Steinberg Nuendo 3.1 User Manual

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Gluing one MIDI event/part to the next
Clicking on a MIDI part with the Glue Tube tool glues it to the next 
part on the track. The parts do not have to touch one another. The 
resulting part will get the name of the first part:
If the Parts overlap, they are merged in the overlapping area, i.e. no 
events are lost.
The resulting long part will get the properties of the first part (the one on 
which you clicked). This includes part name, part mute status, etc.
• You can also glue events within folders this way.
Gluing several events in one go
You can also glue several selected events on one or on several tracks 
in one go. This means that you can select several pairs of events on 
different tracks, and click with the glue tool on one of them. All selected 
events on the same track will be glued together.
Click on one of the selected events with the Glue Tube tool…
…to glue the events on the same track together.     
						

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Gluing an event to all following events of a track in one go
If you hold down [Alt]/[Option] and click on an event with the Glue 
Tube tool, this and all following events on that track will be glued to-
gether. You can also change the default key command for this in the 
Preferences dialog (Editing–Tool Modifiers page).  
						

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Metronome settings
There is a new option called Use Time Signature at Record Start Time 
in the Precount Options section of the Metronome Setup dialog 
(which is accessed via the Transport menu).
In the Precount Options section you can specify how long (i.e. for how 
many bars) a precount click should be audible before recording starts 
and which time signature this precount click should use.
There are three options regarding the time signature of the precount:
•When you select Use Time Signature at Project Time, the time signa-
ture of the Tempo track including all tempo changes is used.
•When you select Use Signature, you can set a separate time signature 
that is independent of the Tempo track.
•When you select Use Time Signature at Record Start Time, the pre-
count will automatically use the time signature and tempo set at the 
position where recording will start.  
						

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Synchronization settings
There is a new option called “MIDI Clock Follows Project Position” in 
the MIDI Clock Destinations section of the Synchronization Setup dia-
log (which is accessed via the Transport menu).
The MIDI Clock Destinations section in the Synchronization Setup dialog.
This option is similar to the “MIDI Timecode Follows Project Time” op-
tion in the MIDI Timecode Destinations section in the same dialog (see 
the Synchronization chapter in the Operation Manual), only that this is 
applicable for devices synchronized to MIDI Clock signals instead of 
MIDI Timecode signals.
•Activate “MIDI Clock Follows Project Position” if you want the other 
device to follow when you loop, jump and locate during playback.
When this is activated, the sent MIDI Clock signals will follow the sequencer time and 
tempo position at all times.
Please note that some external devices may not react smoothly to these 
repositioning messages. Especially when working with some older de-
vices, it may take some time for them to synchronize accurately to the 
project time.  
						

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Duplicating tracks
On the Project menu, you will find the new “Duplicate track” command. 
When you select a track in the track list and choose this option, a copy 
of the selected track is created and inserted below the original track. 
You can also define a key command for this function.
Exporting selected tracks
Nuendo allows you to select individual tracks of a project and to export 
these as a track archive. When exporting, you now have the option to 
exclude the media files referenced by these tracks from the export, i.e. 
only file references and other track specific data are exported.
Importing Track Archives
Selecting individual tracks in an archive
When importing a track archive, you can select which of the tracks 
contained in this archive you wish to import. Proceed as follows:
1.Pull down the File menu and open the Import submenu.
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3.In the file dialog that appears, locate the archive’s xml file, select it and 
click “Open”.
The Import Options dialog opens.
4.In the Import Options dialog, click in the Import column to the left to 
select the desired track(s).
A check mark is shown for all selected tracks.  
						

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Sample rate conversion when importing tracks
A track archive may contain media files with a sample rate that is dif-
ferent from the sample rate of your currently active project. When im-
porting such a track archive, the Import Options dialog will show the 
different sample rates and an additional option in the Media Options 
section:
“Perform Sample Rate Conversion” is available in the Import Options dialog.
In the Media Options section of the Import Options dialog, select 
which operation to perform when importing the track(s):
•Select “Use Media Files From Archive” if you want to import the track 
without copying the media files into your project folder.
•Select “Copy Media To Project Folder” if you want to import the me-
dia files into your project folder. 
•When “Copy Media To Project Folder” is selected, the “Perform Sam-
ple Rate Conversion” option becomes available, allowing you to convert 
the imported media files to the sample rate used in the active project.  
						

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The Stereo Pan Law modes
In the Project Setup dialog there is a pop-up menu named “Stereo Pan 
Law”, on which you can select a pan mode. These different pan modes 
provide gain compensation. This is necessary because without com-
pensation, the gain of the sum of the left and right side will be higher 
(louder) if a channel is panned center than if it’s panned left or right. 
This is described in the chapter “The mixer” in the Operation Manual.
• You can now also select “Equal Power” on this pop-up menu, which 
means that the power of the signal will remain the same regardless of 
the pan setting. 
						

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Resizing tracks in the Track list
With the introduction of version 3.1 of the program, you have now the 
possibility to resize a track in the Track list without automatically select-
ing it. This is a handy feature when “Enlarge Selected Track” is acti-
vated (see page 14). 
Normally, a track automatically gets selected when it is being resized 
in the Track list. With Enlarge Selected Track activated, it is therefore 
impossible to change the track size for a track permanently. As soon 
as you try to resize it, it gets selected and is automatically enlarged.
However, there might be situations where you want to change the size 
of one of the tracks permanently. If this is the case, proceed as follows:
1.Move the mouse pointer over the lower border of the (unselected) 
track you want to resize.
The mouse pointer turns into a divider symbol.
2.Hold down [Alt]/[Option] and drag the lower border of the track until it 
reaches the desired height.
•The track height is adjusted, but the track is not automatically selected. 
This way you can change the “original” size of the track. When this 
track is selected (and Enlarge Selected Track is activated), it will be 
enlarged and when another track gets selected, the track will revert to 
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Inspector sub panels
Normally, when a MIDI track is routed to a VST instrument, a new sub 
panel (with the name of the instrument) is added to the inspector for 
the selected track.
This is now also the case in the following situations:
• When a MIDI track is routed to an external instrument or effect that has an asso-
ciated MIDI Device. In this case, the new sub panel gets the name of the device.
• When a MIDI track is routed to an effect plug-in that also receives audio data, 
i.e. that is used as an insert effect for an audio track (e.g. MIDI Gate), a sub 
panel for this audio track appears in the MIDI track inspector.
• If a MIDI track is routed to an effect-plug-in assigned to a FX Channel track, a 
respective FX sub panel is added to the Inspector.
A MIDI track routed to an effect plug-in used as an insert effect on an audio track.