Cubase and the Behringer XR18 as USB Interface for Recording

Learn how to use the Behringer XR18 digital stage mixer as a USB interface for the Cubase DAW

Get the ASIO usb driver and the X Air App here

[VIDEOSwhatVIDEOS]

Hey Warren (and anyone else that can help) my setup was exactly as you did yours when I recorded my 4 piece band on 9 tracks (8 & 9 where FOH left and right to see how the mix sounded within the XR18). When I got back into Cubase 10 to playback all of the tracks played much slower than recorded. As in, they were slower timing AND the pitch was dropped relative to the timing change (deeper and slower).
I have researched online and there is a lot of confusion about why this occurs, some say it is a bug but I think it is a setting I have missed..
Sample rate seems to be the main theory out there but I checked that the XR18 was sending 44.100khz and my Cubase project was also in 44.100khz. I did the playback through the XR18 out of the FOH speakers (17/18) and also had the same result later when using my Yamaha ASIO driver for the UR22 interface for playback (also set to 44.100khz).
Have you, or anyone else got any idea what setting (or bug) I have missed? Is this a compatibility problem with XR18 & Cubase (how did your recordings playback?)
I am using Cubase 10 pro on Win10.

[matielofficial]

Can I activate more than 2 audio outputs in order to send a track to this output?

My goal is to use ready-made Stereo tracks in shows and send the metronome to a single channel without the audience hearing it.

[thomasboulenger]

Thank you,
I found a way to record an instrument upon a mix with direct monitoring in the phone of XR18
The monitoring by cubase has a little latency time, so you can't use it.
To have the sound of cubase and the sound of the instrument by the direct monitoring (with no latency), you must switch input channel 17/18 (aux) to USB

[thanosklf]

If i use the XR18 for live and want to record multitrack, but if i set the output inXR18 to ch17 and 18 there is no sound from the speakers ..please help

[MaJelArt]

Hey do you know how to get cubasis 3 on the iPad to work with the XR 18? Cubasis recognizes the XR 18, but will not load. I have tried using Audiobus and AUM, and am at the point, I don’t think it’s possible. Let me know if it is.

[cederickforsberg]

I'm trying to use MORE OUTPUTS from Cubase for using guitar ampsims in a live setting...
But I'm ABSOLUTELY LOST in how to get more outputs from Cubase???
I want 2 ampsims to go out through Aux Out 1 and Aux Out 2 on the X-Air18.
But no matter what I do I get no sounds coming out.

[edisonceni]

Nice explanation! Wanted te ask, if i am in a live situation with a band and i want to put my totally dry guitar sound to in1 for ex., post process it inside the DAW (guitar rig for example) and than route back in any of the channels of the x air edit, is this possible, and if yes, is there any way you can get rid of the dry unprocessed guitar sound from analog input 1, i mean the same thing you would do with an audio interface, turn off the direct monitoring and turn on the monitoring inside the daw, so this way you only hear the processed sound? Thnx in advance

[thanosklf]

In which outputs i plug my speakers if i change the main L/R to out17 and out18

[mrcoatsworth]

Can you do multitrack recordings of the raw tracks and a live mix with the DSP processing independently of each other?

[Mikee]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[calcairecamhi]

What's the lowest latency you can get ?

[thomluit]

Hey, can you please help me out..my recorded project in cubase 7 is refusing to play at the same time when I add instrument to the XR18..both don’t work at the same time..any way out??...thanks

[ionutbrihacel]

Could you please write the URL of the resources as text instead of just leaving them in the video?

[KiR_d]

Hello, Warren! I'm on PC and some people did complained that XR18 is very slow in multitracking USB tasks. They've wrote that it "glitches" or "pops" sometimes (obviously a buffer lag or kind of). Did you've experienced some of that? I'm thinking about playing some live sets using XR18 + a good notebook (and a tablet of course), so I'll be able to do any routing between analog gears and internal VST fx.
Is it suitable for that or I just better to don't think about it and stick to something else?
Also I plan to use it in home recordings as well. I have a big need of a multitrack USB sound interface so any analog devices can be connected and interconnected easily (without clumsy "hacks" that I use now with Audigy 2).
P.S. I'm going to buy it but it's a "though decision" (although it's not a cow or a car). Not telling about money limits, I have a limited space so any unused devices are like burdens.

[MattyS]

Hi there, having trouble connecting my XR18 to the XAir Edit program on my PC. Trying to connect via USB and it just comes up as "Device: Not Connected". Any help would be appreciated!

[natelee]

How are you making the physical connection between the XR18 and your computer since they both have a USB Type A rectangular connector? Are you using a cable with Type A connectors on both ends or some other interface? Thanks.

[momoflows]

i installed the driver but the asio doesnt pop up in ableton

[teoknapic]

How to open Audio Connections?? Please help

[cornerednw]

Hi there, great vid very help full.
Im on cuebase le 8 and it will only let me add 8 mono inputs,
Can you help me with this.
Cheers

[kawingchan]

Can you give me the recording software name.