Score Editor Toolbar

Cubase Elements Score Editor Help

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Cubase Elements
Version
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The Score Editor toolbar contains tools and various settings for the Score Editor.

  • To show or hide individual toolbar elements, right-click the toolbar, and activate/deactivate the desired elements.

Keep Editor Contents

Keep Editor Contents

Activate this if you do not want the score display to be updated when you select events or hide tracks in the Project window.

View Modes

Page View

Displays your layout paginated exactly as it appears when you print or export it. This view mode is useful for determining appropriate page turns, for example.

Fill View

Lays out all the staves in the current layout on a single continuous page. This view mode is useful when inputting the music, as it allows you to focus on the musical content of your project.

Edit Solo

Solo Editor

Solos the editor during playback when the editor has the focus.

Record in Editor

Enables the recording of MIDI data in the editor when the editor has the focus.

Note

This only works if MIDI Record Mode is set to Merge or Replace.

Retrospective Record

Insert MIDI Retrospective Recording in Editor

Allows you to recover MIDI notes that you have played in stop mode or during playback.

Left Divider

Left Divider

Allows you to use the left divider. Tools that are placed to the left of the divider are always shown.

Layouts

Layouts

Allows you to select, add, and edit layouts.

Auto-Scroll

Auto-Scroll

Keeps the project cursor in view during playback.

Acoustic Feedback

Acoustic Feedback

Automatically plays back notes when you move or transpose them, or when you create them by drawing.

Tool Buttons

Object Selection

Selects notes and parts.

Draw

Allows you to input items that are activated on the Note Input toolbar or on the Symbols tab.

The Draw tool is automatically selected when you select an item from the Symbols tab. This indicates that clicking the score display adds the selected item.

Erase

Deletes score objects.

Trim

Trims notes.

Glue

Glues together notes of the same pitch.

Zoom

Zooms in. To zoom out, hold Alt/Opt and click.

Split

Splits notes.

Quantize

Apply Quantize

Applies the quantize settings.

Quantize Presets

Allows you to select a quantize or a groove preset.

Soft Quantize On/Off

Activates/Deactivates soft quantize.

Open Quantize Panel

Opens the Quantize Panel.

Step/MIDI Input

Step Input

Activates/Deactivates MIDI step input.

Move Insert Mode

Moves all notes that are located to the right of the step input position further to the right, to make room for any notes that you insert.

Note

This only works if Step Input is activated.

Record Pitch

Includes the pitch when you insert notes.

Record NoteOn Velocity

Includes the NoteOn velocity when you insert notes.

Record NoteOff Velocity

Includes the NoteOff velocity when you insert notes.

Note Insert Velocity

Note Insert Velocity

Allows you to specify a velocity value for new notes.

Right Divider

Right Divider

Allows you to use the right divider. Tools that are located to the right of the divider are always shown.

Window Zone Controls

Open in Separate Window

This button is exclusively available in the lower zone editor. It opens the editor in a separate window.

Open in Lower Zone

This button is exclusively available in the editor window. It opens the editor in the lower zone of the Project window.

Show/Hide Editor Visibility

Shows/Hides the Visibility tab.

Show/Hide Left Zone

Shows/Hides the Symbols tab and the Note Functions tab.

Set up Window Layout

Allows you to set up the window layout.