Steinberg Cubase Ai 5 Manual

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3.Make sure the device is set up to receive SysEx mes-
sages (often, receiving SysEx is turned off by default).
4.If necessary, put the device in “Standby to Receive 
System Exclusive” mode.
5.Play back the data.
Some advice
 Do not transmit more data than you need. If all you want is a 
single program, do not send them all, it will only make it harder 
to find the one you want. Usually, you can specify exactly what 
you want to send.
 If you want the sequencer to dump the pertinent...

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Selecting and viewing values
To select a value, either click on it or use the cursor keys. 
The selected byte is displayed in various formats:
 In the main display, values are shown in hexadecimal format.
 To the right of this, values are shown in ASCII format.
 At the bottom of the dialog, the selected value is shown in 
binary and decimal formats.
Editing a value
The selected value can be edited directly in the main dis-
play or in the decimal and binary displays. Just click on it...

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The Score Editor – Overview
The Score Editor shows the MIDI notes as a musical score. 
The window contains the following sections and items:
The toolbar
The Score Editor toolbar is similar to the toolbar in the Key 
Editor, with the following differences:
 The Score Editor toolbar has a button for showing or hiding 
the extended toolbar (see below).
 There are no active part settings – in the Score Editor, parts 
on different tracks are shown on different staves.
 There are no chord...

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If you are editing parts on several tracks, they are put on 
a grand staff (multiple staves, tied together by bar lines).
The number of bars across the screen depends on the 
size of the window and the number of notes in each bar.
The maximum number of bars across the page is four.
The end of the last part is indicated by a double bar line.
Unlike the other MIDI editors, the Score Editor does not 
have a ruler.
A conventional ruler would not make sense, since there is no exact rela-...

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Staff Mode
This pop-up menu determines how the staff is shown: 
When set to “Single”, all notes in the part are shown in 
the same staff.
When set to “Split”, the part is split on the screen into a 
bass and treble clef, as in a piano score. 
You use the Split-Point value field to set the note where you want the 
split to occur. Notes above and including the split note will appear on the 
upper staff, and notes below the split note will appear on the lower staff.
Before and after...

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Display Transpose
Some instruments, for example a lot of brass instruments, 
are scored transposed. For this purpose, the Staff Set-
tings dialog allows you to specify a separate Display 
Transpose setting for each staff (track). This transposes 
the notes in the score (i.e. how they are displayed) without 
affecting how the notes play back. This allows you to 
record and play back a multi staff arrangement, and still 
score each instrument according to its own transposition.
Use the...

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Positioning on screen is controlled by the current Quantize 
value. If, for example, you set this to 1/8 you can only insert 
and move notes to eighth note positions, at quarter notes, 
at half bars or at bar positions. It is a good strategy to set 
the Quantize value to the smallest note value in the piece. 
This does not stop you from inputting notes at “coarser” 
positions. However, if you set the Quantize value to too 
small a note value, it is easier to make mistakes.
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If you want to use other keys for selecting notes, you 
can customize the settings in the Key Commands dialog 
(in the Navigate category).
Deselecting everything
To deselect everything, simply click with the Arrow tool in 
some “free” (white) space in the score.
Deleting notes
Notes can be deleted in two ways:
Using the Erase tool
1.Select the Erase tool from the toolbar or context menu.
2.One at a time, click on the note(s) you want to erase, 
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By using the note value icons on the extended toolbar
Using the extended toolbar is another quick way to set a 
number of notes to the same length:
1.Select the notes you want to change.
2.Hold down [Ctrl]/[Command] and click on one of the 
note icons on the extended toolbar.
All the selected notes are now given the length of the clicked note.
By using the info line
You can also edit length values numerically on the info 
line, just like in the Key and Drum Editors (see “Editing on...

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3.When you have made your settings, click Apply.
If you like, you can leave the Font Settings dialog open, select another 
text block and adjust the settings for that – just remember to click Apply 
before you select a new text block.
If you make settings in the Font Settings dialog with no 
text selected, the settings will be used as default for all 
new text.
In other words, all text you enter from then on will get the settings you 
have specified (although you can of course change...