Key Editor Operations V3 in Cubase 12

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Key Editor Operations V3  in Cubase 12

Moving and Transposing Note Events

Resizing Note Events

Using the Trim Tool

Splitting Note Events

Gluing Note Events

Changing the Voicing of Chords

Moving and Transposing Note Events

There are several options to move and transpose note events.

• To move note events in the editor, select the Object Selection tool and drag them to a new position.
  All selected note events are moved, maintaining their relative positions. Snap is taken into account.
• To allow only horizontal or only vertical movement, hold down Ctrl/Cmd while dragging.
• To move note events via the buttons in the Nudge section on the toolbar, select the note events and click a button.

• To move note events to the project cursor position, select the note events and select Edit > Move > Event Starts to Cursor.

• To move a note event via the info line, select a note event and edit the Position or Pitch on the info line.

• To transpose note events, select the note events and use the Transpose Palette buttons on the toolbar or the Up Arrow/Down Arrow keys.
  Transpose is also affected by the global transpose setting.

• To transpose note events via the Transpose Setup dialog, select the note events and select MIDI > Transpose Setup.
• To transpose note events in steps of one octave, press Shift and use the Up Arrow/Down Arrow keys.

Note

• When you move selected note events to a different position, any selected controllers for these note events move accordingly.

• You can also adjust the position of note events by quantizing.

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Resizing Note Events

Do one of the following:

• To resize the note event, position the Object Selection tool at the start or the end of a note event and drag the mouse cursor to the left or right.
• To apply time-stretching and note expression data to a controller that is associated with the note event that you resize, activate Sizing Applies Time Stretch for the Object Selection tool before you resize the note.
• To move the start or end positions of the selected notes in steps according to the Length Quantize value on the toolbar, use the Nudge Start Left, Nudge Start Right, Nudge End Left, and Nudge End Right buttons in the Nudge section.
• Select the note and adjust its length on the info line.
• Select Draw and drag left or right within the note display to draw a note.
  The resulting note event length is a multiple of the Length Quantize value on the toolbar.

• Select Trim and cut off the end or the beginning of note events.

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Using the Trim Tool

The Trim tool allows you to change the length of note events by cutting off the end or the beginning of notes. Using the Trim tool means moving the note-on or the note-off event for one or several notes to a position defined with the mouse.

Procedure

1. Select Trim on the toolbar.
   The mouse pointer changes to a knife symbol.

2. To edit a single note, click it.
   The range between the mouse pointer and the end of the note is removed. Use the mouse note info on the status line to find the exact position for the trim operation.
3. To edit several notes, click and drag with the mouse across the notes.
   By default, the Trim tool cuts off the end of notes. To trim the beginning of notes, press Alt while dragging. When dragged across several notes, a line is displayed. The notes are trimmed along this line. If you press Ctrl/Cmd while dragging, you get a vertical trim line, allowing you to set the same start or end time for all edited notes. You can change the Trim tool key commands in the Preferences dialog (Editing—Tool Modifiers page).

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Splitting Note Events

• To split the note at the position that you point, select Split, and click on a note.
  If several notes are selected, they are all split at the same position. The snap setting is taken into account.
• To split all notes that are intersected by the project cursor position, select Edit > Functions > Split at Cursor.
• To split all notes that are intersected by the left or right locator at the locator positions, select Edit > Functions > Split Loop.

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Gluing Note Events

You can glue together note events of the same pitch.

• To glue note events, select Glue and click on a note event.
  The note event is glued together with the next note event of the same pitch. The result is a long note event that spans from the start of the first note to the end of the second note. The properties (velocity, pitch, etc.) of the first note event apply.

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Changing the Pitch of Chords

You can use the chord type buttons to change the pitch of chords.

Procedure

1. In the Key Editor Inspector, open the Chord Editing section.
2. In the note display, select the notes that you want to edit.
   If the chord is recognized, the root note, chord type, and tensions are indicated in the Chord Type field. This also works with arpeggiated notes.
3. In the Chord Editing section, activate one of the 3-Note Chords/Triads buttons or 4-Note Chords buttons.
   The selected notes are transposed so that they fit the selected chord type.
4. Use the Up Arrow/Down Arrow keys to change the pitch of the chord.

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Changing the Voicing of Chords

Procedure

1. In the Key Editor Inspector, open the Chord Editing section.
2. In the note display, select the notes that you want to edit.
3. In the Chord Editing section, use the Inversions buttons and the Drop Notes buttons to change the voicing.

Result

The selected notes are transposed so that they fit the selected chord type.

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