI and Yamaha MX synth USB interfaces. Cubase has started defaulting to the MX device during recording and playback. I have to stop Cubase and reset it to the UR22. Why is it doing this and how can I stop it?

As I teach myself to be a better sound engineer on my home setup, I'd like to turn the weedy Roland CR78 samples I've transferred to my Steinberg Groove Agent into something a lot more powerful-sounding. This is a useful exercise in EQ and FX for me. So far, I've done rather poorly - the bass...

Maybe I'm obtuse but I can't see a way to access MIDI step input in the key or score editors. Where's the button?

I'm using a Behringer Xenyx Q1002USB mixer with various keyboards. I find that one synth - Yamaha MX49 - is causing a lot of noise on the analogue outputs, a kind of swirling sound with mains hum. It's not there when I monitor the synth directly by plugging headphones into its output - but...

Hi I want to record at home just me on keyboards and elec guitar through a multi-FX, no mics. This is just for my own pleasure as a hobby and no-one is likely to even hear the results, let alone participate in my music-making. I've a Win 10 laptop with no DAW yet, Yamaha MX49 synth with its own...

My recently-purchased Behringer Xenyx 1002USB mixer, I’ve just discovered, does not allow me to play back tracks from my laptop (via USB or analogue input) while monitoring other input channels. Thus no multitrack recording is possible with this desk. That’s a disappointment as it’s what I...