Steinberg Cubase 8 Manual

Tips and Tricks
Useful editing techniques
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Using “Scores Notes To MIDI”
This function converts the score data, as displayed, into MIDI data. Let’s say for 
example that you have set up the score so that it is displayed to 99
 % the way you 
want it to be. Yet, that last 1
 % forces you to deactivate some of the Staff Settings 
(like Clean Lengths, No Overlap, or Auto Quantize), which makes other parts of the 
score illegible. In this case, try using the “Scores Notes To MIDI” function. Note that 
you...

Tips and Tricks
Frequently asked questions
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Controlling the order and appearance of grace notes
Normally, grace notes are beamed. Their order under the beam is controlled by their 
order in the track. It is enough to put a grace note one tick before the next grace 
note to make them appear in the desired order under the beam.
Initially the grace notes are put in with a 32nd note beam. By double-clicking the 
note and changing the “flag” type in the Set Note Info dialog, you can change this.
Complex...

Tips and Tricks
Frequently asked questions
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I enter a note with one value and it is shown as a note with 
another value.
Set the Rests value for Display Quantize to a smaller note value. Try deactivating 
Auto Quantize, especially if you do not have any triplets or triplets only.
Notes are not displayed at the correct positions.
Try changing the Notes value for Display Quantize.
There are a number of short rests after my notes.
Your Rests value for Display Quantize might be set to too small a note...

Tips and Tricks
Frequently asked questions
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One long note is shown as many tied notes.
Do other notes occur at the same positions but with different lengths? Then you 
need to use polyphonic voicing. Are the note(s) syncopated? Then you should try 
the syncopation feature.
Even though I’ve tried the above, notes are not tied as I want 
them.
The way notes are tied in Cubase follows basic notation rules. You may need to 
make exceptions to these rules, by using the Cut Notes tool.
I have an...

Tips and Tricks
Frequently asked questions
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When I select a note, nothing is shown on the info line.
The note is probably tied to another note. This means that the second note does not 
really exist, it is just a graphic indication that the main note is long. Try selecting the 
main note instead.
Symbols from the Layout Symbols tab are sometimes invisible 
when I open the score.
This is not a malfunction. Those symbols are part of a layout. If you open the score 
with another layout, for example...

Tips and Tricks
Frequently asked questions
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A note symbol appears too far from the note I wanted it inserted 
on.
Do you have activated the correct voice? Note symbols are inserted into voices, just 
like notes.
The note I recorded is displayed with the wrong length. For 
example, I recorded a sixteenth and got a quarter note.
You probably have the wrong Display Quantize value set. Open the Score Settings 
dialog and select the Staff page. If Auto Quantize is activated, deactivate it, unless 
you...

Tips and Tricks
If you wish you had a faster computer
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The note has an accidental when it shouldn’t, or it doesn’t when 
it should.
Maybe the note is simply of the wrong pitch? Click on it (using the Object Selection 
tool) and look at the info line. Move it to the correct pitch. If this is not the reason, 
maybe you have the wrong key set? And finally, you can also use enharmonic 
shifting.
RELATED LINKS
The info line on page 1102
Editing pitches of individual notes on page 1141
Accidentals and...

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Index
A
Accelerando 1191
Accents
Above stems 1213
Accidentals
About 1181
Distance from note 1183
ACID® loops 451
Acoustic feedback 689
Sample Editor 441
Score Editor 1138
VariAudio 485
Activate ’Link Panners’ for New 
Tracks
 1082
Activate Project 76
Activate Read/Write for all 
tracks
 585
Active TrackVersion 154
Adapt (Display Quantize) 1157
ADAT Lightpipe 957
Add Track 134
Add Track dialog 134
Adding chords 817, 821
AES/SPDIF Digital Audio 957
AES17
Meters 315
AIFF files 948
Algorithms...

Index
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Audio Recording 221
Preparations 220
Pre-Record Time 224
RAM Requirements 220
Record File Format 219
Record Folder 219
Record Modes 222
Recording a downmix 223
Recording with Effects 222
Recovering 224
Recovering recordings 223
Undo 223
Audio regions
About 167
Audio tracks 82
Render in Place 172
AudioWarp
Unstretching audio 491
Audition chords 823
Audition through MIDI 
Inserts/Sends
 1068
Auditioning
Acoustic feedback 441
Audio events 169
Audio Part Editor 495
Audio parts 169
Sample Editor...

Index
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Busses
Adding 30
Child busses 31
Mixing down to file 938
Bypass
AudioWarp 485
Pitch changes 485
SurroundPanner V5 573
Byte values
Editing in ASCII display 777
Editing in binary display 777
Editing in decimal display 777
C
Cadence mode
Chord Assistant 819
Complexity filters 819
Changing styles 741
Channel linking 307
Channel names
Searching 305
Channel overview
MixConsole 291
Channel racks 300, 325
EQ 330
Filters 327
Gain 328
Inserts 328
Phase 328
Pre 327
Routing 325
Sends 342
Strips 333...