Cubase 9 has an option to display “Click & Pre-Count & External Sync” icons in bottom transport zone of the project window in order to activate/deactivate the metronome click and count-in. This seems to be missing in Cubase 9.5 as far as I can tell. It’s known as “Click & Count-In & Click Pattern” according to the 9.5 manual.
If you want the additional icon to appear at the bottom of the lower zone,
Right click the blank area next to the lower transport.
Select Click & Count in & Click Pattern option from the pop up menu
You will now see the metronome icon and the smaller triangle menu button on the lower.
Hover your mouse over the triangle button next to metronome icon to see Open Metronome Setup
Alternatively you can select Metronome Setup from the Transport Menu on the main project window Header
You can also assign a custom Key Command to open Metronome Setup by searching Metronome Setup in the key commands.
@viroxys Did you happen to have Cubase 9 too?
I suspect it’s a setting taken over from version 9 causing a conflict. When I remove the preferences and also the version 9 preferences I can see the icon and the Click & Count-in & Click Pattern icon context menu item.
Confirmed! Removing 9.5 User Preferences then restarting Cubase results in icons in lower transport zone. Caveat is you will lose any 9.0 preferences that would like to carry over to 9.5. (I did try copying 9.0 preferences to 9.5 folder, but this resulted in original dilemma)