STEINBERG Cubase Pro 12 User Manual

Score Layout and Printing

The Steinberg Documentation Team: Cristina Bachmann, Martina Becker, Heiko Bischoff, Lillie Harris, Christina Kaboth, Insa Mingers, Matthias Obrecht, Sabine Pfeifer, Benjamin Schütte

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5 Score Editor

7 Score Editor Toolbar 13 Score Display 14 Page Mode 14 Status Line 15 Info Line 15 Extended Toolbar 16 Filters 17 Left Zone 20 Right Zone 21 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 41 Setting up Note Names 42 Transposing Instruments 43 Printing from the Score Editor 44 Exporting Entire Scores as Image Files

45 Transcribing MIDI Recordings

45 Preparing Recorded Parts 45 Display Quantize Exceptions 48 Resolving Parts That Contain Mixed Notes and

Triplets

49 Converting MIDI Notes to Match the Score 49 Adjusting Rests 50 Adjusting Note Lengths

51 Entering and Editing Notes

51 Snap 52 Acoustic Feedback 52 Lock Layers 53 Setting up the Staff 54 Note Values and Positions 56 Note Input 58 Note Selection 60 Editing Note Positions 61 Editing Note Pitches 62 Moving Notes across Staves 63 Duplicating Notes 63 Cut, Copy, and Paste 64 Note Editing Overlay 65 Further Note Length Adjustment Methods 68 Splitting Notes 68 Deleting Notes 68 Setting up a Split Staff 69 Multiple Staves 70 Inserting Clefs, Keys, or Time Signatures 71 Troubleshooting for Note Display

73 Score Settings Dialog

74 Score Settings – Project Tab 89 Score Settings – Layout Tab 92 Score Settings – Staff Tab 103 Score Settings – Text Tab

106 Polyphonic Voicing

106 Setting up Polyphonic Voices 108 Activating Voices and Entering Notes 110 Inserting Display Quantize Changes for Active

Voices

110 Creating Crossed Voicings 111 Merging Polyphonic Voices 112 Converting Voices to Tracks – Extract Voices

114 Additional Note and Rest Formatting

114 Note Stems 117 Set Note Info Dialog 119 Note Event Properties 123 Setting up Accidental Options 124 Changing the Enharmonic Spelling 124 Changing the Notehead Shape 125 Colorizing Noteheads 125 Copying Settings Between Notes 126 Beams 132 Tied Notes 133 Moving Notes Graphically 134 Moving Rests 134 Displaying Cue Notes for Voices 135 Converting Notes to Cue Notes 135 Creating Grace Notes 136 Editing Grace Notes 136 Converting Grace Notes to Regular Notes 137 Building Tuplets 137 Quantizing the Display to Show Tuplets 138 Tuplets Dialog

139 Working with Symbols

139 Layers 142 Symbol Details 164 Inserting Note Symbols 165 Inserting Note-Dependent Symbols 165 Symbol Handles 166 Moving Notes and Symbols 167 Copying Notes and Symbols between Bars 169 Resizing Symbols 170 Resizing Note Symbols and Dynamics 170 Aligning Symbols 171 Aligning Dynamics

172 Working with Chord Symbols

172 Inserting Chord Symbols 176 Creating Chord Symbols from a Recording 177 Displaying Chord Symbols from the Chord

Track

178 Working with Text

178 Text 179 Lyrics

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Table of Contents 

181 Block Text 182 Layout Text 183 Page Text 185 Words 187 Text Attribute Sets 188 Context Menu Options 188 Setting up the Text Font 189 Setting up the Font for Other Elements 190 Finding and Replacing Text 191 Editing Staff Names 195 Melisma Lines 196 Setting up Bar Numbers

200 Working with Layouts

200 Extracting Musical Parts from Full Scores 201 Open Layout Dialog 202 Importing Symbols from Another Layout 202 Removing Layouts 203 Showing Markers in Layouts 203 Exporting Layouts

204 Working with MusicXML

204 MusicXML vs. MIDI 205 Imported/Exported Parameters

209 Additional Techniques for Designing Your

Score

209 Auto Layout Dialog 211 Reset Layout Dialog 212 Adjusting the Staff Size 212 Setting the Staff Size for All Staves 213 Barline Dialog 214 Barline Properties 215 Editing Barlines 216 Moving Barlines 216 Breaking Barlines 218 Adding Brackets and Braces 218 Setting the Default Number of Bars per Staff 220 Setting the Distance Between Staves 220 Inserting Page Breaks 221 Hidden Objects 223 Multi-Bar Rests 225 Creating Pick-Up Bars 226 Creating Pick-Up Bars by Hiding Rests

227 Scoring for Drums

227 Setting up Drum Maps 230 Setting up a Staff for Drum Scoring 231 Drum Note Editing 231 Setting up a Single Line Drum Staff

232 Tablature

232 Creating Tablature from Scratch 233 Showing Staff Notation in Tablature 234 Changing Noteheads to Numbers 235 Setting up the Tablature Font 235 Changing Note Pitches 235 Moving Notes to Another String

237 Rhythmic Notation

238 Showing Staff Notation as Rhythmic Notation 238 Showing Rhythmic Notation as Regular

Notation

239 Rhythmic Bar Indicators 239 Hiding Notes and Rests in Bars 240 Replacing Notation with Repeat Bar Signs

241 Playback

241 Playing Back Repeats and Project Symbols 241 Mapped Dynamics

245 Index

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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 Toolbar

Contains tools and settings.

Status Line

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

Left Zone

The left zone features the following tabs:

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

● The Inspector tab contains settings for working with MIDI tracks.

Project cursor

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

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Score Editor 

● 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 Info Line

Displays information about the selected note.

7 Tools/Extended toolbar/Command bar

Contains note value buttons and enharmonic shift buttons.

Filters

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

Right Zone

Allows you to display the Properties tab that shows options and settings for the elements that you select in the score display.

NOTE

The right zone is only available if you open the Score Editor in a separate window. It is not available in the lower zone of the Project window.

NOTE

You can activate/deactivate the status line, the info line, the tools, the lters, and the right zone 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.

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.

RELATED LINKS

Score Editor Toolbar on page 7 Score Display on page 13 Status Line on page 14 Info Line on page 15 Extended Toolbar on page 15 Filters on page 16 Symbols on page 18 Inspector on page 19 Ruler on page 23 Left Zone on page 17 Right Zone on page 20

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Score Editor Score Editor Toolbar

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

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

Tool Buttons

Object Selection

Selects events and parts.

Insert Note

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Erase

Split

Glue

Zoom

Display Quantize

Inserts notes.

Deletes events.

Splits events.

Glues together events of the same pitch.

Zooms in. Hold Alt/Opt and click to zoom out.

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.

Arranger

Previous Chain Step

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

Next Chain Step

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

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First Repeat of Current Chain Step

Activate Arranger Mode

Nudge Palette

Move Left

Move Right

Nudge End Left

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.

Moves the selected event to the right.

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

Nudge End Right

Increases the duration 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.

Display Transpose

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.

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Insert Velocity

Note Insert Velocity

Snap

Snap Type

Event Movement Restrictions

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:

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

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

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.

Note Editing Overlay

Note Editing Overlay On/Off

Activates/Deactivates an overlay that helps you to edit note durations, note time positions, display durations, and note velocities in a similar way as in the

Options

● Colorize Overlaid Noteheads colorizes the heads of the notes for which the

overlay is shown.

Part Colors shows the notes and velocities in the overlay in the part colors.

●

Channel Colors shows the notes and velocities in the overlay in the channel colors.

●

Pitch Colors shows the notes and velocities in the overlay in the pitch colors.

●

Velocity Colors shows the notes and velocities in the overlay in the velocity colors.

●

Color Setup opens a dialog that allows you to set up the channel, pitch, or velocity

●

colors. This is not available for Part Colors.

Key Editor.

Quantize

Apply Quantize

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Quantize Presets

Soft Quantize On/Off

Open Quantize Panel

Length Quantize

Applies the quantize settings.

Allows you to select a quantize or a groove preset.

Activates/Deactivates soft quantize.

Opens the Quantize Panel.

Allows you to set a value for quantizing event lengths.

Step/MIDI Input

Set up Computer Keyboard Input

Allows you to set up the options for the computer keyboard input:

● Require ALT Key requires that you hold down Alt/Opt when you insert notes.

● Legato changes the length of the previous note when you insert notes.

● Use On-Screen Keyboard Keys allows you to insert notes by pressing the keys

that correspond to the note on the On-Screen Keyboard (qwerty).

Computer Keyboard Input

Activates/Deactivates computer keyboard input.

Step Input

Activates/Deactivates MIDI step input.

MIDI 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.

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Record NoteOn Velocity

Record NoteOff Velocity

Event Colors

Hide Colors

Dark Mode

Includes the NoteOn velocity when you insert notes.

Includes the NoteOff velocity when you insert notes.

Allows you to colorize noteheads.

Allows you to temporarily hide notehead colors.

Inverses the score display mode from black on white to white on black. This is useful if you work at night or in a dim environment.

Paper Background

Background Texture

Allows you to specify different background textures for the score.

NOTE

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

Insert Layer

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

Right Divider

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.

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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 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 5 Activating a Staff on page 29

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Score Editor Page Mode

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 Page Mode, select Scores, and enable 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.

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 Score Editor.

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 value, and the current chord.

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

Mouse Time Position

Mouse Value

Current Chord Display

Line.

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

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

Shows the current chord at the position of the project cursor.

RELATED LINKS

Score Editor on page 5 Set up Window Layout on page 13

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Info Line

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 5 Set up Window Layout on page 13

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 to Voice buttons

Shows the voices of the active staff. Activate a voice button to insert notes into that voice. Activate Lock Insert Staff 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.

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.

No shows no accidentals, regardless of the pitch.

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. For this to work, all selected notes must be located in the same MIDI part.

Force Update forces a redraw of the whole page.

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Score Editor Filters

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 unlock this layer and display the score objects that are assigned to that layer.

Toggle All Layers toggles the lock state of all layers.

Layer 1, Layer 2, and Layer 3 contains the score objects that you assigned to the

corresponding note layers.

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

Project Layer contains 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.

Set Up Score Lock Layers allows you to set up which object types are associated with that layer.

RELATED LINKS

Score Editor on page 5 Set up Window Layout on page 13 Note Layer Symbols on page 139 Layout Layer Symbols on page 140 Project Layer Symbols on page 140 Lock Layers on page 52

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.

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

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

Hidden Notes

Shows/Hides any notes you might have hidden.

Hide

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

Quantize

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

Layout Tool

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

Grouping

Shows/Hides markers where you have made beam groupings.

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Cut/Rhythm

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 165 Hiding Objects on page 221 Inserting Display Quantize Exceptions on page 46 Moving Notes Graphically on page 133 Beams on page 126 Cutting Notes Manually on page 133 Rhythmic Bar Indicators on page 239 Splitting Multiple Rests on page 225 Flipping Note Stems on page 115 Adjusting Beam Slants on page 131 Score Editor on page 5 Set up Window Layout on page 13

Left Zone

The left zone of the Score Editor allows you to display the Inspector and the Symbols tab.

To show/hide the left zone, click Show/Hide Left Zone on the Score Editor window toolbar.

The top of the left zone features the following tabs:

● Inspector

● Symbols

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Symbols

RELATED LINKS

Score Editor on page 5 Symbols on page 18 Inspector on page 19 Right Zone on page 20

The Symbols tab in the left zone of the Score Editor contains symbols that you can add to the score.

● In the Score Editor window, you can show/hide the left zone by clicking Show/Hide Left Zone on the toolbar.

NOTE

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

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To open/close a section, click its name.

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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 21 Working with Symbols on page 139 Symbol Palettes on page 19

Symbol Palettes

You can open a section of the Symbols tab 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

● To bring up another palette instead of the current one, right-click any symbol, and select one

● To open a palette in a new window, hold down Ctrl/Cmd while right-clicking any symbol,

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

RELATED LINKS

Working with Symbols on page 139 Symbols on page 18

select Toggle.

of the palettes from the context menu.

and select the palette from the context menu.

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.

NOTE

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

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● 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 5 Symbols on page 18 Inspector Settings Dialog on page 21

Right Zone

The right zone of the Score Editor allows you to display the Properties tab that shows options and settings for the elements that you select in the score display. This gives you context-related access to settings and editing options for the selected element.

To show/hide the Properties tab in the right zone, do one of the following:

● Click Show/Hide Right Zone on the Score Editor window toolbar.

● Click Set up Window Layout on the toolbar and activate Right Zone.

RELATED LINKS

Score Editor on page 5 Left Zone on page 17 Staff Properties on page 21 Note Event Properties on page 119 Barline Properties on page 214 Bar Number Properties on page 197 Clef Properties on page 34 Key Properties on page 38 Staff Name Properties on page 192 Chord Symbol Properties on page 173 Bar Handle Properties on page 168 Multi-Bar Rest Properties on page 223 Gradual Dynamic Properties on page 154

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Staff Properties

The Properties tab for staves in the right zone of the Score Editor allows you quick access to general

They are available in the right zone of the Score Editor if nothing is selected in the score display. These options affect the active staff.

Staff Settings Section

Display Quantize

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

score-specic settings.

Staff Mode

Allows you to set up the voices.

Staff Presets

Allows you to select a staff preset.

RELATED LINKS

Right Zone on page 20 Staff – Main Tab on page 93 Setting up Polyphonic Voices on page 106 Saving Staff Presets on page 93

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.

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Hidden Items

Displays sections that are hidden in the Inspector.

Visible Items

Displays sections that are visible in the Inspector.

Activate Pin by clicking the column for a section to exclude this section from being closed automatically.

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 19

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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, click above the vertical scrollbar to the right to open the Zoom pop-up menu, and select one of the options. You can choose between points, inches, and centimeters.

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To hide the rulers, select Off from the Zoom pop-up menu. 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 5 Position Info Window on page 23 Zoom Pop-Up Menu on page 24

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.

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Score Editor Zooming in the Score Editor

NOTE

This setting also affects the units used in the ruler.

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 position

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

●

If no objects or several objects are selected, these values show the current horizontal and vertical position of the mouse pointer.

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

Sel.Staff

specied distances.

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

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

● If Rel.Pos is selected, this value is always 0, since vertical positions are related 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 5 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 26

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.

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Score Editor Zooming in the Score Editor

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:

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

Zoom Tool

● 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.

The Zoom tool on 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/Opt 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 score display.

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 7

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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.

RESULT

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

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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 42 Printing from the Score Editor on page 43 Exporting Entire Scores as Image Files on page 44 Transcribing MIDI Recordings on page 45 Entering and Editing Notes on page 51

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

Score Editor.

the

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:

The same note in 3/4

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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

Select Scores> Settings.

On the Staff tab, open the Main tab.

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 93

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

PROCEDURE

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

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Score Editor.

Score Editor Basics Activating a Staff

2. Do one of the following:

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

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

RELATED LINKS

Auto Layout Dialog on page 209

● 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 Display Quantize or Grouping.

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

detailed adjustments.

crossing voices, etc.

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

Use the Auto Layout options.

Add layout symbols such as endings or page text.

Print or export the score.

Create alternative layouts to extract voices, for example.

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 13

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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.

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

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 43

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 the 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 92 Hiding Objects on page 221

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 tab.

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

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

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

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

Open the Time Signatures section and click the time signature symbol that you want to use.

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RESULT

The settings are applied to the entire track.

RELATED LINKS

Clefs Section on page 144 Keys Section on page 143 Inserting Key Changes on page 40

Setting the Time Signature

You can set the time signature for your project.

PROCEDURE

●

Do one of the following:

● On the Transport panel, click the Time Signature eld and enter a value.

● Select Project> Tempo Track, and in the Tempo Track Editor, enter time signature

events.

● Select Project> Add Track> Signature, and enter time signature events on the

signature track.

● To enter composite time signatures, double-click the time signature symbol at the

beginning of the staff, and make your settings in the

Edit Time Signature dialog.

RESULT

The set time signature applies to all tracks in the project.

RELATED LINKS

Inserting Clefs, Keys, or Time Signatures on page 70 Edit Time Signature Dialog on page 31 Time Signatures Section on page 145

Edit Time Signature Dialog

The Edit Time Signature dialog allows you to specify and edit the time signature for your staff.

● To open the Edit Time Signature dialog, double-click the time signature symbol at the beginning of the staff.

Numerator

For simple time signatures, enter a value in the rst value eld only.

For more complex time signatures, the numerator can be made up of up to 4 groups. Divide the numerator into several numbers to get beaming and tied notes displayed correctly automatically. This does not affect the metronome or anything else, only beams and ties.

Denominator

Enter a note value for the denominator.

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Common time

Sets the time signature to common time 4/4.

Cut time

Sets the time signature to cut time 2/2.

For Grouping Only

Activate this to show the sum of the numbers entered.

NOTE

Cubase tries to preserve the denominator when you insert a composite signature and activate composite value such as 3+3+2 eighths, the time signature is still displayed as 4/4 instead of 8/8.

Deactivate this to show all the numbers entered.

Pick-up Bar

Activate this to dene a time signature and the number of beats for a pick-up bar.

For Grouping Only. If you have a time signature of 4/4 and change it to a

NOTE

You can change the font for time signatures in the Score Settings dialog (Project–Font Settings page).

RELATED LINKS

Beams on page 126 Creating Pick-Up Bars on page 225 Setting the Time Signature on page 31 Time Signatures Section on page 145

Setting the Clef

Edit Clef Dialog

The Edit Clef dialog allows you to specify and edit the clef for your staff.

IMPORTANT

If Auto Clef is activated in the Score Settings dialog (Staff–Main tab), you cannot edit the clef.

To open the Edit Clef dialog, double-click the clef symbol at the beginning of the staff.

●

Use the scroll bar to select one of the following options:

Treble

Inserts a treble clef.

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Treble 8va

Inserts a treble clef that sounds an octave higher.

Treble 15va

Inserts a treble clef that sounds two octaves higher.

Treble 8vb

Inserts a treble clef that sounds an octave lower.

Bass

Inserts a bass clef.

Bass 8vb

Inserts a bass clef that sounds an octave lower.

Bass 15vb

Inserts a bass clef that sounds two octaves lower.

Bass 8va

Inserts a bass clef that sounds an octave higher.

Baritone

Inserts a baritone clef.

Sub-bass

Inserts a sub-bass clef.

Alto

Inserts an alto clef.

Sopran

Inserts a soprano clef.

Mezzosopran

Inserts a mezzo-soprano clef.

Tenor

Inserts a tenor clef.

Drum

Inserts a symbol that indicates that the staff is used for drum notation.

Tablature/1-5

Inserts numbers for tablature.

Tablature/TAB

Inserts a TAB sign for tablature.

RELATED LINKS

Clefs Section on page 34 Clef on page 80 Project – Notation Style Page on page 79 Clefs Section on page 144 Right Zone on page 20

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Clef Properties

The Properties tab for clefs in the right zone of the Score Editor allows you to change the selected clef.

● To open the Properties tab for clefs in the right zone, select a clef in the score display.

Clefs Section

The following options affect the selected element:

Treble

Inserts a treble clef.

Treble 8va

Inserts a treble clef that sounds an octave higher.

Treble 15va

Inserts a treble clef that sounds two octaves higher.

Treble 8vb

Inserts a treble clef that sounds an octave lower.

Bass

Inserts a bass clef.

Bass 8vb

Inserts a bass clef that sounds an octave lower.

Bass 15vb

Inserts a bass clef that sounds two octaves lower.

Bass 8va

Inserts a bass clef that sounds an octave higher.

Baritone

Inserts a baritone clef.

Sub-bass

Inserts a sub-bass clef.

Alto

Inserts an alto clef.

Sopran

Inserts a soprano clef.

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Mezzosopran

Inserts a mezzo-soprano clef.

Tenor

Inserts a tenor clef.

Drum

Inserts a symbol that indicates that the staff is used for drum notation.

Tablature/1-5

Inserts numbers for tablature.

Tablature/TAB

Inserts a TAB sign for tablature.

Project Settings Section

The options in the Project Settings section in the right zone affect the entire project.

Show Warnings

Shows clef changes at line breaks at the end of a line and at the beginning of the next line.

Small Clefs

Shows inserted clef changes as smaller symbols than at the beginning of the staff.

RELATED LINKS

Edit Clef Dialog on page 32 Clef on page 80 Project – Notation Style Page on page 79 Clefs Section on page 144 Right Zone on page 20

Clef Context Menu

The clef context menu allows you to specify and edit the clef for your staff.

● To open the clef context menu, right-click the clef symbol at the beginning of the staff.

The clef options are identical to the options in the Edit Clef dialog.

Furthermore, the following options are available:

Display Clef Changes as Small Symbols

Activate this to display clef changes in the score with a smaller symbol.

Warnings for New Clefs at Line Breaks

Determines what happens if you insert a new clef at a line break.

Activate this to display the clef in the last bar before the staff break. Deactivate this to insert the clef in the rst bar of the next staff line only.

Hide/Show

Hides the clef from view.

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Properties

Opens the Edit Clef dialog.

RELATED LINKS

Edit Clef Dialog on page 32 Clefs Section on page 144

Clef/Key Section

The Clef/Key section in the Score Settings dialog allows you to specify and edit the clef for your staff.

●

To open the Clef/Key section, select Scores> Settings, select the Staff tab, and open the Main tab.

Use the left scroll bar to select one of the clef options. These are identical to the options in the Edit Clef dialog. Use the right scroll bar to select one of the key options. These are identical to the options in the Edit Key dialog.

Furthermore, the following options are available:

Local Keys

Allows you to insert a different key for the selected staff only. Activate this if you score a French horn, for example, and you want to set a different key symbol.

Lower Staff

Allows you to insert a clef for the lower staff. This is only used in conjunction with split (piano) staves and polyphonic voicing. If you have a split system, you can set different clefs for the upper and lower staff.

Auto Clef

Activate this to let the program automatically select a treble clef or a bass clef for the staff, depending on the range of the notes in the part.

RELATED LINKS

Staff – Main Tab on page 93 Setting up a Split Staff on page 68 Edit Clef Dialog on page 32 Edit Key Dialog on page 37

Setting the Key

You can set the key for the entire project or for specic staves only.

In the Score Settings dialog (Project–Notation Style page), you can nd options for keys in the Keys category.

RELATED LINKS

Project – Notation Style Page on page 79

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Keys Section on page 143

Edit Key Dialog

The Edit Key dialog allows you to specify and edit the key for your staff.

● To open the Edit Key dialog, double-click the key symbol at the beginning of the staff.

NOTE

If Key Changes for the Entire Project is activated in the Keys category of the Score Settings dialog (Project–Notation Style page), all changes made to the key always affect the entire project, so that it is not possible to dene different keys for different staves.

Use the scroll bar to select one of the following options:

C# maj/A# min

Inserts 7 sharps for the sharp notes of the key F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯, E♯, B♯.

F# maj/D# min

Inserts 6 sharps for the sharp notes of the key F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯, E♯.

B maj/G# min

Inserts 5 sharps for the sharp notes of the key F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯.

E maj/C# min

Inserts 4 sharps for the sharp notes of the key F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯.

A maj/F# min

Inserts 3 sharps for the sharp notes of the key F♯, C♯, G♯.

D maj/B min

Inserts 2 sharps for the sharp notes of the key F♯, C♯.

G maj/E min

Inserts 1 sharp for the sharp notes of the key F♯.

C maj/A min

Does not insert any sharps or ats.

F maj/D min

Inserts 1 at for the at notes of the key B♭.

Bb maj/G min

Inserts 2 ats for the at notes of the key B♭, E♭.

Eb maj/C min

Inserts 3 ats for the at notes of the key B♭, E♭, A♭.

Ab maj/F min

Inserts 4 ats for the at notes of the key B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭.

Db maj/Bb min

Inserts 5 ats for the at notes of the key B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭.

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Gb maj/Eb min

Inserts 6 ats for the at notes of the key B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭, C♭.

Cb maj/Ab min

Inserts 7 ats for the at notes of the key B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭, C♭, F♭.

RELATED LINKS

Keys Section on page 38 Keys on page 80 Project – Notation Style Page on page 79 Keys Section on page 143 Clef/Key Section on page 36 Inserting Display Transpose Changes on page 43 Transposing Instruments on page 42 Right Zone on page 20

Key Properties

The Properties tab for keys in the right zone of the Score Editor allows you to change the selected key.

● To open the Properties tab for keys in the right zone, select the key symbol in the score display.

Keys Section

The following options affect the selected element:

C# maj/A# min

Inserts 7 sharps for the sharp notes of the key F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯, E♯, B♯.

F# maj/D# min

Inserts 6 sharps for the sharp notes of the key F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯, E♯.

B maj/G# min

Inserts 5 sharps for the sharp notes of the key F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯, A♯.

E maj/C# min

Inserts 4 sharps for the sharp notes of the key F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯.

A maj/F# min

Inserts 3 sharps for the sharp notes of the key F♯, C♯, G♯.

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D maj/B min

Inserts 2 sharps for the sharp notes of the key F♯, C♯.

G maj/E min

Inserts 1 sharp for the sharp notes of the key F♯.

C maj/A min

Does not insert any sharps or ats.

F maj/D min

Inserts 1 at for the at notes of the key B♭.

Bb maj/G min

Inserts 2 ats for the at notes of the key B♭, E♭.

Eb maj/C min

Inserts 3 ats for the at notes of the key B♭, E♭, A♭.

Ab maj/F min

Inserts 4 ats for the at notes of the key B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭.

Db maj/Bb min

Inserts 5 ats for the at notes of the key B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭.

Gb maj/Eb min

Inserts 6 ats for the at notes of the key B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭, C♭.

Cb maj/Ab min

Inserts 7 ats for the at notes of the key B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭, C♭, F♭.

Project Settings Section

The options in the Project Settings section in the right zone affect the entire project.

Global Keys

Applies all key changes to the entire project. If you activate this, you cannot dene different keys for different staves of your project.

Show Warnings

Shows key changes at the end of a line and at the beginning of the next line.

Show Naturals

If a change to another key occurs, naturals are inserted to nullify any sharps and ats that relate to the previous key.

RELATED LINKS

Edit Key Dialog on page 37 Keys on page 80 Project – Notation Style Page on page 79 Keys Section on page 143 Clef/Key Section on page 36 Inserting Display Transpose Changes on page 43 Transposing Instruments on page 42

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Right Zone on page 20

Key Context Menu

The key context menu allows you to specify and edit the key for your staff.

● To open the key context menu, right-click the key symbol at the beginning of the staff.

The key options are identical to the options in the Edit Key dialog.

The Transpose option is not available.

Furthermore, the following options are available:

Key Changes for the Entire Project

Activate this if you want all key changes to affect the entire project, so that it is not possible to dene different keys for different staves.

Hide/Show

Hides the key.

Properties

Opens the Edit Key dialog.

RELATED LINKS

Keys Section on page 143 Clef/Key Section on page 36

Inserting Key Changes

You can insert key changes for your project.

PROCEDURE

1. Open the Symbols tab.

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

3. Click at the position of the staff where you want to insert the key change.

RESULT

This introduces a key change that applies from this position on.

RELATED LINKS

Setting the Initial Clef, Key, and Time Signature on page 30 Keys Section on page 143

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Setting Different Keys in a Split System

You can set different keys for the upper and lower staff in a split system with two staves.

PROCEDURE

1. Select Scores> Settings.

2. Select the Staff tab, and open the Main tab.

3. In the Clef/Key section, set a key for the upper staff.

4. Activate Lower Staff, and set a key for the lower staff.

Click Apply.

RESULT

The different keys are applied.

RELATED LINKS

Staff – Main Tab on page 93

Setting Local Keys

You can set a different key for the selected staff only. This is useful for instruments like oboe and English horn that change display transpose and therefore also the key.

NOTE

Local Keys is only available if Key Changes for entire Project is activated in the Keys category of the Score Settings dialog (Project–Notation Style page).

PROCEDURE

1. Activate the staff for which you want to set a local key.

2. Select the Staff tab, and open the Main tab.

3. Activate Local Keys, and set the key.

4. Click Apply.

RELATED LINKS

Staff – Main Tab on page 93 Project – Notation Style Page on page 79

Setting up Note Names

In the Score Editor, you can display note names in the following formats: English, German, or Solfège.

PROCEDURE

Select Edit> Preferences.

Select Chords & Pitches in the Event Display section.

In the Pitch Notation section, open the Note Name pop-up menu and select an option.

Click Apply.

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RESULT

The note names and chord symbols throughout the Score Editor are changed according to your settings. For further information about the settings on the Chords & Pitches page of the

Preferences dialog, see the separate document Operation Manual.

Transposing Instruments

Scores for some instruments, for example, a lot of brass instruments, are written transposed. Therefore, the Score Editor provides the Display Transpose function that transposes notes in the score without affecting the way they are played back.

Display Transpose allows you to record and play back a multi-staff arrangement and still score each instrument according to its own transposition.

RELATED LINKS

Changing the Display for Transposing Instruments on page 42 Displaying the Concert Key on page 42 Inserting Display Transpose Changes on page 43

Changing the Display for Transposing Instruments

You can change the display for transposing instruments. The Display Transpose section in the Score Settings dialog allows you to transpose notes in the score without affecting the way they

are played back.

PROCEDURE

1. Select Scores> Settings, select the Staff tab, and open the Main tab.

2. Do one of the following:

● Open the Transpose pop-up menu and select your transposing instrument.

● Use the Semitones value eld to set by how many semitones you want to transpose the

display.

3. Click Apply.

RESULT

The transposing instrument is displayed correctly.

IMPORTANT

Display Transpose does not affect MIDI playback.

RELATED LINKS

Display Transpose on page 97

Displaying the Concert Key

You can display the concert key instead of the scored key. This is useful if you changed the display for transposing instruments.

PREREQUISITE

You have changed the display for a transposing instrument.

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PROCEDURE

● On the Score Editor toolbar, disable Display Transpose.

RESULT

The concert key is displayed.

RELATED LINKS

Display Transpose on page 9

Inserting Display Transpose Changes

You can change the Display Transpose setting at a specic point in your score to insert a key change. This is useful if you are writing a saxophone part and want the player to switch from alto to tenor saxophone, for example.

PROCEDURE

Double-click the key symbol at the beginning of the staff.

In the Transpose eld of the Edit Key dialog, enter a transposition value in semitones.

RESULT

NOTE

This setting is not relative to any Display Transpose settings in the Score Settings dialog (Staff– Main tab). This means that you enter an absolute Display Transpose value that is used from this point on.

RELATED LINKS

Edit Key Dialog on page 37 Keys Section on page 38 Inserting Key Changes on page 40

Printing from the Score Editor

When you have made all necessary changes to the score display and you are satised with the result, you can print your score.

PREREQUISITE

You have set up the page in the Page Setup dialog.

PROCEDURE

In the Scores menu, activate Page Mode.

Printing is only possible from within Page Mode.

Select File> Print.

In the standard print dialog, change the settings as required.

Click Print.

RELATED LINKS

Setting up the Page on page 30

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Exporting Entire Scores as Image Files

You can export a complete page in various image formats. This allows you to import your scores into desktop publishing and drawing applications.

PROCEDURE

1. In the Scores menu, activate Page Mode.

2. Select the page that you want to export.

3. Select File> Export> Scores.

In the Export Scores dialog, specify a location, name, and type for the exported le.

Specify a resolution for the le.

Click Save.

RESULT

The page of the score is exported and saved as the le type you specied.

RELATED LINKS

Exporting Images of Page Sections on page 44

Exporting Images of Page Sections

You can export a section of a page in various image formats. This allows you to import your scores into desktop publishing and drawing applications.

PROCEDURE

1. In the Scores menu, activate Page Mode.

2. On the Score Editor toolbar, click Select Export Range.

3. Drag a selection rectangle for the section of the score that you want to export.

NOTE

You can adjust the size of the rectangle by clicking and dragging its handles or move it by clicking and dragging.

4. Do one of the following:

● Double-click inside the rectangle.

● Select File> Export> Scores.

In the Export Scores dialog, specify a location, name, and type for the exported le.

Specify a resolution for the le.

Click Save.

RESULT

The selected section of the score is exported and saved as a le.

RELATED LINKS

Exporting Entire Scores as Image Files on page 44

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Transcribing MIDI Recordings

You can create scores by transcribing your MIDI recordings.

If the parts are complicated, the notes probably require some manual editing.

RELATED LINKS

Preparing Recorded Parts on page 45 Inserting Display Quantize Exceptions on page 46 Resolving Parts That Contain Mixed Notes and Triplets on page 48 Converting MIDI Notes to Match the Score on page 49 Adjusting Rests on page 49 Adjusting Note Lengths on page 50 Entering and Editing Notes on page 51 Score Editor Basics on page 27

Preparing Recorded Parts

PROCEDURE

1. Make a MIDI recording.

2. Select all parts on all tracks that you want to work on.

3. Optional: Do one or all of the following:

● Select Project> Duplicate Tracks to create a version of the track for scoring, and mute

the original track while you are preparing the score.

● Quantize the recordings to reduce the amount of detailed adjustments needed in the

Score Editor.

4. Select Scores> Open Score Editor.

5. In the Scores menu, activate Page Mode.

6. Activate a staff, select Scores> Settings, and make initial staff settings.

NOTE

Always click Apply before making another staff active.

RELATED LINKS

Resolving Parts That Contain Mixed Notes and Triplets on page 48 Score Settings – Staff Tab on page 92

Display Quantize Exceptions

Display quantize exceptions are useful if your score looks as expected except for a few bars.

You can use the Display Quantize tool to insert a display quantize exception at the beginning of the section and another one after it to restore to the current staff settings.

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You can make the display quantize exceptions visible by activating the Quantize option on the lters bar. A ag is shown under the staff for each Display Quantize exception.

To edit a display quantize event, double-click its ag, adjust the settings in the Display

● Quantize dialog, and click Apply.

● To remove a display quantize change, click its marker to select it and press Backspace or

Delete , or use the Erase tool.

RELATED LINKS

Inserting Display Quantize Exceptions on page 46 Display Quantize Dialog on page 47 Filters on page 16

Inserting Display Quantize Exceptions

Some situations may require different staff settings on different sections of the track. The staff settings are valid for the entire track, but you can insert changes wherever you like.

PROCEDURE

Select the Display Quantize tool on the toolbar.

The Display Quantize dialog opens.

2. Set the quantize values.

3. On the Filters bar, activate Quantize to show the quantize markers.

4. If you want to restore the settings to the ones used in the Score Settings dialog (Staff tab), click Restore to Staff.

5. Move the mouse over the staff where you want to insert a new Display Quantize value.

NOTE

You can also apply Display Quantize changes to active voices. To do this, activate the voice on the extended toolbar.

Use the Mouse Time Position display in the status line to nd the exact note position. The vertical position is not relevant.

Click the mouse button to insert a Display Quantize event.

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RESULT

The new quantize settings are now inserted into the staff at the position where you clicked. The settings are valid until a new change is inserted. Display Quantize events are always inserted for all voices.

If you are using polyphonic voices, you can insert a Display Quantize event for all voices by pressing Alt/Opt and clicking with the tool.

If Display Quantize Tool Affects All Voices is activated in the Miscellaneous category of the Score Settings dialog (Project–Notation Style page), Display Quantize events are always inserted for all voices.

RELATED LINKS

Display Quantize Dialog on page 47 Activating Voices and Entering Notes on page 108 Score Editor Toolbar on page 7 Filters on page 16 Status Line on page 14 Project – Notation Style Page on page 79 Polyphonic Voicing on page 106

Display Quantize Dialog

The Display Quantize dialog allows you to edit Q symbols/ags.

● To open the Display Quantize dialog, select Display Quantize on the Score Editor toolbar.

Notes

Set this value according to the smallest note position that you want to be displayed in the score. If the score contains only triplets, or mostly triplets, select one of the triplet options.

Rests

Set this value according to the smallest rest value that you want to be displayed in the score. If the score contains only triplets, or mostly triplets, select one of the triplet options.

This also determines how the length of notes is displayed. Set this value according to the smallest note length value you want to be displayed for a single note, positioned on a beat.

Syncopation

If this is set to Off, the program adds ties to long notes extending over beats. If this is

Relax or Full, it does not.

set to

No Overlap

Cuts off one note where the next starts.

16th Subgroups

Creates beamed subgroups of sixteenth note pairs.

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Consolidate Rests

Joins groups of two consecutive rests into one.

Restore to Staff

Sets the dialog to the settings made in the Score Settings dialog.

RELATED LINKS

Staff – Main Tab on page 93

Resolving Parts That Contain Mixed Notes and Triplets

You can split the notes on a staff into separate tracks or convert a polyphonic staff into polyphonic voices.

PREREQUISITE

You have created a copy of the original track. This is useful, because this operation changes the original MIDI data.

PROCEDURE

Select Scores> Functions> Explode.

2. In the Explode dialog, make your changes.

3. Click OK.

RESULT

A number of new tracks is now added to the score and the Project window.

RELATED LINKS

Explode Dialog on page 48 Moving Notes to Voices via the Explode Dialog on page 109

Explode Dialog

The Explode dialog allows you to move notes to different voices or tracks.

● To open the Explode dialog, select Scores> Functions> Explode.

To Polyphonic Voices

Allows you to move the notes to polyphonic voices.

To New Tracks

Allows you to move the notes to newly created tracks.

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Number of New Tracks

Allows you to set up how many new tracks are created for the notes. If you have a three-part polyphonic section and want to split this into three separate tracks, you must specify two new tracks, since the original track holds one of the parts.

Split Note

Moves all notes below a certain pitch to another track or another voice.

Lines to Tracks

Moves each musical line to one track or to another voice. The notes with the highest pitch remain on the original track or in the rst voice, the notes with the second highest pitch are moved to the rst new track or the second voice, and so on.

Bass to Lowest Voice

If this option is activated, the lowest notes always end up on the lowest track or the lowest voice.

RELATED LINKS

Explode Dialog on page 48

Converting MIDI Notes to Match the Score

You can change the lengths and positions of some or all the MIDI notes in the edited parts so that they have exactly the values shown on screen.

PREREQUISITE

You have duplicated your track as a backup.

PROCEDURE

1. Open the part in the Score Editor.

2. Make sure that the notes you want to change are not hidden.

3. Select Scores> Functions> Score Notes to MIDI.

RESULT

The notes are converted so that their lengths and positions match the displayed values exactly.

AFTER COMPLETING THIS TASK

Open the Score Settings dialog on the Staff tab and verify if you can deactivate some of the Display Quantize settings.

RELATED LINKS

Staff – Main Tab on page 93

Adjusting Rests

If there is no rest after a note although there should be one, you can try changing the settings in the

Score Settings dialog.

PROCEDURE

Open the Score Settings dialog (Staff–Main tab).

Do one of the following:

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● Activate Clean Lengths.

● Change the Notes value.

● Lower the Rests value.

3. Click Apply.

RELATED LINKS

Staff – Main Tab on page 93

Adjusting Note Lengths

If the recorded note is displayed with the wrong length, you can try changing the settings in the Score Settings dialog.

PROCEDURE

Open the Score Settings dialog (Staff–Main tab).

Set up the correct Display Quantize value for notes and rests.

Deactivate Auto Quantize unless you have mixed triplets and regular notes.

4. Deactivate No Overlap in the Interpretation Options section.

5. Click Apply.

RELATED LINKS

Staff – Main Tab on page 93

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Entering and Editing Notes

You can create scores by entering and editing notes in the Score Editor.

NOTE

In the Score Settings dialog (Project–Font Settings page), you can specify the font and style that is used for notes and other elements in the score.

RELATED LINKS

Project – Font Settings Page on page 75 Setting up the Font for Other Elements on page 189 Setting up the Staff on page 53 Note Values and Positions on page 54 Note Input on page 56 Note Selection on page 58 Note Editing Overlay on page 64 Editing Note Positions on page 60 Editing Note Pitches on page 61 Further Note Length Adjustment Methods on page 65 Moving Notes across Staves on page 62 Duplicating Notes on page 63 Cut, Copy, and Paste on page 63 Splitting Notes on page 68 Deleting Notes on page 68 Setting up a Split Staff on page 68 Multiple Staves on page 69

Snap

The notes that you enter or edit in the Score Editor snap to positions dened by the note length and quantize values.

The Snap Type pop-up menu on the toolbar allows you to select how notes are moved or copied.

Grid

●

Snaps notes to exact grid positions.

Grid Relative

●

Maintains a note in its relative position to the grid.

RELATED LINKS

Score Editor Toolbar on page 7 Note Input on page 56

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Acoustic Feedback

Acoustic Feedback allows you to hear the pitch of the note while moving to hear the pitch of the

note at the mouse position.

When entering or editing notes, consider activating Acoustic Feedback on the Score Editor toolbar.

RELATED LINKS

Score Editor Toolbar on page 7 Editing Note Pitches on page 61 Note Input on page 56

Lock Layers

You can assign different types of objects to different lock layers and instruct Cubase to lock one or two of these layers. This way, you cannot accidentally move other edit them.

To set up which type of object belongs to which lock layer, do one of the following:

●

In the Preferences dialog (Scores–Note Layer page) adjust the layer setting for each object type.

● Open the Set Up Score Lock Layers menu on the extended toolbar to show which object types are associated with that layer.

RELATED LINKS

Layers on page 139 Assigning Note Layer Symbols to Layers on page 140 Extended Toolbar on page 15 Activating Layers on page 141

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Setting up the Staff

Before you start entering notes, you must make some initial staff settings.

PROCEDURE

1. Do one of the following:

● Activate the staff, and select Scores> Settings.

● Double-click on the rectangle to the left of the staff.

● Activate the staff, and click Get Info on the extended toolbar.

Make your changes and click Apply.

If you want to reuse settings made for one track in other tracks, you can save some time by creating a staff preset.

NOTE

There are a number of staff presets available, set up to suit various instruments, for example. Use them as they are, or as starting points for your own settings.

Click anywhere in the staff or use the UpArrow /DownArrow keys to activate another staff.

4. Make your changes and click Apply.

RELATED LINKS

Staff – Main Tab on page 93 Score Settings – Staff Tab on page 92 Saving Staff Presets on page 93

Suggested Initial Settings

We suggest the following initial settings:

Option

Display Quantize: Notes 64

Display Quantize: Rests 64

Auto Quantize Activated

Syncopation Off

Suggested setting

Consolidate Rests Off

Clean Lengths Off

No Overlap Off

Shue Off

Key As required

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Option Suggested setting

Clef As required

Auto Clef Activate this if you want the program to select

Display Transpose value 0

Options tab settings As is

Polyphonic tab settings Staff Mode: Single

Tablature tab settings Tablature Mode deactivated

NOTE

If you set up Display Quantize values for notes and rests that are too large, the notes you try to enter may not be displayed as intended.

a treble or bass clef automatically.

RELATED LINKS

Setting up a Split Staff on page 68 Score Editor Basics on page 27 Staff – Main Tab on page 93

Note Values and Positions

The most important settings for entering notes are the position of the note, the length of the note, that is, the note value, and the minimum spacing between notes, that is, the value that is selected in the

RELATED LINKS

Note Positions on page 54 Selecting a Note Value for Input on page 55 Selecting a Quantize Preset on page 56

Note Positions

You can use the graphical position in the score to determine the note position. However, you can also verify the position numerically.

The relation between beats and bars depends on the time signature: In 4/4 there are 4 beats to a bar. In 8/8 there are eight, in 6/8 there are six, etc. The third number is the sixteenth note within the beat. The time signature determines the number of sixteenth notes to each beat. In a quarter-note-based time signature (4/4, 2/4, etc.), there are four sixteenth notes to each beat, in an eighth-note-based time signature (3/8, 4/8, etc.), there are two sixteenth notes, etc. The last value is in ticks, with 480 ticks per quarter note (and thus 120 ticks per sixteenth note).

Quantize Presets pop-up menu.

Some note positions and their corresponding position values:

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Eighth note positions

●

Eighth note triplet positions

●

Sixteenth note positions

●

Selecting a Note Value for Input

You can select a note value for note input.

PROCEDURE

Do one of the following:

●

● On the extended toolbar, activate a note symbol.

You can activate any note value from 1/1 to 1/64 and the dotted and triplet options.

● On the toolbar, select an option from the Length Quantize pop-up menu.

RESULT

The selected note value is displayed in the Length Quantize eld on the toolbar and reected by the cursor shape of the

Insert Note tool.

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RELATED LINKS

Length Quantize on page 11 Unusual Note Values on page 56

Unusual Note Values

Some unusual note values cannot be selected directly, for example, double dotted notes.

You can create those notes by changing the length of the note. You can glue notes together or use the

RELATED LINKS

Further Note Length Adjustment Methods on page 65 Editing Note Lengths with the Glue Tool on page 67 Editing the Displayed Note Lengths on page 67

Display Length feature.

Selecting a Quantize Preset

You can select a quantize preset. This is useful to control the positioning of notes. Selecting a Quantize Preset value of 1/8, for example, allows you to insert and move notes to eighth note positions, at quarter notes, at half bars, or at bar positions.

PROCEDURE

1. On the toolbar, open the Quantize Presets pop-up menu.

2. Select a value that corresponds to the smallest note value in the project.

RELATED LINKS

Quantize Presets on page 11

Note Input

You can show bars and beats positions when you insert notes.

You can enter and edit notes with the computer keyboard or with the mouse.

If you activate Show Bars and Beats Positions When Inserting Notes in the Preferences dialog

Scores—Editing page), the bars and beats positions are shown when you enter or edit notes.

( This allows you to nd the correct position.

NOTE

The position snaps to the grid that is dened by the quantize value.

RELATED LINKS

Entering Notes with the Computer Keyboard on page 57 Entering Notes with the Mouse on page 57 Snap on page 51 Acoustic Feedback on page 52 Selecting a Quantize Preset on page 56

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Entering Notes with the Computer Keyboard

You can enter notes with the computer keyboard.

PROCEDURE

1. On the extended toolbar, activate a note value button.

2. On the Score Editor toolbar, activate the Step/MIDI Input section.

3. Open the Set up Computer Keyboard Input pop-up menu, and make your settings.

4. Activate Computer Keyboard Input.

A note of the specied note value is shown at the cursor position.

NOTE

If Show Bars and Beats Positions When Inserting Notes is activated in the Preferences dialog (Scores—Editing page), the bars and beats positions are shown when you click and hold down the mouse button. This allows you to

Adjust the pitch of the note by doing one of the following:

nd the correct position.

● Press the key that corresponds to the note on your computer keyboard.

● Use the UpArrow /DownArrow key to transpose the note in semitone steps.

● Use the PageUp /PageDown key to transpose the note in octave steps.

6. Adjust the insert position of the note by using the LeftArrow and RightArrow key.

The value that is selected in the Quantize Presets pop-up menu is taken into account.

7. Adjust the length of the note by holding down Shift and using the LeftArrow and

RightArrow key.

This changes the note value step by step.

8. Enter chords by pressing Shift -Return and entering the chord notes.

RESULT

The notes are inserted.

RELATED LINKS

Extended Toolbar on page 15 Score Editor Toolbar on page 7

Entering Notes with the Mouse

You can enter notes with the mouse.

PROCEDURE

Activate the staff.

Do one of the following:

● On the extended toolbar, click a note value symbol.

● On the toolbar, select the Insert Note tool.

On the toolbar, open the Quantize Presets pop-up menu and select a value.

This determines the spacing between notes. If you select 1/1, you can only add notes at downbeats. If you select 1/8, you can add notes at eighth note positions, etc.

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4. Click in the staff and keep the mouse button pressed.

The Insert Note tool changes into a note symbol.

Adjust the pitch of the note by moving the mouse vertically.

NOTE

● If Use Mouse Wheel to Transpose Notes is activated in the Preferences dialog (Scores

● If Show Note Info by the Mouse is activated in the Preferences dialog (Scores—

Adjust the insert position by moving the mouse horizontally.

NOTE

Input chords by entering the chord notes at the same insert position.

—Editing page), you can change the pitch of the note with the mouse wheel.

Editing page), the position and pitch of the note is also shown in a tooltip next to the

pointer while you are dragging.

8. Release the mouse button to insert the note.

RESULT

The note is inserted.

IMPORTANT

If you activate Show Pitch When Inserting Notes in the Preferences dialog (Scores—Editing page), you do not need to keep the mouse button pressed to see the note as it would be inserted in the score.

RELATED LINKS

Score Editor Toolbar on page 7 Extended Toolbar on page 15 Activating a Staff on page 29 Selecting a Note Value for Input on page 55 Note Editing Overlay on page 64

Note Selection

There are several options to select notes.

RELATED LINKS

Selecting Notes by Clicking on page 59 Selecting Notes with the Object Selection Tool on page 59 Selecting Notes with the Arrow Keys on page 59 Selecting Tied Notes on page 60

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Selecting Notes by Clicking

You can select notes by clicking.

PROCEDURE

● Do one of the following:

● Select a note by clicking a notehead with the Object Selection tool.

● Select more notes by holding down Shift and clicking their noteheads.

● Select a note and all the following notes in the same staff by holding down Shift and

double-clicking a notehead.

RESULT

The notehead is highlighted to indicate that it is selected.

RELATED LINKS

Object Selection on page 7

Selecting Notes with the Object Selection Tool

You can select notes with the Object Selection tool.

PROCEDURE

1. Click in an empty area in the score with the Object Selection tool and keep the mouse button pressed.

2. Drag a selection rectangle to select the notes.

3. Release the mouse button.

RESULT

All notes with noteheads inside the rectangle are selected.

RELATED LINKS

Object Selection on page 7

Selecting Notes with the Arrow Keys

You can select notes with the keyboard.

PROCEDURE

Do one of the following:

●

● Select the previous note in the staff by using the LeftArrow key.

● Select the next note in the staff by using the RightArrow key.

● Select a series of notes by holding down Shift and using the LeftArrow or the

RightArrow key.

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RESULT

If you are working with polyphonic voices, you step through the notes on the current track, that is, in a split system, you step through the staves.

NOTE

If you want to use other keys for selecting notes, you can customize the settings in the Key

Commands dialog (Navigate category).

Selecting Tied Notes

You can select tied notes.

PROCEDURE

●

To select the entire note for editing, click the rst notehead of the tied note with the Object Selection tool.

IMPORTANT

If you activate Tied Notes Selected as Single Units in the Preferences dialog (Scores— Editing page), you can also select the entire note by clicking the notehead of the tied note.

RELATED LINKS

Tied Notes on page 132

Deselecting Notes

You can deselect notes.

PROCEDURE

● Click in an empty area of the score with the Object Selection tool.

Editing Note Positions

You can edit note time positions by dragging, by using the info line or by using key commands.

PROCEDURE

On the toolbar, open the Quantize Presets pop-up menu and select a quantize preset.

This helps you when you move notes to specic time positions.

Select the notes that you want to move.

Do one of the following:

● Press Ctrl/Cmd and drag the notes horizontally to a new position.

NOTE

If you want to see the position and pitch of the note in a tooltip while you drag, activate Show Note Info by the Mouse in the Preferences dialog (Scores—Editing page).

● On the info line, click the Start value eld and change the value to move the note to a

new time position.

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● Press Ctrl/Cmd -LeftArrow or Ctrl/Cmd- RightArrow .

RELATED LINKS

Selecting a Quantize Preset on page 56

Editing Note Pitches

You can edit note pitches by dragging, by using the info line or by using key commands.

PREREQUISITE

NOTE

To restrict vertical movement to inside the current key only, open the Event Movement Restrictions pop-up menu on the Score Editor toolbar, and activate Keep Notes within Key.

PROCEDURE

Select the notes that you want to move.

Do one of the following:

● Click one of the selected notes and drag it vertically to a new position.

On the status line, the Mouse Value displays the new pitch for the dragged note.

NOTE

If you want to see the position and pitch of the note in a tooltip while you drag, activate Show Note Info by the Mouse in the Preferences dialog (Scores—Editing page).

● On the info line, click the Pitch value eld and change the value to move the note to a

new note pitch.

NOTE

If you change the Pitch value for several selected notes, all selected notes are moved by an equal amount. To set all notes to the same pitch instead, hold down changing the value.

● Assign key commands to the Up and Down functions in the Nudge category of the Key

Commands dialog and use them.

RELATED LINKS

Setting up Note Names on page 41 Event Movement Restrictions on page 10 Acoustic Feedback on page 52 Selecting a Quantize Preset on page 56 Note Editing Overlay on page 64

Ctrl/Cmd while

Editing Note Pitches via MIDI

You can edit note pitches by using your MIDI keyboard.

PROCEDURE

On the toolbar, activate the MIDI Input button and the Record Pitch button to the right.

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2. Optional: Activate Record NoteOn Velocity and Record NoteOff Velocity if you also want to change the note-on and/or note-off velocity.

3. Select the rst note that you want to edit.

4. Press a key on your MIDI keyboard to assign a new pitch to the selected note.

The note takes on the pitch of the key you pressed, and the next note is selected automatically.

5. Optional: Press the LeftArrow and RightArrow key to select the previous or the next note.

RELATED LINKS

Setting up Note Names on page 41 Score Editor Toolbar on page 7 Event Movement Restrictions on page 10

Editing Note Pitches with the Transpose Palette

You can transpose selected notes by using the Transpose Palette.

PROCEDURE

1. Right-click the Score Editor toolbar, and activate Transpose Palette.

2. Select the notes that you want to transpose.

3. Do one of the following:

● To transpose the note up in steps of one semitone, click Move Up.

● To transpose the note down in steps of one semitone, click Move Down.

● To transpose the note up in steps of one octave, click Move Up More.

● To transpose the note down in steps of one octave, click Move Down More.

RELATED LINKS

Setting up Note Names on page 41 Event Movement Restrictions on page 10 Score Editor Toolbar on page 7

Moving Notes across Staves

You can move notes from one staff to another. This is useful if you edit several tracks.

PROCEDURE

On the toolbar, open the Quantize Presets pop-up menu and select a quantize preset.

This helps you when you move notes to specic time positions.

On the extended toolbar, make sure L is deactivated.

Select the notes on the same staff.

Click one of the notes and drag them to the new system.

The active staff rectangle indicates on which staff the dragged notes appear.

RESULT

The notes are moved to the other staff.

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RELATED LINKS

Extended Toolbar on page 15 Selecting a Quantize Preset on page 56

Duplicating Notes

You can duplicate notes, even on different systems at the same time.

PROCEDURE

1. On the toolbar, open the Quantize Presets pop-up menu, and select a quantize preset.

This helps you when you move notes to specic time positions.

Select the notes that you want to duplicate.

Press Alt/Opt and drag the notes to a new position.

NOTE

● To restrict movements to one direction, press Ctrl/Cmd while dragging.

● To restrict vertical movement to inside the current key only, open the Event Movement

Restrictions pop-up menu on the Score Editor toolbar, and activate Keep Notes within Key.

4. Release the mouse button.

RESULT

The duplicated notes are inserted.

RELATED LINKS

Copying Notes and Symbols between Bars on page 167 Event Movement Restrictions on page 10 Selecting a Quantize Preset on page 56

Cut, Copy, and Paste

You can use the regular commands to cut, copy, or paste notes.

Pasting Notes from the Clipboard

You can paste notes from the clipboard into your score.

PROCEDURE

Activate the staff into which you want to paste notes.

Hold down Alt/Opt -Shift , and click at the position in the score where you want the rst

note to appear.

This moves the project cursor to that position.

Select Edit> Paste or use the default key command Ctrl/Cmd -V .

RESULT

The notes are pasted into the score, beginning at the project cursor. If the cut or copied notes come from different staves, they are also inserted on different staves. Otherwise, the notes are

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inserted on the active staff. They keep the pitch and relative positions they had when you cut or copied them.

Note Editing Overlay

The Note Editing Overlay allows you to edit note durations, note time positions, display durations, and note velocities in a similar way as in the

● To display the Note Editing Overlay, activate the Note Editing Overlay section on the Score

Editor toolbar, and activate Note Editing Overlay On/Off.

Edit MIDI Note Duration

Allows you to edit the MIDI durations of the notes and the note positions.

Edit Display Duration

Allows you to edit the display durations of the notes.

Key Editor.

Edit Velocities

Allows you to edit the note velocities.

Snap

Snaps the durations and positions to the value that is set in the Quantize Presets pop-menu on the Score Editor toolbar.

Lock Overlay

Locks the overlay to the position from where you opened it. If you deactivate this, the overlay follows the mouse position.

NOTE

Moving the overlay to a different staff with the mouse automatically activates this staff for editing.

Show above/below Staff

Allows you to move the overlay above or below the active staff.

MIDI note durations/Display durations/Velocities

The note durations, the display durations and the velocities in the overlay are shown as rectangles, and the selected note duration or velocity is shown in the color that you

specied for Selected Events in the Preferences dialog (Scores–Colors for Additional Meanings page).

RELATED LINKS

Score Editor Toolbar on page 7 Editing Notes and Velocities Using the Overlay on page 65

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Editing Notes and Velocities Using the Overlay

You can edit note durations, note time positions, display durations, and note velocities in the Score Editor in a similar way as in the Key Editor.

PROCEDURE

1. On the toolbar, activate Note Editing Overlay On/Off.

2. Optional: Use the Zoom tool or the mouse wheel to zoom in on the bar that you want to edit.

3. Optional: Activate Lock Overlay to lock the overlay to a position.

Do one of the following:

● To edit the actual note durations in the overlay, activate Edit MIDI Note Duration, and

drag the ends of the rectangles to the left or right.

● To edit the displayed note durations in the overlay, activate Edit Display Duration, and

drag the ends of the rectangles to the left or right.

● To edit note positions in the overlay, activate Edit MIDI Note Duration, and drag the

rectangles to the left or right.

● To edit note velocities in the overlay, activate Edit Velocities, and drag the upper ends of

the rectangles up or down.

The object that is selected for editing is shown in a different color. Depending on your edits, the Start, End, Length, and Velocity value elds on the info line display the value changes while you are editing.

NOTE

Use the Options pop-up menu to display notes and velocities in the overlay in specic colors such as pitch colors, velocity colors, or channel colors.

You can change the color of the selected note in the Preferences dialog (Scores–Colors for

Additional Meanings page).

5. Optional: Move the mouse to a different bar and repeat the steps above. If Lock Overlay is

activated, you must deactivate this rst.

Moving the mouse to a different position moves the overlay. If you move the overlay to a different staff, this automatically activates this staff for editing.

6. When you are done, deactivate Note Editing Overlay On/Off on the Score Editor toolbar.

RELATED LINKS

Note Editing Overlay on page 64 Options on page 10 Zoom Tool on page 25 Zooming with the Mouse Wheel on page 26

Further Note Length Adjustment Methods

You can edit the actual length of the notes, or you can edit the displayed length of the notes.

The Score Editor is special in that it does not necessarily display the notes with their actual length. The appearance of notes and rests in the score is determined by the settings in the Score Settings dialog (Staff tab). Depending on your settings, notes may be displayed as if they were longer than they really are.

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Display Quantize

Entering and Editing Notes Further Note Length Adjustment Methods

RELATED LINKS

Editing Note Lengths with the Note Value Buttons on page 66 Score Settings – Staff Tab on page 92 Editing Note Lengths Using the Info Line on page 66 Editing Note Lengths with the Glue Tool on page 67 Editing the Displayed Note Lengths on page 67

Editing Note Lengths with the Note Value Buttons

You can edit the note length of one or more selected notes with the note value buttons on the extended toolbar.

PREREQUISITE

In the Score Settings dialog (Staff tab), the Display Quantize values for notes and rests are set up in a way that they allow to display notes of the desired note value. Depending on your settings, notes may be displayed as if they were longer than they really are.

PROCEDURE

Select the notes that you want to change.

Hold down Ctrl/Cmd , and on the extended toolbar, click one of the note value buttons.

NOTE

You must select a note value that is larger than the current note value.

RESULT

The note length of the selected notes changes according to the note value button that you clicked.

RELATED LINKS

Score Settings – Staff Tab on page 92

Editing Note Lengths Using the Info Line

You can enter and edit note lengths by using the info line.

PREREQUISITE

In the Score Settings dialog (Staff tab), the Display Quantize values for notes and rests are set up in a way that they allow you to display notes of the desired note value. Depending on your settings, notes may be displayed as if they were longer than they really are.

PROCEDURE

Select the notes that you want to change.

On the info line, click the Length value eld and change the value to change the note length.

RESULT

The note length of the selected notes changes accordingly.

RELATED LINKS

Info Line on page 15

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Editing Note Lengths with the Glue Tool

You can edit note lengths by gluing notes of the same pitch together.

PREREQUISITE

PROCEDURE

Select the notes that you want to glue together.

On the toolbar, select the Glue tool.

Click the rst note.

RESULT

This note is glued to the next note with the same pitch. The note length changes according. By gluing together a quarter note, an eighth note, and a sixteenth note, you get a double dotted quarter note, for example.

RELATED LINKS

Glue on page 8 Display Quantize on page 94

Editing the Displayed Note Lengths

You can change the displayed length of notes without affecting how they play back.

PROCEDURE

● Do one of the following:

● On the toolbar, select the Display Quantize tool, and click the note.

● Click a note event, in the right zone open the Extended Options section, and enter a

value in the Disp. Length eld.

● Double-click a note event, and in the Set Note Info dialog, enter a value in the Disp.

Length eld, and click Apply.

RESULT

The note is now displayed according to its display length setting.

RELATED LINKS

Score Settings – Staff Tab on page 92 Set Note Info Dialog on page 117 Extended Options Section on page 121 Display Quantize Dialog on page 47 Inserting Display Quantize Exceptions on page 46

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Splitting Notes

You can split two notes that are strung together by a tie.

PROCEDURE

1. On the Score Editor toolbar, select the Split tool.

2. Click the second note, that is, the note that is tied.

RESULT

The note is divided into two. Both note lengths are kept.

Before and after splitting a tied note

RELATED LINKS

Score Editor Toolbar on page 7 Tied Notes on page 132

Deleting Notes

You can delete notes.

PROCEDURE

● Do one of the following:

● On the toolbar, select the Erase tool, and click the notes that you want to erase.

● On the toolbar, select the Erase tool, draw a selection rectangle around the notes that

you want to erase, and click any of the notes.

● Select the notes that you want to erase, and select Edit> Delete.

● Select the notes that you want to erase, and press Delete or Backspace on the

computer keyboard.

RELATED LINKS

Score Editor Toolbar on page 7

Setting up a Split Staff

You can set up a split staff.

PROCEDURE

Activate the staff.

Select Scores> Settings.

Select the Staff tab and open the Polyphonic page.

Open the Staff Mode pop-up menu, and select Split.

Set a value in the Split Point eld.

Notes below the set split point are moved to the lower clef, notes above the split point are moved to the upper clef.

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6. Click Apply.

RESULT

The staff is split at C3.

Before and after setting a split at C3

AFTER COMPLETING THIS TASK

If the default piano clef settings for the upper and lower staff are not what you want, open the Main tab in the Score Settings dialog, and in the Key/Clef section, adjust these settings.

RELATED LINKS

Activating a Staff on page 29 Setting the Initial Clef, Key, and Time Signature on page 30 Staff – Main Tab on page 93 Staff – Polyphonic Tab on page 100

Multiple Staves

When you have parts on several tracks selected in the Project window, these are put on one staff each when you open the

The settings in the Score Settings dialog (Staff tab) are specic to each staff. You can keep the

Score Settings dialog open and select one staff after the other, make your settings, and click Apply.

NOTE

If several staves share settings, consider saving a staff preset, and apply it to the other staves one at a time.

You can select notes from one or several staves at the same time, using any of the selection methods.

When you enter or edit notes, use the Mouse Value display on the status line to determine the pitch. Whether a note ends up on the upper or lower staff is governed by the in the Score Settings dialog (Staff–Polyphonic tab).

Score Editor. This allows you to work on several staves in parallel.

Split Point setting

If you want to put two notes with the same pitch on different staves in different parts of the score, use polyphonic voicing.

RELATED LINKS

Saving Staff Presets on page 93 Score Settings – Staff Tab on page 92

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Staff – Polyphonic Tab on page 100 Entering and Editing Notes on page 51 Polyphonic Voicing on page 106

Inserting Clefs, Keys, or Time Signatures

You can insert clef, key, or time signature changes anywhere in the score.

PROCEDURE

1. On the Symbols tab, open the Clefs etc. section.

Select the symbol that you want to insert.

Do one of the following:

● To insert the symbol on one staff, click the position where you want to insert the symbol.

● To insert the symbol on all staves, hold down Alt/Opt , and click the position where you

want to insert the symbol.

NOTE

● You can use the Mouse Time Position display on the status line to nd the exact

location.

● You can only insert time signature changes at the beginning of a bar. Time signature

changes are inserted on the signature track, which affects all tracks.

RESULT

If you insert a key change, Display Transpose is taken into account. This means that if you set all staves to a new key, the staves set to change.

NOTE

If some of the staves are bracketed, straight brackets only, as set up in the Score Settings dialog (Layout tab) inserting a symbol for one of these staves inserts it for all other staves within the bracket. Staves outside the bracket are not affected.

RELATED LINKS

Clefs Section on page 144 Status Line on page 14 Display Transpose on page 97 Adding Brackets and Braces on page 218

Display Transpose still show the correct key after the key

Editing Clefs, Keys, and Time Signatures

If you double-click a symbol, a dialog opens where you can change the settings.

If you hold down Alt/Opt when double-clicking, all symbols at the same position are changed accordingly. With keys, the

In the Score Settings dialog (Project–Notation Style page), you can nd several options for

● how clef, key, and time signature changes are displayed.

You can also adjust the automatic spacing between these symbols in the Score Settings dialog (Project–Spacings page).

Display Transpose value is taken into account.

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RELATED LINKS

Project – Notation Style Page on page 79 Project – Spacings Page on page 87

Moving Clefs Graphically

You can move the clef graphically, without disturbing the relation between the clef and the notes.

PREREQUISITE

Page Mode is active.

PROCEDURE

On the toolbar, select the Layout tool.

Click the clef and drag it to the desired position.

NOTE

When you insert a clef change in the score, you can decide whether this has the same size as

rst (default) clef symbol or whether it is displayed with a smaller symbol. Right-click the

the symbol and activate/deactivate Display Clef Changes as Small Symbols.

NOTE

If Warnings for New Clef at Line Breaks is activated on the Clef context menu and you inserted a clef change at a line break in the score, the clef change symbol is inserted in the last bar before the staff break. If this option is deactivated, the symbol is inserted in the bar of the next staff line.

RELATED LINKS

Page Mode on page 14

Troubleshooting for Note Display

When I enter a note with one value, it is shown as a note with another value.

● In the Score Settings dialog (Staff–Main tab), lower the Rests value.

● In the Score Settings dialog (Staff–Main tab), deactivate Auto Quantize,

especially if you do not have any triplets or triplets only.

When I change the length of a note, nothing happens.

In the Score Settings dialog (Staff–Main tab), set the Notes value to the smallest

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value that you have in your project.

Notes are still shown with the wrong values although I have adjusted Display Quantize and the other staff settings.

rst

Insert Display Quantize events.

●

Use polyphonic voicing.

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Select Scores> Functions> Score Notes to MIDI.

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There are a number of short rests after my notes.

In the Score Settings dialog (Staff –Main tab), raise the Rests value.

●

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● In the Score Settings dialog (Staff –Main tab), activate Clean Lengths.

In the Score Settings dialog, I change the Display Quantize settings on the Staff page (Main subpage) and nothing happens.

● Click Apply.

● Did you already insert Display Quantize events in the score? These override the

staff settings.

There is a pause after a note that I don’t want.

● Lengthen the note physically or graphically or delete it and add a new one with the

correct note value.

NOTE

If this problem occurs a lot in your score, raise the Rests value in the Display

Quantize section of the Score Settings dialog (Staff–Main tab).

Notes are not displayed at the correct positions.

●

In the Score Settings dialog (Staff–Main tab), change the Notes value.

One long note is shown as many tied notes.

● Set up polyphonic voicing if other notes occur at the same positions but with

different lengths.

● In the Interpretation Options section of the Score Settings dialog (Staff–Main

tab), select a Syncopation option if the notes are syncopated.

Notes are not tied as I want them.

● Use the Cut Notes tool.

When I select a note, nothing is shown on the info line.

● The note is probably tied to another note. This means that the second note does

not really exist, it is just a graphic indication that the main note is long. Select the main note instead.

The note has an accidental when it shouldn’t, or it doesn’t when it should.

● Move the note to the correct pitch or use enharmonic shifting.

RELATED LINKS

Display Quantize on page 94 Interpretation Options on page 95 Inserting Display Quantize Exceptions on page 46 Enharmonic Shift buttons on page 15 Cut Notes on page 8

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Score Settings Dialog

The Score Settings dialog is divided into several tabs that allow you to set up your score.

To open the Score Settings dialog, do one of the following:

● Open the Score Editor, and select Scores> Settings.

●

In the Score Editor, double-click to the left of a staff.

NOTE

You must click Apply to apply your settings.

The Score Settings is divided into several tabs:

Project

Allows you to set up the font, notation style, accidentals, chord symbols, guitar library, and spacings for your project.

Layout

Allows you to set up a layout for your score.

Staff

Allows you to make settings for the staff and note appearance.

Text

Allows you to make settings for lyrics and other text.

RELATED LINKS

Score Settings – Project Tab on page 74 Score Settings – Layout Tab on page 89 Score Settings – Staff Tab on page 92 Score Settings – Text Tab on page 103

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Score Settings – Project Tab

On the Project tab, you can specify which font and style are used for various elements in the score.

To open the Project tab of the Score Settings dialog, do one of the following:

● Open the Score Editor, select Scores> Settings, and select the Project tab.

● In the Score Editor, double-click to the left of a staff, and select the Project tab.

NOTE

You must click Apply to apply your settings.

The Project tab is divided into several sections:

Pages

Select a page to show its settings in the right section of the dialog.

Functions

● Load Current Pane

Loads an XML le containing settings for this page.

● Load all

Loads an XML le containing settings for all the pages.

Save

●

Saves the settings for all the pages as an XML le.

Default

Loads the default settings.

Apply

Applies the current settings.

RELATED LINKS

Score Settings Dialog on page 73 Project – Font Settings Page on page 75

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Project – Notation Style Page on page 79 Project – Accidentals Page on page 84 Project – Chord Symbols Page on page 85 Project – Guitar Library Page on page 86 Project – Spacings Page on page 87

Project – Font Settings Page

On the Font Settings page, you can specify which font and style are used for various elements in the score.

To open the Font Settings page of the Score Settings dialog, do one of the following:

●

Open the Score Editor, select Scores> Settings, select the Project tab, and in the Pages list,

Font Settings.

click

●

In the Score Editor, double-click to the left of a staff, select the Project tab, and in the Pages list, click Font Settings.

NOTE

You must click Apply to apply your settings.

NOTE

If you select text in the score display, the font options are also shown in the right zone of the Score Editor. These options only affect the selected element.

RELATED LINKS

Score Settings – Project Tab on page 74 Creating Text Attribute Sets on page 187 Melisma Lines on page 195 Right Zone on page 20

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Project Text

On the Font Settings page, you can specify which font and style are used for various elements in the score.

To open the Font Settings page of the Score Settings dialog, do one of the following:

● Open the Score Editor, select Scores> Settings, select the Project tab, and in the Pages list, click Font Settings.

● In the Score Editor, double-click to the left of a staff, select the Project tab, and in the Pages list, click Font Settings.

NOTE

You must click Apply to apply your settings.

The following options are available:

Score Font

This allows you to specify a font for the symbols and notes used in the score.

NOTE

Cubase features the SMuFL-compliant fonts Bravura and Petaluma. SMuFL, that is, Standard Music Font Layout, is a font required for music notation onto a standard layout. This allows for a new standard glyph mapping for musical symbols that is optimized for modern font formats.

specication that maps all the different symbols

Font

Font For

Allows you to select to which element the font is applied.

Set

Allows you to select an attribute set. You can dene and save attribute sets on the Attribute Sets tab. Select None to make manual settings.

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Font

Allows you to specify the font for the text.

NOTE

The Steinberg fonts are special fonts that Cubase uses. They are not suited for common text.

Size

Sets the size of the text.

Font Options

Frame

Allows you to encase the text in a rectangular or oval frame.

Melisma Style

Allows you to specify whether the melisma line is dotted or solid.

Melisma lines are shown when you add a text symbol and you drag the handle at the right edge of the text block to the right. This can be used for specifying duration or for indicating lyrics sung over several syllables, for example.

Melisma End

Positioning

Alignment

Bold/Italic/Underline

NOTE

You must click Apply for the changes to take effect.

RELATED LINKS

Project – Font Settings Page on page 75

Attribute Sets

Allows you to specify how the melisma line ends.

Allows you to select which side of the text block is used for calculating its position.

This has an effect in situations where that text block is moved by the Auto Layout function.

Allows you to specify the alignment of the text.

These options are only valid for texts with more than one line.

Allow you to show the text in bold, italic and/or underlined.

On the Font Settings page, you can specify which font and style are used for various elements in the score.

To open the Font Settings page of the Score Settings dialog, do one of the following:

Open the Score Editor, select Scores> Settings, select the Project tab, and in the Pages list,

● click Font Settings.

In the Score Editor, double-click to the left of a staff, select the Project tab, and in the Pages

● list, click Font Settings.

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NOTE

You must click Apply to apply your settings.

The following options are available:

Font Set

Allows you to create and edit text attribute sets for the appearance of text.

Attribute sets are available in the text sections of the Score Settings dialog.

Font

Allows you to specify the font for the text.

NOTE

The Steinberg fonts are special fonts that Cubase uses. They are not suited for common text.

Font Size

Sets the size of the text.

Font Options

Frame

Allows you to encase the text in a rectangular or oval frame.

Melisma Style

Allows you to specify whether the melisma line is dotted or solid.

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Melisma End

Allows you to specify how the melisma line ends.

Positioning

Allows you to select which side of the text block is used for calculating its position.

This has an effect in situations where that text block is moved by the Auto Layout function.

Alignment

Allows you to specify the alignment of the text.

These options are only valid for texts with more than one line.

Bold

Allows you to show the text in bold.

Italic

Allows you to show the text in italics.

Underline

Allows you to show the text underlined.

NOTE

You must click Apply for the changes to take effect.

RELATED LINKS

Project – Font Settings Page on page 75 Creating Text Attribute Sets on page 187

Project – Notation Style Page

The Notation Style page allows you to specify how the score is displayed.

To open the Notation Style page of the Score Settings dialog, do one of the following:

● Open the Score Editor, select Scores> Settings, select the Project tab, and in the Pages list, click Notation Style.

● In the Score Editor, double-click to the left of a staff, select the Project tab, and in the Pages list, click Notation Style.

NOTE

You must click Apply to apply your settings.

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The Notation Style page is divided into several categories:

Groupings

Use Click Patterns for Groupings

Allows you to use the click pattern for grouping and beaming.

Page Numbers

Offset

Adds an offset to the page numbering if you have inserted page numbers.

Keys

Key Changes for the Entire Project

Applies all key changes to the entire project. If you activate this, you cannot dene different keys for different staves of your project.

Warnings for new Keys at Line Breaks

Shows key changes at the end of a line and at the beginning of the next line.

Show Naturals

If a change to another key occurs, naturals are inserted to nullify any sharps and ats that relate to the previous key.

Time Sign

Warnings for new Timesig at Line Breaks

Shows time signature changes at the end of a line and at the beginning of the next line.

Size of ‘Modern’ Time Signature

Allows you to adjust the size of modern time signatures.

Display Double Barlines on Timesig Change

Inserts double barlines at every time signature change in the score.

Clef

Warnings for New Clef at Line Breaks

Shows clef changes at line breaks at the end of a line and at the beginning of the next line.

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Display Clef Changes as Small Symbols

Shows inserted clef changes as smaller symbols than at the beginning of the staff.

Staff Names

Show Staff Names to Left of Staff

Shows staff names to the left of the staff rather than above it.

Show Long Staff Names on new Pages

Displays the long staff name on the rst staff of every page.

Barlines

Grand Staff Barlines in old Choral Style

Shows barlines in grand staves in choral style so that they never cross the staves.

Break Barlines with Brackets

Breaks barlines above and below the bracketed staves to give a clearer indication of which staves belong together.

Break Last Brackets

Determines whether the breaking of bracketed staves also applies to the barline at the end of each row.

Hide First Barline in Parts

Hides the rst barline of parts that you open in the Score Editor.

Rhythmic Notation

Filled Notehead

Allows you to select a notehead for quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, etc.

Outlined Notehead

Allows you to select a notehead for whole notes and half notes.

Display Ties Across Barlines

If you activate this option, notes that are tied across barlines in regular notation are shown with a tie symbol in rhythmic notation.

Lyrics

Lyrics left-aligned to Note

Aligns lyrics with the left sides of notes.

Don’t Sync Lyrics

Keeps note positions when you insert lyrics.

Don’t Center Hyphens

Places hyphens adjacent to the preceding syllable when you separate your lyrics by syllables.

Bar Numbers

Show Every

Allows you to set how often bar numbers are shown above the bars.

First Bar Number to Barline

Shows the bar number on the rst bar of each staff.

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Show Range with Multi-Bar Rests

Shows the bar number for a multi-bar rest as a range.

Below Barlines

Shows bar numbers below the staff rather than above the staff.

Auto Space

Automatically adjusts the vertical position of the bar numbers depending on the contents of the bars.

Beams

Thick Beams

Shows beams as thick lines.

Show Small Slants as Flat Beams

Displays beams straight that would otherwise be slightly slanted.

Slanted Beams only Slightly Slanted

Displays beams only slightly slanted even if there is a signicant pitch difference between the notes under the beam.

Multi-Bar Rests

Church Style

Shows multi-bar rests in church style, that is, with vertical bars, rather than with the regular, horizontal symbols.

Numbers above Symbol

Shows multiple rest numbers above the symbol.

Snap Rests moved with the Layout Tool

Snaps rest symbols vertically to the closest position on a line or exactly between two lines when you move a rest with the

Layout tool.

Tuplets

Tuplet Brackets

Allows you to determine whether brackets embracing tuplet groups are shown always, never, or only when the tuplets are displayed on the head side.

Display Tuplet values by the Beams

Displays tuplets on the beam side of the notes instead of on the notehead side.

Suppress Recurring Tuplets

If you have several tuplets of the same type in the same bar, only the rst group gets a number indication.

Show Tuplet Brackets as ‘Slurs’

Shows tuplet brackets with the same shape as slurs, as opposed to angled brackets.

Accents

Accents above Stems

Displays accent at the stem side of notes instead of by the notehead.

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Accents above Staves

Displays accent note symbols above the staff, regardless of the stem direction of the notes. This setting overrides Accents above Stems.

Center Note-linked Symbols On Stems

Centers symbols that are linked to notes on the stems rather than on the noteheads.

Miscellaneous

Display Quantize Tool Affects All Voices

Applies changes that you perform with the Display Quantize tool to all voices on the staff.

Hide Pedal Markers

Hides pedal markers for MIDI sustain pedal messages that you have recorded from the score.

Hide Expression Map Symbols

Hides expression map symbols from the score.

Rehearsals: skip ‘J’

Skips the letter j when you use rehearsal letters in your score.

Draw Damper Pedals as

Allows you to specify if pedal up/down combinations are displayed as two symbols, as symbol plus bracket, or as two brackets.

H. W. Henze Style

Centered Stems

Centers noteheads above stems.

Flat Ties

Displays ties as at lines, rather than as regular curved ties.

Beam-like Flags

Shows note ags as vertical lines.

Slanted Flags

Makes the ags slant downwards.

Accidentals for Each Note

Shows accidentals for both notes in a tied pair.

Special Braces

Uses simpler types of braces.

Beamed Rests

Shows beams for rests.

NOTE

You must click Apply for the changes to take effect.

RELATED LINKS

Score Settings – Project Tab on page 74

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Project – Accidentals Page

On the Accidentals page, you can specify how the program shows accidentals in the score.

To open the Accidentals page of the Score Settings dialog, do one of the following:

● Open the Score Editor, select Scores> Settings, select the Project tab, and in the Pages list,

Accidentals.

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● In the Score Editor, double-click to the left of a staff, select the Project tab, and in the Pages list, click Accidentals.

NOTE

You must click Apply to apply your settings.

The Accidentals page is divided into several sections:

Mode

Courtesy Acc Distance

Shows accidentals for notes outside the key.

Use the Bars value eld to specify after how many bars you want courtesy accidentals to be displayed. 0 shows no courtesy accidentals.

Force

Shows accidentals for all notes outside the key, and repeats accidentals even within the same bar.

Force all

Shows accidentals for every single note in the score.

Enharmonic shift for entire bar

Applies enharmonic shift to entire bars.

Use Chord Track for Accidentals

Uses the chord track to determine the accidentals in the score.

Outside the Scale

Interval buttons

Allow you to display the most common intervals as sharps or ats.

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RELATED LINKS

Score Settings – Project Tab on page 74

Project – Chord Symbols Page

The Chord Symbols page allows you to change how chord symbols are displayed in your score.

To open the Chord Symbols page of the Score Settings dialog, do one of the following:

● Open the Score Editor, select Scores> Settings, select the Project tab, and in the Pages list, click Chord Symbols.

●

In the Score Editor, double-click to the left of a staff, select the Project tab, and in the Pages list, click Chord Symbol.

NOTE

You must click Apply to apply your settings.

The Chord Symbols page is divided into several sections:

Chord Symbols Font

Root

Species the font size for the root note in the chord.

Type

Species the font size for the letters that indicate the type of chord.

Tensions

Species the font size for the tensions in chord symbols.

Bass

Species the font size for the letter that indicates the bass note in a chord.

Options

Align Bass Note

Shows bass notes on the same vertical position as the rest of the characters.

Tensions Bottom

Shows tensions on the same vertical position as the rest of the characters.

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Scale Chords

Scales the chord size with the system size.

Use Display Transpose

If Display Transpose is activated in the Score Settings dialog (Staff–Main tab), chord symbols change accordingly.

RELATED LINKS

Score Settings – Project Tab on page 74 Setting up Note Names on page 41

Project – Guitar Library Page

The Guitar Library page allows you to dene guitar symbols for all common chords. These symbols are used in the function.

To open the Guitar Library page of the Score Settings dialog, do one of the following:

●

Open the Score Editor, select Scores> Settings, select the Project tab, and in the Pages list, click Guitar Library.

● In the Score Editor, double-click to the left of a staff, select the Project tab, and in the Pages list, click Guitar Library.

Guitar Symbol dialog or when you use the Make Chord Symbols

NOTE

You must click Apply to apply your settings.

The following options are available on the Guitar Library page:

Guitar

Shows all dened guitar symbols. Double-click a symbol to open the Guitar Symbol dialog where you can edit the symbol.

Chord

Shows the chord symbol for the guitar symbol. Double-click a symbol to open the New Chord Symbol dialog where you can edit the symbol.

New

Adds an empty guitar symbol below the selected symbol.

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Remove

Removes the selected guitar symbol.

Sort

Sorts the guitar symbols from top to bottom according to their scale, starting with C chords and ending with B chords.

Use for Make Chord Symbols

If you use Make Chord Symbols, this inserts guitar symbols together with regular chords if tting guitar symbols can be found. If several guitar symbols are available for a specic chord, the rst one is used.

Small Display

Shows the chord symbols in the list in the size they will have in the score.

RELATED LINKS

Score Settings – Project Tab on page 74 Setting up Note Names on page 41

Project – Spacings Page

The Spacings page allows you to specify the spacing and other layout aspects of objects in the score.

To open the Spacings page of the Score Settings dialog, do one of the following:

● Open the Score Editor, select Scores> Settings, select the Project tab, and in the Pages list, click Spacings.

● In the Score Editor, double-click to the left of a staff, select the Project tab, and in the Pages list, click Spacings.

NOTE

You must click Apply to apply your settings.

The following options are available on the Spacings page:

Before rst Chord

The distance between the barline and the rst note in each bar.

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Clef Change to following Bar

The distance between a clef inserted at the beginning of a bar and the barline that comes after it.

Bar to Main Clef

The distance between the beginning of a staff and the rst clef on the line.

Clef to Key Signature

The distance between the clef and key signature symbols at the beginning of a staff.

Key Signature to Time Signature

The distance between the key signature and time signature symbols at the beginning of a staff.

Time Signature Change to Bar

The distance between an inserted time signature symbol and the barline coming after it.

Note to Dot

The distance between notes and their dots.

Note to Accidental

The distance between notes and their accidentals.

Behind Grace Notes

The spacing between grace notes belonging to the same note and the spacing to the note they belong to.

Between Accidentals

The vertical distance between accidentals in a chord.

Accidentals within Key Signatures

The spacing between each accidental symbol in the group of accidentals displayed at the beginning of each staff.

Height of Ties

The height of ties.

Height of Notehead Ties

The height of a bow up/bow down symbol.

Tie Thickness

The thickness of all ties.

Slur Thickness

The thickness of all slurs.

Bezier Thickness

The thickness of all Bezier slurs.

Slur’s Start and End Distance from Notehead

Allows you to adjust how far the end points of slurs are from the noteheads they belong to.

Slur’s Middle Distance from Notehead

Allows you to adjust the vertical position of the middle of slurs.

First Bar Number - Horizontal Offset

Sets the horizontal distance between the bar number and the barline for the rst bar on each staff.

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First Bar Number - Vertical Offset

Sets the vertical distance between the bar number and the barline for the rst bar on each staff.

Other Bar Numbers - Horizontal Offset

Sets the horizontal distance between the bar number and the barline for all other bars.

Other Bar Numbers - Vertical Offset

Sets the vertical distance between the bar number and the barline for all other bars.

Staff Separator - Horizontal Offset

Allows you to indent staff separators from the left margin.

Staff Separator - Vertical Offset

Allows you to move all staff separators vertically.

Track Name - Horizontal Offset

The horizontal distance between the track name and the beginning of the staff.

Track Name - Vertical Offset

The vertical distance between the track name and the staff.

Short Track Name - Horizontal Offset

Adjusts the horizontal distance between staves and their short track names.

Short Track Name - Vertical Offset

Adjusts the vertical distance between staves and their short track names.

Multi-Bar Rest Height

Adjusts the heights of multi-bar rest symbols.

Multi-Bar Rest Width

Adjusts the widths of multi-bar rest symbols.

Density of Note Placement

The minimum distance between chords/notes in a bar. Raising this value makes the bars wider.

Density of Lyric Placement

The minimum distance between lyric syllables. Raising this value makes the lyrics spacing wider.

Auto Space/Edit Mode

Raise this value to decrease the number of bars across the page in Edit Mode.

Default Line Width

The thickness of all lines that do not have a specic width adjustment.

Line Width [for option]

Allows you to trim the line widths for various elements in the score.

RELATED LINKS

Score Settings – Project Tab on page 74

Score Settings – Layout Tab

On the Layout tab, you can make settings for the different layouts.

To open the Score Settings dialog, do one of the following:

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● Open the Score Editor, and select Scores> Settings.

● In the Score Editor, double-click to the left of a staff.

NOTE

You must click Apply to apply your settings.

The following sections are available:

Layouts

Layouts list

Lists all layouts of the project. The current layout is highlighted.

Functions

Functions menu

Allows you to remove, clean up, copy, export, or import the current layout.

Track

Track list

Allows you to show/hide the following elements for the selected track:

● Braces

Braces that encompass the staves. Drag the ends of the indicator to edit the braces, click the indicator to remove a brace.

Brackets

●

Brackets that encompass the staves. Drag the ends of the indicator to edit the brackets, click the indicator to remove a bracket.

Track

●

The name of the MIDI track.

●

The time signature symbol. This is only shown if Modern Time Sign. is activated in

Options section to the right.

the

●

The staff name.

●

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Layout symbols such as rehearsal marks.

● D

Display transpose.

● C

Chord track symbols. These can only be shown on one staff.

Layout Name

The name of the layout. By default, this corresponds to the name of the MIDI track.

Options

●

Equal Spacing

Notes take up space according to their note value.

●

Size

Allows you to set the staff size as a percentage value of the normal size.

● Multi-Bar Rests

Allows you to set how many empty bars are allowed before rests that last longer than a bar are replaced with a multi-bar rest symbol.

● Real Book

Shows clef symbols on the rst staff on each page only.

● Staff Separators

Inserts separator symbols at the beginning of each grand staff.

● Modern Time Sign.

Shows time signatures above the staves rather than in them. You can set the size of the modern time signature in the Style page). You can use the T column in the track list to specify for which tracks time signatures are displayed.

Score Settings dialog (Project–Notation

Staff Names

Show Staff Names for this Staff

Determines whether staff names are shown.

NOTE

You can use the N column in the track list of the Score Settings dialog (Layout tab) to hide or show staff names for individual tracks in the layout.

From Tracks

Uses the names of the tracks as staff names. If this is deactivated, the names specied for each staff in the Score Settings dialog (Staff–Main tab) are used instead.

RELATED LINKS

Score Settings Dialog on page 73

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Adding Brackets and Braces on page 218 Displaying Chord Symbols from the Chord Track on page 177 Multi-Bar Rests on page 223 Project – Notation Style Page on page 79

Score Settings – Staff Tab

The Staff tab shows the settings for the currently active staff.

To open the Score Settings dialog, do one of the following:

●

Open the Score Editor, and select Scores> Settings.

●

In the Score Editor, double-click to the left of a staff.

NOTE

You must click Apply to apply your settings.

The Staff tab is divided into several tabs:

Main

Shows settings for the active staff.

Options

Shows additional settings for the active staff.

Polyphonic

Shows settings for polyphonic voices or split staves.

Tablature

Shows settings for tablatures.

Common Settings for All Tabs

Tracks

Select a track to show its settings in the right section of the dialog.

Presets

Apply a staff preset by selecting it from the pop-up menu.

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The program comes with a number of staff presets, set up to suit various instruments.

Store allows you to save the current settings as a preset.

Remove allows you to remove the selected preset.

RELATED LINKS

Score Settings Dialog on page 73 Saving Staff Presets on page 93 Staff – Main Tab on page 93 Staff – Options Tab on page 97 Staff – Polyphonic Tab on page 100

Saving Staff Presets

You can save staff presets and load them whenever you work with a staff similar to one you have worked on before. This is useful because making staff settings for your scores can be time-consuming.

PREREQUISITE

You have set up the staff to your liking.

NOTE

There are a number of staff presets available, set up to suit various instruments, for example. If you select a preset, the corresponding settings are loaded. To apply these settings to a staff, you must click

PROCEDURE

1. Open the Score Settings dialog (Staff tab).

2. In the Presets section, click Store.

3. Enter a name for the preset in the dialog, and click OK.

RESULT

The preset is now available on the Presets pop-up menu in all projects. It includes all settings from

The staff presets are saved as individual les in the Staff Presets folder of the Presets folder within the

RELATED LINKS

Score Settings – Staff Tab on page 92

Apply.

Staff tab.

Cubase program folder.

Staff – Main Tab

The Main tab shows the settings for the active staff.

To open the Score Settings dialog, do one of the following:

Open the Score Editor, and select Scores> Settings.

●

In the Score Editor, double-click to the left of a staff.

●

NOTE

You must click Apply to apply your settings.

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The Main tab is divided into several sections:

Staff Names

Long

Allows you to specify a name for the staff that is shown for the very rst system in the score.

NOTE

To show the long name at the beginning of each new page, activate Show Long Staff Names on New Pages in the Score Settings dialog (Project–Notation Style page).

On the Layout tab of the Score Settings dialog, you can activate/deactivate that names are shown at all. Here, you can also determine that the names of the edited MIDI tracks are used instead.

Short

Allows you to specify a name for the staff that is shown for all systems in the score.

If you do not want a name shown for each system in the score, delete the short name.

Display Quantize

Display Quantize determines how MIDI notes are interpreted and helps you to make your music

appear as legible as possible.

NOTE

A common setting is having Notes set to 16 (sixteenth notes) and Rests to 4 (quarter notes).

Notes

Set this value according to the smallest note position that you want to be displayed in the score. If the score contains only triplets, or mostly triplets, select one of the triplet options.

This setting is partly overridden by Auto Quantize.

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Rests

Set this value according to the smallest rest value that you want to be displayed in the score. If the score contains only triplets, or mostly triplets, select one of the triplet options.

This also determines how the length of notes is displayed. Set this value according to the smallest note length value you want to be displayed for a single note, positioned on a beat.

Auto Quantize

Activate this if your music contains mixed triplets and straight notes. Otherwise, make sure it is deactivated.

NOTE

Auto Quantize uses the Display Quantize value. If it cannot nd an appropriate note value for a certain note or group of notes, it will use the set Quantize value to display it.

Deviation

Activate this if you want the program to detect triplets or straight notes even if they are not exactly on the beat. Deactivate this if you know your triplets or straight notes are perfectly recorded.

NOTE

This option is only available if Auto Quantize is activated.

Adapt

Activate this if you want the program to guess that when one triplet is found, there are probably more triplets surrounding it.

NOTE

This option is only available if Auto Quantize is activated.

Interpretation Options

These settings determine how the notes are interpreted.

Syncopation

The following options are available:

● Relax

Adds ties to long notes. Exceptions such as a half note starting at 2 in 4/4 are possible. These are always displayed as half notes, never as two tied quarter notes.

Full

●

Activates syncopation.

Off

●

Deactivates syncopation with no exceptions.

NOTE

You can insert exceptions to the Syncopation setting by using the Display Quantize tool. You can also create tied notes in various combinations by using the Cut Notes tool.

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Consolidate Rests

Joins small consecutive rests into one, for example, an eighth note rest and a sixteenth note rest joined to a dotted eighth note rest.

Consolidate Rests deactivated and activated

Clean Lengths

Shows notes that are considered to be chords with identical lengths. This is done by showing the longer notes shorter than they are. Notes with very short overlaps are cut off.

If a note is too short, this extends its display length to the beginning of the next note or to the next rest’s display quantize position.

A slightly shorter eighth note without and with Clean Lengths

If using Clean Lengths does not help, you can manually resize the notes or use the

Display Quantize tool.

No Overlap

When this option is activated, one note will never be shown as overlapping another, lengthwise. This allows long and short notes starting at the same point to be displayed without ties; the long notes are cut off in the display. This will make the music more legible.

You can insert exceptions to this by using the Display Quantize tool.

IMPORTANT

There may be situations when neither of these alternatives is ideal. If you run into such a situation, it can probably be resolved by using polyphonic voicing.

Shue

Activate this function when you have played with a shue or swing feel (eighth note or sixteenth note gures with every other note played late) and want it displayed as straight notes (not triplets). This is common in jazz notation.

Without and with Shue

Clef/Key

These settings allow you to specify and edit the clef for your staff. Use the scroll bar to select one of the clef options.

Local Keys

Allows you to insert a different key for the selected staff only. Activate this if you score a French horn, for example, and you want to set a different key symbol.

Lower Staff

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Auto Clef

Activate this to let the program automatically select a treble clef or a bass clef for the staff, depending on the range of the notes in the part.

Display Transpose

Display Transpose allows you to prepare parts for instruments that are not scored at the actual

concert key.

NOTE

Display Transpose does not affect playback or the actual pitch of the notes. It only changes how they are displayed and printed.

NOTE

You can also insert Display Transpose changes anywhere in the score by inserting a key change symbol and using the Transpose setting in the Edit Key dialog.

Semitones

Allows you to set by how many semitones you want to transpose the display. If the Transpose pop-up menu does not list your instrument, use this value eld to set the desired transposition.

Transpose pop-up menu

Allows you to select a transposing instrument from the pop-up menu. This automatically adjusts the Semitones value.

RELATED LINKS

Score Settings – Staff Tab on page 92 Score Settings – Layout Tab on page 89 Project – Notation Style Page on page 79 Polyphonic Voicing on page 106 Inserting Display Quantize Exceptions on page 46 Display Quantize Exceptions on page 45 Setting up a Display Quantize Note Value on page 28 Edit Key Dialog on page 37 Project – Chord Symbols Page on page 85 Score Editor Toolbar on page 7 Transposing Instruments on page 42

Staff – Options Tab

The Options tab shows additional settings for the active staff.

To open the Score Settings dialog, do one of the following:

Open the Score Editor, and select Scores> Settings.

●

In the Score Editor, double-click to the left of a staff.

●

NOTE

You must click Apply to apply your settings.

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The Options tab is divided into several sections:

Switches

Flat Beams

Shows the beams over notes at and not slanted.

No Beams

Shows no beams on the staff. This is useful for vocal scoring.

Beam Subgroups

Displays sixteenth notes that are under a beam divided into groups of four notes.

Without and with Beam Subgroups

16th Subgroups

Displays even smaller subgroups of sixteenth notes. This setting has no effect if Beam Subgroups is deactivated.

As Beam Subgroups, but with 16th Subgroups activated

System Sizes

System Lines

Sets the number of system lines. Set this to 5 for regular scoring.

Setting the System Lines value to 0 can be useful for lead sheets.

Add Space

Sets the spacing between the system lines.

Size

Sets the size of the systems, as a percentage, with 100 % being the default value. In effect, this setting scales the score vertically.

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Score Drum Map

When scoring for drums, you can assign a unique notehead to each pitch. You can even set up different noteheads for different note values.

Use Score Drum Map

Displays notes according to the drum map assigned to the track.

Single Line Drum Staff

Puts all notes are on a single note line.

Range

Allows you to set up a note range. Notes within this range are displayed on a single line, while notes below or above the range are shown below or above the line.

No Accidentals

Shows drum notes without accidentals.

Fixed Stems

Active

Makes all note stems end at the same vertical position. This feature is useful when scoring for drums.

A drum pattern with Fixed Stem length activated

Use the Up and Down value elds to specify which position relative to the top of the staff is used for up and down stems, respectively.

Note Limits

The Note Limits section allows you to specify a note range. In the active staff, any notes outside this range are displayed in a different color. If you write a score for a makes it easy to nd notes that are outside of this instrument’s note range.

Low

Allows you to specify the low note limit.

You can specify the color in which the notes outside the range are displayed in the active staff in the Preferences dialog (Scores–Colors for Additional Meanings).

You can hide notes outside the range by activating Hide Notes beyond Limits in the

Preferences dialog (Scores–Editing page).

High

Allows you to specify the high note limit.

RELATED LINKS

Score Settings – Staff Tab on page 92 Setting up a Staff for Drum Scoring on page 230 Deactivating Beams on page 126 Setting up Drum Maps on page 227

specic instrument, this

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Staff – Polyphonic Tab

The Polyphonic tab shows the settings for polyphonic voices or split staves.

To open the Score Settings dialog, do one of the following:

● Open the Score Editor, and select Scores> Settings.

● In the Score Editor, double-click to the left of a staff.

NOTE

You must click Apply to apply your settings.

The following options are available:

Staff Mode

● Single

Shows all notes on a single staff.

● Split

Shows a split staff with a xed split point set to the right. Notes below the split point are moved to the lower staff.

● Polyphonic

Shows a staff with up to eight separate voices. Use the list below to set up the voices.

Split Point

NOTE

This is only available if Split is selected as a staff mode.

Allows you to dene a split point. Notes below this point are moved to the lower staff.

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STEINBERG Cubase Pro 12 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Table of Contents

Score Editor

Score Editor Toolbar

Score Display

Page Mode

Status Line

Info Line

Extended Toolbar

Filters

Left Zone

Symbols

Symbol Palettes

Inspector

Right Zone

Staff Properties

Inspector Settings Dialog

Ruler

Position Info Window

Zooming in the Score Editor

Zoom Pop-Up Menu

Zoom Tool

Zooming with the Mouse Wheel

Score Editor Basics

MIDI Notes vs. Score Notes

Setting up a Display Quantize Note Value

Preparing Scores

Activating a Staff

Setting up the Page

Clef, Key, and Time Signature Settings

Setting the Initial Clef, Key, and Time Signature

Setting the Time Signature

Edit Time Signature Dialog

Setting the Clef

Edit Clef Dialog

Clef Properties

Clef Context Menu

Clef/Key Section

Setting the Key

Edit Key Dialog

Key Properties

Key Context Menu

Inserting Key Changes

Setting Different Keys in a Split System

Setting Local Keys

Setting up Note Names

Transposing Instruments

Changing the Display for Transposing Instruments

Displaying the Concert Key

Inserting Display Transpose Changes

Printing from the Score Editor

Exporting Entire Scores as Image Files

Exporting Images of Page Sections

Transcribing MIDI Recordings

Preparing Recorded Parts

Display Quantize Exceptions

Inserting Display Quantize Exceptions

Display Quantize Dialog

Resolving Parts That Contain Mixed Notes and Triplets

Explode Dialog

Converting MIDI Notes to Match the Score

Adjusting Rests

Adjusting Note Lengths

Entering and Editing Notes

Snap

Acoustic Feedback

Lock Layers

Setting up the Staff

Suggested Initial Settings

Note Values and Positions

Note Positions

Selecting a Note Value for Input

Unusual Note Values

Selecting a Quantize Preset

Note Input

Entering Notes with the Computer Keyboard

Entering Notes with the Mouse