In every editor I use except Score, I can hold the Option key and click on a note, then move it as a Copy and Paste. In Score, all that happens is that the note is simply moved to the new position without creating a copy. Is there a reason, or better, a fix?
Jonathan
Hi,
You are right. You even don’t see the + icon next to the mouse cursor.
Thank you for the acknowledgement, Martin. I can only hope that a fix is on the cards as having to swap editors is too clumsy in the long haul. Still can’t fathom how the function was taken away in the first place. And, am I really the first to discover this? Surely there are many who copy and paste notes when editing a score part?
All the best
Jonathan
No functions were taken away. It has been a major project to replace the score editor using the Dorico engine to allow it to be modernised and maintained for the future.
Every bit of Cubase-like functionality has to be re-implemented, which takes a significant amount of time. Alt-dragging is known to be something that users want, but we haven’t had time to implement that yet. Ctrl-D to duplicate should work though, and the nudge commands work in the same way they do in the Key Editor.
See this article on the reasoning behind the score editor changes:
Paul,
Thank you for such a considered explanation. I do appreciate that such a change takes time and that (what seems like a small issue) is actually bigger. Your suggested interim fix is certainly far less clumsy than what I had been doing. Thank you again.
All the best
Jonathan
C´mon…that´s simply not true!
Most of my workflow established over the past almost 30 years (!) is gone! Using Alt + drag&drop being just one example. I pretty drastic one that is!
You should have waited to switch to a new score editor to the point until 99% of the established workflow is implemented. Or at least keep the old editor additionally within Cubase along side.
Would it be possible to bring the old score editor back, so that the user can chose which one works better?
From a user point of view, the old Score Editor had lots of functionality that now isn’t required anymore, because things now look much better automatically. Paul’s comment was meant from a technical perspective. We’ve replaced a large portion of the underlying technical implementation with something completely different. At no point did we deliberately take something away. However, you are of course right in that specific workflows now aren’t possible anymore, including the example you gave.
Some of those items are certainly on our roadmap for future releases. Bringing back the old Score Editor is not an option for several reasons (technical ones among them).
well, wheather things look much better automatically is debateable. May be true as long as the user doesn´t ask for much more than a quick score representation of some MIDI tracks. As soon as one tries to edit those generated results into something more personalized, the trouble is near. “Automatically” is the magic word…
My personal experience so far: every single attempt to get sth done in the new score editor lead to frustration and not the desired results. It´s nothing but a big creativity killer for me. And a waste of time.
Notation is complex, individually different and creative. The tools were there to get work done!
If you feel more productive with the old Score Editor, the Cubase 14 license does actually allow you to run Cubase 13 too.