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5.If a user is sharing projects, this is indicated by a plus-sign beside the 
user name. Click the plus-sign to display a list of the projects shared 
by this user.
If there are shared projects you can join, these are indicated by the 
text “You can join” in green.
6.To join a project, select it and click the “Join Project” button (or just 
double click the project name in the list).
A dialog appears, allowing you to specify the project folder.
The “Join Project” button.
7.Select a project folder.
There may be two cases which require different approaches:
• If you are connected over a LAN, the owner of the project may have decided 
to keep the project files in a special, common project folder on a server. If this 
is the case, you will need to specify this folder as the Project folder.
• If the owner of the project keeps the project files in a project folder on his or 
her own hard disk, select a local folder on your hard disk. In this case, the 
project files will be copied to the project folder on your hard disk.
See page 29 for more information about the project folder in shared 
projects.
8.When you have selected a project folder, the project and the files are 
copied to you hard disk (unless you’re working on a server, as described 
above).
If you have access not to the entire project, but only separate tracks, only the tracks for 
which you have read or write permission will be loaded. 
						

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Disconnecting from projects
If you have joined a project and want to stop working on it, you do this 
by deactivating the network. When you deactivate the network during 
work with a shared project, you will disconnect from it. However, you 
will still have access to the project in the future as long as the owner 
shares it with you. The next time you connect to the network, the 
project will still be shared with you (unless the owner has changed the 
permissions) and you can join it again.
•To deactivate the network, pull down the Network menu, select the 
item “Active”, and click to make sure it is not checked.
•A dialog will then appear, asking you to confirm that you want to dis-
connect from the network.
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•To reactivate the network, check the item “Active” on the Network 
menu again.
•A dialog will then appear, asking you to confirm that you want to re-
connect to the network.
If the project is accessible on the network, you will rejoin it and all the project files will 
be loaded (see below).
Working with shared projects
The following are some general descriptions about the common pro-
cedures for working with shared projects over a network.
Any user who has write access to the project or separate tracks in it 
can make changes and commit these to the other users. The commu-
nication and transfer of updated files is handled mainly in the Network 
section for each track in the Inspector.
The permission status of a track is indicated in the Inspector as follows:
• If the Network tab in the Inspector is displayed in light blue, this indicates that 
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• If the Network tab in the Inspector is orange, this indicates that you have only 
read access to the track, and can’t make changes to it.
The Network section contains a host of controls which are used for a 
number of network related functions for the track:
• In addition to the above, the Network section also displays the user name of 
the owner of a project you join.
• Note that you can also customize Nuendo so that the four main network 
control buttons (update, auto update, lock and commit) are available in 
the Track list. This is done in the Track Controls Settings dialog. Please 
refer to the Nuendo Operation Manual chapter “Customizing” for in-
structions on how to do this.
The network controls in the Track list.
Open the “User 
Manager” dialog 
(see page 44).
 Automatically 
apply updates.Get exclusive access 
(lock track).Open the “Project Sharing and 
Permissions” dialog (see page 40).
Load available 
update.
Commit changes 
on this track.Override Project Settings – only available 
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Committing changes
To a track
When you have made changes to a track, proceed as follows to com-
mit them and make them known to the users in the network:
1.Open the Network section for the track in the Inspector by clicking its 
tab.
If you have set things up so that the commit button is available in the track list, as de-
scribed above, you don’t have to use the Inspector. Note that the track must be se-
lected in the track list.
2.Click the button “Commit changes on this track”.
The changes are committed to the network. 
• Note that if more than one track is selected, clicking this button for one 
selected track will commit the changes on all selected tracks.
•
Note also that for the owner of a project, this is also the way to up-
date perm
ission settings made directly in the Inspector (see page 24).
To a project
If you have made changes to several tracks, or made other project 
changes, you will probably want to commit all changes at once:
•Pull down the Network menu and select “Commit Changes”.
The changes are committed over the network. Note that there is also a button for this 
function available in the Project window toolbar. However, this is not visible by default. 
Refer to the Nuendo Operation Manual chapter “Customizing” for information about 
how to customize the toolbar, if you want to make this button visible.
Please note that each time you commit a change to a track or project, 
network activity is initiated, slowing the network down. Depending on 
the 
speed of the network, it may take some time before the changes 
are
 distributed to all users and work can continue, so commit changes 
sparingly and only when necessary. 
						

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Loading changes
When other users have made changes to a track and committed them 
over the network, the “Load available update” button in the network 
controls for the corresponding track will light up in blue to indicate 
that you can load the changes and update the project.
The “Load available update” button is located in the Network section 
of the Inspector. However, when working with shared projects, you 
will probably want to customize Nuendo so that it is also available in 
the Track list (as described above), since this makes it somewhat eas-
i
er to get a visual overview of when committed changes are available.
You can use two different methods to load available changes to tracks 
over the network:
•Click the “Load available update” button in the Inspector or the Track 
list.
This will load the available update for the track.
•Click the “Automatically apply updates” button in the Inspector or the 
Track list for one or more tracks.
This way, all changes committed to the track(s) by other users will be automatically 
loaded without requiring your intervention.
There is also a special method for loading changes made to the 
tempo and signature tracks, as well as loading new tracks:
•Click the “Sync project to network state” button in the Project window 
toolbar.
This button lights up in blue to indicate that there are changes available. Click it to 
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The “Update Mastertrack…” button is not visible in the toolbar by de-
fault. If you want it to be visible, you need to customize the toolbar to 
show the Network controls, as described in the Nuendo Operation 
Manual chapter “Customizing”.
• Note that you can undo an update! If you have loaded an available up-
date, you can select “Undo Net Update” from the Edit menu. Similarly, 
you can “undo the undo” by selecting “Redo NetUpdate”.
Locking tracks
If you have write permission for a track and want to prevent other users 
from making changes to it, you can lock it for your own use only.
•Click the “Get exclusive access” button for the track in the Inspector 
or the Track list.
The track is locked for your exclusive use. When a track is locked by a user, the “Get 
exclusive access” button lights up in blue.
•To unlock a track, click the “Get exclusive access” button again so it 
is no longer lit.
The owner of a project has the possibility of unlocking a track, regard-
less of who locked it:
1.When you click the “Get exclusive access” button for a locked track 
that wasn’t locked by you, a dialog appears.
2.When you are the owner of the project or track, select “Release Lock” 
to unlock the track. Other users can only click “Cancel” to leave the 
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About network communication problems
In any network, occasionally, connections may be lost.
Whenever network communication with a participant fails, Nuendo 
will automatically initiate a communication verification process, and 
at
tempt to re-establish the lost connection:
•When Nuendo performs the verification process, a window appears, 
showing a status bar for its progress.
•After the verification process, a dialog will appear.
This lists the results of the verification process. Nuendo may either have been able to 
restore communication through the process, or still be unable to communicate with 
some participant(s). The dialog will list each participant with whom communication still 
failed (as in the illustration below).
At this point, you will have to decide whether to remove the partici-
pant(s) from the network:
•If you suspect the communication problems are temporary, select 
“No” and wait to see if communications are restored.
You can then later manually perform the verification process if you wish (see below).
•If you believe the communication problems are more severe, for 
ins
tance if the participant(s) have experienced a system or network 
crash, select “Yes”.
The participant(s) will then be removed from the network until able to rejoin again.
If the verification process does not solve the problem, the communication 
problems are probably of a more serious nature and may require re-
configuration of the network settings (see page 10).
• Note that you can initiate the verification process manually as well. If 
you experience communication problems and the process doesn’t start 
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Chatting with Other Users on the Network
When you are connected to the network, it is possible to chat with 
other users to discuss changes you are making to shared projects. To 
chat with all other users on the network, select “Open Global Chat”. 
To chat only with the users working on the currently shared project, 
select “Open Project Chat”. The chat window (either for global chat-
ting or for chatting to users of the current project) will open allowing 
you to send text messages back and forth between network users. All 
network users can see the same chat window. 
•Enter your text message in the area at the bottom of the chat window 
and press [Return].
• Note that when you first enter the chat, you will not be able to see text 
messages posted prior to your entry. Only messages entered after you 
joined the chat will be visible to you. 
						

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The Network dialogs
To round off this document, we will provide a break-down of the three 
Network dialogs and their contents.
The Project Sharing and Permissions dialog
This dialog is where you specify the user permissions for the active 
project before sharing it, either on a project basis, a track basis or 
both.
The dialog is dominated by three lists:
•The Project & Tracks list.
This lists all the tracks in the project, including the Tempo track and the signature track. 
Furthermore, it displays the permission status for each track – “Uses Project Settings” 
or “Overrides Project Settings”. Also, the owner of the project/track is listed in the Owner 
colu
mn.
•The User Name list.
This displays all the users that are allowed to share the project, and their read and 
write permissions. Users can be added either manually from the All Users list, or by 
loading a permission preset. You can remove users from this list by selecting them and 
clicking the Delete User button below the list (the right button).