In the Cubase 15.0.6 list editor, text input is displayed as articulation

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Hello everyone.

I’ve noticed in Cubase 15.0.6 that text fields in the Listen Editor are displayed as articulation fields. In my projects, I always have a text field between the SysEx commands to describe them. In Cubase 15.0.6, these existing text fields are also displayed as articulations, and the entered text is only visible when clicked. Adding text to a text field is also not possible, instead an articulation entry is created.

Does anyone know about this?

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That is a bug that has been reported to Steinberg already.

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Thank you for your Feedback

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The problem with text events being displayed as articulation events in the list editor has unfortunately still not been fixed in the new Cubase 15.0.10 update. This is a significant complication for programmers of MIDI files.

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Could you let me know for what you use the text event?
This corresponds to the track meta event “text” (0xFF 0x01) in Standard Midi Files.

For what would you use this text event, that is not covered by the Lyrics event? I am not so deeply involved in the creation and sharing of SMFs. Interested in real world usage.

Thanks in advance.

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Programming MIDI files for entertainer keyboards like the Yamaha Tyros 5, requires activating the Tyros internal insert effects for the various sounds by entering up to three SysEx commands per sound. Without activating these effects, the sounds won’t sound the same as when played on a keyboard, where the effects are automatically activated when a sound is selected.

To better understand the meaning of the SysEx commands, I always insert a text field between two commands in the list editor. This field contains information such as the MIDI channel, DSP, effect type, etc., because the hexadecimal SysEx commands are not easy to interpret without a description.

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Thanks for the detailed info. Basically you use Text as a comment or remark field.

There is a workaround for creating Text events, but I have doubts you are going to like it.
You’ll have to open the part in the Score Editor and create a Text event there.

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Afterwards you can go back in the List Editor and change the position and the actual text. Pretty, ey?

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Thank you for your suggestion. That sounds interesting. I’ll give it a try.

In the meantime, I was able to report the error in the list editor to Steinberg, and they recognized it as a bug. I’m hoping for a quick fix.

best regards