Scale Assistant Error

Cubase
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Hi,

I just bought Cubase Pro 12 yesterday. While testing this DAW, I noticed a problem with Scale Assistant.

For example:
Without Scale Assistant, the corresponding white notes I played would be:
C - D - E - F - G - (A) - B - C
With Scale Assistant on in C Arabian, the white notes that I assume Scale Assistant will alter would be:
C - D - E - F - F# - (G#) - A# - C
However, while playing on all white notes, Scale Assistant gives me the following:
C - D - E - F - F# - (A#) - A# - C

I assume while playing the A key on my keyboard, Scale Assistant will change it to G#. Instead, it gave me an A# twice on both the A and B keys.

C Arabian is just one example. Many different scales can cause the same problem for me, like C Aeolian (natural minor), C Chinese, C Hungarian 2,… just to name a few. The only difference is they will choose to repeat the same note twice on two different keys based on the scale, not just the A key as in C Arabian.

Could somebody please let me know how to fix this? Or should I wait for an update for this to be fixed? I’ve been using Ableton for a while, and their Scale Mode didn’t cause this problem for me.

Thanks in advance.

2

That is what it does. I don’t know why. Also the names of the scales (outside of the Greek modes seem arbitrary, but that’s another story.

I’m curious as to how Ableton Live deals with this.

3

There are a lot of features that I like about Cubase, that’s why I decided to switch from Ableton. But if they have an 8:46 second video just to introduce their Personal Scale Assistant and “no more excuses for wrong notes,” then I expect that feature to work perfectly.