User manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Part I: Getting into the details
- About this manual
- VST Connections: Setting up input and output busses
- The Project window
- Playback and the Transport panel
- Recording
- Fades, crossfades and envelopes
- The Arranger track
- Folder tracks
- Using markers
- The Transpose functions
- The mixer
- Control Room (Cubase only)
- Audio effects
- VST Instruments and Instrument tracks
- Introduction
- VST Instrument channels vs. instrument tracks
- VST Instrument channels
- Instrument tracks
- Comparison
- Automation considerations
- What do I need? Instrument channel or Instrument track?
- Instrument Freeze
- VST instruments and processor load
- Using presets for VSTi configuration
- About latency
- External instruments (Cubase only)
- Surround sound (Cubase only)
- Audio processing and functions
- The Sample Editor
- The Audio Part Editor
- The Pool
- VST Sound
- The MediaBay
- Track Presets
- Track Quick Controls
- Automation
- MIDI realtime parameters and effects
- MIDI processing and quantizing
- The MIDI editors
- The Logical Editor, Transformer and Input Transformer
- The Project Logical Editor
- Working with System Exclusive messages
- Working with the Tempo track
- The Project Browser
- Export Audio Mixdown
- Synchronization
- Video
- ReWire
- File handling
- Customizing
- Key commands
- Part II: Score layout and printing
- How the Score Editor works
- The basics
- About this chapter
- Preparations
- Opening the Score Editor
- The project cursor
- Page Mode
- Changing the Zoom factor
- The active staff
- Making page setup settings
- Designing your work space
- About the Score Editor context menus
- About dialogs in the Score Editor
- Setting key, clef and time signature
- Transposing instruments
- Working order
- Force update
- Transcribing MIDI recordings
- About this chapter
- About transcription
- Getting the parts ready
- Strategies: Preparing parts for score printout
- Staff settings
- The Main tab
- The Options tab
- The Polyphonic tab
- The Tablature tab
- Situations which require additional techniques
- Inserting display quantize changes
- Strategies: Adding display quantize changes
- The Explode function
- Using “Scores Notes To MIDI”
- Entering and editing notes
- About this chapter
- Score settings
- Note values and positions
- Adding and editing notes
- Selecting notes
- Moving notes
- Duplicating notes
- Cut, copy and paste
- Editing pitches of individual notes
- Changing the length of notes
- Splitting a note in two
- Working with the Display Quantize tool
- Split (piano) staves
- Strategies: Multiple staves
- Inserting and editing clefs, keys or time signatures
- Deleting notes
- Staff settings
- Polyphonic voicing
- About this chapter
- Background: Polyphonic voicing
- Setting up the voices
- Strategies: How many voices do I need?
- Entering notes into voices
- Checking which voice a note belongs to
- Moving notes between voices
- Handling rests
- Voices and display quantize
- Creating crossed voicings
- Automatic polyphonic voicing - Merge All Staves
- Converting voices to tracks - Extract Voices
- Additional note and rest formatting
- Working with symbols
- Working with chords
- Working with text
- Working with layouts
- Working with MusicXML
- Designing your score: additional techniques
- Scoring for drums
- Creating tablature
- The score and MIDI playback
- Printing and exporting pages
- Frequently asked questions
- Tips and Tricks
- Index
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Key commands
Nudge category
Project category
Score Functions category
Tool category
Transport category
Up:
Select next in the Project window/
Move selected event in the
Key Editor one semitone up
[Up Arrow]
Bottom
Select bottom track in the track list
[End]
Top:
Select top track in the track list
[Home]
Option Key command
End Left [Alt]/[Option]+[Shift]+[Left Arrow]
End Right [Alt]/[Option]+[Shift]+[Right Arrow]
Left [Ctrl]/[Command]+[Left Arrow]
Right [Ctrl]/[Command]+[Right Arrow]
Start Left [Alt]/[Option]+[Left Arrow]
Start Right [Alt]/[Option]+[Right Arrow]
Option Key command
Open Browser [Ctrl]/[Command]+[B]
Open Markers [Ctrl]/[Command]+[M]
Open/Close Pool [Ctrl]/[Command]+[P]
Open Tempo Track [Ctrl]/[Command]+[T]
Setup [Shift]+[S]
Show/Hide Track Colors [Shift]+[C]
Option Key command
Insert Voice: Next [Alt]/[Option]+Pad[+]
Insert Voice: Previous [Alt]/[Option]+Pad[-]
Option Key command
Delete tool [5]
Draw tool [8]
Drumstick tool [0]
Glue tool [4]
Mute tool [7]
Next Tool [F10]
Option Key command
Play tool [9]
Previous Tool [F9]
Range tool [2]
Select tool [1]
Split tool [3]
Zoom tool [6]
Option Key command
AutoPunch In [I]
AutoPunch Out [O]
Cycle Pad [/]
Exchange time formats [.]
Fast Forward [Shift]+Pad [+]
Fast Rewind [Shift]+Pad [-]
Forward Pad [+]
Input Left Locator [Shift]+[L]
Input Position [Shift]+[P]
Input Right Locator [Shift]+[R]
Input Tempo [Shift]+[T]
Insert Marker [Insert] (Win)
Locate Next Event [N]
Locate Next Marker [Shift]+[N]
Locate Previous Event [B]
Locate Previous Marker [Shift]+[B]
Locate Selection [L]
Locators to Selection [P]
Loop Selection [Shift]+[G]
Metronome On [C]
Nudge Down [Ctrl]/[Command]+Pad [-]
Nudge Up [Ctrl]/[Command]+Pad [+]
Panel (Transport panel) [F2]
Play Selection Range [Alt]/[Option]+[Space]
Recall Cycle Marker 1 to 9 [Shift]+Pad [1] to Pad [9]
Record Pad [*]
Retrospective Record [Shift]+Pad [*]
Return to Zero Pad [.] or Pad [,]
Rewind Pad [-]
Set Left Locator [Ctrl]/[Command]+Pad [1]
Option Key command