Steinberg Nuendo 3 Audio Effects And VSTi Manual
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NUENDO The included effect plug-ins 1 – 31 MultibandCompressor The MultibandCompressor allows a signal to be split in up to five fre- quency bands, each with its own freely adjustable compressor char- acteristic. The signal is processed on the basis of the settings that you have made in the Frequency Band and Characteristics editors. You can specify the level, bandwidth and compressor characteristics for each band by using the various controls. The Frequency Band editor The Frequency Band editor is...
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NUENDO 1 – 32 The included effect plug-ins The Level handles can be moved by dragging them up or down. If you click and hold on a handle, its current value is displayed. Depending on the handle type, corner frequency or level is shown. •The diamond-shaped handles at the bottom are used to define the corner fre- quencies of the different frequency bands. •By using the diamond-shaped handles on top of each frequency band you can cut or boost the input gain by +/- 12dB before compression. •To reset a...
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NUENDO The included effect plug-ins 1 – 33 The Solo button The Solo button in the lower right part of the MultibandCompressor panel can be used to separately monitor each of the frequency bands. This function is useful both when editing bandwidth settings and compressor characteristics. •To select another band while solo is active, click somewhere in the (dark) area of the frequency band that you wish to monitor. Using the Characteristics editor By adding breakpoints and drawing curves you set the...
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NUENDO 1 – 34 The included effect plug-ins The Output dial The Output dial controls the total output level that the MultibandCom- pressor passes on to Nuendo. The range available is +/- 12 dB. If the SoftClip function (see below) is active, the Output dial instead con- trols the amount of soft clipping. The SoftClip function The SoftClip function is positioned at the very last stage of the internal signal path, right after the Output dial. When active, it will ensure that the total output to Nuendo...
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NUENDO The included effect plug-ins 1 – 35 VST Dynamics The VST Dynamics plug-in is similar to the Dynamics plug-in (see page 18), but with the following differences: •VST Dynamics has two additional modules: Auto Level and Soft Clip. •The signal flow is fixed, in the order AutoGate-AutoLevel-Compressor- SoftClip-Limiter. Activating the individual processors You activate the individual processors by clicking on their labels. Acti- vated processors have highlighted labels. You can activate as many...
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NUENDO 1 – 36 The included effect plug-ins Auto Level section Auto Level reduces signal level differences in audio material. It can be used to process recordings where the level unintentionally varies. It will boost low levels and attenuate high level audio signals. Only levels above the set threshold will be processed, so low level noise or rumble will not be boosted. If the input level is greater than 0dB, Auto Level will react very fast, because it “looks ahead” in the audio material for strong...
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NUENDO The included effect plug-ins 1 – 37 Filter plug-ins This section contains descriptions of the plug-ins in the “Filter” cate- gory. NuendoEQ2 The NuendoEQ2 plug-in is identical to the EQ section in the Channel Settings window. As a plug-in, NuendoEQ2 can be applied in different areas than the Channel EQ. For example, you could use it as an insert effect, to EQ the output of another effect plug-in, etc. See the Opera- tion Manual chapter “The mixer” for a description of the EQ parameters. Q Q is...
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NUENDO 1 – 38 The included effect plug-ins Making settings 1.Click the corresponding On button below the EQ curve display to ac- tivate any or all of the Low, Mid 1, Mid 2 or High equalizer bands. When a band is activated, a corresponding eq point appears in the EQ curve display. 2.Set the parameters for an activated EQ band. This can be done in several ways: •By using the knobs. •By clicking a value field and entering values numerically. •By using the mouse to drag points in the EQ curve display...
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NUENDO The included effect plug-ins 1 – 39 Output (-20 to +20 dB)This parameter allows you to adjust the overall output level. Left/Stereo/Right/Mono ModesFor stereo signals you can set independent curves for the left and right channels by clicking the corresponding but- ton. If the Stereo mode is activated, the curve will be ap- plied to both channels. When channel independent curves have been set, the left/ right channel curves will be colored green and red, respec- tively. The currently...
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NUENDO 1 – 40 The included effect plug-ins StepFilter StepFilter is a pattern-controlled multimode filter that can create rhythmic, pulsating filter effects. General operation StepFilter can produce two simultaneous 16-step patterns for the fil- ter cutoff and resonance parameters, synchronized to the sequencer tempo. Setting step values •Setting step values is done by clicking in the pattern grid windows. •Individual step entries can be freely dragged up or down the vertical axis, or directly set by...