Creating an Empty MIDI Part

Cubase Elements Score Editor Help
Product
Cubase Elements
Version
14.0
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Before you can input notes and notations in the Score Editor from scratch, you must create an empty MIDI part.

Procedure

  1. In the Project window, do one of the following:

    • Select Project > Add Track > MIDI to add a MIDI track.

    • Select Project > Add Track > Instrument to add an instrument track.

  2. In the Add Track dialog, set MIDI Inputs to All MIDI Inputs.
  3. Optional: To assign an instrument, do one of the following:

    • For a MIDI track, open the MIDI Outputs menu, and select a MIDI device.

    • For an instrument track, open the Instrument menu, and select a VST instrument.

  4. In the Name field, enter a name for your track.

    We recommend that you choose a name that corresponds to the type of instrument that you want to enter notes for.

    Note

    • In Cubase, each MIDI track that you open in the Score Editor is automatically mapped to an instrument type, based on the name of the corresponding MIDI track and the range of the MIDI notes.

    • The selected instrument type is shown in the Score Editor staff labels. You can change the instrument type in the General section of the Instrument Settings. There you can also edit the staff labels by changing the Full Name and the Short Name.

  5. On the Project window toolbar, select Draw.
  6. In the Project window event display, draw a MIDI part of the required length on the MIDI or instrument track.
  7. Do one of the following to open the MIDI part in the Score Editor:

    • Double-click the MIDI part to open the Editor tab in the lower zone, and from the Select MIDI Editor menu, select Score Editor.

    • Click the MIDI part to select it, and select Score > Open Score Editor.

      This opens the Score Editor in a separate window.

    • Click the MIDI part to select it, and press Ctrl/Cmd-R.

      This opens the Score Editor in a separate window.

    Note

    If you select MIDI > Set up Editor Preferences, the Preferences dialog opens on the Editors page. Specify if you want the editors to open in a separate window or in the lower zone of the Project window.

Result

The empty MIDI part is opened in the Score Editor, and you can input notes and notation.

An empty MIDI part on the selected track in the Score Editor

After Completing This Task

If the instrument is not mapped as expected, you can change the instrument type manually.