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Scoring for drums
About this chapter
In this chapter you will learn:
• How to set up the drum map.
• How to set up a staff for drum notes.
• How to enter and edit drum notes.
• How to use a single line drum staff.
Background: Drum maps in the
Score Editor
When scoring for drums, you can assign a unique note
head to each pitch. There is even the possibility to set up
different note heads for different note values!
However, to be able to fully use this function, you need to
understand a bit about drum maps, and the use of these in
the Score Editor.
About drum maps
Cubase handles drum editing by means of drum maps (see
the chapter
“The MIDI editors” on page 374). In the Score
Editor, the drum map displays different note heads for dif-
ferent pitches.
You access the drum map by selecting “Drum Map Setup”
from the MIDI menu.
Use Score Drum Map on/off
For the drum map settings to be used in the score, you
need to activate the “Use Score Drum Map” option in the
Score Settings dialog on the Staff page (Options tab).
Setting up the drum map
Basic settings
1. Open the Score Editor for the drums track.
This should be a MIDI track to which you have assigned a drum map.
2. Open the Score Settings dialog and select the Staff
page.
3. Select the Options tab and activate the “Use Score
Drum Map” option.
4. On the MIDI menu, select “Drum Map Setup”.
The Drum Map Setup dialog appears.
5. Make settings for the sounds/MIDI notes you need.
The dialog contains the following score-related options:
Option Description
Pitch This corresponds to the I-note of the sound in the drum
map, and cannot be edited here.
Instrument The name of the drum sound in the map.
Display Note The display pitch, i.e. the pitch at which the note are
shown in the score. For example, you typically want all
three hi-hat sounds to be shown on the same system line
in the score (but with different symbols). Therefore, you
set these to the same display pitch.
Head Symbol Clicking in this column opens a window in which you can
select a note head symbol for the sound. If “Use Head
Pairs” is activated in the dialog, you can select a note
head pair instead.
Voice This allows you to make all notes with this pitch belong to
a certain voice, so that they get a common rest handling
and stem direction, for example.