This is a brief description of some of the editing features specific to Score Edit. We will not deal with score printing or the finer aspects of working with scores here. If you want to use the extensive Score layout features of Cubase VST, you should read the “Score Layout and Printing” document, included with the Score and VST/32 versions of the program.
Cubase VST Score and Cubase VST/32 have much more advanced score printing features than the “regular” version of Cubase. If you have Cubase VST Score or Cubase VST/32 and plan to use the Score Editor for printing, we recommend that you turn to the “Score Layout and Printing” document rather than reading this chapter.
P Whenever a description in this chapter applies to one version only, this is made explicit in the text.One of the big differences between the Score Editors in the “regular” Cubase VST and the Score/32 versions, is that the latter have a dedicated Score menu, which is only accessible when Score Edit is open. The regular Cubase VST does not have a Score menu. Instead, the necessary Score commands and functions have been placed on the Do pop-up menu.
In the Score and VST/32 versions of Cubase, the Score editor has two principal modes, Page and Edit Mode. The difference and implications of these modes are described in the “Score Layout and Printing” book. In this chapter, we assume that you are in Edit Mode.
Switching to Edit Mode (If there is no Edit Mode option on your Score menu, then you already are in Edit Mode).If you don’t use Cubase VST Score or Cubase VST/32, you don’t need to worry about any “modes” in the Score Editor.