Q: How do I interpret the VST Performance window?
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If you have updated from a previous version of Cubase VST to Cubase VST 5.0 you might run across some of the following questions:
The EQ section has been redesigned in Cubase 5.0. Amongst other changes, the ability to select between “Hi Quality” and “Standard” EQ modes is no longer available. The previous “Hi Quality” mode is now the standard mode. Hence, if you open a Song that was made using the “old” standard EQ mode the settings will not correlate. However, if your 3.x Song uses the “Hi Quality” EQ mode exclusively, it will sound the same in Cubase VST 5.0.
Cubase VST 5.0 comes with a completely new set of VST plug-ins. However, all the pre-5.0 standard plug-ins are also included, to facilitate playback of Songs made with earlier Cubase versions. These plug-ins are installed within the VSTplugins folder, in a subfolder called “Earlier VST Plugins”. In the program, they will appear on the “Earlier VST Plugins” submenu on the effect pop-up menus.
If you have changed the number of audio channels in the Audio Systems Settings window, and you open a song that originally used more audio channels than your current setting allows, the same channels will be re-used by several tracks. ‘This may inhibit some audio playback since Cubase VST 5.0 cannot play more than one audio file per channel simultaneously. Please increase the number of audio channels in order to cure this problem.