Having an issue with Cubase 13 where my midi input from the controller is coming in an octave lower when I go into the note editor. However, it is still playing the initial pitch I played. This occurs over 4 different midi controllers in non transposing settings, with keys ranging from 48-60 keys. It is also happening with all the libraries I own.
I know Logic can fall into a similar issue, yet can be fixed by switching middle C from “Yamaha C3” to “Roland C4” as this has defaulted for me before there.
Does Cubase have a setting that would allow me to change middle C? Otherwise none of my midi is showing the appropriate ranges for the instruments and makes setting up expression maps a bit difficult.
Unfortunately, even with several people asking for such a setting for the last 30 years, this is not the case in Cubase.
In Cubase note 0 = c-2 and note 127 = G8, middle C being C3.
I realise (I hope) this is only a graphical thing and assume for example a midi file exported from Cubase plays correctly in another DAW (all though if it thinks you hit C3 when in actual fact you played C4 l assume it plays C3 regardless of what DAW its imported into) but not only does it affect the key editor but also the score editor! I don’t mind if there is a fix for this with Cubase preferences or similar, but if so it needs to be made known by Steinberg.
That is the first time I hear anybody complaining about the score editor being affected. Are you sure, can you provide an example (screenshots of Cubase and other software)?
If all goes wrong you can “display transpose” systems in Cubase…
Hi Johnny, it appears l very much got my wires crossed re the score editor having any visual transpose issue. As it is indeed correct! Sorry it was late last night when l notice the initial issue in the key editor.
Funny thing is the same visual miss alignment happens even in Kontakt 7 (playing C4 but the visual is C3) with the keyboard that can be displayed at the bottom of the GUI, even using a Komplete S61 Mk 2 controller!
That’s true. Not only that, but if you’ve read magazines and books from the 90’s or even the 2000’s, you will see plenty of references to terms such as “Middle C” or “the C above Middle C”. Referring to each octave with a number was born out of necessity, because by the mid-2000’s, most people working with music were using DAWs or MIDI sequencers. Middle C = C4 isn’t as standardized as some people claim.
I wholeheartedly agree that this should probably be a Preference™, but I assume this is somewhat low priority compared to other feature requests. Of course this doesn’t mean that it’s never happening.
But hey, if you don’t like C3 as Middle C, it could be worse. There’s at least one actively updated DAW where Middle C isn’t either C3 or C4… it’s C5.
