Steinberg Cubase 7 User Manual

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For all of the options except “Part” the pop-up menu also contains a “Setup…” option. 
This option opens a dialog in which you can specify the colors that are associated 
with which velocities, pitches, or channels, respectively.
Creating and editing notes
To draw new notes in the Key Editor, use the Draw tool, the Line tool, or the Chord 
editing tool
Drawing notes with the Draw tool
With the Draw tool, you can insert single notes by clicking at the desired time...

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Drawing notes with the Line tool
The Line tool can be used for creating series of contiguous notes. To do so, click and 
drag to draw a line and then release the mouse button.
ÖTo determine another mode for the Line tool you can click on the Line tool and click 
again to open a pop-up menu where you can select the desired option.
The button will change appearance according to the selected mode.
Inserting and Editing Chords with the Chord Editing Tools
You can...

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You can use the tools to the right of the chord type buttons to insert chords. Proceed 
as follows:
1.Select the tool button to the right of the chord type that you want to insert.
2.Click in the event display, drag sideways to determine the length of the chord, and 
up or down to determine its pitch.
If acoustic feedback is active, you hear the chord while dragging. A tooltip 
indicates the root note and chord type of the inserted chord. Snap and “Length...

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Setting velocity values
When you draw notes in the Key Editor, the notes will get the velocity value set in the 
Insert Velocity field on the toolbar. You can use different methods to set the velocity:
•When a tool modifier is assigned for the Edit Velocity action in the Select Tool 
category (in the Preferences dialog, Editing–Tool Modifiers page), you can select 
one or more notes, press the modifier and click on one of the selected notes to 
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•To step from one note to another, use the left and right arrow keys on the 
computer keyboard.
If you press [Shift] and use the arrow keys, the current selection will be kept, 
allowing you to select several notes.
•To select all notes of a certain pitch, press [Ctrl]/[Command] and click on the 
desired key in the keyboard display to the left.
•To select all the following notes of the same pitch, you can press [Shift] and 
double-click on a note. 
ÖIf the “Auto...

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Moving and transposing notes
To move notes in the editor, use any of the following methods:
•Select the notes and use the buttons on the Transpose Palette on the toolbar.
•Click and drag to a new position.
All selected notes will be moved, maintaining their relative positions. If Snap is 
activated, this determines to which positions you can move the notes, see 
“Snap” 
on page 490.
•Use the up and down arrow keys on the computer keyboard.
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•You can also perform the Repeat function by dragging: Select the notes to repeat, 
press [Alt]/[Option], click the right edge of the last selected note and drag to the 
right.
The longer to the right you drag, the more copies are created (as indicated by the 
tooltip).
Using cut and paste
You can use the Cut, Copy and Paste options on the Edit menu to move or copy 
material within a part or between different parts. When you paste copied notes, you 
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With these methods, the resulting length will be a multiple of the Length Quantize 
value on the toolbar.
•Use the Trim Start/End buttons on the Nudge palette on the toolbar.
This resizes the selected note(s) by moving their start or end positions, in steps 
according to the Length Quantize value on the toolbar. By default, the Nudge 
palette is not shown on the toolbar – see 
“Using the Setup options” on page 700 
for more information.
•Select the note and...

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Editing on the info line
The info line shows the values and properties of the selected events. If a single event 
is selected, its values are displayed on the info line. If several events are selected, the 
info line shows the values of the first of these events (in color).
You can edit the values on the info line using regular value editing. This allows you to 
move, resize, transpose or change velocity of events in a very precise manner. It is also 
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How the Key Editor handles expression maps (Cubase only)
When an expression map is assigned to a MIDI track, the musical articulations defined 
for that map are displayed in the following locations of the Key Editor:
For more information, see the chapter “Expression maps (Cubase only)” on page 555.
Note Expression data in the Key Editor (Cubase only)
The Key Editor is the main editor for working with Note Expression. This functionality is 
described in detail in...