Steinberg Cubase LE Operation Manual

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❐These are only display values used for the graphics in the Score Editor. 
They do not affect the actual playback in any way.
Here is a description of the functions:
Parameter Description
Notes Determines the smallest note value to be displayed and the “small-
est position” to be recognized and properly displayed. Set this to the 
smallest significant note position used in your music. 
For example, if you have notes on odd sixteenth note positions, you 
should set this...

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Key and Clef
The correct Key and Clef are set using the two scroll bars in the Key & 
Clef section.
If you activate the “Auto Clef” checkbox, the program attempts to guess the correct 
clef, judging from the pitch of the music.
•To set the clef and key for the lower staff, activate the “Lower Staff” 
checkbox in the Key/Clef section.
Display Transpose
Some instruments, for example a lot of brass instruments, are scored 
transposed. For this purpose, the Staff Settings...

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Flags
These provide additional options for how the score should be dis-
played:
Parameter Description
Clean Lengths When this is activated, notes that are considered to be chords will 
be shown with identical lengths. This is done by showing the 
longer notes as shorter than they are. When Clean Lengths is 
turned on, notes with very short overlaps are also cut off; a bit as 
with No Overlap (see below), but with a more subtle effect. 
No Overlap When this is activated...

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Applying your settings
After you’ve made your settings, click Apply to apply them to the active 
staff. You can select another staff in the score and make settings for 
that, without having to close the Staff Settings dialog first – just remem-
ber to click Apply before you change staff, otherwise your changes will 
be lost.
•As in many other dialogs and property windows in Cubase LE, you 
can store your settings as presets.
This is done according to the usual...

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Entering notes with the mouse
To enter notes into a part in the Score Editor, you use the Note tool. 
However, first you need to set the note value (length) and spacing:
Selecting a note value for input
This can be done in two ways:
• By clicking the note symbols on the extended toolbar.
You can select any note value from 1/1 to 1/64th and turn on and off the dotted and 
triplet options by clicking the two buttons to the right. The selected note value is dis-
played in...

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Entering a note
To add a note to the score, proceed as follows:
1.Make the staff active.
Notes are always put in on the active staff.
2.Select the type of note by selecting a note value.
This is described in detail above.
3.If you selected the note value by clicking on a symbol on the extended 
toolbar, the Note tool was automatically selected – otherwise select 
the Note tool from the toolbar or Quick menu.
4.Select a Quantize value.
As described above, the Quantize...

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Selecting notes
There are several ways to select notes in the Score Editor:
By clicking
To select a note, click on its note head with the Arrow tool. The note 
head gets inverted to indicate that it is selected.
•To select more notes, hold down [Shift] and click on them.
•To deselect notes, hold [Shift] down and click on them again.
•If you hold down [Shift] and double click on a note, this note and all 
the following notes in the same staff are selected.
Using a...

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Deleting notes
Notes can be deleted in two ways:
Using the Eraser tool
1.Select the Eraser tool from the toolbar or Quick menu.
2.Click on the Note(s) you want to erase, one at a time or drag over 
them with the mouse button pressed.
Using the keyboard or delete menu item
1.Select the notes you want to delete.
2.Select Delete from the Edit menu, or press [Delete] or [Backspace] 
on the computer keyboard.
Moving notes
To move or transpose notes, proceed as follows:
1.Set...

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•You can also move selected notes by using key commands, as as-
signed in the Nudge category in the Key Commands dialog.
When moving notes to the left or right using key commands, the notes will be moved in 
steps according to the current Quantize value. The keys assigned for up/down nudg-
ing will transpose notes in semitones steps.
Duplicating notes
1.Set the Quantize value and select the notes, as for moving.
2.Press [Alt]/[Option] and drag the notes to their new...

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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 Editor (see page...