Steinberg Nuendo 3 New Features In 3.1 And 3.2 Manual

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VST Outputs - Main Mix
In order for the Control Room to function correctly, the Main Mix in the 
VST Outputs tab must be assigned to the set of outputs that actually 
contains your final mix signal. If you only have one VST Output Bus, it 
will be the Main Mix by default.
If you have more than one VST Output Bus defined, you can change 
which one is the Main Mix by right-clicking (Win) or [Ctrl]-clicking 
(Mac) on the name of the VST Output and selecting “Set “Out” as...

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VST Output Click Enabling
There may be an occasion in which you want the click track of a ded-
icated VST Output always to be routed to it regardless of the Control 
Room settings or if the Control Room is disabled. In these cases, 
there is the option to enable the click output on specific VST Outputs 
using the Enable Click column in the VST Connections window.
The VST Output tab showing two stereo outputs, the Main Mix and a second output 
that is click enabled....

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The Control Room Overview
You can access the Control Room Overview from the Devices menu. 
The Control Room Overview is designed to display the current config-
uration of the Control Room. All possible channels are shown. Active 
ones are highlighted once they have been created in VST Connec-
tions. Channels that are greyed out have not been defined in VST 
Connections.
The Control Room Overview allows you to visually see the signal flow 
through the Control Room...

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The Control Room Mixer
The Control Room Mixer is where you access all the features of the 
Control Room. The Control Room Mixer can be resized to accommo-
date more channels and to display more controls. The default config-
uration is the minimal size. 
The Control Room Mixer in default configuration  

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Configuring the Control Room Mixer
In order to display more controls in the Mixer, the small tabs found at 
the lower left and right corners can be clicked to open or close the ex-
tended speaker controls on the right (Right Strip) and the External In-
put and Talkback controls on the left (Left Strip).
The tab found at the upper right corner of the Mixer extends the Mixer 
vertically to display meters and inserts (Extended View). A second 
vertical expansion tab...

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Right-clicking (Win) or [Ctrl]-clicking (Mac) anywhere on the Control 
Room Mixer brings up a contextual menu that allows you to resize the 
Mixer in the same way as the expansion tabs. Use the options in the 
Window sub-menu to show the Left and Right Strips along with the 
Extended and Routing Views.
Control Room Inserts and Meters
When the Control Room Mixer displays the Extended View, the meters 
become visible. These meters look and function the same way as the...

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If you do not wish to see full sized meters but still want some indica-
tion of signal activity, activate the option “Signal Presence Indicator” 
in the Preferences dialog (VST – Control Room page). They will be 
displayed next to the input selection buttons and will indicate signal 
presence for all inputs.
The Control Room Mixer with all Signal Presence indicators lit up
External Inputs
Each External Input has its own set of six inserts. Selecting each Ex-
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You can easily identify the inserts for the Talkback since they have six 
pre-fader and two post-fader inserts while the External Inputs only have 
six pre-fader inserts. If the Control Room Mixer is fully expanded, the 
name displayed at the very top of the mixer will reflect which channel is 
currently in the Extended View.
Monitors
Each Monitor channel has a set of six inserts. These inserts are all 
post Control Room fader level and are most useful for surround...

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Just below the configuration display, all settings for automatic down-
mixing of multichannel sources are shown. There are four downmix 
presets. Some will automatically configure themselves for the sets of 
monitors you have defined. Each preset is adjustable by accessing 
MixConvert via the tab on the upper right corner of the downmix se-
lection.
The Edit Down-Mix tab
Automatic configuration of the downmix settings follows a logical path. 
For example, if you have...

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Control Room Mixer Layout
The Control Room Mixer has a variety of controls, some that are simi-
lar to the Project Mixer and some that are unique to Control Room op-
erations. The following diagrams lists every control along with a brief 
description of what it does.
The completely expanded Control Room Mixer