Steinberg Cubase SX/SL 3 Score Layout And Printing Manual

 
Score Layout and Printing 

 
Manual by Anders Nordmark
Quality Control: C. Bachmann, H. Bischoff, S. Pfeifer, C. Schomburg
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Table of Contents 

 
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9How the Score Editor  
works 
10In this chapter you will learn:
10Welcome!
11How the Score Editor 
operates
12MIDI notes vs. score notes
13Display quantize
18Entering notes by hand vs. 
recording notes 
19The basics 
20In this chapter you will learn:
20Preparations
20Opening the Score Editor
21The project cursor
22Page Mode
24Changing the Zoom factor
25The active staff
26Making page setup settings
26Designing your work space
31About dialogs in the Score 
Editor...

 
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91Staff settings 
92In this chapter you will learn:
92Staff settings
93Making settings
94Working with staff presets
95Staff names
95Key and clef
96Display quantize and 
interpretation flags
97Display transpose
98The Options tab
100The Polyphonic and 
Tablature tabs 
101Polyphonic voicing 
102In this chapter you will learn:
102Background: Polyphonic 
voicing
105Setting up the voices
109Strategies: How many 
voices do I need?
110Entering notes into voices
111Checking...

 
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209Working with chords 
210Chord symbols 
217Working with text 
218In this chapter you will learn:
218Adding and editing text 
symbols
223Different Types of text
231Text functions 
239Working with layouts 
240In this chapter you will learn:
240Background: Layouts
241Creating a layout
242The Layout List
243Using layouts – an example
244Marker Track to Form 
245Designing your 
score – additional  
techniques 
246In this chapter you will learn:
246Layout settings
249Staff...

 
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303Troubleshooting 
304In this chapter you will learn:
304How to use this chapter
304Adding and editing notes
307Symbols and layout 
309Tips and Tricks 
310In this chapter you will learn: 
315Index 

 
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How the Score Editor works 

 
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1 – 10 How the Score Editor works 
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 SX! The Score Editor has been cre-
ated to allow you to get any possible piece of music displayed as a 
score, complete with all the necessary symbols and formatting. It al-
lows you to extract parts out of a full orchestra score, to add lyrics and 
comments, create lead sheets, score for...