Steinberg Cubase 7 User Manual

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Entering and editing notesMoving notes
Moving across staves – the Lock button
If you are editing several tracks, you may want to move notes from one staff to another. 
Proceed as follows:
1.Make the desired Quantize settings and select the notes.
Make sure to only select notes on the same staff.
2.Make sure that the “L” (Lock) button on the extended toolbar is deactivated.
When this button is activated, you cannot move notes and other objects from one 
staff to another, which is handy if you need to...

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Entering and editing notesDuplicating notes
•Right-click one of the layer buttons (1-2-3) on the extended toolbar to bring up a 
pop-up menu, showing which object types are associated with that layer.
A checkmark for an object type means it belongs to that layer. If no checkmark is 
shown, you can select the object type on the menu to move it to that layer.
To lock a layer, click the corresponding layer button, so that it is disabled (not 
highlighted). You can only select or move objects whose Layer...

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Entering and editing notesCut, copy, and paste
3.Release the mouse button to insert the notes.
•[Alt]/[Option] is the default modifier key for copying/duplicating. If you like, you can 
change this in the Preferences dialog (Editing–Tool Modifiers page).
The entry for this is found in the Drag & Drop category (“Copy”).
ÖYou can also move or copy whole bars by dragging the bar handles, see “Moving and 
duplicating with the bar handles” on page 828.
Cut, copy, and paste
•To cut notes, select them and...

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Entering and editing notesEditing pitches of individual notes
Using key commands
Instead of transposing the note with the mouse, you can assign key commands for 
this.
•The commands for which you can assign key commands are found in the Nudge 
category in the Key Commands dialog.
Transpose commands are, for example, “Up” (transpose one semitone up) and 
“Down” (transpose one semitone down).
Using the info line
You can use the info line to change the pitches (and other properties) of one or 
several...

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Entering and editing notesChanging the length of notes
Changing the length of notes
When it comes to note lengths, the Score Editor is special in that it does not 
necessarily display the notes with their actual length. Depending on the situation, you 
may want to change the “physical length” of the notes or the “display length”.
Changing the “physical” length
This changes the actual length of the notes. The change is audible when you play 
back the music.
By using the extended toolbar
Using the...

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Entering and editing notesSplitting a note in two
But you can also make display length adjustments to individual notes in the Set Note 
Info dialog:
1.Double-click on the note.
The Set Note Info dialog opens.
2.Locate the “Length” setting.
By default, this is set to “Auto”, which means that the note is displayed according 
to its actual length (and the Display Quantize settings).
3.Double-click in the value field and enter a new length value (displayed in bars, 
beats, sixteenth notes, and ticks).
To...

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Entering and editing notesStrategies: Multiple staves
•If the default piano clef settings for the upper and lower staff are not what you 
want, you can adjust these settings now (or you can make key and clef 
adjustments directly in the score, see 
“Setting clef, key, and time signature” on 
page 738).
5.Make whatever additional staff settings you need.
These apply to both the upper and lower staves of the split system.
6.Click Apply.
Changing the split point
Proceed as follows:
1.Make sure that the...

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Entering and editing notesInserting and editing clefs, keys, or time signatures
Adding notes
This is done just as on a single system, see “Adding and editing notes” on page 756. 
Please note the following:
•When you enter a note, use the Mouse Note Position display (in the status line) to 
determine the pitch. Whether it ends up on the upper or lower staff has nothing to 
do with where you aim with the mouse. The Split Point setting always decides if a 
note goes on the upper or lower staff. If you...

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Entering and editing notesInserting and editing clefs, keys, or time signatures
Inserting a symbol on all staves
If you hold down [Alt]/[Option] when you insert a symbol with the Draw tool, it is 
inserted at this position on all staves currently being edited in the Score Editor.
•Time signature changes are always inserted on all tracks in the score.
Or rather, they are inserted on the signature track, which affects all tracks.
•For key changes, Display Transpose is taken into account.
This allows...

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Entering and editing notesDeleting notes
Deleting notes
Using the Erase tool
Proceed as follows:
1.Select the Erase tool on the toolbar or context menu.
2.One at a time, click on the note(s) you want to erase, or enclose them in a 
selection rectangle, and click on any of the notes.
Using the Delete menu option or the keyboard
Proceed as follows:
1.Select the notes that you want to delete.
2.Select Delete from the Edit menu, or press [Delete] or [Backspace] on the 
computer keyboard.