Cubase Bypass All Inserts

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Mireille Kreines

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Aug 3, 2024, 2:07:44 PM8/3/24

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The SoundID Reference plugin has to be bypassed every time you are exporting audio from your DAW. Otherwise, the correction will be applied to your master bus mixdown. Not bypassing the effect would mean adding the sonic anomalies of your system to the rendered audio.

Make sure you fully bypass the plugin in your DAW, as disabling the calibration within the plugin is not enough. This can be achieved by turning off the plugin in the channel plugin insert strip of your DAW.

NOTE! Some DAWs have a built-in monitoring section available which can be used to auto-bypass the plugin for rendering. If your DAW doesn't have a built-in feature for it, you can also set up a dedicated monitoring bus manually, learn more here: Using a dedicated monitoring bus for the DAW plugin

Cubase and Studio One: both Control Room (Cubase) and Listen Bus (Studio One) interfere with the SoundID Reference plugin's ability to read the render process data correctly. Thus, an unwarranted render-bypass dialog is expected. As the calibration will not be applied to the rendered mix, a warning notification is unnecessary and the notification can be switched off. Alternatively, the plugin can be added to the regular Master section.

Under Cubase 12.0.70, and doing a realtime export render: if one adds the SoundID Reference VST 3.7.2 plugin to Cubase's Control Room monitor inserts the audio processing by SoundID IS NOT heard in the rendered file. I have verified this by adding an autopan after SonarWorks in the monitor insert chain. Although I hear the Autopan through the speakers during the realtime rendering, the Autopan is NOT heard in the exported rendered file.

For Cubase and Nuendo users, you can indeed use the Control Room section for the Reference plugin, as this section is bypassed automatically for rendering. Regardless of how you achieve it in your workflow (manually or automatically), the main point remains the same: the plugin has to be bypassed for rendering the project.

Other DAWs also feature similar built-in monitoring sections, such as the Listen Bus section in Studio One, or Monitor FX in Reaper, which can be used to auto-bypass the plugin for rendering. If you're DAW doesn't have a built-in feature for it, you can also set up a monitoring bus manually, learn more here: Using a dedicated monitoring bus for the DAW plugin