Setting up Voicings

To set up voicings for the entire chord track, you can use the chord track Inspector.

  1. Voicing library

    Allows you to select Guitar, Piano, or Basic as a voicing library.

  2. Voicing library subset

    Note

    This is only available if Guitar or Piano is set as voicing library.

    Allows you to select a preset voicing library subset.

  3. Configure voicing parameters

    Allows you to configure your own voicing parameters for a specific voicing scheme.

  4. Adaptive Voicings

    Activate this to let Cubase set the voicings automatically. This prevents the individual voices from jumping too much.

  5. Automatic Scales

    Activate this to let Cubase set the scales automatically.

  6. Mapping Offset

    If you enter a negative number of ticks, the chord events will affect the MIDI notes that have been triggered too early.

Configure Voicing Parameters

If you click Configure Voicing Parameters in the Voicings section of the Inspector, you can configure your own voicing parameters for a specific voicing scheme.

Note

The Start Voicing section for piano, guitar, and basic voicings lets you select a start voicing. This is only available for MIDI, instrument, and audio tracks, but not for the chord track, and only if you select Voicings in the Follow Chord Track pop-up menu.

In the Style section for Piano voicings, you can set up the following parameters:

Triads

Sets a triad. Chords with more than 3 notes are not changed.

Triads with maj9

Sets a triad with a major ninth, but without root note. Chords with more than 3 notes are not changed.

Triads with maj9 and min9

Sets a triad with a major and a minor ninth, but without root note. Chords with more than 3 notes are not changed.

4-note chords

Sets a 4-note chord without root note. Chords with less than 3 notes are not changed.

4-note chords (Open Jazz)

Sets a 4-note chord without root note and without fifth. Chords with less than 3 notes are not changed.

5-note chords

Sets a 5-note chord with a ninth. Chords with less than 4 notes are not changed.

In the Options section for Piano voicings, you can set up the following parameters:

Add Root Note

Adds a root note.

Duplicate Root

Duplicates the root note.

Fatten up

Duplicates the tenor.

In the Voicing Range section for Piano voicings, you can set up the following parameters:

Lowest Root Note

Sets the limit for the lowest root note.

Lowest Note

Sets the limit for the lowest note, except the root note.

Highest Note

Sets the limit for the highest note, except the root note.

In the Style section for Guitar voicings, you can set up the following parameters:

Triads

Sets a triad with 4, 5 or 6 voices.

4-Note Chords

Sets a 4-note chord with 4, 5 or 6 voices without tensions.

3-String Triads

Sets a 3 string triad.

Modern Jazz

Sets 4-note, 5-note, and 6-note chords, partly without root note, but with tensions.

For Basic voicings only Octave Offset from C3 is available. This allows you to determine an offset value for the octave range.