Some update during the C12 cycle removed this current chord feature, which I found really helpful while editing midi parts. It’s true that all I have to do is is drag the event onto a chord track for Cubase to have a stab at identifying it, but that does kinda cramp my style. If I already have a chord track I can match it with the midi part but I often use key switches in the early days of a project and, well, generally it’s a pain. I often stack notes one at a time to get the tensions that sound right to me so it’s useful to help keep track. I can recognise a triad fast enough … .
…obviously but passing chords, inversions, voicings etc… well, it was just handy. It used to be an option to include in the status line when you clicked on the cog wheel, but as I say, it’s been missing for several updates. Would anyone else support a request to have this reinstated in an option/update in Cubase 13 (preferably) or 14?
I’m not sure exactly what you mean by this. But if you want to see the Chord Track in the Key Editor, that’s under Global Tracks.
Thanks for replying. Yeah, I use that global track thing, and it is also a handy feature, but sometimes I don’t want to have the “match to chord track” option enabled on a particuar track, as I’m putting notes on that midi track that aren’t reflected on the chord track, which I might be monitoring through another instrument. This feature, as I said, used to be an option in the status line in key edit and was called “current chord”. It reflected the notes under the cursor at that point. Maybe it was considered redundant, but I found it very useful.
It’s there - but I think it was moved and reformatted and you may have to enable it:
- Ensure you display the Status Line in addition to the Info line by clicking on the little cog wheel at the top right
- Right click on an empty space on the Status Line to get the Setup Status Line dialog
- Activate the checkbox Current Chord Display and any other desired items - and arrange them as desired.
Thanks @Nico5 , I’ll check that first chance I get, I’m not in front of my set up right now. I have looked for it, but I don’t think I did the right click thang you describe. If that is the case I’m chuffed as a duck, thank you so much. I think on reflection it went awol during an update of C12 Pro, but I may still have C12 Artist tucked away so will check that if I still can’t l locate it. Thanks for your help - both of you.
@Nico5 - Sadly “Current Chord” still doesn’t show up. I honestly believe it’s been discarded, which is a pity, since it was part of my workflow for donkey’s years. I’m going to try booting up Artist 12 and see if it was there then, but if not, do you think it’s worth my while trying to float it as a feature request, or would I be on a hiding to nothing? Thanks for trying to help, though, much appreciated.
The screen capture in my prior post is from my current installation of Cubase Pro 13.0.50 on Windows 10 - so it’s definitely not discarded in that version of Cubase.
Can you post a screenshot similar to what @Nico5 posted.
Here are three screen shots. Number 1 shows that I have activated the info line, Number 2 shows the top half of the options and…
… Oh. Damn, you’re right, I seriously have no idea how I missed this. I don’t know how it got deselected along the way, but I’d been trying to get it back for over a year, and I’ve been using Cubase since the Atari 1040 days. I guess I’ve just got into an “It’s not there anymore” loop. Here’s a bonus 4th screenshot anyway.
I’m so grateful to you both for your patience and help, it’s been nagging at me and I’m so glad I used the Forum. Thanks @Nico5 & @Raino !
Glad you finally found it! Sometimes too much experience can get in the way. 
By the way: the forum allows you to mark a post as a “Solution”, which makes this thread more immediately useful to future readers. And a big idea of a forum like this is, that questions and answers can become useful to more than just the person asking the question.
The forum also allows you to acknowledge the value of any other post by giving it a “like”.
Marked as solution and all associated posts given a like. I imagine people with my particular brand of technomyopia will be far between… and possibly few, but if someone else is having that struggle I hope they find this thread.
I was tidying up a track last night prior to doing a trial mixdown, & it was such a relief to just run the cursor over a block of chords and know exactly where I was. I sometimes then tweak the chord track to reflect what I’ve actually played. I may be in a minority but it works for me. Thanks again, @Nico5 & @raino , you are gentlemen.