Chord Pads Zone Keyboard

Cubase Elements Help

Product
Cubase Elements
Version
13.0
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en-US
Document type
Webhelp
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fluidtopics

The chord pads zone keyboard shows how a chord that is assigned to a chord pad is played back when you trigger the chord pad with the mouse or a MIDI keyboard.

Note

You can zoom the keyboard by clicking and dragging up or down. You can scroll the keyboard by clicking and dragging to the left or to the right.

  1. Played Notes

    When you trigger a chord pad with the mouse or a MIDI keyboard, the notes of the assigned chord are highlighted.

  2. Chord Pad Triggers (Pad Remote Control)

    The range of keys that trigger the chord pads is highlighted in blue. On the Pad Remote Control page of the Chord Pads Remote Settings dialog, you can define the range by setting the values for Pads Remote Range Start and Pads Remote Range End in the Chord Pad Triggers section.

    When you hover the mouse over an assigned pad, its trigger key is highlighted on the chord pads zone keyboard.

  3. Chord Modifiers for Voicing, Tension, and Transpose (Pad Remote Control)

    The keys that change the voicing, tensions, and transpose settings of the chord pads are highlighted in green.

    Note

    The chord modifier keys are only highlighted and active on the keyboard with the Activate option enabled in the Chord Modifiers section on the Pad Remote Control page of the Chord Pads Remote Settings dialog.