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Audio Connections
To play back and record in Cubase, you must set up input and output busses in the Audio Connections window. Here, you can also set up group and FX channels, external effects, external instruments, and the Control Room.
External Instruments and Effects
You can integrate external effect devices and external instruments, for example, hardware synthesizers, into the sequencer signal flow.
Connecting an External Instrument/Effect
You can connect external instruments/effects to the audio hardware of your computer.

Connecting an External Instrument/Effect

You can connect external instruments/effects to the audio hardware of your computer.

Prerequisite

The hardware device has stereo inputs and outputs.

Procedure

Connect an unused output pair on your audio hardware to the input pair on your external hardware device.
Connect an unused input pair on your audio hardware to the output pair on your hardware device.
Important
If you select input/output ports for external instruments/effects that are already used, the existing port assignment breaks without warning.

After Completing This Task

Once the external device is connected to the audio hardware of your computer, you must set up the external input/output busses as well as the external effects/instruments in Cubase.