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Frequently asked questions
How to use this chapter
This chapter answers to a number of questions that might
arise when you use the Score Editor. For more information
about the functions referred to below, please check the
previous chapters. If you don’t know where to look, use
the index.
Adding and editing notes
I enter a note with one value and it is shown as a note
with another value.
Change the Rests display quantize to a smaller note value.
Try deactivating Auto Quantize, especially if you don’t
have any triplets or triplets only.
Notes are not displayed at the correct positions.
Try changing the Notes display quantize value.
There are a number of short rests after my notes.
Your Rests display quantize value might be set to too
small a note value. Raise it. Also check the “Clean
Lengths” setting.
When I change the length of a note, nothing happens.
This is because the display quantize value puts a restric-
tion on what note values can be displayed. Check that dis-
play quantize is set to the smallest note value you have in
your project.
I have adjusted display quantize and the other staff
settings best I can. The notes are still shown with the
wrong values.
You might need to use one of these three features: insert-
ing display quantize events, using polyphonic voicing, or
applying “Scores Notes To MIDI”.
I change the display quantize settings on the Score
Settings–Staff page (Main subpage) and nothing
happens.
Did you remember to click Apply? Maybe you have already
inserted display quantize events in the score? These over-
ride the staff settings.
Suddenly many display quantize events appear in the
score.
This is not a malfunction. If you had Auto Quantize on and
start inserting display quantize events, the auto quantizing
is automatically transformed into display quantize events.
One long note is shown as many tied notes.
Do other notes occur at the same positions but with differ-
ent lengths? Then you need to use polyphonic voicing.
Are the note(s) syncopated? Then you should try the syn-
copation feature.
Even though I’ve tried the above, notes are not tied as I
want them.
The way notes are tied in Cubase follows basic notation
rules. You may need to make exceptions to these rules, by
using the Cut Notes tool.
I have an unnecessarily large amount of rests.
Especially with polyphonic voicing, superfluous rests may
be created. Try deactivating rests for one or more voices.
You might also leave the rests activated on the Score Set-
tings–Staff page (Polyphonic tab) and then hide the rests
you don’t need, one by one.
When using polyphonic voices, a number of rests are
drawn on top of each other.
As above, you should try hiding rests on the Score Set-
tings–Staff page (Polyphonic tab), center rests and possi-
bly manually moving or hiding rests.
In polyphonic voices, notes that are on the same musical
position are not displayed exactly vertically above each
other.
This is not a malfunction. Cubase has built-in automatic al-
gorithms for making the score as legible as possible. Some-
times this will include adjustments of the “graphic” position
of notes, especially with small intervals like seconds. You
can always move the notes using the Layout tool.
When using polyphonic voices, notes with small intervals
“collide”.
As described above, Cubase tries to avoid this, but only
for voices 1 and 2 in the upper staff and voices 5 and 6 in
the lower. For other voices, please use the Layout tool to
manually move the notes.