

I don't need Live 4 Rewired as all I want to do is trigger individual clips (soundfiles) stored within Live and don't use Live's Session View (traditional sequencing options that WOULD need the Rewire option). What I have decided to do is not to use Live 4 Rewired as a slave to Cubase but run Live 4 on a separate PC, triggered by midi. Put simply, with Live 4.1 installed (regardless of whether the Live Rewire channels are set to "active" or not within Cubase) the maximum number of VST mixer channels (and therefore VST audio channels) reduces from 30 to 16. You couldn't load an instance of EnergyXT VSTi set with more than 2 outputs in this case, as only a maximum of 16 VST mixer channels are available in Cubase VST5 with Live 4.1 Rewired as a slave to Cubase.

The 14 VST mixer channels used by the 7 x Albino VSTis + 2 VST mixer channels used by EnergyXT = a total of 16 VST mixer channels.
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This means, for instance, you could still have 7 x Albino VST instruments loaded (which would take up 14 VST mixer channels - 7 lots of Albino stereo outs=14 VST mixer channels) plus an additional instance of one EnergyXT VSTi but set with just 2 (not 16) audio outs (therefore an additional 2 VST mixer channels). If I have Live 4.1 installed and it's 14 Rewire channels showing as available in Cubase>Panels> Rewire then Cubase VST5 still allows upto 8 VST instruments to be loaded but with upto a maximum of 16 VST audio channels (not 30). You couldn't load an instance of EnergyXT VSTi set with more than 16 outputs in this case, as only a maximum of 30 VST mixer channels are available in Cubase VST5. The 14 VST mixer channels used by the 7 x Albino VSTis + 16 VST mixer channels used by EnergyXT = a total of 30 VST mixer channels. This means, for instance, you could have 7 x Albino VST instruments loaded (which would take up 14 VST mixer channels - 7 lots of Albino stereo outs=14 VST mixer channels) plus an additional instance of one EnergyXT VSTi set with 16 audio outs (therefore an additional 16 VST mixer channels).

The number of channels in the list called from menu Devices->ReWire (within Cubase) is 14.Ĭubase VST5 allows upto 8 VST instruments to be loaded with upto a maximum of 30 VST audio channels. The problem I am having is with the reduced number of VST channels. Or at least it shouldn't! Channels seen in the list called from menu Devices->ReWire (within Cubase) are Rewire channels. "How many channels do you see in the list called from menu Devices->ReWire (within Cubase)? " - the number of channels seen in the list called from menu Devices->ReWire (within Cubase) has nothing to do with the VST mixer channels. Cubase VST5 allows upto 30 VST mixer channels - therefore 30 VST audio channels. "what exactly do you mean with the number of VST mixer channels" - VST mixer channels are the mixer channels assigned to VST instruments (not Rewire channels or Audio channels - by Audio channels I mean audio input channels from your soundcard or audio channels playing audio files).
