From my understanding, the installation of the generic ASIO driver with Cubase will cause conflicts with Sonar and other DAWS. A number of Sonar users have posted that information.... hence the suggestion to delete or disable it...

That may make some sense I guess.   I just rebuilt my Daw with Cubase.  Didn't even bother to install any Cakewalk products. 

husker
Just curious, why disable it at all?  Why not just choose the correct Asio driver for your interface?  That is what I did.   Maybe I'm missing something. 

This works for me too.

In the audio program preferences you will have a choice as to which ASIO driver to use. As the other thread bearers have contributed, just choose the native driver for your device. Same for Samplitude, initially it appeared I would only have a choice of their generic driver, but in preferences, I easily could choose what I thought I wanted.

I did run some latency tests on the genetics and the native. All were within a msec or two. I find even with the native driver there is the occasional hangup switching from one DAW to another.

I am still on Cubase 8 (will install and upgrade to 9.5 in a couple of weeks).  Hopefully driver-related issues have improved since 8.  I have a Roland Quad Capture and use the drivers that came with it, for what that's worth.
 
The most annoying headache I have experienced with Cubase stability is when trying to run other audio software (e.g. a standalone synth) in the same boot session as Cubase.  More than a few times, the state of the drivers has gotten hosed and the only recourse seems to be a full reboot of the computer.  Taking away some of the driver choices might actually improve upon this but I never tried it (or even thought of it).
 
Like I said, I do hope things have improved since version 8.

JohanSebatianGremlin

Anyway now on to my question. Is there a setting to make playback stop at the end of the project? I've looked but can't find one. I asked over at the cubase forum but got no response yet. I've searched at the Cubase forum but only found threads that offered workarounds. Does such a function exist in Cubase?

Go to menu "TRANSPORT".
Under "PLAY PROJECT RANGE" you will find several options for start and stop of your project.
While one key command (alt /spacebar) is already available you can choose any short cut for the other options in the "KEY COMMANDS" window. Always the latest action is displayed there.
 
Cheers,
Frank

trying out a few things in Cubase 9.51 had been going relatively well, but yesterday I was surprised by the sudden freezing up of Cubase after clicking on a file in the MediaBay.  Even going to Win10 task manager didn't help in shutting Cubase down.  In fact Cubase went from an active app to a 'background' app when I clicked to 'Exit' it.
 
Rebooted the computer.  Everything else works fine.  Restarted Cubase.  Record and play back a few bars.  Then selected something from MediaBay.  Total Freeze and unresponsiveness.  Reboot necessary.  
 
Feels like I will need to reinstall everything.  What files, directories, registry components, *.xml or *.ini files might still be lurking around after I do a general uninstall of the program?
 
thanks for any directions!

I have a strange thing with Cubase.  I created a simple project.  I dragged an MP3 into one track, then I set up a second audio track for recording.  I ended up recording three lanes.  They all have audio on them.  I can switch among the three takes with the S button on each lane and they sound as expected.  But no waveform appears visually anywhere on the track on on the three takes.  The waveform does appear on the MP3.  See the picture below:
https://drive.google.com/...6ZVTR/view?usp=sharing

cparmerlee
I have a strange thing with Cubase.  I created a simple project.  I dragged an MP3 into one track, then I set up a second audio track for recording.  I ended up recording three lanes.  They all have audio on them.  I can switch among the three takes with the S button on each lane and they sound as expected.  But no waveform appears visually anywhere on the track on on the three takes.  The waveform does appear on the MP3.  See the picture below:
https://drive.google.com/...6ZVTR/view?usp=sharing

https://www.steinberg.net...hilit=waveform#p702280

swamptooth

cparmerlee
I have a strange thing with Cubase.  I created a simple project.  I dragged an MP3 into one track, then I set up a second audio track for recording.  I ended up recording three lanes.  They all have audio on them.  I can switch among the three takes with the S button on each lane and they sound as expected.  But no waveform appears visually anywhere on the track on on the three takes.  The waveform does appear on the MP3.  See the picture below:
https://drive.google.com/...6ZVTR/view?usp=sharing

https://www.steinberg.net...hilit=waveform#p702280

Lots of people are having this problem.  Here is the official workaround:


https://helpcenter.steinberg.de/hc/en-us/articles/115001765010-Cubase-9-5-waveforms-are-missing
 
Basically the issue only happens with 16-bit recording.  I normaly record 24 bit, but evidently I had some defaults set up for 16 bit.