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Tips and Tricks
Frequently asked questions
There are a number of short rests after my notes.
Your Rests value for Display Quantize might be set to too small a note value. Raise it.
Also check the “Clean Lengths” setting.
When I change the length of a note, nothing happens.
This is because the Display Quantize value puts a restriction on what note values can
be displayed. Check that Display Quantize is set to the smallest note value you have in
your project.
I have adjusted Display Quantize and the other staff settings best I can. The notes
are still shown with the wrong values.
You might need to use one of these three features: inserting Display Quantize events,
using polyphonic voicing, or applying “Scores Notes To MIDI”.
In the Score Settings dialog, I change the Display Quantize settings on the Staff
page (Main subpage) and nothing happens.
Did you remember to click Apply? Maybe you have already inserted Display Quantize
events in the score? These override the staff settings.
Suddenly many Display Quantize events appear in the score.
This is not a malfunction. If you had Auto Quantize on and start inserting Display
Quantize events, the auto quantizing is automatically transformed into Display
Quantize events.
One long note is shown as many tied notes.
Do other notes occur at the same positions but with different lengths? Then you need
to use polyphonic voicing. Are the note(s) syncopated? Then you should try the
syncopation feature.
Even though I’ve tried the above, notes are not tied as I want them.
The way notes are tied in Cubase follows basic notation rules. You may need to make
exceptions to these rules, by using the Cut Notes tool.
I have an unnecessarily large amount of rests.
Especially with polyphonic voicing, superfluous rests may be created. Try deactivating
rests for one or more voices. You might also leave the rests activated in the Score
Settings dialog on the Staff page (Polyphonic tab) and then hide the rests you do not
need, one by one.
When using polyphonic voices, a number of rests are drawn on top of each other.
As above, you should try hiding rests in the Score Settings dialog on the Staff page
(Polyphonic tab), center rests and possibly manually moving or hiding rests.
In polyphonic voices, notes that are on the same musical position are not displayed
exactly vertically above each other.
This is not a malfunction. Cubase has built-in automatic algorithms for making the
score as legible as possible. Sometimes this includes adjustments of the “graphic”
position of notes, especially with small intervals like seconds. You can always move
the notes using the Layout tool.
When using polyphonic voices, notes with small intervals “collide”.
As described above, Cubase tries to avoid this, but only for voices 1 and 2 in the
upper staff and voices 5 and 6 in the lower. For other voices, please use the Layout
tool to manually move the notes.