About the lock layers

When you are moving and editing notes in the score, you might accidentally move other objects nearby. To avoid this, assign different types of objects to different “lock layers” (up to three) and instruct Cubase to “lock” one or two of these layers, making them unmovable.

There are two ways to set up which type of object should belong to which lock layer:

Open the Preferences dialog from the File menu and select the Scores–Note Layer page.

This page lets you adjust the layer setting for each object type.
Right-click one of the layer buttons, (1-2-3), on the extended toolbar to bring up a pop-up menu, showing which object types are associated with that layer.

A checkmark for an object type means it belongs to that layer. If no checkmark is shown, you can select the object type on the menu to move it to that layer.

Figure: To lock a layer, click the corresponding layer button, so that it is disabled and not highlighted. You can only select or move objects whose Layer button is activated.

Note

There are also “L” and “P” layer buttons, for the layout and project layer. Clicking these buttons allows you to lock the layout and project layers.