Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 Operation Manual Studio Manual

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The controller display
The area at the bottom of the Key Editor window is the 
controller display. This consists of one or several control-
ler lanes, each showing one of the following properties or 
event types:
 Velocity values of the notes.
 Pitch Bend events.
 Aftertouch events.
 Poly Pressure events.
 Program Change events.
 Any type of continuous controller event.
To change the size of the controller display, drag the di-
vider between the controller display and the note...

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To edit a single note, click on it with the Trim tool. The 
range between the mouse cursor and the end of the note 
will be removed.
You can use the mouse position display in the toolbar to find the exact 
position for the trim operation.
To edit several notes, click and drag with the mouse 
across the notes.
A line is displayed. The notes will be trimmed along this line.
Trimming the end of three note events.
By default, the Trim tool will cut off the end of notes. To 
trim the...

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The independent track loop is indicated in purple in the 
ruler.
ÖThe MIDI events will be looped as long as the Loop 
button is activated and the MIDI editor window is open.
To turn the loop into actual MIDI notes, use the Repeat 
Loop function on the MIDI menu, see “Repeat Loop” on 
page 333.
Auditioning
If the speaker icon on the toolbar is activated, individual 
notes will automatically be played back (auditioned) when 
you move or transpose them, or when you create new notes 
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If Snap is activated, this determines the start position of 
the created note.
If you click once, the created note will have the length 
set on the Length Quantize pop-up menu on the toolbar.
You can create a longer note by clicking and dragging. The length of the 
created note will be a multiple of the Length Quantize value.
Drawing notes with the Line tool
The Line tool can be used for creating series of contigu-
ous notes. To do so, click and drag to draw a line and then 
release...

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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, like selecting by clicking on the 
note or using a selection rectangle. Note that when you press [Shift] and 
click on notes or draw a selection rectangle, these notes will be added to 
the overall selection. When you press [Ctrl]/[Command] and click on 
notes or draw a selection rectangle, these notes will be removed from 
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Moving and transposing notes
To move notes in the editor, use any of the following me-
thods:
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 “Snap” on page 343.
Use the up and down arrow keys on the computer key-
board.
This method allows you to transpose the selected notes, without risking 
to move them horizontally. You can also use the...

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 “Paste Time” inserts at the project cursor position, but moves 
(and if necessary, splits) existing notes to make room for the 
pasted notes.
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 ar-
row. 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...

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Deleting notes
To delete notes, either click on them with the Eraser tool 
or select them and press [Backspace].
Editing on the info line
The info line shows the values and properties of the se-
lected event(s). If a single event is selected, its values are 
displayed 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 
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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, note-on and/or note-off velocity.
With this setting, the edited notes will get the pitch and velocity values 
of the notes input via MIDI, but the note-off velocities will be kept as 
they are.
4.Play a note on your MIDI instrument.
The note selected in the editor will get the pitch, velocity and/or note-off 
velocity of the played note.
The next...

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Editing in the controller display
About controller lanes
By default, the controller display has a single lane, show-
ing one event type at a time. However, you can 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 the Quick menu, or...