Steinberg Cubase SX/SL 3 Operation Manual

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Changing the text font, size and style
To change the font settings for the text you have added, proceed as 
follows:
1.Select the text block by clicking it with the Arrow tool.
2.Pull down the MIDI menu and select “Set Font” from the Scores sub-
menu.
A Font Settings dialog appears, containing the following settings:
3.When you’ve made your settings, click Apply.
If you like, you can leave the Font Settings dialog open, select another text block and 
adjust the...

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Printing
To print your score, proceed as follows:
1.Open the parts you want to print in the Score Editor.
Printing is only available from within the Score Editor.
2.Select Page Setup from the File menu and make sure all your Printer 
settings are correct.
3.This includes paper size and margins.
4.Close the Page Setup dialog and select Print from the File menu.
5.The standard Print dialog appears. Fill out the options as desired.
6.Click Print.
Common MIDI editor...

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Coloring notes and events
By using the Colors pop-up menu on the toolbar, you can select a 
color scheme for the events in the editor. The following options are 
available:
When any of the options (apart from “Part”) is selected, you can se-
lect “Setup” from the Colors pop-up menu. This opens a dialog in 
which you can specify which colors should be associated with which 
velocities, pitches or channels, respectively.
Option Description
Velocity The notes get...

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Working with the Tempo track 

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Background
For each audio or MIDI track in Cubase SX/SL, you can specify 
whether it should be time based or tempo based (see page 120). For 
tempo based tracks, the tempo can either be fixed through the whole 
project (this is called “Fixed tempo mode”) or follow the Tempo track 
(this is called “Tempo track mode”), which may contain tempo changes.
•To switch between Fixed tempo mode and Tempo track mode, use 
the Tempo button on the Transport panel:...

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The Tempo Track Editor – overview
To make changes to the actual Tempo track you need to open the 
Tempo Track Editor, by selecting “Tempo Track” on the Project menu.
The toolbar
The toolbar contains various tools and settings. The tempo and time 
signature displays to the right allow you to view and edit the value of 
the selected tempo curve point or time signature event, much like the 
info line in other editors.
Tools
Tempo track on/off AutoscrollSnap...

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The ruler
The ruler in the Tempo Track Editor shows the timeline. As in other win-
dows, you can select a display format by clicking on the arrow button to 
the right of the ruler, and selecting an option from the pop-up menu that 
appears.
The two additional items at the bottom of the menu have the following 
functionality:
•If “Time Linear” is selected, the ruler, time signature area and tempo 
curve display will be linear in relation to the timeline....

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The time signature area
The area below the ruler contains time signature events. 
The tempo curve display
The main display shows the tempo curve (or, if Fixed tempo mode is 
selected, the Fixed tempo – see page 624). To the left of the display 
is a tempo scale to help you quickly locate the desired tempo.
•Note that the vertical “grid lines” correspond to the display format 
selected for the ruler. 

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Operations
Zooming
Changing the magnification is done using any of the following methods:
•By using the zoom sliders in the lower right corner of the window.
•By using the Magnifying Glass tool.
This works according to the standard procedures.
•By using the Zoom submenu on the Edit menu.
The options on the menu work as in other windows.
Editing the tempo curve
This section assumes that you are working in Tempo track mode, i.e. the 
Tempo button is lit on...