There are some chords (#9 and #11) that do not display correctly in my opinion.
Let’s say I have a C chord but it has a #9 (or #11) note in the chord, the chord track displays it as C#9 (or C#11). If a musician plays this chord their first thought would be that it’s Db9 or Db11 (which is a totally different chord), when in actual fact it’s the C chord with a #9 (or #11) added to the chord.
That said, I found the place in Cubase Preferences where I can create a custom display for these kinds of chords. I made it to display C(#9) and C(#11) on the chord track to prevent any ambiguity.
Problem is that these custom chords do not carry over to the score editor chords since the score editor still displays C#9 (or C#11). I can’t seem to find a way to fix this in the score editor.
Sure, I can delete the specific chord and add it back correctly with text. Thing is that this specific client will (9 out of 10 times) change the key of a song, sometimes years after the fact and I won’t remember to change the manual entries and neither do I want to scan each and every song of which I need to change the key.
Any work arounds or suggestions will be appreciated.
We intend to make the display of chord symbols more flexible in future. As mentioned in the other thread (thanks Thilo), we can’t make any specific promises as to when exactly that will arrive.
I feel at home here. In actual fact, I’m over the moon, finally being able to work with Cubase Pro. It does everything from A - Z and it does it extremely well!
Delighted that it has proper scoring functionality now as well. I really do not have to leave Cubase to do anything in another program for any reason. This is super important since the software disappears (familiarity and functionality) and it’s only the music (creativity) that remains.