Steinberg Nuendo 3 Getting Started Manual

 
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The Help System
 
Nuendo comes with a detailed help system, making it easy to look up 
procedures and descriptions from within the program. The contents of 
the help basically mirror the complete Operation Manual text. The help 
systems are slightly different depending on which operating system 
you use, Windows or Mac OS X: 
HTML Help (Windows)
 
You use the HTML Help in the following way: 
•To open the HTML Help for browsing, select “HTML Help” from the Help 
menu in the...

 
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About the program versions
 
The documentation covers two different operating systems or “plat-
forms”; Windows and Mac OS X. 
Some features and settings are specific to one of the platforms, Win-
dows or Mac OS X. This is clearly stated in the applicable cases. 
In other words: 
•If nothing else is said, all descriptions and procedures in the documen-
tation are valid for both Windows and Mac OS X.
 
The screenshots are taken from the Windows version.
 
Key command...

 
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How you can reach us
 
On the Help menu in Nuendo, you will find items for registering online, 
getting additional information and help: 
• 
On the “Steinberg on the Web” submenu you can find links to various 
Steinberg websites. Selecting one will automatically launch your 
browser application and open the page. 
You can find support and compatibility information, answers to frequently asked ques-
tions, links for downloading new drivers, etc. This requires that you have...

 
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Installation and Requirements
for Windows 

 
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About this chapter
 
This chapter describes the system requirements and installation pro-
cedures for Nuendo for Windows. Installing Nuendo for Mac OS X is 
described on page 28. 
Requirements
 
To use Nuendo, you need the following: 
• 
A PC with Windows XP installed. 
A USB Port is also required.
 
For more details about the computer requirements, see below. 
• 
Compatible audio hardware. 
By audio hardware we mean a card capable of recording...

 
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Computer requirements
 
Hardware – PC
 
The minimum requirements for running Nuendo on a PC are: 
•A 1.6 GHz Pentium or Athlon processor
•Windows XP Home or Windows XP Professional.
•512  MB of RAM.
•Monitor and graphics card supporting 1024 x 768 resolution.
•A free USB drive for the copy protection key.
•A DVD ROM drive.
 
•Please note that Nuendo is proven to run on less powerful computers 
with less RAM and slower CPUs. However, these...

 
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Hard disk speed
 
The speed of the hard drive also determines the number of audio tracks 
you can run. That is the quantity of information that the disk can read, 
usually expressed as “sustained transfer rate”. Again, “the more the 
better” applies. 
Wheel mouse
 
Although a regular mouse will work fine with Nuendo, we recommend 
that you use a wheel mouse, as this will speed up value editing and 
scrolling considerably. See page 68 and page...

 
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Audio card-specific ASIO drivers are provided by the card manufac-
turers. Make sure to check the manufacturer’s web site for the latest 
driver versions. 
If your audio hardware comes with a specific ASIO driver we strongly 
 
recommend that you use this.
 
If the audio card communicates via DirectX
 
DirectX is a Microsoft “package” for handling various types of Multime-
dia under Windows. Nuendo supports DirectX, or to be more precise,...

 
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Hardware installation
 
Installing the copy protection key – please read!
 
New users
Included with the Nuendo package, you will find a hardware key (some-
times referred to as a “dongle”) that is part of the Nuendo copy protec-
tion scheme. Nuendo will not run if this key isn’t installed properly.
•The copy protection key should be plugged into the computer’s USB 
port after installing Nuendo and restarting the computer!
When the copy...