Steinberg Cubase SX/SL 3 Score Layout And Printing Manual

							 
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Editing whole tracks
 
When you are preparing a score for printing, you probably want to 
open the whole MIDI tracks in the Score Editor. To do this, select the 
track(s) in the track list and make sure no parts are selected – then 
open the Score Editor as usual. 
About editing parts on different tracks
 
If you have selected parts on two or more tracks (or several whole 
tracks – no parts) and open the Score Editor, you will get one staff for 
each track (although you can split a staff in two, e.g. when scoring for 
piano). Think of the project windows as an overview of your entire 
score and the tracks as representing one instrument each. 
Editing predefined combinations of tracks
 
On page 242 you will find out how to open the Score Editor with a 
certain combination of tracks that you edited before. 
The project cursor
 
The project cursor appears as a vertical line across the staff. When 
you open the Score Editor, the view is automatically scrolled so that 
the project cursor is visible in the window. This means you don’t al-
ways see the beginning of the edited part when you first open the 
Score Editor. 
• 
Hold down [Alt]/[Option] and [Shift] and click anywhere in the score 
to move the project cursor there. 
This is handy if the project cursor pointer isn’t visible. 
						

							 
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Page Mode
 
When you are preparing a score for printout, you should set the Score 
Editor to Page Mode. This is done by selecting Page Mode from the 
Scores menu (if the menu item is called “Edit Mode”, you are already 
in Page Mode). 
Selecting Page Mode. 
When you do this, the window switches to show you one page at a 
time, as it will appear on printout. 
Page Mode vs. Edit Mode
 
All you can do in Edit Mode, you can also do in Page Mode. But Page 
Mode offers lots of additional features that are not available in Edit 
Mode, typically because they are directly related to how the score is 
displayed and printed. 
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This section of the manual assumes you are in Page Mode. It will be men-
 
tioned explicitly if something in this text specifically relates to Edit Mode.
 
Using the scroll bars in Page Mode
 
In Page Mode, the scroll bars are used to scroll the image of the page 
inside the window. 
						

							 
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Moving between pages in Page Mode
 
If your score takes up more than one page, you can skip between the 
pages in two ways: 
• 
By using the page number indicator in the lower right corner. 
The number can be adjusted using the standard value editing techniques.
The Page Number indicator – adjust it to move to another page.
 
• 
By assigning key commands to the functions “Move to Next Page” 
and “Move to Previous Page” in the Key Commands dialog in the 
Scores category.
Also, if Autoscroll is activated on the toolbar, the score display will fol-
low the project cursor position. This way you can scroll the score by 
using fast forward or rewind. 
Editing individual parts in Page Mode
 
When you view a single part in Page Mode, the bars before and after 
the part will normally be shown as empty measures in the Score editor. 
This is to preserve the layout of the track - spacing between staves 
and bar lines, number of bars per staff etc.
If you want to view and print a single part, without any surrounding 
empty bars, activate the option “Unlock Layout when editing single 
parts” in the Preferences dialog (Scores page). Note however, that if 
you adjust the layout when editing the part in this mode, this will erase 
the layout for the whole track! 
Playing back and recording
 
You can play back and record MIDI in the Score Editor using the stan-
dard transport commands, just like in the other MIDI editors. See the 
Operation Manual for details. 
						

							 
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Changing the Zoom factor
 
There are two general ways to change the zoom in Page Mode: by 
setting a zoom factor on the zoom pop-up menu or by using the Zoom 
tool (magnifying glass). 
Using the zoom pop-up menu
Above the vertical scrollbar to the right you will find a pop-up allowing 
you to set the zoom factor. 
The zoom pop-up.
By zooming in you will be able to make detailed adjustments to sym-
bols etc. By zooming out you will get a better overview.
•If you select “Fit Page”, the zoom factor will be adjusted according to 
the window size so the whole page is visible.
•If you select “Fit Width”, the zoom factor will be adjusted according to 
the window width so the full width of the page is visible.
This pop-up menu can also be opened by right-clicking (Win) or 
[Ctrl]-clicking (Mac) in the ruler. 
						

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Using the Zoom tool
The Zoom tool in the Score Editor works much like in the project 
window:
•Click once with the Zoom tool to zoom in one step.
•Hold down [Alt]/[Option] and click once with the Zoom tool to zoom 
out one step.
•Drag a rectangle with the Zoom tool to set a custom zoom factor.
The section encompassed by the rectangle is zoomed to fill the window.
The active staff
One thing to note when you are working with multiple staves is the 
“active” staff. Only one staff at a time can be active, and is indicated 
by a black rectangle to the left of the clef symbol.
Later on you will find out how to make settings that apply specifically 
to the active staff.
• To make a staff active, click anywhere in it.
By default, you can also use the up and down arrow keys on the computer keyboard to 
step between staves.
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Making page setup settings
Before you start preparing the score for printout, you have to make 
some page settings for your project. You don’t have to do this as the 
first thing you do, but it’s a good working habit, because it affects how 
the score is displayed on screen, too.
1.Select Page Setup from the File menu.
The Page Setup dialog appears. This is the regular operation system Page Setup dia-
log, described in detail in your system’s documentation. The only things that Cubase SX 
adds to this are the margin settings.
2.Select the preferred printer, paper size, orientation, etc.
3.If you need to, change the margins by setting the left, right, top and 
bottom settings.
•To make the settings permanent, save the project.
If you want new projects to always start with certain page setup settings, you can make 
project templates with these or create a default project. See the Operation Manual.
Designing your work space
Some of the areas in the window can be hidden or displayed. Exactly 
which areas you wish to see depends on what kind of work you are 
doing, and how big a monitor you have.
These areas can be hidden or displayed.Ruler  Extended toolbar Info line 
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The info line
The info line displays information about the currently selected note. It 
can be hidden/displayed by clicking the Show Info button on the tool-
bar, or by using the key command for “Show/Hide Infoview” (in the Key 
Commands dialog–Editors category; by default [Ctrl]/[Command]-[I]).
The extended toolbar
The extended toolbar can be displayed/hidden by clicking the Show 
Tool Strip button on the main toolbar.
The display filter bar
This area contains checkboxes for determining which indicators, han-
dles and other non-printed elements should be shown in the score. You 
hide and show the filter bar by clicking the “Show Filter View” button on 
the toolbar.
The ruler
In the Score Editor there are no meter/time position rulers as in the 
other editors. Instead, there are horizontal and vertical “graphic rulers” 
in Page Mode. These help you to position symbols and graphical ob-
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•To set which units should be used on the rulers, open the Zoom pop-
up menu above the vertical scrollbar to the right, and select one of the 
options.
Choose between points, inches or centimeters. You can also bring up this pop-up 
menu by right-clicking (Win) or [Ctrl]-clicking (Mac) in the ruler.
•To hide the rulers, select “Off” from the pop-up menu.
The Position Info window
To help you further when positioning objects in the scores, Page 
Mode has a special Position Info window, in which you can view and 
adjust object positions numerically, in the unit selected for the rulers. 
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The symbol palettes
The symbol palettes, which are used to add symbols to the score, can 
be displayed by selecting an option in the “Symbol Palettes” submenu 
from the Scores menu.
You can move symbol palettes around on the screen by clicking and 
dragging their title bars. Right-clicking (Win) or [Ctrl]-clicking (Mac) in 
a symbol palette brings up a pop-up menu with the following options:
• Select “Toggle” to switch between a vertical or a horizontal palette.
• Selecting one of the symbol palettes on the pop-up menu brings up that pal-
ette, replacing the current.
• If you hold down [Ctrl]/[Command] and select a palette from the pop-up 
menu, the selected palette will open in a new window (without replacing the 
existing one).
To close a symbol palette, click its close button as usual. 
						

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Showing and hiding “invisible” elements
Some of the elements in the score will not be printed, but rather serve 
as indicators for layout changes, handles, etc. These elements can be 
hidden or shown in any combination by using the display filter bar.
•If the filter bar isn’t shown, click the Show Filter View button on the 
toolbar.
The checkboxes on the filter bar determine whether an element 
should be visible (checkbox ticked) or not. The following options are 
available:
Option Description
Bar Handles Displays the bar handles, used for copying bars (see page 189).
Hidden Notes Displays any notes you might have hidden (see page 250).
Hide Displays markers in the score for each hidden element (notes ex-
cepted). See page 250.
Quantize Displays markers in the score where you have made display quan-
tize “exceptions” (see page 55).
Layout tool Displays markers in the score where you have made adjustments 
with the Graphic Move tool (see page 147).
Grouping Displays markers in the score where you have made beam group-
ings (see page 134).
Cutflag Displays markers in the score where you have inserted cutflag 
events (see page 145).
Split  Rests Displays markers in the score wherever you have split multiple rests 
(see page 253).
Stems/Beams Displays markers in the score where you have made any stem or 
beam adjustments (see page 123 and page 142).