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Entering and editing notes
• When moving notes to the left or right using key com-
mands, the notes will be moved in steps according to the
current quantize value.
The keys assigned for up/down nudging will transpose notes in semitone
steps.
Moving across staves – the Lock button
If you are editing several tracks, you may want to move
notes from one staff to another. Proceed as follows:
1. Make the desired Quantize settings and select the
notes.
Make sure to select only notes on the same staff.
2. Make sure the “L” (Lock) button on the extended tool-
bar is deactivated.
When this button is activated, you cannot move notes and other objects
from one staff to another, which is handy if you for example need to trans-
pose a note very high or low.
3. Click on one of the notes and drag them to the new
system.
The active staff rectangle indicates on which staff the dragged note(s)
will appear.
The Snap mode
The notes you move, or copy, will snap to positions de-
fined by the note length and quantize values. Using the
Snap pop-up menu in the Score Editor toolbar you can
set the Snap mode used when moving or copying notes:
• When using the “Grid” Snap mode, notes you move or
copy will always snap to exact grid positions.
• When using the “Grid Relative” Snap mode, a note with
a certain position relative to a grid line will always maintain
that relative position, to the grid, when moved or copied.
Activating auditioning
Auditioning activated.
To hear the pitch of the note while moving, activate the
speaker icon (Acoustic Feedback) on the toolbar.
About the lock layers
When you are moving and editing notes in the score, you
might accidentally move other objects nearby. To avoid
this, assign different types of objects to different “lock lay-
ers” (up to three) and instruct Cubase 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 and
select the Scores–Event Layer page.
This page lets you adjust the layer setting for each object type.
• Right-click on one of the layer buttons (1-2-3) in the ex-
tended toolbar to bring up a pop-up menu, showing which
object types are associated with that layer.
A checkmark for an object type means it belongs to that layer. If no
checkmark is shown, you can select the object type on the menu to move
it to that layer.
To lock a layer, click on its Lock Layer button, so that it is
not blue. You can only select or move objects whose
Layer button is activated. For more detailed information,
see “Using the lock layers” on page 568.
The “L” (Lock) button is deactivated.