Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 Operation Manual Studio Manual

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Entering and editing notes
Using key commands
Instead of transposing the note with the mouse, you can 
assign key commands for this.
The commands for which you can assign key commands 
are found in the Nudge category in the Key Commands 
dialog.
The commands are listed as “Top” (transpose one semitone up) and 
“Bottom” (transpose one semitone down).
Using the info line
You can use the info line to change the pitches (and other 
properties) of one or several notes numerically, see “The 
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Lengthening a note by gluing two notes together
You can create unusual note length values by gluing notes 
of the same pitch together.
1.Insert the notes you want to glue together (if they don’t 
already exist).
2.Select the Glue tool from the toolbar or Quick menu.
The Glue tool on the Quick menu.
3.Click on the first note.
This note will now be tied to the first following note with the same pitch.
4.If you want to glue more notes, click again.
By gluing together a quarter...

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Split (piano) staves
Setting up the split staff
1.Make a staff active.
2.Open the Score Settings–Staff page for the staff and 
select the Polyphonic tab.
3.From the Staff Mode pop-up, select Split.
4.Set the Splitpoint value to a suitable note.
All notes below this note value will be put on the lower clef, all above will 
be put on the upper clef.
Split mode selected.
If the default piano clef settings for the upper and lower 
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 If several staves share settings, you will save some time by us-
ing staff presets. Set up the staff settings for the first staff, and 
save them as a preset. This preset can then be applied to any 
of the other staves, one at a time. See “Working with staff pre-
sets” on page 532 for details.
Selecting notes
 You can select notes from one or several staves at the same 
time, using any of the selection methods, see “Selecting notes” 
on page 522.
Adding notes
 You can add...

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Moving clefs
Clefs inserted into the score have an effect on how notes 
are displayed. If you for example insert a bass clef in the 
middle of a treble staff, the staff switches to show bass 
pitches. Therefore it is very important where you insert the 
clef.
If you want to move the clef graphically, without disturbing 
the relation between the clef and the notes, proceed as 
follows:
1.Select the Layout tool.
This is available in Page Mode only.
2.Click and move the clef...

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Staff settings 

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Staff settings
About this chapter
In this chapter you will learn:
 How to make staff settings.
 How to work with staff presets.
Staff settings
Below follows a run-through of all staff settings, more de-
tailed information about the ones already described and 
references to other places in the manual for some options.
Making settings
1.Open the Score Settings–Staff page.
2.With the dialog open, make the desired staff active.
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To load a preset, select it on the Presets pop-up menu.
Note that this loads the settings in the preset into the dialog – to apply 
these to a staff you must click the Apply button as usual. You can also 
apply staff presets directly in the score – see below.
To remove a preset, select it from the pop-up menu and 
click the Remove button.
Applying a preset directly in the score
If you right-click on the blue rectangle to the left of a staff, 
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Display quantize and interpretation 
options
These two sections of the dialog contain a number of set-
tings used to determine how the notes should be inter-
preted. While these settings are more critical to making 
MIDI recorded music appear as legible as possible it is 
still important to have them set correctly when entering 
notes using the mouse. Below you will find a brief sum-
mary of the settings – for more details, see “Display quan-
tize” on page 510.
Notes and Rests display...

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The Options tab
Clicking the Options tab in the dialog brings up another 
page with additional settings (which can be made part of a 
staff preset just like the other settings). Below follows a 
brief description of these, with references to more detailed 
explanations.
Switches
System Sizes
This section allows you to set the number of system lines 
and to control spacing between the lines:See “Creating tablature manually” on page 626 for an ex-
ample of how this can be used with...