Steinberg Cubase 8 Manual

Entering and editing notes
Deleting notes
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Using the Delete menu option or the keyboard
PROCEDURE
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. 

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Staff settings
About this chapter
In this chapter you will learn:
• How to make staff settings.
• How to work with staff presets.
Staff settings
Below follows a run-through of all staff settings, more detailed information about the 
ones already described and references to other places in the manual for some 
options.
The Staff page has four tabs – here, the Main tab is selected. 

Staff settings
Making settings
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Making settings
PROCEDURE
1. Open the Score Settings and select the Staff page.
2. With the dialog open, make the desired staff active.
Click anywhere in a staff to make it active, or use the up and down arrow keys to step 
from staff to staff.
3. Select the desired tab and make all necessary settings.
The settings for regular staves are found on the Main and Options tab, the Polyphonic 
tab contains settings for split systems and polyphonic voices while the Tablature...

Staff settings
Staff names
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• There are a number of staff presets available, set up to suit various 
instruments, etc. The presets are accessed from the Presets pop-up menu on 
the Staff page of the Score Settings dialog or from the staff context menu, 
opened by right-clicking on the blue rectangle to the left of a staff.
Use them as they are, or as starting points for your own settings. Note that this 
loads the settings in the preset into the dialog – to apply these to a staff you 
must click the...

Staff settings
Key and clef
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Note that this is only displayed correctly, if you are in Page Mode and if “Show 
Staff Names to Left of Staff” is activated in the Score Settings dialog, on the 
Project–Notation Style subpage (Staff Names category).
RELATED LINKS
Staff names on page 1265
Key and clef
The basic key and clef settings are described in detail in another section (see 
below). There is also a Lower Staff checkbox which is only used in conjunction with 
split (piano) staves and polyphonic...

Staff settings
Display Quantize and Interpretation Options
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Display Quantize values
Notes and Rests
• Generally, the Notes value should be set to a value equal to, or smaller than, 
the “smallest note position” that you want to be shown in the score.
• The Rests value should be set to a value equal to, or smaller than, the smallest 
note value (length) you want to be displayed for a single note, positioned on 
a beat.
• If the score contains only triplets, or mostly triplets, select one of the...

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Display Quantize and Interpretation Options
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4. Set all the Interpretation Options.
These are described in detail below.
5. Examine the score.
6. If necessary, use the Display Quantize tool to insert “exceptions” to the staff 
settings.
RELATED LINKS
Inserting Display Quantize changes on page 1122
If your music contains mixed straight notes and triplets
PROCEDURE
1. Examine the score and decide if it mainly contains triplets or mainly “straight” 
notes.
2. Set the Notes value...

Staff settings
Display Quantize and Interpretation Options
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Off
Syncopation is off, with no exceptions.
For a “modern” notation of syncopated notes, activate Syncopation.
Without and with Syncopation
Again, without and with Syncopation
Note that you can insert “exceptions” to the Syncopation setting in the Score 
Settings dialog on the Staff page, by using the Display Quantize tool. You can also 
create tied notes in various combinations by using the Cut Notes tool.
Consolidate Rests
Activate this...

Staff settings
Display Transpose
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This recording in the Key Editor…
…is displayed like this when No Overlap is deactivated…
…and like this when No Overlap is activated.
You can insert “exceptions” to the No Overlap setting on the Staff page of the Score 
Settings dialog, by using the Display Quantize tool.
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Please note that there may be situations when neither of these alternatives is ideal. 
If you run into such a situation, it can probably be resolved by using...

Staff settings
The Options tab
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NOTE
The Display Transpose setting does not affect playback or the actual pitch of the 
notes – it only changes how they are displayed and printed.
You can also insert Display Transpose changes anywhere in the score, by inserting 
a key change symbol and using the Transpose setting in the Edit Key dialog.
• In the Score Settings dialog, on the Project page (“Chord Symbols” 
subpage), deactivate the “Use Display Transpose” option if you do not want 
the chord symbols to...