In all versions of Cubase I’ve used, making a new midi recording automatically opens that part in the Key Editor, but this isn’t true for me in C9. I have disabled the Lower Zone, and set all preferences to open in a new window. Am I missing something? Or is this a new expected behaviour? Or a bug?
EDIT - steps to reproduce:
Cubase 8.5 or earlier
Blank project
Create instrument / midi track
Record midi
double click to open key editor
Create instrument / midi track
Record midi
New part opens (updates) in key editor
Cubase 9
Blank project
Create instrument / midi track
Record midi
double click to open key editor
Create instrument / midi track
Record midi
New part does not open (update) in key editor
I think the only additional step is to have the key editor open once - when it’s open, all subsequent recordings default to being in the editor. Will check later.
OK, done what I should have done at the outset and made a step-by-step comparison (and amended OP)
Cubase 8.5 or earlier
Blank project
Create instrument / midi track
Record midi
double click to open key editor
Create instrument / midi track
Record midi
New part opens in key editor
Cubase 9
Blank project
Create instrument / midi track
Record midi
double click to open key editor
Create instrument / midi track
Record midi
New part does not open in key editor
As a test, I also tried it in the infernal Lower Zone which I have disabled, and it’s the same behaviour as in the full key editor window.
It’s a major pita. An extra 2 clicks for every new part created - click a different part after recording, then click the new part again.
I tried your repro- are there steps missing? I added what I thought must have been in C8.5, but couldn’t reproduce having the key editor open. What’s the missing step?
Blank project
Create instrument / midi track
Record midi
double click to open key editor
<— close editor?
Create instrument / midi track
Record midi
New part opens in key editor
I found what you must be talking about by replacing the word ‘open’ with ‘update’
Summary:
After recording a new midi part in the the project window, the part is highlighted as if it’s selected, but data does not update in an already open midi editor.
Repro
New project
activate lower zone key editor. (zone will display blank)
confirm ‘editor content follows event selection’ is active
new midi track
Record some midi, then stop recording
part is selected in project, but key editor does not update.
It’s the same behavior for the independent window key editor, but of course, one cannot open a key edit window if a midi track or part is not selected. So for that case here’s the repro:
New project
new midi track
record some midi, open the key editor, the part’s data is diplayed
confirm ‘editor content follows event selection’ is active
new midi track
Record some midi, then stop recording
part is selected in project, but key editor does not update.
I also have never seen this behavior. However pre-C9 versions have a Preference under Editing to Link Editors. I always left that unchecked. In C9 that Preference has been removed (why would they do that?) and it behaves as previous versions did when it was unchecked. Perhaps this is the basis for what you’re seeing.