Steinberg Cubase Pro - 10.5 User Manual

Score Layout and Printing

Cristina Bachmann, Heiko Bischoff, Lillie Harris, Christina Kaboth, Insa Mingers, Matthias Obrecht, Sabine Pfeifer, Benjamin Schütte, Marita Sladek

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5 Introduction

5 Platform-Independent Documentation 5 PDF Documents and Online Documentation 6 Conventions 7 Key Commands

8 Score Editor

10 Score Editor Toolbar 16 Score Display 16 Page Mode 17 Status Line 17 Info Line 17 Extended Toolbar 18 Filters 19 Symbols Inspector 20 Inspector 22 Inspector Settings Dialog 23 Ruler 23 Position Info Window 24 Zooming in the Score Editor

27 Score Editor Basics

27 MIDI Notes vs. Score Notes 28 Setting up a Display Quantize Note Value 28 Preparing Scores 29 Activating a Staff 30 Setting up the Page 30 Clef, Key, and Time Signature Settings 38 Transposing Instruments 39 Printing from the Score Editor 39 Exporting Entire Scores as Image Files

41 Transcribing MIDI Recordings

41 Preparing Recorded Parts 42 Inserting Display Quantize Exceptions 44 Resolving Parts That Contain Mixed Notes and

Triplets

45 Converting MIDI Notes to Match the Score 45 Adjusting Rests 46 Adjusting Note Lengths

47 Entering and Editing Notes

47 Snap 48 Acoustic Feedback 48 Lock Layers 48 Setting up the Staff 50 Note Values and Positions 52 Note Input 54 Note Selection 56 Editing Note Positions 56 Editing Note Pitches 58 Moving Notes across Staves 58 Duplicating Notes

59 Cut, Copy, and Paste 59 Note Length Adjustments 61 Splitting Notes 62 Deleting Notes 62 Setting up a Split Staff 63 Multiple Staves 63 Inserting Clefs, Keys, or Time Signatures 65 Troubleshooting for Note Display

67 Score Settings Dialog

68 Score Settings – Project Tab 83 Score Settings – Layout Tab 85 Score Settings – Staff Tab 97 Score Settings – Text Tab

100 Polyphonic Voicing

101 Setting up Polyphonic Voices 102 Activating Voices and Entering Notes 104 Inserting Display Quantize Changes for Active

Voices

104 Creating Crossed Voicings 105 Merging Polyphonic Voices 106 Converting Voices to Tracks – Extract Voices

108 Additional Note and Rest Formatting

108 Note Stems 111 Set Note Info Dialog 113 Setting up Accidental Options 113 Using Enharmonic Shift 114 Changing the Note Head Shape 115 Colorizing Note Heads 115 Copying Settings Between Notes 115 Beams 121 Tied Notes 123 Moving Notes Graphically 123 Moving Rests 123 Displaying Cue Notes for Voices 124 Converting Notes to Cue Notes 124 Creating Grace Notes 125 Editing Grace Notes 125 Converting Grace Notes to Regular Notes 126 Building Tuplets 126 Quantizing the Display to Show Tuplets 127 Tuplets Dialog

128 Working with Symbols

128 Layers 131 Symbol Details 152 Inserting Note Symbols 153 Inserting Note-Dependent Symbols 153 Symbol Handles 154 Moving Notes and Symbols 155 Copying Notes and Symbols between Bars

Table of Contents

156 Resizing Symbols 156 Resizing Note Symbols and Dynamics 157 Aligning Symbols 157 Aligning Dynamics

158 Working with Chord Symbols

158 Inserting Chord Symbols 160 Creating Chord Symbols from a Recording 161 Displaying Chord Symbols from the Chord

Track

163 Working with Text

163 Text 164 Lyrics 166 Block Text 167 Layout Text 168 Page Text 170 Words 172 Text Attribute Sets 173 Context Menu Options 173 Setting up the Text Font 174 Setting up the Font for Other Elements 175 Finding and Replacing Text 176 Editing Staff Names 178 Melisma Lines 178 Setting up Bar Numbers

180 Working with Layouts

180 Extracting Musical Parts from Full Scores 181 Open Layout Dialog 182 Importing Symbols from Another Layout 182 Removing Layouts 183 Showing Markers in Layouts 183 Exporting Layouts

184 Working with MusicXML

184 MusicXML vs. MIDI 185 Imported/Exported Parameters

189 Additional Techniques for Designing Your

Score

189 Auto Layout Dialog 191 Reset Layout Dialog 192 Adjusting the Staff Size 192 Setting the Staff Size for All Staves 193 Editing Barlines 193 Moving Barlines 194 Breaking Barlines 195 Adding Brackets and Braces 195 Setting the Default Number of Bars per Staff 197 Setting the Distance Between Staves 198 Inserting Page Breaks 198 Hidden Objects 200 Multiple Rests 201 Creating Pick-Up Bars 201 Creating Pick-Up Bars by Hiding Rests

203 Scoring for Drums

203 Setting up Drum Maps 206 Setting up a Staff for Drum Scoring 207 Drum Note Editing 207 Setting up a Single Line Drum Staff

208 Tablature

208 Creating Tablature from Scratch 209 Showing Staff Notation in Tablature 210 Changing Note Heads to Numbers 211 Setting up the Tablature Font

211 Changing Note Pitches 211 Moving Notes to Another String

213 Rhythmic Notation

214 Showing Staff Notation as Rhythmic Notation 214 Showing Rhythmic Notation as Regular

Notation

215 Rhythmic Bar Indicators 215 Hiding Notes and Rests in Bars 215 Replacing Notation with Repeat Bar Signs

217 Playback

217 Playing Back Repeats and Project Symbols 217 Mapped Dynamics

221 Index

Introduction

The documentation covers the Score Editor in Cubase Pro that includes an extensive set of functions and tools for music notation and score printing.

Platform-Independent Documentation

The documentation applies to the operating systems Windows and macOS.

Features and settings that are specic to one of these platforms are clearly indicated. In all other cases, the descriptions and procedures in the documentation are valid for Windows and macOS.

Some points to consider:

●

The screenshots are taken from Windows.

●

Some functions that are available on the File menu on Windows can be found in the program name menu on macOS.

PDF Documents and Online Documentation

The documentation consists of several documents. You can read them online or download them from

steinberg.help. To visit steinberg.help, do one of the following:

● Enter www.steinberg.help in the address bar of your web browser.

● In the program, select Help > Cubase Help.

Operation Manual

The main Cubase reference documentation, with detailed descriptions of operations, parameters, functions, and techniques.

Score Layout and Printing (Cubase Pro only)

Describes the professional music notation, score editing, and printing features included in the Score Editor.

Remote Control Devices

Lists the supported MIDI remote control devices.

Plug-in Reference

Describes the features and parameters of the included VST plug-ins, VST instruments, and MIDI effects.

Steinberg Library Manager

Describes how you can register and manage your VST Sound libraries.

HALion Sonic SE

Describes the features and parameters of the included VST instrument HALion Sonic SE.

Introduction Conventions

Groove Agent SE

Describes the features and parameters of the included VST instrument Groove Agent SE.

Retrologue

Describes the features and parameters of the included VST instrument Retrologue.

MIDI Devices

Describes how to manage MIDI devices and device panels.

Conventions

In our documentation, we use typographical and markup elements to structure information.

Typographical Elements

The following typographical elements mark the following purposes.

Prerequisite

Requires you to complete an action or to fulll a condition before starting a procedure.

Procedure

Lists the steps that you must take to achieve a specic result.

Important

Informs you about issues that might affect the system, the connected hardware, or that might bring a risk of data loss.

Note

Informs you about issues that you should consider.

Tip

Adds further information or useful suggestions.

Example

Provides you with an example.

Result

Shows the result of the procedure.

After Completing This Task

Informs you about actions or tasks that you can perform after completing the procedure.

Markup

Bold text indicates the name of a menu, option, function, dialog, window, etc.

EXAMPLE

To open the Functions menu, click Functions Menu in the top right corner of the MixConsole.

If bold text is separated by a greater-than symbol, this indicates a sequence of different menus to open.

Introduction Key Commands

EXAMPLE

Select Project > Add Track.

Key Commands

Many of the default key commands, also known as keyboard shortcuts, use modier keys, some of which are different depending on the operating system.

When key commands with modier keys are described in this manual, they are indicated with the Windows modier key rst, followed by the macOS modier key and the key.

EXAMPLE

Ctrl/Cmd-Z means: press Ctrl on Windows or Cmd on macOS, then press Z.

Score Editor

The Score Editor window shows MIDI notes as a musical score. It is divided into several sections.

To open a MIDI part in the Score Editor, do one of the following:

● Select one or several MIDI parts in the Project window and select Scores > Open Score Editor.

● Select one or several MIDI parts in the Project window and press Ctrl/Cmd-R.

NOTE

If you select parts on several tracks, one staff for each track is displayed. The staves are tied together by barlines and placed in the order of the tracks in the Project window. You can split a staff in two when scoring for piano, for example.

The Score Editor window:

The Score Editor is divided into several sections:

1 Symbols Inspector

Contains symbols that you can add to the score.

2 Inspector

Provides settings for working with MIDI tracks.

Score Editor

3 Toolbar

Contains tools and settings.

4 Project cursor

When you open the Score Editor, the view is automatically scrolled so that the project cursor is visible in the window.

● You can change the position of the project cursor by holding down Alt-Shift and

clicking in the score.

5 Score Display

Shows the notes in the edited parts on one or several staves. Parts on different tracks are shown on different staves.

6 Status Line

Shows the mouse time position, the mouse note position, and the current chord.

7 Info Line

Displays information about the selected note.

8 Tools/Extended toolbar/Command bar

Contains note value buttons and enharmonic shift buttons.

9 Filters

Allows you to lter out indicators, handles, and other non-printed elements from the score.

NOTE

You can activate/deactivate the status line, the info line, the tools, and the lters by clicking Set up Window Layout on the toolbar and activating/deactivating the corresponding options.

You can open the Score Editor in a separate window or in the lower zone of the Project window. Opening the Score Editor in the lower zone of the Project window is useful if you want to access the Score Editor functions from within a xed zone of the Project window.

The Score Editor in the lower zone of the Project window:

NOTE

If you select MIDI > Set up Editor Preferences, the Preferences dialog opens on the Editors page. Make your changes to specify if you want editors to open in a separate window or in the lower zone of the Project window.

Score Editor Score Editor Toolbar

RELATED LINKS

Score Editor Toolbar on page 10 Score Display on page 16 Status Line on page 17 Info Line on page 17 Extended Toolbar on page 17 Filters on page 18 Symbols Inspector on page 19 Inspector on page 20 Ruler on page 23

Score Editor Toolbar

The toolbar contains tools and various settings for the Score Editor.

● To show or hide the toolbar elements, right-click the toolbar and activate/deactivate the elements.

Edit Solo

Solo Editor

Solos the editor during playback if the editor has the focus.

Record in Editor

Enables the recording of MIDI data in the editor if the editor has the focus.

NOTE

This only works if MIDI Record Mode is set to Merge or Replace.

Retrospective Record

Insert MIDI Retrospective Recording in Editor

Allows you to recover MIDI notes that you played in stop mode or during playback.

Left Divider

Allows you to use the left divider. Tools that are placed to the left of the divider are always shown.

Auto-Scroll

Keeps the project cursor visible during playback.

Acoustic Feedback

Score Editor Score Editor Toolbar

Tool Buttons

Object Selection

Insert Note

Erase

Split

Automatically plays back events when you move or transpose them, or when you create them by drawing.

Selects events and parts.

Inserts notes.

Deletes events.

Splits events.

Glue

Glues together events of the same pitch.

Zoom

Zooms in. Hold Alt and click to zoom out.

Display Quantize

Allows you to insert different staff settings for specic sections of the track.

Layout

NOTE

This works only in Page Mode.

Move Single Object allows you to move an object without affecting the score or playback in any way.

Move Notes and Context allows you to move a note and have other score objects move accordingly.

Cut Notes

Cuts notes.

Select Export Range

Allows you to export a specic part of a page.

NOTE

This works only in Page Mode.

Score Editor Score Editor Toolbar

Arranger

Previous Chain Step

Next Chain Step

First Repeat of Current Chain Step

Activate Arranger Mode

Nudge Palette

Move Left

Navigates to the previous entry in the current arranger chain list.

Navigates to the next entry in the current arranger chain list.

Navigates to the rst repeat of the current entry in the current arranger chain list.

Navigates to the last repeat of the current entry in the current arranger chain list.

Moves the selected event to the left.

Move Right

Moves the selected event to the right.

Trim End Left

Decreases the length of the selected event by moving its end to the left.

Trim End Right

Increases the length of the selected event by moving its end to the right.

Transpose Palette

Move Up

Transposes the selected event up by a half note.

Move Down

Transposes the selected event down by a half note.

Move Up More

Transposes the selected event up by an octave.

Move Down More

Transposes the selected event down by an octave.

Score Editor Score Editor Toolbar

Display Transpose

Insert Velocity

Note Insert Velocity

Snap

Snap Type

Allows you to enable/disable display transpose. This function can be useful if you work with transposing instruments and want to show the concert key and not the scored key.

Allows you to specify a velocity value for new notes. You can also open the Set up Insert Velocities pop-up menu to select a velocity value.

Allows you to select one of the following snap types:

● Grid snaps events to the grid that is selected in the Quantize Presets pop-up

menu.

● Grid Relative keeps the relative positions when snapping events to the grid.

Event Movement Restrictions

Allows you to restrict the movement when editing or inserting events:

● Keep Notes within Key restricts the movement of notes to the current key.

● Snap Slurs to Notes restricts the movement of slurs to the start and end of

notes.

● Keep Crescendo Symbols "Horizontal" keeps crescendo and diminuendo

symbols horizontal.

● Snap Rests and Repeats Vertically restricts the movement of rests and

repeats to system and note lines.

Quantize

Apply Quantize

Applies the quantize settings.

Quantize Presets

Allows you to select a quantize or a groove preset.

Iterative Quantize On/Off

Activates/Deactivates iterative quantize.

Open Quantize Panel

Score Editor Score Editor Toolbar

Length Quantize

Step/MIDI Input

Computer Keyboard Input

Step Input

MIDI Input

Opens the Quantize Panel.

Allows you to set a value for quantizing event lengths.

Activates/Deactivates computer keyboard input.

Activates/Deactivates MIDI step input.

Activates/Deactivates MIDI input.

Move Insert Mode

Moves all note events to the right of the step input position to the right to make room for the inserted event when you insert notes.

NOTE

This only works if Step Input is activated.

Record Pitch

Includes the pitch when you insert notes.

Record NoteOn Velocity

Includes the NoteOn velocity when you insert notes.

Record NoteOff Velocity

Includes the NoteOff velocity when you insert notes.

Event Colors

Allows you to select event colors.

Hide Colors

Allows you to select event colors.

Score Editor Score Editor Toolbar

Paper Background

Background Texture

Insert Layer

Right Divider

Allows you to specify different background textures for the score.

NOTE

● The background texture only affects the display and is not used for printing.

● This works only in Page Mode.

Allows you to select the insert layer. You can insert score objects on the note layer, the project layer, and the layout layer.

Allows you to use the right divider. Tools that are placed to the right of the divider are always shown.

Window Zone Controls

Open in Separate Window

This button is available in the lower zone editor. It opens the editor in a separate window.

Open in Lower Zone

This button is available in the editor window. It opens the editor in the lower zone of the Project window.

Show/Hide Left Zone

Shows/Hides the left zone.

Set up Window Layout

Allows you to set up the window layout.

Set up Toolbar

Opens a pop-up menu where you can set up which toolbar elements are visible.

Score Editor Score Display

Score Display

The main area of the Score Editor window shows the notes in the edited parts on one or several staves. Parts on different tracks are shown on different staves.

● If you are editing one or several parts on the same track, as much of them as possible is shown on several staves, comparable with a score on paper.

● If you are editing parts on several tracks, they are put on a grand staff. A grand staff is composed of multiple staves that are tied together by barlines.

● The number of bars that are displayed on the screen depends on the size of the window and the number of notes in each bar.

● The end of the last part is indicated by a double barline.

All MIDI input is directed to one of the tracks, which is called the active staff. The active staff is indicated by a rectangle to the left of the clef symbol.

● To change the active staff, click on the staff that you want to activate.

RELATED LINKS

Score Editor on page 8 Activating a Staff on page 29

Page Mode

The Score Editor has two different modes: Page Mode and edit mode. Page Mode offers additional features which are directly related to how the score is displayed and printed.

NOTE

Page Mode is not available in the lower zone editor.

To activate/deactivate Page Mode, select Scores, and activate/deactivate Page Mode.

●

In Page Mode, a page number indicator is shown in the lower right corner. This allows you to move to another page in your score.

Score Editor Status Line

In Page Mode, the score display follows the project cursor position if Auto-Scroll is activated on the toolbar.

When you view a single part in Page Mode, the bars before and after the part are shown as empty bars in the

NOTE

If you want to view and print a part without any surrounding empty bars, activate Unlock Layout When Editing Single Parts in the Preferences dialog (Scores–Editing page). Make sure that you do not adjust the layout when editing the part in this mode as this would erase the layout for the whole track.

Status Line

The status line shows the mouse time position, the mouse note position, and the current chord.

● To show the status line, click Set up Window Layout on the toolbar and activate Status

Score Editor.

Line.

Info Line

Mouse Time Position

Shows the musical position in bars, beats, sixteenth notes, and ticks.

Mouse Note Position

Shows the pitch according to the vertical position of the pointer in a staff.

Current Chord Display

Shows the current chord at the position the project cursor.

RELATED LINKS

Score Editor on page 8 Set up Window Layout on page 15

The info line shows information about the selected note.

● To show the info line, click Set up Window Layout on the toolbar and activate Info Line.

RELATED LINKS

Score Editor on page 8 Set up Window Layout on page 15

Extended Toolbar

The extended toolbar contains additional tools for your score.

● To show the extended toolbar, click Set up Window Layout on the toolbar, and activate

Tools.

Insert buttons

Score Editor Filters

Shows the voices of the active staff. Activate a voice button to insert notes into that voice. Activate L to lock the movement of notes and other objects between staves.

Note Value buttons

Shows the note values for note input, as well as options for triplet and dotted note values. Activate a note value button to insert notes of that value.

Enharmonic Shift buttons

Activate a button to change the display of the selected note. Off resets the notes to original display. No shows no accidentals, regardless of the pitch.

Functions buttons

Get Info opens the Set Note Info dialog for the selected note.

Flip ips the stem of the selected note.

Group Notes groups the selected notes under a beam.

Auto Layout opens the Auto Layout dialog that allows you to adjust such as bar

widths and staff distances.

Hide hides the selected notes and objects.

Position Panel opens the Position Info window that allows you to view and adjust

object positions in the ruler display format.

NOTE

In Page Mode, you can also open the Position Info window by clicking in the ruler.

Make Chord Symbols analyzes the selected notes and creates a chord symbol.

Force Update forces a redraw of the whole page.

One down allows you to select the next lower dynamics symbol.

One up allows you to select the next higher dynamics symbol.

Layer buttons

Activate a layer button to display only score objects that are assigned to that layer.

Layer 1, Layer 2, and Layer 3 display the score objects that you assigned to the corresponding note layers.

Layout Layer displays all the score objects that are associated with the layout layer.

Project Layer displays all the score objects that are associated with the project layer.

Colorize Layer displays the score objects in different colors, where each color stands

for a specic type of layer.

RELATED LINKS

Score Editor on page 8 Set up Window Layout on page 15

Filters

The lters bar allows you to lter out indicators, handles, and other non-printed elements from the score.

To show the lters bar, click Set up Window Layout on the toolbar and activate Filters.

●

Score Editor Symbols Inspector

The following elements in the score are not printed and only serve as indicators for layout changes. They can be hidden or shown:

Bar Handles

Hidden Notes

Hide

Quantize

Layout Tool

Grouping

Cut/Rhythm

Shows/Hides bar handles that can be used for copying bars.

Shows/Hides any notes you might have hidden.

Shows/Hides markers in the score for hidden element, except notes.

Shows/Hides markers at positions where you have used the Display Quantize tool.

Shows/Hides markers where you have made adjustments with the Layout tool.

Shows/Hides markers where you have made beam groupings.

Shows/Hides markers where you have cut events or where rhythmic notation is shown instead of regular notation.

Split Rests

Shows/Hides markers where you have split multiple rests.

Stems/Beams

Shows/Hides markers where you have made stem or beam adjustments.

RELATED LINKS

Symbol Handles on page 153 Hiding Objects on page 198 Inserting Display Quantize Exceptions on page 42 Moving Notes Graphically on page 123 Beams on page 115 Cutting Notes Manually on page 122 Rhythmic Bar Indicators on page 215 Splitting Multiple Rests on page 200 Flipping Note Stems on page 109 Adjusting Beam Slants on page 121 Score Editor on page 8 Set up Window Layout on page 15

Symbols Inspector

The Symbols Inspector contains symbols that you can add to the score.

In the Score Editor window, you can show/hide the Inspector by clicking Set up Window

● Layout on the toolbar and activating/deactivating Inspector.

NOTE

In the lower zone editor, the Inspector is always shown in the left zone of the Project window.

Score Editor Inspector

●

To open/close a section, click its name.

●

To open a section as a palette, open the section, right-click any of its symbols, and select Open as Palette.

RELATED LINKS

Inspector Settings Dialog on page 22 Working with Symbols on page 128 Symbol Palettes on page 20

Symbol Palettes

You can open a section of the Symbols Inspector as a palette. This allows you to move the symbol palette on the screen.

● To switch between a vertical or horizontal view of the palette, right-click any symbol, and select Toggle.

● To bring up another palette instead of the current one, right-click any symbol, and select one of the palettes from the context menu.

● To open a palette in a new window, hold down Ctrl/Cmd while right-clicking any symbol, and select the palette from the context menu.

● To close a symbol palette, click the close button.

RELATED LINKS

Working with Symbols on page 128 Symbols Inspector on page 19

Inspector

The Inspector provides settings for working with MIDI tracks.

In the Score Editor window, you can show/hide the Inspector by clicking Set up Window

● Layout on the toolbar and activating/deactivating Inspector.

Score Editor Inspector

NOTE

In the lower zone editor, the Inspector is always shown in the left zone of the Project window.

● To open/close a section, click its name.

NOTE

For a description of the Inspector sections for MIDI tracks, refer to the Operation Manual.

RELATED LINKS

Score Editor on page 8 Symbols Inspector on page 19 Inspector Settings Dialog on page 22 Quick Staff Setup Section on page 21

Quick Staff Setup Section

The Quick Staff Setup section of the Inspector allows you quick access to score-specic settings.

1 Display Resolution

Allows you to set up display quantize values for your score.

2 Staff Mode

Allows you to set up the voices.

3 Staff Presets

Allows you to select a staff preset.

RELATED LINKS

Staff – Main Tab on page 87 Setting up Polyphonic Voices on page 101 Saving Staff Presets on page 87

Score Editor Inspector Settings Dialog

Inspector Settings Dialog

You can congure which Inspector sections are shown. You can also specify the order of the sections.

● To open the Inspector Settings dialog, click Set up Inspector, and select Setup from the pop-up menu.

Hidden Items

Displays sections that are hidden in the Inspector.

Visible Items

Displays sections that are visible in the Inspector.

If you activate Pin by clicking the column for a section, the open/close status of the selected Inspector section is pinned.

Add

Allows you to move an item selected in the Hidden Items list to the list of visible sections.

Remove

Allows you to move an item selected in the Visible Items list to the list of hidden sections.

Move Up/Move Down

Allows you to change the position of an item in the list of visible sections.

Presets

Allows you to save Inspector settings as presets.

Reset All

Allows you to restore the default Inspector settings.

RELATED LINKS

Inspector on page 20

Score Editor Ruler

Ruler

The Score Editor rulers are only available in Page Mode. They are graphic rulers that are shown at the upper and left border of the score and help you to position symbols and graphical objects in the score.

●

The current pointer position is indicated by thin lines in the rulers.

●

To specify which unit to show on the rulers, open the Zoom pop-up menu and select one of the options. You can choose between points, inches, and centimeters.

●

To hide the rulers, select Off. To display the ruler again, open the pop-up menu above the scrollbar at the far right and select one of the units.

NOTE

This setting also affects the units used in the Position Info window.

RELATED LINKS

Score Editor on page 8 Position Info Window on page 23

Position Info Window

The Position Info window helps you to determine and edit exact positions for symbols, objects, and staves in your score.

● To open the Position Info, click in the ruler.

The window contains the following settings and values:

Measure in

Allows to change the unit.

NOTE

This setting also affects the units used in the ruler.

Score Editor Zooming in the Score Editor

Abs. Pos./Rel. Pos

Allows to select whether X-Y position values are absolute and refer to the upper left corner of the current page, or relative and refer to the upper left corner of the active staff.

X, Y

● If a single object is selected, these values show the horizontal and vertical

● If no objects or several objects are selected, these values show the current

dX, dY

These values indicate the horizontal and vertical distance by which you have moved an object. Click and enter values to move the objects by the specied distances.

Sel. Staff

● If Abs. Pos is active, this value shows the distance from the top of the score

● If Rel. Pos is selected, this value is always 0, since vertical positions are related

position of this object. Click a value and enter in a new position for the object.

horizontal and vertical position of the mouse pointer.

page to the top of the active staff. Click and enter a value to move the active staff.

to the top of the active staff.

To Prev Staff

The distance between the active staff and the staff above it. Click and enter a value to move the active staff.

To Next Staff

The distance between the active staff and the staff below it. Click and enter a value to move the staves below the active staff.

RELATED LINKS

Score Editor on page 8 Ruler on page 23

Zooming in the Score Editor

You can zoom in the Score Editor using the standard zoom techniques.

RELATED LINKS

Zoom Pop-Up Menu on page 24 Zoom Tool on page 25 Zooming with the Mouse Wheel on page 25

Zoom Pop-Up Menu

The Zoom pop-up menu contains options for zooming in the Score Editor.

● To open the Zoom pop-up menu, click above the vertical scrollbar to the right.

NOTE

In Page Mode, you can also open the Zoom pop-up menu by right-clicking in the ruler.

The following options are available if the Score Editor is in edit mode:

Score Editor Zooming in the Score Editor

The following options are available if the Score Editor is in Page Mode:

● Fit Width adjusts the zoom factor so that the full width of the page becomes visible.

● Fit Page adjusts the zoom factor so that the whole page becomes visible.

Zoom Tool

The Zoom tool in the Score Editor toolbar allows you to zoom in to and out of specic sections or score objects.

● Click with the Zoom tool to zoom in one step.

● Hold down Alt and click with the Zoom tool to zoom out one step.

● Drag a rectangle with the Zoom tool to set a custom zoom factor.

The section encompassed by the rectangle is zoomed to ll the window.

● Hold down a modier key and right-click with the Zoom tool to open the Zoom pop-up menu, and select a zoom setting.

RELATED LINKS

Zoom Pop-Up Menu on page 24 Score Editor Toolbar on page 10

Zooming with the Mouse Wheel

You can zoom in and out at specic positions of the score with the mouse wheel.

PROCEDURE

1. Move the mouse pointer to the position in the score where you want to change the zoom factor.

2. Hold down Ctrl/Cmd and move the mouse wheel.

Score Editor Zooming in the Score Editor

RESULT

The mouse position is kept when you zoom in or out.

Score Editor Basics

The Score Editor allows you to display any possible piece of music as a score, complete with all the necessary symbols and formatting. You can extract parts out of a full orchestra score, add lyrics and comments, create lead sheets, drum scores, tablatures, etc.

The Score Editor interprets the MIDI notes in the MIDI parts and displays them according to the settings you have made.

This is done in real time. Any change to the MIDI data or the settings is immediately reected in the score.

You can enter and edit notes with the mouse or the computer keyboard, or you can record them with a MIDI keyboard. You can also use a combination of both. However, even if you have recorded the piece perfectly, your recording often requires some manual editing before printing.

RELATED LINKS

Preparing Scores on page 28 Activating a Staff on page 29 Setting up the Page on page 30 Clef, Key, and Time Signature Settings on page 30 Transposing Instruments on page 38 Printing from the Score Editor on page 39 Exporting Entire Scores as Image Files on page 39 Transcribing MIDI Recordings on page 41 Entering and Editing Notes on page 47

MIDI Notes vs. Score Notes

MIDI tracks in Cubase hold MIDI notes and other MIDI data. A MIDI note in Cubase is dened by its position, length, pitch and velocity.

This is not nearly enough information to decide how the note is to be displayed in a score. Information about the type of instrument, the key of the song, the basic rhythm, or the grouping of the notes under beams is not provided. This is the kind of information that you can set up in the Score Editor.

EXAMPLE

Cubase stores a MIDI note position in an absolute value, called ticks. A quarter note consists of 480 ticks.

A quarter note at the end of a 4/4 bar

The note is on the fourth beat of the bar.

If you change the time signature to ¾, this shortens the length of a bar to three quarter notes which corresponds to 1440 ticks. The quarter note is therefore moved to the next bar:

Score Editor Basics Setting up a Display Quantize Note Value

The same note in 3/4

The note is still at the same absolute position, but by changing the time signature, each bar is shorter. This effectively moves the note in the score, because the Score Editor interprets it differently.

Setting up a Display Quantize Note Value

You can dene the smallest note value that can be displayed by setting up a Display Quantize note value.

PREREQUISITE

You have recorded a gure with some staccato eighth notes, and you have opened it in the Score Editor.

PROCEDURE

1. Select Scores > Settings.

2. On the Staff tab, open the Main tab.

3. In the Display Quantize section, set the Notes value to 8.

RESULT

The eighth notes are displayed as expected. The Display Quantize setting tells the program to display all notes as if they were on exact eighth note positions, regardless of their actual positions and that it should not display any notes smaller than eighth notes.

IMPORTANT

Setting a Display Quantize value does not alter the MIDI notes of your recording in any way. It only affects how the notes are displayed in the Score Editor.

AFTER COMPLETING THIS TASK

Add a staccato symbol.

RELATED LINKS

Staff – Main Tab on page 87

Preparing Scores

When you prepare a score, we suggest you do things in the following order, since this minimizes the time needed if you make a mistake somewhere and need to redo a step.

PREREQUISITE

● You have made copies of the recorded tracks. You might have to change them permanently, after which they do not play back as they originally did.

● You have broken up the score into smaller segments.

● In the Project window, you have arranged the tracks in the order you want them displayed in the score. You cannot rearrange the order of systems in the Score Editor.

Score Editor Basics Activating a Staff

PROCEDURE

1. Open the Score Editor and select File > Page Setup to set up the page.

2. Do one of the following:

3. If needed, use polyphonic voicing to resolve overlapping notes, create piano systems,

4. Hide unwanted objects and add note-dependent and note-related symbols such as

5. Use the Auto Layout options.

6. Add layout symbols such as endings or page text.

7. Print or export the score.

8. Create alternative layouts to extract voices, for example.

● If you have recorded music into tracks already, adjust the graphic display of the

score as much as possible without permanently editing the notes by using Quantize or Grouping.

● If the tracks are empty, make basic staff settings, enter the notes, and then make

detailed adjustments.

handle crossing voices, etc.

accents, dynamic symbols, crescendo, slurs, lyrics, or graphic rests.

Display

RELATED LINKS

Auto Layout Dialog on page 189

Activating a Staff

Only one staff can be active at a time. The active staff is indicated by a rectangle to the left of the clef symbol.

PROCEDURE

● Do one of the following to activate a staff:

● Click anywhere on the staff.

● Use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys to navigate between staves.

RESULT

The staff is activated.

RELATED LINKS

Score Display on page 16

Score Editor Basics Setting up the Page

Setting up the Page

Before preparing the score for printing, you must make some page settings for your project. This also affects the on-screen display of the score.

PROCEDURE

1. Select File > Page Setup.

This opens the Page Setup dialog of your operation system. The only additional Cubase options are the margin settings.

2. In the Page Setup dialog, select the preferred printer, paper size, orientation, etc.

3. Optional: Change the margins by setting the left, right, top, and bottom margins.

4. Click OK and save the project to make the settings permanent.

If you want new projects to always start with certain page setup settings, you can create project templates.

RELATED LINKS

Printing from the Score Editor on page 39

Clef, Key, and Time Signature Settings

Before you enter notes into a score, we recommend that you rst set the clef, key, and time signature for the staff.

The symbols for clef, key, and time signature are displayed at the beginning of each staff. If you have multiple staves, you can set the clef, key, and time signature independently for each staff or for all staves at once.

RELATED LINKS

Score Settings – Staff Tab on page 85 Hiding Objects on page 198

Setting the Initial Clef, Key, and Time Signature

You can set the initial clef, key, and time signature for your project.

PROCEDURE

1. Open the Symbols Inspector.

2. Open the Clefs section and click the clef symbol that you want to use.

3. Click at the position of the staff to set the clef.

4. Open the Keys section and click the key symbol that you want to use.

5. Click at the position of the staff to set the key.

6. Open the Time Signature section and click the time signature symbol that you want to

use.

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