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Entering and editing notes
Acoustic Feedback
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
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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–Note Layer page.
This page lets you adjust the layer setting for each object type.
• Right-click one of the layer buttons (1-2-3) on 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 check-
mark is shown, you can select the object type on the menu to move it to
that layer.
To lock a layer, click the corresponding layer button, so
that it is disabled (not lit). You can only select or move ob-
jects whose Layer button is activated. For more detailed
information, see “Using the lock layers” on page 628.
Ö There are also “L” and “P” layer buttons, for the layout
and project layer. Clicking these buttons allows you to
lock the layout and project layers (see
“Background: The
different layers” on page 619).
Duplicating notes
To duplicate notes in the score, proceed as follows:
1. Set the Quantize value and select the desired notes.
You can duplicate any block of notes, even on several systems at the
same time. The Snap mode applies, see
“The Snap mode” on page 579.
2. Press [Alt]/[Option] and drag the duplicate notes to
their new position.
• If you want to restrict movements to one direction, press
[Ctrl]/[Command].
This works just as for moving, as described above.
• If you want to restrict the pitch to inside the current key
only, make sure that the “Keep moved notes within key” op-
tion is activated in the Preferences dialog (Scores–Editing
page).
3. Release the mouse button to insert the notes.
• [Alt]/[Option] is the default modifier key for copying/dupli-
cating. If you like, you can change this in the Preferences di-
alog (Editing–Tool Modifiers page).
The entry for this is found in the Drag & Drop category (“Copy”).
Ö You can also move or copy whole bars by dragging
the bar handles, see “Moving and duplicating with the bar
handles” on page 631.
Cut, copy, and paste
• To cut notes, select them and choose Cut from the Edit
menu (or use a key command, by default [Ctrl]/[Com
-
mand]-[X]).
The notes are now removed from the score and put on the clipboard.
• To copy notes, select them and choose Copy from the
Edit menu (or use a key command, by default [Ctrl]/[Com
-
mand]-[C]).
A copy of the notes is made, and put on the clipboard. The original notes
remain where they were.
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The clipboard can only hold one set of notes. If you
cut or copy and then cut or copy again, the notes
copied to the clipboard first are lost.