Steinberg Cubase 8 Manual
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Entering and editing notes
Inserting and editing clefs, keys, or time signatures
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4. Click the mouse button to insert the symbol.
IMPORTANT
Inserting a symbol at position 1.1.1.0 is the same as changing the staff settings which
are stored in the track. Inserting anywhere else adds the change to the part.
RELATED LINKS
About the Draw tool on page 1212
Inserting a symbol on all staves
If you hold down [Alt]/[Option] when you insert a symbol with the Draw tool, it is
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Entering and editing notes
Inserting and editing clefs, keys, or time signatures
1149
4. Click the mouse button to insert the symbol.
IMPORTANT
Inserting a symbol at position 1.1.1.0 is the same as changing the staff settings which
are stored in the track. Inserting anywhere else adds the change to the part.
RELATED LINKS
About the Draw tool on page 1212
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...")
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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
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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.")
Entering and editing notes Deleting notes 1151 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.
1152 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 1153 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 tab lets you set up tablature scores. 4. When you have made the desired settings, click Apply. NOTE If the “Apply closes Property Windows” option is activated in the Preferences dialog (Scores–Editing page), clicking Apply also closes the dialog. To make settings for another staff, simply make it active in the score (by clicking anywhere in the staff or by using the up/down arrow keys on the computer keyboard). However, please note that you need to click Apply before making another staff active – otherwise your settings are lost! IMPORTANT Staff settings can be saved in the track presets. RELATED LINKS Track Presets on page 160 Working with staff presets Making staff settings for your scores can be time-consuming. Staff presets allow you to reuse those settings whenever you work with a staff similar to one you have worked on before. A staff preset contains all the settings from the Staff page of the Score Settings dialog, except for the key. • To save the current settings (including the settings on the Options tab, see below) click the Store button in the Presets section of the Staff page. Enter a name for the preset in the name dialog that appears, and click OK. The preset is now available on the Presets pop-up menu (in all projects).
Staff settings Staff names 1154 • 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 Apply button as usual. You can also apply staff presets directly in the score – see below. • To remove a preset, select it from the pop-up menu and click the Remove button. Applying a preset directly in the score If you right-click on the blue rectangle to the left of a staff, a context menu appears, listing all available presets. Select one to apply it to the staff. How staff presets are stored The staff presets are stored as individual files in the Presets–Staff Presets folder within the Cubase program folder. The presets are available for selection in any project you create or edit. Staff names These fields allow you to specify a “long” and a “short” name for the staff. The long name is shown for the very first system for this staff in the score (at the start of the project), while the short name is shown for the remaining systems. • Whether the names are shown at all is set in the Score Settings dialog on the Layout page. • If you only want the “long name” to be shown (i. e. if you do not want a name shown for each system in the score), simply delete the short name. • If the “Show Long Staff Names on new Pages” option is activated in the “Staff Names” section of the Score Settings dialog (Project page), the long name is shown at the beginning of each new page. • You can also specify two separate subnames by double-clicking the staff name and entering them in the upper and lower text entry fields in the dialog that appears.
Staff settings Key and clef 1155 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 voicing. • If you want to set a different key symbol, e. g. when scoring for French horn, activate the “Local Keys” option. RELATED LINKS Setting clef, key, and time signature on page 1106 In a split system on page 1111 Display Quantize and Interpretation Options These two sections of the dialog contain a number of settings used to determine how the notes are interpreted. While these settings are more critical to making MIDI recorded music appear as legible as possible it is still important to have them set correctly when entering notes using the mouse. Below you can find descriptions of the settings. There are “fixed” Display Quantize values plus an “Auto” option which should only be used when your music contains mixed straight notes and triplets. RELATED LINKS Adding Display Quantize changes on page 1124 Display Quantize on page 1090
Staff settings Display Quantize and Interpretation Options 1156 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 Triplet options. Auto Quantize • If the project contains no triplets or only triplets, deactivate this option. • If the project contains mixed triplets and straight notes, activate this option (see below). Deviation and Adapt • When Deviation is activated, triplets/straight notes are detected even if they are not exactly “on the beat”. However, if you know your triplets/straight notes are perfectly recorded (quantized or entered by hand), deactivate this option. • When Adapt is activated, the program “guesses” that when one triplet is found, there are probably more triplets surrounding it. Activate this option if not all of your triplets are detected. If your music only contains “straight” notes or triplets PROCEDURE 1. Specify a Notes value. For example, if you have notes on odd sixteenth note positions, the Notes value should be set to 16 (sixteenth notes). The “T” values on the pop-up menu are for triplets. 2. Specify a Rests value. For example, if you want a single short note on a beat (quarter note position) to be displayed as a quarter note, set the Rests value to 4 (quarter notes). 3. Deactivate the Auto Quantize option.
Staff settings Display Quantize and Interpretation Options 1157 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 accordingly. If the score is mainly triplets, select the smallest triplet note position used in the score. If it is mainly straight notes, select the smallest “ordinary” note position. 3. Set the Rests value as described above. 4. Activate the Auto Quantize option. 5. Activate the Deviation and Adapt flags if you need them. Interpretation Options Syncopation Activate Syncopation when the program adds more ties to notes crossing beats and bar lines than you prefer. The following options are available: Relax When Syncopation is “relaxed”, the program applies syncopation in a number of common cases. Full Syncopation is on.
Staff settings Display Quantize and Interpretation Options 1158 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 when you want small consecutive rests joined into one (an eight note rest and a sixteenth note rest joined to a dotted eighth note rest for example). Consolidate Rests deactivated and activated Clean Lengths When this option is activated, the program interprets the length of your notes differently. A note’s length (in the display only) might be extended to the beginning of the next note or to the next Rests “position” for Display Quantize. An example: • If a note is too short, you may get a rest just after it. • When Clean Lengths is activated, the rest disappears. A slightly short eighth note without and with “Clean Lengths”. If using Clean Lengths does not help in a particular situation, you can manually resize the offending note(s) or use the Display Quantize tool. RELATED LINKS Inserting Display Quantize changes on page 1122 No Overlap When notes starting at the same position have different lengths, the program tends to add more ties than you may want. This can be avoided by using No Overlap.
Staff settings Display Transpose 1159 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. IMPORTANTIMPORTANTIMPORTANTIMPORTANT 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 polyphonic voicing. RELATED LINKS Polyphonic voicing on page 1163 Shuffle In jazz it is very common to score a shuffled beat as straight notes, simply to make it more legible. When the Shuffle flag is activated, the program searches for eighth note or sixteenth note pairs where the second note is played late (with a “swing feel” or as the third note in a triplet). Such pairs are displayed as regular eighth or sixteenth notes instead of triplet-based figures. Without and with Shuffle Display Transpose This is used when preparing parts for instruments that are not scored at the actual concert key. For example, if you want the note C3 to be played by an alto sax, you have to score it as an A3 – nine semitones up. Luckily, the Display Transpose setting takes care of this for you: • Use the pop-up menu to select the instrument for which you are scoring. • If the pop-up menu does not list your instrument, you can set the desired transposition with the Semitones value field.
Staff settings The Options tab 1160 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 be affected by the Display Transpose setting. • You can disable Display Transpose by deactivating the “Display Transpose” button on the toolbar of the Score Editor. RELATED LINKS Display Transpose in the Edit Key dialog on page 1115 Chord Symbols on page 1250 Transposing instruments on page 1114 The Options tab Clicking the Options tab in the dialog brings up another page with additional settings. Below follows a brief description of these, with references to more detailed explanations. Switches This section allows you to make beam settings. Flat Beams Activate this when you want the beams over notes to be flat (as opposed to slanted).