Steinberg Cubase LE Operation Manual

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• For SysEx (system exclusive) events, you can only edit the position 
(Start) in the list.
However, clicking the Comment column opens the SysEx Editor, in which you can per-
form detailed editing of system exclusive events. This and other aspects of working 
with system exclusive messages are described in a separate chapter – see page 446.
Editing in the event display
The event display allows you to edit the events graphically using the 
tools on the toolbar.
•To move...

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•You can select a color scheme for the events with the Colors pop-up 
menu on the toolbar.
This works as in the other MIDI editors.
•To delete an event, select it and press [Backspace] or [Delete], or 
click on it with the Eraser tool in the event display.
Filtering
Clicking the F button on the toolbar makes an additional filter bar ap-
pear. This allows you to hide some event types from view. For example, 
it may be hard to find note events if the part contains a lot...

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Masking
The Mask function is similar to the filter bar but allows you to hide 
events based on some other criteria as well. Proceed as follows:
1.Select an event of the type you want to view.
2.Pull down the Mask pop-up menu on the toolbar and select one of the 
options.
The results are as follows:
•To deactivate the Mask function, select “Nothing” from the Mask pop-
up menu.
The most typical usage of the Mask function is to view a certain type 
of controller only (e.g....

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Editing in the value display
The value display to the right of the event display is a tool for quick 
viewing and editing of multiple values, e.g. velocities or controller 
amounts. The values are shown as horizontal bars, with the bar length 
corresponding to the value.
A velocity ramp in the value display.
You edit the values by clicking and dragging. Note that the pointer au-
tomatically takes on the shape of the Pencil tool when you move it into 
the value display –...

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The Score Editor – Overview
The Score Editor shows the MIDI notes as a musical score. The win-
dow contains the following sections and items:
The toolbar
The Score Editor toolbar is similar to the toolbar in the Key Editor, with 
the addition of a button for showing or hiding the extended toolbar 
(see below).
Info line on/off Edit Solo button Score Editor tools
AutoScroll on/offMouse pointer display: Current 
pitch and current meter position
Show/hide extended toolbar...

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The info line
The info line shows information about selected MIDI notes, just like in 
the Key Editor. You can edit all values on the info line using regular 
value editing (see page 366 for details).
•To hide or show the info line, click the “i” icon in the toolbar.
The extended toolbar
The extended toolbar (shown or hidden by clicking the T button on the 
main toolbar) contains the following items:
Note value buttons
Click one of these to select a note value for...

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The score display
The main area of the Score Editor window shows the notes in the ed-
ited parts on one or several staves. 
• If you are editing one or several parts on the same track, as much of them as 
possible is shown on several staves – one above the other – just as with a 
score on paper.
• 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 measures across the screen depends on...

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Score Editor operations
Opening the Score Editor
To open one or several parts in the Score editor you proceed much as 
with the other editors: select the parts (on the same or different tracks), 
and select “Open Score Editor” from the Scores submenu on the MIDI 
menu. The default key command for this is [Ctrl]/[Command]-[R].
•You can also select the Score editor as your default editor, allowing 
you to open it by double clicking parts.
This is done with the Default...

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Getting the score displayed correctly
When you open the Score Editor for a part recorded in real time, the 
score may not look as legible as you would first expect. The Score Ed-
itor can ignore the minor time variances in performance and make a 
neater score almost instantly. To achieve this, there are a number of 
Staff Settings that determine how the program displays the music.
• Note that the time signature follows the time signature(s) on the Tempo 
track and are...

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Staff Mode
This pop-up determines how the staff should be 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 tre-
ble clef, as in a piano score. 
You use the Splitpoint 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 be-
low the split note will appear on the lower staff....