I observed that there are issues with the chord playback of guitar harmonies when using 9th and 13th chords. These likewise propagate into MIDI exports where the improper chord formations originating in Hookpad are further confirmed within other independent products (PreSonus Studio One, Signal, etc.). In short the 9th chords are playing as incorrect slash chords and the 13th chords are just 11th chords. This is not a matter of voicing as it is understood that a note gets dropped commonly with 13th chords. The issue is that the fundamental notes in the chords do not seem to represent any reasonable voicing for a 9th or 13th chord. The key harmonies (e.g. pianos) seem to all have their reasonable chord voicing intact, so it seems this is just a matter with guitar harmonies at this time. Orchestral harmonies seem to not even apply 9th, 11th, or 13th chords at all (e.g. violin section), so that may be another manifestation of this higher ordered chord issue with some harmonies. Picture attached to highlight an example and where the breakdowns occur.
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