Steinberg Cubase 6 Manual

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Inserting Display Quantize changes
Some situations may require different staff settings on dif-
ferent sections of the track. The staff settings are valid for 
the entire track, but you can insert changes wherever you 
like:
1.Select the Display Quantize tool on the toolbar or the 
context menu.
The Display Quantize dialog opens.
2.Activate the flags you need and set the quantize values 
as desired.
For details, see “Display Quantize and Interpretation Options” on page...

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The Explode function
This function allows you to “split” the notes on a staff into 
separate tracks. It is also possible to use this function to 
convert a polyphonic staff into polyphonic voices – this is 
described in the section 
“Automatically – the Explode 
function” on page 598.
1.Pull down the Scores menu, open the Functions sub-
menu and select “Explode”.
The Explode dialog opens.
2.Make sure that “To New tracks” is selected at the top 
of the dialog.
3.Enter the...

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Entering and editing notes  

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Entering and editing notes
About this chapter
In this chapter you will learn:
• How to make various settings for how notes are displayed.
• How to enter notes.
• How to use tools and settings to make the score as legible as 
possible.
• How to set up a split (piano) staff.
• How to work with multiple staves.
Score settings
Before you start entering notes, you need to make some 
initial staff settings in addition to those described in the 
chapter 
“The basics” on page 556. To understand why 
and how...

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Note values and positions
Two of the most important settings for entering notes are 
the length of the note (the note value) and the minimum 
spacing between notes (the Quantize value).
Selecting a note value for input
You can choose the length for entering notes as follows:
•By clicking the note symbols on the extended toolbar.
You can select any note value from 1/1 to 1/64 and activate/deactivate 
the dotted and triplet options by clicking the two buttons to the right....

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The Mouse Note Position display shows the pitch accord-
ing to the vertical position of the pointer in a staff. The 
Mouse Time Position display shows the “musical position” 
in bars, beats, sixteenth notes, and ticks:
•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. 
Again, the time signature determines the...

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Entering notes with the mouse
To add a note to the score, proceed as follows:
1.Make the staff active.
Notes are always inserted on the active staff, see “The active staff” on 
page 559.
2.Select the desired note value.
See “Selecting a note value for input” on page 575.
3.If you select the note value by clicking on a symbol on 
the extended toolbar, the Insert Note tool is automatically 
selected – otherwise select the Insert Note tool on the 
toolbar or context menu....

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• If two notes on the same position are too close to each other 
or if you want their “graphical order” in the score reversed, you 
can do this without affecting playback, see 
“Graphic moving 
of notes” on page 614.
• Stem direction and length is normally automatic, but you can 
set it yourself, see 
“Background: Note stems” on page 604.
• If you are scoring for piano and therefore (or for other reasons) 
need a split staff, there are special techniques for this, see...

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Moving notes
In the following, you can find descriptions of the various 
methods to move notes, as well as related features.
Moving by dragging
Proceed as follows:
1.Set the Quantize value.
The Quantize value restricts your movement in time. You cannot place 
notes on positions smaller than the Quantize value (see 
“Selecting a 
Quantize value” on page 575).
2.Select the note(s) you want to move.
You can select notes across several staves if you wish.
3.Click one of the...

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Acoustic Feedback
To hear the pitch of the note while moving, activate the 
speaker icon (Acoustic Feedback) on the toolbar.
About the lock layers
When you are moving and editing notes in the score, you 
might accidentally move other objects nearby. To avoid 
this, assign different types of objects to different “lock lay
-
ers” (up to three) and instruct Cubase to “lock” one or two 
of these layers, making them unmovable.
There are two ways to set up which type of object...