Steinberg Nuendo 3 New Features In 3.1 And 3.2 Manual

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• For this to work, the Master project has to have been saved once. If the 
project was not saved before being unexpectedly disconnected, the set-
tings are lost and the participants cannot be automatically reconnected.
• Please note that if you are unsure about the state of connection, it might 
be a good idea to unshare the project and to submit it as new Network 
project, in order to avoid conflicts (see also the description of the “Verify 
communication”...

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General improvements
Recovery of audio recordings after system 
failure
Stability and reliability of Nuendo have further improved with the re-
lease of version 3.1.
Normally, when a computer crashes, all changes made to your current 
project since you last saved it will be lost. Usually, there is no quick 
and easy way to recover your work.
With Nuendo 3.1, when your system crashes while you are recording 
(because of a power cut or other mishap), you will find...

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About frame rates
In addition to the current frame rates, you can now select the frame 
rates 23.976, 24.976, 59.94 and 60 fps on the Frame Rate pop-up 
menu in the Project Setup dialog. These are used in the HDTV context.
Working with joysticks
When you have a joystick connected to your system, but do not want 
to use it with Nuendo, you can now deactivate it:
1.Open the Device Setup dialog from the Devices menu.
2.Select the device in the list to the left in...

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Working with film transfers 

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Background
Framerates
Since Nuendo has been created from the ground up as a total media 
production system, it must be capable of working with all different 
types of video and film framerates.
Standard framerates
There are several framerate standards in use today. They are as follows:
• 23.98 frames per second (23.98 fps) used for cinema film to NTSC transfer.
• 24 frames per second (24 fps) used for cinema film cameras.
• 25 frames per second (25 fps) used for...

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The audio recorded along with the film must also have these speed 
changes applied to it in order to remain in sync with the picture once 
it has been transferred to video. Sometimes the speed change is ap-
plied at the same time as the film transfer and is recorded directly on 
the videotape. This allows the video editor to hear the audio along 
with the transferred video while editing.
These speed changes also result in pitch changes. Other artifacts can 
also be...

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The Telecine process
A telecine machine is the device used to transfer film to videotape. It 
transfers images from each frame of film to frames of video in a very 
specific way. Having a clear understanding of this process will help al-
leviate the confusion surrounding pull-up and pull-down sample rates 
and keeping film audio in sync.
Film frames vs. video fields
One of the first things that needs to be understood is how video sig-
nals are formatted in general....

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If the project is going to be returning to film for the final presentation, 
the audio can be slowed back down to normal speed when transfer-
ring back to film in order to preserve the fidelity and performance val-
ues of the original material.
Transferring film to PAL/SECAM video requires a 4% pull-up in speed 
for both the picture and sound elements.
Transferring film to NTSC video
Transferring film at 24 fps to NTSC video at 29.97 fps presents a few 
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4.The third film frame is transferred to the second field of video frame 
three and the first field of video frame four.
This is a block diagram of the 2-3 pull-down process. Notice that 4 frames of film 
are transferred to 5 frames of video using the 2-3 field technique.