Recently, I’ve gotten into using the score editor. Up until this little issue everything’s been okay.
So when I’m in the score editor and I right-click to open up my mini-toolbar, I simply cannot select the layout tool or the “select-export-range” tool. All the other tools work once selected.
I also tried using the static toolbar inside the score editor window itself, as well as selecting the layout tool from the ctrl+right-click context menu. Nothing seems to work. I just select it, the icon flashes for a millisecond, and the score editor re-highlights the previously selected tool. I have a feeling I’m missing something obvious… but I can’t figure it out. I watched a quick tutorial where the layout tool was demonstrated but when I try it myself it just doesn’t want to work…
For anyone reading this, go to the “scores” dropdown in the main Cubase toolbar and click “Page Mode”. Alternatively, in the score editor: ctrl+rightclick >> scores >> page mode.
I’m multi-posting because this is sort of a separate follow-up question…
When I’m in page mode, I don’t even need the layout tool to move things around absolutely. What does the layout tool actually do? I can’t find a good page on it in the operation manual.
You almost answered your own question … It doesn’t move things around absolutely (i.e. actually moving the MIDI data), it just moves them graphically, so you can customize the … layout .
If you enter “layout tool” into the pdf document search field (including the quote marks), you do get lots of info on it .
Okay, now it makes sense. Did a bit more further reading of the manual as well and that helps. While we’re at it, do you know of a way to set a static width for a bar/bars (in inches, cm, etc…) in page mode? Or do I just have to use the mouse and drag?
Not sure I understand what you are asking there…
What would happen if, for example, you set this proposed parameter to “2.25 inches”, with the result that you got three and a half bars across a page??
Page width is governed by Page Setup (and its Page Margins), and then you can set a default number of bars across the visible page (Scores menu>Advanced Layout).
Whenever I drag a bar separator in page mode, all the notes within the corresponding bar expand or contract to fit the bar’s width. I think you’re probably right. At the moment I’m not able to test it, but would changing the page setup options mentioned above give each bar the same width? Having 4 bars per line doesn’t necessarily mean that each bar has the same width on the page.
An alternative explanation: Sort of how in the key editor’s piano roll, each bar is the same width regardless of how many MIDI notes are within the bars. I just find it a bit more readable.
… It doesn’t move things around absolutely (i.e. actually moving the MIDI data), it just moves them graphically, so you can customize the … layout