Cubase 12 cord track semitone lower

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hi guys. I’m struggling quite a bit with QB12. I have zero experience with it and/or previous versions and have found several things are not working the way I thought they would. Kind of making me feel lost and inadequate. I almost wish there was a formal class for QB12 just so I can thoroughly learn CB.

One of those things that I’m confused about is the cord track. I have noticed that each time I use the cord track the result don’t make sense so I did a simple test. I played four progression with triads from C to G…all major cords. Then I dragged this piano audio into the cord track. All the cords once analyzed by the cord track indicated each cord was a semitone lower then the cord I actually played. So C major shows up as B Major and D Major shows up in the cord track as D flat Major and so on. Any clue what is causing this to happen?
Thanks guys for the support.
Chris

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Hi,

Make sure, your Audio Device’s Sample Rate matches the Project’s Sample Rate, please.

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Wow. Thanks Martin I would have never guessed that one! Yup my project was at 44.1k and the XR18 audio device was at 48K. I just placed both of them at 48k and tested it again with simple triad cords and it was in key now. Thanks. Despite the fact that I played the most basic cords like C, D, E, F, G, A, B C, The detected cords were C D, E7, F, G Amin7 and B. Is this normal for such simple cords to not be detected properly?

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Hi,

To me it sounds like Cubase adapt the chords to the Scale in this case.

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Ok I understand. Thanks Martin for your input. VERY helpful.
C