Steinberg Cubase LE Operation Manual

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Selecting notes
Selecting notes is done using any of the following methods:
•Use the Arrow tool.
The standard selection techniques apply.
•Use the Select submenu on the Quick menu.
The options are:
•You can also use the left and right arrow keys on the computer key-
board to step from one note to the next or previous.
If you press [Shift] and use the arrow keys, the current selection will be kept, allowing 
you to select several notes.
•To select all notes of a certain...

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Moving and Transposing notes
To move notes in the editor, use any of the following methods:
•Click and drag to a new position.
All selected notes will be moved, maintaining their relative positions. If Snap is activated, 
this determines to which positions you can move the notes, see page 404.
❐Note also that you can restrict movement to horizontal or vertical only by 
holding down [Ctrl]/[Command] while dragging.
•Use the up and down arrow keys on the computer...

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Using cut and paste
You can use the Cut, Copy and Paste functions on the Edit menu to 
move or copy material within a part or between different parts. When 
you paste copied notes, you can either use the regular Paste function 
or the Paste Time function on the Edit menu’s Range submenu.
• “Paste” inserts the copied notes at the project cursor position, without affect-
ing existing notes.
• “Paste Time” inserts at the project cursor position, but moves (and if neces-...

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Resizing notes
To resize a note, use one of the following methods:
•Position the arrow tool at the start or end of the note, so that the 
pointer takes on the shape of a small double arrow. Click and drag to 
the left or right to resize the note.
This method allows you to resize the note from either direction.
•Click with the Pencil tool within the note box and drag to the left or the 
right (to make the note shorter or longer, respectively).
With both these methods,...

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Muting notes
Individual notes can be muted in the Key Editor, as opposed to muting 
an entire MIDI part in the Project window. This allows you to exclude 
notes from playback, but keep the option to bring them back again at 
any time. To mute a note, use one of the following methods:
• Click on it with the Mute tool.
• Select the Mute tool and drag a rectangle, enclosing all notes you want to 
mute.
• Select the note(s) and choose Mute from the Edit menu. 
The default...

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Editing on the info line
The info line shows the values and properties of the selected event(s). 
If a single event is selected, its values are displayed in light blue on the 
info line. If several events are selected, the info line shows the values 
of the first of these events, in yellow.
Several events selected.
You can edit the values on the info line using regular value editing. 
This allows you to move, resize, transpose or change velocity of 
events in a very...

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Editing Notes via MIDI
You can change the properties of notes via MIDI. For example, this 
can be a fast way to get the right velocity value, since you will hear the 
result even as you edit:
1.Select the note you want to edit.
2.Click on the MIDI connector symbol on the toolbar.
The symbol should be lit. This enables editing via MIDI.
3.Use the note buttons on the toolbar to decide which properties 
should be changed by the MIDI input.
You can enable editing of pitch,...

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Editing in the controller display
About controller lanes
By default, the controller display has a single lane, showing one event 
type at a time. However, you can easily add lanes by right-clicking in 
the display and selecting “Create new controller lane” from the Quick 
menu. This allows you to view and edit different controllers at the 
same time.
The controller display with three lanes set up.
• To remove a lane, right-click in it and select “Remove this Lane” from...

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Selecting event type
Each controller lane shows one event type at a time. To select which 
event type should be displayed, use the pop-up menu to the left of the 
lane.
•Selecting “Setup...” opens a dialog in which you can specify which 
Continuous Controller event types you want available on the pop-up 
menu.
Controller types in 
this list are already 
listed on the pop-
up menu.Controller types 
in this list are not 
listed on the pop-
up menu.
Click this button to...

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Editing velocity values
When “Velocity” is selected for viewing, the lane shows the velocity of 
each note as a vertical bar.
Velocity values are edited with the Pencil tool. The different Pencil tool 
modes offer the following possibilities:
• In Draw mode, you can use the Pencil tool to change the velocity of a single 
note: click on its velocity bar and drag the bar up or down.
While you drag, the current velocity value is shown in the display to the left.
• You can...