Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 Operation Manual Studio Manual

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Key commands
Editors category
File categoryMedia category
MIDI category
Navigate category
Insert Silence [Ctrl]/[Command]+[Shift]+[E]
Left Selection Side to Cursor [E]
Lock [Ctrl]/[Command]+[Shift]+[L]
Move to Cursor [Ctrl]/[Command]+[L]
Mute [M]
Mute Events [Shift]+[M]
Mute/Unmute Objects [Alt]/[Option]+[M]
Open Default Editor [Ctrl]/[Command]+[E]
Open Score Editor [Ctrl]/[Command]+[R]
Open/Close Editor [Return]
Paste [Ctrl]/[Command]+[V]
Paste at Origin [Alt]/[Option]+[V]
Paste Time...

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Key commands
Nudge category
Project category
Score Functions category
Tool categoryTransport category
Up:
Select next in the Project window/ 
Move selected event in the 
Key Editor one semitone up[Up Arrow]
Bottom
Select bottom track in the track list[End]
Top: 
Select top track in the track list[Home]
Option Key command
End Left [Alt]/[Option]+[Shift]+[Left Arrow]
End Right [Alt]/[Option]+[Shift]+[Right Arrow]
Left [Ctrl]/[Command]+[Left Arrow]
Right [Ctrl]/[Command]+[Right Arrow]
Start Left...

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Key commands
Workspace category
Zoom category
Set Marker 1 [Ctrl]/[Command]+[1]
Set Marker 2 [Ctrl]/[Command]+[2]
Set Marker 3 to 9 [Ctrl]/[Command]+Pad [3] to [9] or
[Ctrl]/[Command]+ [3] to [9]
Set Right Locator [Ctrl]/[Command]+Pad [2]
Start [Enter]
Start/Stop [Space]
Stop Pad [0]
To Left Locator Pad [1]
To Marker 1 [Shift]+[1]
To Marker 2 [Shift]+[2]
To Marker 3 to 9 Pad [3] to [9] or [Shift]+[3] to [9]
To Right Locator Pad [2]
Use External Sync [T]
Option Key command
Lock/Unlock Active Workspace...

Part II:
Score layout and printing 

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How the Score Editor works 

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How the Score Editor works
About this chapter
In this chapter you will learn:
 How the Score Editor and MIDI data relate.
 What display quantize is and how it works.
Welcome!
Welcome to scoring in Cubase! The Score Editor has 
been created to allow you to get any possible piece of 
music displayed as a score, complete with all the neces-
sary symbols and formatting. It allows you to extract parts 
out of a full orchestra score, to add lyrics and comments, 
create lead sheets, score for drums, create...

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Display quantize
Let’s say you used the Project window to record a figure 
with some staccato eighth notes. When you open the 
Score Editor, these notes are displayed like this:
This doesn’t look anything like what you intended. Let’s 
start with the timing – obviously, you were off at a couple 
of places (the third, fourth and last note all seem to be a 
32nd note late). You can solve this by quantizing the fig-
ure, but this would make the passage sound too “stiff”, and...

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like above. But again, please note that when you hit Play, 
the passage will still play as it originally did. The display 
quantize setting only affects the score image of the re-
cording. One last important note:
Using Rests display quantize
Above we used display quantize for notes. There is a sim-
ilar setting called “Rests” display quantize which is used 
to set the smallest rest to be displayed. Often, this setting 
is very effective:
Let’s start with the following note...

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Permanent alteration of MIDI data
As a last resort, you can resize, quantize or move the ac-
tual note events. However, this would result in the music 
not playing back like it originally did. Often it is possible to 
get the score to look the way you want without altering any 
MIDI data.
Summary
This closes our discussion on the basic concept of display 
quantizing. There are a number of other special situations 
which require more advanced techniques, which you will 
find...

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The basics