When I move the playhead (music cursor) in cubase, I want the one in SynthesizerV to move also. I have to make the song play in the cubase window to get it to move. If I then move the playhead in SynthesizerV, it doesn’t move in Cubase. I would like them both to be synchronised always.
I have found the option in settings which synchronizes it while playing but I also want it synchronized when I use the mouse to move it.
Have you seen this thread about using the ARA functions?
You can click in the timeline on SV2 in ARA Bridge Mode and the Cubase playhead will move to that spot, but not the other way around, at least until you press play on either transport button, then the Cubase playhead lines up again.
I can’t speak for Full ARA mode as I haven’t used that as yet.
Thanks. I couldn’t get it to work. I’m on Cubase 11. Looks like 12 is needed for ARA. Couldn’t get bridge mode going either, it wasn’t obvious how to select bridge instead of full ARA
After a little more digging, Cubase 11 supports ARA2, so that’s not the problem. I reinstalled everything. Then I added the ARA2 plugin to an audio track but it couldn’t create the ARA link in either full or bridge mode.
You need to have an audio file on an audio track, then if you right-click the audio clip and choose Synth V 2 ARA as an extension, you will then open SV by double-clicking the audio track.
For me ARA bridge mode is the best option, but that is because I am mostly creating new vocals with a MIDI controller. If you are mostly using SV to convert audio clips, then full ARA may be better.
No, you don’t add it as an insert. Ctrl+Right click over the clip and choose ‘Add an extension’ (Doing this from memory - not in front of CB right now) and choose the ARA option.
Thanks manassas77. That did the trick. I’ve only been using Cubase for about 30 years so I’d never added an extension before. 
It even imported all the tempo changes and time signature changes too.
Good stuff - pleased that got you started. I’m still using bridge mode, but I’ll need to experiment with full ARA at some stage.
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