Steinberg Cubase SX/SL 3 Score Layout And Printing Manual

CUBASE SXTips and Tricks 18 – 311
Polyphonic voicing tip
If you are working on a full score with more than one instrument in one 
staff (2 flutes,2 trumpets etc.), you should use polyphonic voices. And 
even if both instruments play the same notes, you should insert notes 
for both instruments (you can mute the notes of the second voice, if 
playback is an issue). If you do this, it will be much easier to extract 
single parts later (by using the “Extract Voices” command).
Using the bar handles
These are...

CUBASE SX18 – 312 Tips and Tricks
Optimizing rests
If you have a number of consecutive empty bars you can replace them 
with one multiple rest. See page 253.
Zero system lines
Having no system lines at all might seem like a stupid idea to start 
with. But, this option allows you to create chord sheets really quickly. 
See the Make Chord Symbols feature described on page 212.
A lead sheet created by specifying “0” system lines.
Examples and scales
If you are creating scale examples and similar, you can...

CUBASE SXTips and Tricks 18 – 313
Controlling the order and appearance of grace notes
Normally, grace notes are beamed. Their order under the beam is con-
trolled by their order in the track. It is enough to put a grace note one 
tick before the next grace note to make them appear in the desired or-
der under the beam.
Initially the grace notes are put in with a 32nd note beam. By double 
clicking the note and changing the “flag” type in the Set Note Info di-
alog, you can change this.
Complex grace...

CUBASE SX18 – 314 Tips and Tricks
If you wish you had a faster computer
Here are some tips for those who find some operations slower than 
they would like:
• Work on a smaller section of the score at a time. Break the piece up into parts 
and work on those parts individually until the final layout stage.
• Switch on multi rests as late as possible.
• When working in Edit Mode, set Default Bars Across The Staff to a small 
value, for example 2.
• In Edit Mode, resize the window so that only one grand...

Index 

CUBASE SX316 Index
A
Accents above Staves 170
Accents above Stems
 170
Accidentals
About
 127
Distance From Note
 131
Active Staff
 25
Add Space
 99
Adding Notes
 68
Align
Dynamics
 199
Symbols
 196
Text
 221
Apply closes Property Windows
 31
Auditioning
 76
Auto Clef
 36
Auto Group Notes
 138
Auto Layout
About
 267
Bars and Staves
 270
Hide Empty Staves
 269
Icon
 269, 270
Move All Bars
 269
Move Bars
 269
Move Staves
 269
Optimize All
 270
Spread All Pages
 270
Spread Page
 270
Auto Quantize
 47...

CUBASE SXIndex 317
Moving 90
Setting Initial
 34
Color pop-up menu
 252
Common Time
 32
Consolidate Rests
 51
Copy
 79, 195
Crescendo
Affecting MIDI playback
 296
Drawing
 198
Flipping
 199
Keeping Horizontal
 199
Cross Staff Beaming
 139
Crossed Voicings
 117
Cue Notes
 148
Custom Palette
 167
Cut
 79
Cut Notes Tool
 145
Cut Time
 32
Cutflag Events
 145
D
D.C. 202
D.S.
 202
Da Capo
 202
Dal Segno
 202
Damper Pedal Symbols
 201
Default Bars Across The Page
 259
Delete
Notes
 74
Symbols
 195
Dialogs
 31...

CUBASE SX318 Index
F
Filter bar 27, 30
Find and Replace
 233
Fit Page/Width
 24
Fixed Stem Length
 100
Flat Beams
 51
Flat Ties
 146
Flip
Crescendo
 199
Slurs and Ties
 194
Stems
 123
Fonts
 220, 237
For Grouping Only
 33, 135
Force Update
 40
G
Get Form 242
Global Layer
 158
Global Layer Symbols
 160
Global Staff Spacing
 310
Global Text
 229
Glue Tube Tool
 83, 260
Grace Notes
Converting to Normal
 152
Creating Manually
 150
Order of
 313
Settings
 151
Graphic Move tool
 90, 147, 173
Graphic Note Type...

CUBASE SXIndex 319
Lyrics
About
 224
In Voices
 226
Inserting Manually
 224
Verse
 226
Lyrics from Clipboard
 227
M
Make Chord Symbols 212
Marker Track to Form
 244
Melisma Lines
 219
Merge All Staves
 119
MIDI Input Button
 81
MIDI Meaning
 295
Modern Time Signature
 248
Mouse Position Box
 67
Move All Bars
 269
Move Bars
 269
Move Staves
 269
Move to Next/Prev. Page
 23, 265
Moving
Between Voices
 111
Notes
 75
Objects graphically using the 
computer keyboard
 147
Staves
 263
Symbols
 186
Using Bar...

CUBASE SX320 Index
P
Page mode 22
Page number indicator
 23
Page Numbers
 229
Page Setup
 26
Page Text
 229
Page, selecting
 23
Paste
 79, 195
Paste Note Attributes
 133
Pedal Symbols
 201
Pencil tool
 169
Piano Staff
Fixed Split Point
 85
Variable Split Point
 108
Pickup Bar
 257
Play Order
 294
Polyphonic Presets
 108
Polyphonic Voicing
 101
About
 102
Automatic
 119
Checking Notes
 111
Display Quantize
 115
Entering Notes
 110
Moving Notes To Voices
 111
Presets
 108
Rest Handling
 114
Setting Up...