Steinberg Cubase SX/SL 3 Score Layout And Printing Manual

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•If you activate the “Hide” option, all hidden objects (except notes) will 
be indicated by a “Hide” text marker.
Showing one object
1.Make sure “Hide” is activated on the display filter bar.
2.Click on the “Hide” text marker below the object you want to display.
The text is selected.
3.Press [Backspace] or [Delete].
The object appears. Undo is available if you change your mind.
Showing all objects
If you select “Show” from the Scores–Staff Functions submenu, all 
hidden objects are displayed.
•You can also use the Clean Up Layout function to permanently display 
hidden notes and objects, as described on page 271.
Showing a hidden note
While all hidden notes can be made visible by ticking the Hidden 
Notes checkbox on the display filter bar, you may want to make some 
of them “permanently” visible again:
1.Activate the Hidden Notes checkbox on the display filter bar.
2.Select the notes that you want to “un-hide”.
If the option “Use Colors for Additional Meanings” is activated in the Preferences–
Scores dialog, hidden notes are shown in a different color.
3.Double click one of the notes.
4.Turn off the Hide Note option in the Set Note Info dialog and click 
Apply. 
						

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Applications of hiding
Printing scales
If you want to create scale examples, enter the notes and hide time 
signatures, bar lines and other unnecessary objects.
A scale created with hidden bar lines, time signatures etc.
Graphic notation
By hiding bar lines, you can produce graphic notation.
Hiding notes meant for playback only
If you have recorded your music, you may have added glissandos, falls, 
etc. that sound fine but result in a lot of unnecessary notes. You prob-
ably want to hide those notes and insert the suitable symbols instead.
Coloring notes
You can use the color pop-up menu on the toolbar to colorize se-
lected notes, e.g. for educational purposes.
• Only the note heads will be colored.
• The colors will be included when you print the score.
• Notes can also be colored automatically if the option Use Colors for Ad-
ditional Meanings is activated in the Preferences (Scores page).
When this option is activated, color is used to indicate elements that are “special” in 
any way (hidden notes, slurs and note symbols that are moved from their default posi-
tions, etc.) 
						

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Multiple rests
Multiple consecutive rests can be automatically consolidated into 
multi-rest measures as follows:
1.Open the Layout Settings dialog by selecting “Setup” from the 
Scores–Layout Settings submenu.
2.Set Multi-Rests to specify how many empty bars should be “allowed” 
before Cubase SX should collect them into a multi rest. 
For example, a value of 2 means that three or more consecutive empty bars will be col-
lected into a multi rest. The value “Off” means “never”.
3.Click OK to close the dialog.
The multi rests now appear in the score.
A multi rest over three bars.
Splitting multi rests
To divide one long multiple rest into many shorter, proceed as follows:
1.Double click on the multi rest symbol.
The Split Multi Rest dialog appears:
2.In the dialog, enter the bar number where you want the first split.
3.Click OK.
If you need more splits, double click on any multi rest symbol and proceed as above.
❐The program automatically splits multi rests wherever there is a change 
of time signature, at double bar lines or repeat signs. 
						

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Multi rest appearance
On the Beams and Bars tab in the Notation Style dialog (Scores–Global 
Settings submenu), you will find a couple of settings that determine the 
appearance of multi rests:
It is also possible to adjust the height and width of the multi-rest sym-
bol (in the Scores–Global Settings–Spacing dialog) and to select a 
font for the multi-rest numbers (in the Scores–Global Settings–Text 
Settings dialog).
Option Description
Show Multi-Rest number 
above SymbolWhen this is activated, the numbers are shown above the 
multi-rest symbol, instead of below it.
Show Multi-Rests in 
Church StyleWhen this is activated, multi-rests are shown in “church 
style” (vertical bars), rather than with the regular, horizontal 
symbols.
Show Bar number Range 
with Multi-RestsWhen this is activated, and barnumbers are displayed, the 
barnumbers of a multi-rest will be shown as a range. 
						

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Adding and editing bar lines
Editing existing bar lines
For each bar line, you can choose whether you want a regular, single 
bar line, a double bar line, a repeat sign, etc.
1.Double click on the bar line for which you want to edit the settings.
A dialog appears with a number of bar line types.
2.If you wish the bar line to be shown with “brackets”, activate the 
Brackets checkbox.
This is only relevant for repeat signs.
3.Click on the desired bar line type.
The dialog closes and the bar line type is changed.
• The bar line types are part of the global layer – any changes you make 
will be reflected in all layouts. 
						

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The “Hide” option
One of the options in the Bar Lines dialog is called Hide. This can be 
used as an optional way of hiding bar lines. Bar lines hidden this way 
will not get a “Hide” text marker, nor will they be displayed if you select 
the “Show” command on the Staff Functions submenu. The bar spac-
ing, bar numbers etc. will behave just as if the bar line was visible. To 
show the bar line again, double click on it and select another type of 
bar line.
•If you have trouble finding a “hidden” bar line, try selecting it by drag-
ging a rectangle around it.
When selected, the bar line will be visible and it will be easy to double click it.
Creating upbeats
By using the Pickup Bar feature
With this method, the upbeat actually contains exactly the number of 
beats displayed. That is, if you have a upbeat of one beat, your project 
starts with one bar in 1/4 time.
1.Change the time signature of the first bar to the length of the upbeat.
2.Insert a time signature of the correct kind (the time signature used 
throughout the project) in the second bar.
Time signatures are inserted by selecting the time signature symbol from the “Clef 
etc.” symbol palette and clicking with the Pencil tool.
3.Enter the notes in the upbeat into the first bar of the song.
The first bar before any adjustments.
4.Double click the time signature for the upbeat bar.
The Edit Time Signature dialog appears. 
						

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5.Activate the option “Pickup Bar” and click OK.
Now, the time signature of the first bar takes on the look of the second 
bar’s signature, while the time signature in the second bar is hidden:
6.If you use bar numbers, double click on the first bar number and enter 
an offset of -1. 
7.Adjust the display of bar numbers and hide the “0” in the first measure. 
						

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By hiding rests
With this method, the first bar will actually have the same time signa-
ture as the following bars – it will only look like an upbeat bar:
1.Enter the notes in the upbeat into the first bar of the song.
The first bar before any adjustments.
2.Hide the rests that precede the notes.
3.Drag the bar line between measure one and two to adjust the width of 
the bar.
After hiding the rest and dragging the bar line.
4.If you like, move the notes in the upbeat measure, using the Graphic 
Move tool.
5.If you use bar numbers, adjust them as in the previous example.
The final upbeat. 
						

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Setting the number of bars across the page
“Automatically”
• When you open a new combination of tracks for editing, the number of bars 
across the page is determined by the setting “Default Number of Bars per 
Staff” in the Preferences–Scores dialog.
• When you use the “Bars and Staves” function on the Auto Layout submenu 
(see page 267), you will be asked for the maximum allowed number of bars 
across the staff.
Manually
In Page Mode you have full control of how many bars appear across 
the page, by using the Number of Bars dialog or the tools. 
• If you want to use the “Bars and staves” function on the Auto Layout sub-
menu (see page 267), you should do this before you adjust the number 
of bars manually.
Using the Number of Bars dialog
1.Make a staff active in the system where you want to make changes.
This means that if everything looks fine until for example the fifth system, make one of 
the staves active in this system.
2.Pull down the Scores menu and select “Number Of Bars” from the 
Layout Functions submenu.
The Number of Bars dialog is displayed.
3.Set the desired number of bars across the page.
•To change the number of bars for the active staff only, click This Staff.
•To change the number of bars for the active staff and all following 
staves, click All Staves.
In other words, to set all systems on all pages to the same number of bars, make the 
very first staff active and use the All Staves option. 
						

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Using the tools
•To make a measure “fall down” on a new staff, use the Split tool to 
click on its bar line.
Before and after moving the third measure one staff down.
•To bring the measure back up to the previous staff, use the Glue Tube 
tool to click on the last bar line on the upper of the two staves.
This will in fact move all measures in the lower staff up to the upper.