Steinberg Cubase SX/SL 3 Score Layout And Printing Manual

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If you run into trouble
Below follow a few simple troubleshooting steps that will help you pin-
point some common mistakes:
•The note I put in has the wrong length. For example, I added a sixteenth 
and got a quarter note.
You probably have the wrong display quantize value set. Open the Staff Settings dialog. 
If Auto Quantize is on, turn it off, unless you have mixed triplets and regular notes. Also 
check the Notes and Rests display quantize...

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Selecting notes
In the operations described in the rest of this chapter, you will often 
work on selected notes. The text below describes how to select notes 
in various ways:
By clicking
To select a note, click on its note head with the Object Selection tool. 
The note head is inverted to indicate that it is selected.
•To select more notes, hold down [Shift] and click on them.
•To deselect notes, hold down [Shift] and click on them again.
•If...

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Using the keyboard
By default, you can step through the notes in the staff using the left 
and right arrow keys. If you press [Shift], you will select the notes as 
you step through them.
•If you are working with polyphonic voices, you will only step through 
the notes in the current voice.
•If you want to use other keys for selecting notes, you can customize the 
settings in the Key Commands dialog on the File menu (in the Navigate 
category)....

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Deleting notes
Notes can be deleted in two ways:
Using the Erase tool
1.Select the Erase tool from the toolbar or Quick menu.
The Erase tool on the Quick menu.
2.Click on the note(s) you want to erase, one at a time or drag over them 
with the mouse button pressed.
Using the keyboard or delete menu item
1.Select the notes you want to delete.
2.Select Delete from the Edit menu, or press [Delete] or [Backspace] 
on the computer keyboard. 

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Moving notes
About the lock layers
When you are moving and editing notes in the score, you might acci-
dentally move other objects nearby. To avoid this, assign different types 
of objects to different “lock layers” (up to three) and instruct Cubase SX 
to “lock” one or two of these layers, making them unmovable.
There are two ways to set up which type of object should belong to 
which lock layer:
• Open the Preferences dialog from the File menu...

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Activating auditioning
Auditioning activated
If you want to hear the pitch of the note while moving, activate the 
speaker icon on the toolbar. When it is on, you will hear the current 
pitch of the “dragged” note, as described below.
Moving by dragging
1.Set the quantize value.
The quantize value will restrict your movement in time. You can not place the notes on 
positions smaller than the quantize value. If Quantize for example is set to “1/8...

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Moving by using key commands
Instead of dragging the note with the mouse, you can assign key com-
mands for this:
•The commands for which you should assign keys are found in the 
Nudge category in the Key Commands dialog.
The commands are listed as “Left”, “Right”, “Top” and “Bottom”.
•When moving notes to the left or right using key commands, the notes 
will be moved in steps according to the current quantize value.
The keys assigned for up/down...

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Duplicating notes
1.Set the quantize value and select the notes, as for moving.
You can duplicate any block of notes, even on several systems at the same time.
2.Press [Alt]/[Option] and drag the notes to their new position.
•If you want to restrict movements to one direction only, press [Ctrl]/
[Command].
This works just as for moving, as described above.
•If you want to restrict the pitch to inside the current key only, make 
sure the option...

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Cut, copy and paste
•To cut notes, select them and select Cut from the Edit menu (or use a 
key command, by default [Ctrl]/[Command]-[X]).
The notes are now removed from the score and put on the clipboard. Below we de-
scribe how to insert notes from the clipboard into the score.
•To copy notes, select them and select Copy from the Edit menu (or 
use a key command, by default [Ctrl]/[Command]-[C]).
A copy of the notes is made, and put on the...

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Editing pitches of individual notes
By dragging
The most basic way to edit the pitch of a note would probably be to 
drag it up or down. Remember to hold down [Ctrl]/[Command] to 
avoid moving the note sideways as well.
•If the option “Keep moved notes within key” is activated in the Prefer-
ences–Scores dialog, notes will be transposed within the current key 
only.
•To avoid accidentally moving the note into another staff, activate the 
Lock...