PhysMuse

I decided that since I have been having a few Windows issues that I would install (paid link) Cubase 14 Pro on to my (paid link) Apple M1 iMac. I know that it has very limited RAM (8GB) and that may cause an issue when using many tracks, but I thought I would just try it out.

The installation went very smoothly and there were no issues.

I installed Native Access, Kontakt, and the Spitfire Symphony Orchestra Discovery edition so that I would have some orchestral instruments to play with.

I tested this out and everything worked just as expected. In fact it was fantastic.

I then decided that I would try recording some guitar. Rather than mess around with my usual audio interface that is fixed in a rack, I thought I would make use of another audio interface that I had in the drawer.

I plugged in a (paid link) PreSonus Studio24c audio interface. Then I changed it to be the input and output device in the studio setup, created an audio track, plugged the guitar ion and … NO SOUND. Well, not entirely true, there was sound, but it was not registering on the input to the track in Cubase and not recording. Obviously not ideal.

A brief search revealed that there are some issues with privacy and security settings on the Mac.

I had to go to the privacy and security settings and find the microphone and enable Cubase to have access to it, even though I am not using the Mac’s in-built microphone.

As soon as I changed this setting and restarted Cubase the input was received as you would expect and I could record. So I installed Guitar Rig 6 and made lots of noise, not even bothering to record any of it, but at least knowing that I can if I want to.

I was impressed with the (paid link) PreSonus Studio24c audio interface. It was very easy to set up and sounds great. Nice to have as an on the desk addition.