You can create scores by entering and editing notes in the Score Editor.
There are several options to select notes.
The Score Editor window shows MIDI notes as a musical score. It is divided into several sections.
The Score Editor allows you to display any possible piece of music as a score, complete with all the necessary symbols and formatting. You can extract parts out of a full orchestra score, add lyrics and comments, create lead sheets, drum scores, tablatures, etc.
You can create scores by transcribing your MIDI recordings.
The notes that you enter or edit in the Score Editor snap to positions defined by the note length and quantize values.
Acoustic Feedback allows you to hear the pitch of the note while moving to hear the pitch of the note at the mouse position.
You can assign different types of objects to different lock layers and instruct Cubase to lock one or two of these layers. This way, you cannot accidentally move other edit them.
Before you start entering notes, you must make some initial staff settings.
The most important settings for entering notes are the position of the note, the length of the note, that is, the note value, and the minimum spacing between notes, that is, the value that is selected in the Quantize Presets pop-up menu.
You can show bars and beats positions when you insert notes.
You can select notes by clicking.
You can select notes with the Object Selection tool.
You can select notes with the keyboard.
You can select tied notes.
You can deselect notes.
You can edit note time positions by dragging, by using the info line or by using key commands.
You can edit note pitches by dragging, by using the info line or by using key commands.
You can move notes from one staff to another. This is useful if you edit several tracks.
You can duplicate notes, even on different systems at the same time.
You can use the regular commands to cut, copy, or paste notes.
The Note Editing Overlay allows you to edit note durations, note time positions, display durations, and note velocities in a similar way as in the Key Editor.
You can edit the actual length of the notes, or you can edit the displayed length of the notes.
You can split two notes that are strung together by a tie.
You can delete notes.
You can set up a split staff.
When you have parts on several tracks selected in the Project window, these are put on one staff each when you open the Score Editor. This allows you to work on several staves in parallel.
You can insert clef, key, or time signature changes anywhere in the score.
The Score Settings dialog is divided into several tabs that allow you to set up your score.
Cubase allows you to set up polyphonic voicing with up to eight voices. This can make music with multiple voices clearer and easier to read.
Cubase provides advanced options for formatting notes and rests.
Cubase provides a Symbols tab that holds specific symbols that you can insert in your score.
You can insert chord symbols into your score or have Cubase analyze selected notes and create chord symbols.
You can insert lyrics and other text types into your score.
Cubase automatically creates layouts when you edit a single track or a combination of tracks. Layouts are presets that contain settings for the layout layer. They are an integral part of the specific track combination.
Cubase can import and export MusicXML files.
Cubase provides advanced options for designing your score.
In Cubase, you can score for drums and assign unique noteheads to individual pitches and note values.
In Cubase, you can display staff notation in tablature, or you can create tablature from scratch.
In Cubase, you can display your score in rhythmic notation. This is useful if you want to focus on rhythmic information only, for example in cues or the conductor’s score. Rhythmic notation can also help you to create lead sheets.
In Cubase, you can play back repeats, project symbols, and mapped dynamics.
