Steinberg Cubase Le 8 Manual

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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 or 
deactivate the elements.
Tool Buttons
Object Selection
Allows you to select events.
Erase
Allows you to delete events.
Insert Note
Allows you to insert notes in the score display.
Split
Allows you to split a MIDI event.
Glue
Allows you to glue together events of the same pitch.
Insert Text
Allows you to insert text in the score display.
Auto Scroll
Auto Scroll
If this button is activated, the project cursor is always visible in the window.
Insert Velocity
Insert Velocity
Allows you to specify a velocity value for new notes.
Snap/Quantize
Snap Type
Allows you to select the snap type.
If Grid is activated, events snap to exact grid positions when they are moved.
If Grid Relative is activated, events keep their relative positions to the grid 
when they are moved.
Iterative Quantize On/Off
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Quantize Presets
Allows you to select a quantize or a groove preset.
Apply Quantize
Applies the quantize settings.
Open Quantize Panel
Opens the  Quantize Panel .
Length Quantize
Determines the event length for the  Length Quantize function.
Step/MIDI Input
Step Input
Activates/Deactivates the  Step Input mode.
MIDI Input/Note Expression MIDI Input
Activates/Deactivates  MIDI Input modes.
Move Insert Mode
Activates/Deactivates the  Move Insert mode. For this function,  Step Input 
must be activated.
Record Pitch
If  Step Input  is activated, use this button to determine that the pitch is 
included when you insert notes.
Record NoteOn Velocity
If  Step Input  is activated, use this button to determine that NoteOn Velocity 
is included when you insert notes.
Record NoteOff Velocity
If  Step Input  is activated, use this button to  determine that NoteOff Velocity 
is included when you insert notes.
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Using the Setup options on  page  627
Status Line
The status line is displayed below the to olbar. It displays important information 
about the mouse position and the chord displays. Select the notes that form 
(compose) the chord to make the status line appear in the  Current Chord Display.
To show or hide the status line, click  Set up Window Lay
 out  on the toolbar, and 
activate or deactivate  Status Line. 
						

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Mouse Time PositionDisplays the exact time position of  the mouse pointer, depend
 ing on the 
selected ruler display format. This lets you edit or insert note s at exact positions.
Mouse Note Position Displays the exact pitch of the mouse pointer position. This facilitates finding 
t
he right pitch when entering or transposing notes.
Current Chord Display When the project cursor is positioned over notes that form a chord, this chord 
is displayed here.
Info Line
The info line shows values and properties of the selected MIDI notes. If several 
notes are selected, the values for the first note are displayed in color.
To show or hide the info line, click  S
 et up Window Layout  on the toolbar, and 
activate or deactivate  Inf
 o Line.
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Changing the Display Format for the Ruler on  page  434
Extended Toolbar
The extended toolbar contains note valu e buttons and enharmonic shift buttons.
To show or hide the extended toolbar, click the  Set u
 p Window Layout  button 
on the toolbar, and activa
 te or deactivate Tools.
Note Value Buttons
Allows you to select a note value for input. The  T an
 d . options are for triplet 
and dotted note values.
The selected note value is displayed in the Length value field on the toolbar 
and in t
 he Insert Note  tool shape.
To resize all selected notes to the same note value, press [Ctrl]/[Command] 
and 
 click one of the note value buttons.
Enharmonic Shift Allows you to manually select whether a  note 
 is displayed with flat or sharp 
accidentals. The  Off button resets the notes to original display. The other 
options are  double flats , flats , No  (no accidentals shown, regardless of 
pitch),  sharps , and double sharps .
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Enharmonic Shift on  page 480 
						

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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 bar lines.
• 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 bar line.
All MIDI input is directed to one of the tracks, which is called the active staff. The 
active staff is indicated by a blue rectangle to the left of the clef symbol.
• To change the active staff, click on the staff that you want to activate.
Score Editor Operations
This section describes the principal editing operations within the Score Editor.
Improving the Score Display
When you open the Score Editor for a part that was recorded in real time, the score 
may not look as legible as you expect. The Score Editor can ignore the minor time 
variances in performance and make a neater score. To achieve this, the Staff 
Settings dialog provides settings that determine how the program displays the 
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Staff Settings Dialog
This dialog allows you to change how Cubase displays the music.
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The settings that you make in this dialog are independent for each staff (track), but 
common for a piano staff that you have created with the Split option.
To open the Staff Settings dialog, double-click in the area to the left of the staff, or 
select a staff and select MIDI > Scores > Staff Settings.
NOTE
The time signature follows the time signatures that are set in the Tempo Track 
editor. These settings are common to all tracks/staves in the score.
Staff Mode
The Staff Mode determines how the staff is shown.
•In Single mode, all notes in the part are shown in the same staff.
•In Split mode, the part is split on the screen into a bass and treble clef, as in 
a piano score.
The Split Point value determines where you want the split to occur. Notes 
above and including the split note appear on the upper staff, and notes below 
the split note appear on the lower staff.
Before and after setting a split at C3. 
						

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Display Quantize
This section allows you to change the way Cubase displays scores.
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These display values are only used for the graphical display in the Score Editor. 
They do not affect the playback.
Notes
Determines the smallest note value to be displayed and the smallest position 
to be recognized and properly displayed. Set this to the smallest significant 
note position used in your music.
For example, if you have notes on odd sixteenth note positions, set this value 
to 16. The T values are for triplet note values. This setting is partly overridden 
by Auto Quantize.
Rests
This value is used as a recommendation. Cubase does not display rests 
smaller than this value, except where necessary. In effect, this setting also 
determines how the length of notes is displayed. Set this value according to 
the smallest note value (length) that you want to be displayed for a single note, 
positioned on a beat.
Auto Quantize
Allows you to make your score look as legible as possible. Auto Quantize 
allows you to mix straight notes with tuplets (triplets) in a part. However, Auto 
Quantize also uses the (display) quantize value. If there is no appropriate note 
value for a certain note or group of notes, it uses the set quantize value is used 
to display it.
Generally, only activate this option if your music contains mixed triplets and 
straight notes. If the part is imprecisely played and/or complex, Auto 
Quantize may have a problem figuring out exactly what you mean.
Dev.
If this option is activated, triplets/straight notes are detected even if they are 
not exactly on the beat. However, if you know that your triplets/straight notes 
are perfectly recorded, either through quantizing or entered by hand, 
deactivate this option.
This option is only available if Auto Quantize is activated.
Adapt
If this option is activated, the program guesses that when one triplet is found, 
there are probably more triplets surrounding it. Activate this option if not all of 
your triplets are detected.
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Clef and Key
In this section, you can set the correct clef and key.
Clef/Key Display
Allows you to select the clef or key via the scrollbar.
Lower Staff
Sets the clef and key to the lower staff.
Auto Clef
If this option is activated, Cubase attempts to guess the correct clef, judging 
from the pitch of the music.
Display Transpose
In this section, you can specify a separate display transpose setting for each staff 
(track). This transposes the notes in the score without affecting how the notes are 
played back. This allows you to record and play back a multi staff arrangement and 
still score each instrument according to its own transposition.
Semitones
Allows you to manually set a display transpose value.
Instrument
Allows you to select the instrument for which you are scoring.
Interpretation Options
In this section, you can make additional settings on how the score is displayed.
Clean Lengths
If this option is activated, notes that are considered to be chords are shown 
with identical lengths. Longer notes are displayed shorter than they are. Notes 
with very short overlaps are also cut off. This is similar to the No Overlap 
option, but with a more subtle effect.
No Overlap
If this option is activated, one note is never shown as overlapping another, 
lengthwise. This allows long and short notes that start at the same point to be 
displayed without ties. The long notes are cut off in the display. This makes 
the music more legible.
A sample measure with No Overlap deactivated.
A sample measure with No Overlap activated. 
						

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Syncopation
If this option is activated, syncopated notes are shown in a more legible way.
A dotted quarter note at the end of a bar when Syncopation is deactivated.
A dotted quarter note at the end of a bar when Syncopation is activated.
Shuffle
If this option is activated and you have played a shuffle beat, the beat is 
displayed as straight notes, not as triplets. This is very common in jazz 
notation.
Quantize Value
When you move the mouse pointer over the score, the Mouse Time Position field 
on the status line tracks your movement and shows the current position in bars, 
beats, sixteenth notes, and ticks.
The quantize value controls the positioning on screen. If you set the value to 1/8, 
you can only insert and move notes to eighth note positions, at quarter notes, at half 
bars, or at bar positions.
It is recommended to set the quantize value to the smallest note value in the piece. 
This does not stop you from inputting notes at coarser positions. However, if you 
set the quantize value to a too small note value, it is easier to make mistakes.
With the quantize value set to 1/8, you can only input notes at eighth note positions.
You can also use the Quantize Panel to create other quantize values, irregular 
grids, etc.
Creating Notes
In the score display, the Insert Note tool allows you to create notes. However, you 
must first set the note value (length) and spacing.
PROCEDURE
1. Set the note value in one of the following ways:
• Click the note symbols on the extended toolbar.
• Select an option from the Length Quantize pop-up menu on the toolbar.
2. Select the Insert Note tool.
If you selected the note value via the extended toolbar buttons, the Insert Note tool 
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3. Open the Quantize Presets pop-up menu on the toolbar and select a 
quantize value.
4. Move the mouse over the staff to find the correct position.
The position is displayed on the Mouse Time Position display on the status line. The 
position snaps to the grid that is defined by the quantize value.
5. Move the mouse vertically to find the correct pitch.
The Mouse Note Position display on the status line shows the pitch at the pointer 
position.
6. Click in the staff.
RESULT 
The note appears in the score. The notes get the insert velocity value that is set in 
the Insert Velocity field on the toolbar.
NOTE
If the notes that you enter appear to have the wrong note value you may have to 
adjust the Display Quantize settings. For example, you enter a 1/32 note that is 
displayed as a 1/16 note.
RELATED LINKS
Setting Velocity Values on page 441
Display Quantize on page 476
Moving and Transposing Notes
PROCEDURE
1. Open the Quantize Presets pop-up menu on the toolbar and select a 
quantize value.
2. If you want to hear the pitch of the note while moving, activate the Acoustic 
Feedback button on the toolbar.
3. Select the notes that you want to move.
4. Click one of the selected notes and drag it to a new position and/or pitch.
The horizontal movement of the note is snaps to the current quantize value. The 
position boxes on the toolbar show the position and pitch for the dragged note.
To restrict moving to one direction, press [Ctrl]/[Command] while dragging.
Duplicating Notes
PROCEDURE
1. Open the Quantize Presets pop-up menu on the toolbar and select a 
quantize value.
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3. Press [Alt]/[Option] and drag the notes to their new position.
To restrict moving to one direction, press [Ctrl]/[Command] while dragging.
Changing the Note Length
The displayed note length is not necessarily the actual note length. It also depends 
on the note values and rest values for Display Quantize in the Staff Settings 
dialog. This is important to remember when you change the length of a note.
You can change the length of a note in the following ways:
• Select the notes that you want to change and [Ctrl]/[Command]-click on one 
of the note icons on the extended toolbar.
All the selected notes are assigned to the length of the clicked note.
• Select the notes that you want to change and edit the length values on the 
info line.
RELATED LINKS
Improving the Score Display on page 474
Editing Note Events on the Info Line on page 440
Splitting and Gluing Note Events
• To split 2 notes that are strung together by a tie, click on the tied note head 
with the Cut tool.
The note is divided into two, with the respective length of the main and the 
tied note.
• To glue a note to the next note with the same pitch, click on a note with the 
Glue tool.
Enharmonic Shift
You can shift the display of selected notes. For example, an F# (F sharp) is instead 
shown as a Gb (G flat) and vice versa.
PROCEDURE
1. Select the notes that you want to shift.
2. Click one of the enharmonic shift buttons on the extended toolbar.
RELATED LINKS
Extended Toolbar on page 473