Steinberg Cubase 7 User Manual

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Altering the shape and direction of slurs and ties
ÖThis section describes how to alter the “regular” slur and tie symbols. How to add and 
edit Bezier slur symbols is described in the section 
“The Bezier slur” on page 819.
There are two types of slurs and ties in the Symbols Inspector. The up/down variation 
of each actually represent the same symbol but with different initial direction. You can 
perform the following editing to slurs and ties:
•By dragging the...

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Alignment
Symbols can be aligned as in drawing programs. Proceed as follows:
1.Select all objects that you want to align.
2.Open the Scores menu and select an option from the Align Elements submenu.
The “Dynamics” option is a special function for aligning dynamic symbols, as 
described in the section 
“Aligning dynamics” on page 834.
Symbol details
This section further describes some of the symbol tabs.
The Quick Staff Setup tab
This tab combines the basic settings for...

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When you double-click on an existing clef, the Edit Clef dialog appears again, 
allowing you to change the type. When you right-click on a clef, you can change the 
type from the context menu. 
Keys
Inserting a key change is similar to inserting a new clef (see above). For further 
information, see 
“Editing the key” on page 742.
ÖIn the dialog that appears when you insert a key change, you can also insert Display 
Transpose changes.
Time signatures
You can insert a...

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•To insert a crescendo-diminuendo () symbol, select the double crescendo 
symbol from the tab and drag from left to right.
•To insert a diminuendo-crescendo (>

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•In the Score Settings dialog (Project page–Notation Style subpage) you can 
specify globally how tuplets are displayed.
You can also select a font and size for the tuplet numbers in the Font Settings 
subpage. 
•You can also right-click on the tuplet group symbol and select the “Extend (+)” or 
“Reduce (-)” command to extend it to the next chord or to reduce it.
Vertical symbols
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Box (rectangle) symbol
This is a “generic” box symbol, which may be useful for different purposes. If you 
double-click on a box, a dialog opens in which you can specify whether the box is 
transparent or not, and whether the border is visible. This dialog can also be opened 
by selecting “Properties” from the context menu.
The box symbol is available on the “Other” and “Layout” tabs.
The keyboard symbol
This is described in the section “Adding a keyboard symbol” on...

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Da Capo and Dal Segno symbols
The “D.C.”, “D.S.”, and “Fine” symbols provide a quick way to insert some common 
play directions into the score. The symbols are text symbols – you can adjust which 
font is used on the Project page (Font Settings subpage) of the Score Settings 
dialog, see 
“Settings for other fixed text elements” on page 857.
•To have these symbols actually affect playback, insert them on the Project layer 
and use the Arranger mode.
See “Scores and...

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User Symbols
The User Symbols tab lets you create your own graphic symbols and use these in the 
score. 
Creating a user symbol
Initially, the User Symbols tab is empty. To create symbols you use the User Symbols 
editor:
1.Double-click on the empty symbol field on the tab.
The User Symbols editor opens. You can also right-click on an empty symbol field 
and select “Edit…” to open the same dialog.
2.Open the Functions pop-up menu and select the desired zoom factor...

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The User Symbols editor – tools and functions
The toolbar contains the following tools and settings, from left to right:
The Note Linked pop-up menu lets you create symbols linked to note positions. This 
affects the whole symbol, not a selected graphic object:
The Functions pop-up menu contains the following items (some of these can also be 
accessed on the context menu for the User Symbols tab):
ToolDescription
Object SelectionUse this to select objects – press...

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Import User Symbols…Loads settings for a complete tab from disk. Note that this 
replaces the current settings.
Export/Import Symbol…Lets you save or load individual symbols to/from disk. Importing a 
symbol replaces the current symbol on the tab.
DeleteDeletes the selected object(s).
Select AllSelects all objects in the current symbol.
Transform – Scale 
SymbolLets you scale (resize) the selected object by specifying a 
percentage.
Transform – Mirror...