Steinberg Nuendo 3 New Features In 3.1 And 3.2 Manual
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NUENDO Introduction 11 General improvements • Recovery of audio recordings after system failure. See page 102. • About Frame rates. See page 103. • Working with joysticks. See page 103. Working with film transfers • Background. See page 106. • Compensating for film transfers to video. See page 112.
NUENDO 14 Working with Control Room Background Large Console Monitoring Sections In traditional analog studios, the audio console maintained control over every audio signal in the studio, including the control room monitors, headphone systems, external 2-track tape machines and communica- tions such as the talkback system. The console itself provided a means of creating multiple cue mixes for performers in the studio. Using available aux sends, the engineer could create multiple cue mixes for the various performers, each one having a unique mix tailored for that person or group of performers. With the advent of the DAW, many of the functions of the console started being performed inside the audio software, allowing for more flexibility and instant recall of any setting. In many studios, the console sat idle except for adjusting the playback level of the speakers, switch- ing to monitor external devices and routing signals to headphones and other cue mix playback systems. Smaller hardware units have been made to replace the monitoring section using a simple volume knob with speaker and input switches. Some even include a talkback system and headphone amplifiers. Surround Sound With more and more surround recording and mixing being performed in the DAW environment, the needs of the monitoring section have be- come magnified. Surround speaker setups must be able to work with smaller, stereo speakers and even mono speaker systems. Switching back and forth between them can become quite complicated. Also, the ability to perform downmixes of multi-channel audio is now needed on a regular basis for many audio professionals. Virtual Control Room Solution Nuendo has now added the functionality of the control room monitor- ing section of large format analog consoles to the virtual audio environ- ment of VST with the creation of the Control Room Mixer and Control Room Overview windows.
NUENDO Working with Control Room 15 The Concept The concept behind creating the Control Room features was to divide the studio environment into the performing area (studio) and the engi- neer/producer area (control room) common to traditional studios. Pre- viously, an analog console or some method of speaker control and monitor routing was necessary to provide this functionality to the DAW environment. DAW software had not yet become fully integrated into a larger studio scenario until the advent of Nuendo’s Control Room fea- tures. Nuendo now provides all the functionality of the analog console’s monitoring section, along with many more features, in the virtual world where flexibility and instant recall are expected. Control Room Features Here is a list of features available for the Control Room Mixer: • Support for up to four sets of monitors with various speaker configurations from mono all the way up to 10.2 cinema speaker systems. • Dedicated Headphone output. • Support for up to four discrete cue mix outputs called “Studios”. • Dedicated Talkback channel with flexible routing and automatic enabling. • Support for up to six external inputs with configurations up to 10.2 surround. • Click track routing and level control to all Control Room outputs. • Flexible Listen Bus options with the Listen Dim setting that allows Listen- enabled tracks to be heard in context with the whole mix. • Listen Bus Enabling on both Control Room and Headphone outputs. • User-definable downmix settings using MixConvert for all speaker configura- tions. • Individual speaker soloing for all speaker configurations. • Multiple inserts on each Control Room channel for metering and surround de- coding among other possibilities. • Monitor Dim function with adjustable level. • User-defined Calibrated Monitor level for post-production mixing in a calibrated environment. • Adjustable Input Gain and Input Phase on all External Inputs and Speaker out- puts. • Full-sized meters on every Control Room channel. • Support for up to four aux sends (Studio Sends) for creation of discrete cue mixes for performers. Each Studio output has its own cue mix.
NUENDO 16 Working with Control Room • The ability to disable the Control Room Section when working with an external monitoring solution or console. • Full support for the monitoring section functionality of the ID control surface. Configuring the Control Room The Control Room features are configured in several locations within Nuendo. • The VST Connections window has a tab labelled “Studio” in which the hard- ware inputs and output are defined for the Control Room channels. • In the Devices menu you will find the Control Room Overview that displays a visual overview of the Control Room channels and signal flow. • In the Devices menu you will find the Control Room Mixer which allows oper- ation of the Control Room features. • In the Preferences dialog (VST – Control Room page) you will find some set- tings for altering the Control Room preferences. VST Connections Studio Tab The Studio Tab of the VST Connections Window is where you will configure all the inputs and outputs for the Control Room Mixer. Control Room Channels There are five types of channels that you can create, each one defining either an input or output of the Control Room Mixer. As more channels are created, the Control Room Mixer expands to display controls for each channel. • Monitors Each Monitor channel is a set of outputs that are connected to monitor speakers in the control room. Each Monitor can be configured for a mono, stereo or up to a 10.2 sur- round speaker configuration. Up to four Monitors can be created, each with a different speaker configuration. • Phones The Phones channel is used by the engineer in the control room for checking cue mixes and as another option for listening to the mix or external inputs on a pair of headphones. It is not intended for cue mixes that performers use while recording. Only one stereo Headphone channel is available.
NUENDO Working with Control Room 17 • Studios Studio channels are intended for sending cue mixes to performers in the studio during recording. They have talkback and click track functions and can monitor the main mix, external inputs or a dedicated cue mix. Up to four Studios can be created allowing four discrete cue mixes for performers. • External Inputs External inputs are for monitoring external devices such as CD players, multi-channel recorders or any other source audio source. Up to six External Inputs can be created with various configurations from mono all the way up to 10.2 surround. • Talkback The Talkback is a mono input used for a communications system between the control room and performers in the studio. Only one mono Talkback channel is available. Control Room channels cannot share hardware inputs or outputs with External FX or External Instruments. As you create connections for each channel, only those Device Ports that have not been used for External FX or Instruments will be available. However, Control Room channels and VST Inputs and Outputs can share the same Device Ports. A great deal of confusion can result if VST Outputs and Control Room Monitor channels share the same Device Ports. As a starting point, set all the VST Outputs to “Not Assigned” while the Control Room is setup. By default, one stereo Monitor channel is created after install- ing Nuendo. The Control Room Mixer is designed to display information and controls only for the channels you have defined in VST Connections. For example, if you have not defined any Studio channels, they will not appear in the Control Room Mixer. The Control Room Overview displays all the possible channels but only highlights the ones that have been defined. To see all the available controls in the Control Room Mixer, start by creating the maximum amount of channels in the VST Connections Studio Tab.
NUENDO 18 Working with Control Room Creating a Control Room Channel To create a new channel, click on the Add channel button in the Studio Tab of the VST Connections window. All available channels will be listed along with how many of each type are available. Select the type of channel you wish to create and a dialog will appear allowing you to choose the configuration of the channel (stereo, 5.1, etc.). If you are adding the Talkback or Phones channels, there are no channel configuration choices since the Talkback is mono only and the Phones are stereo only. Also, Studio channels can either be mono or stereo only. The Studio Tab of the VST Connections window with all possible Control Room Channels created After clicking OK, the new channel will appear in the VST Connections window. You can now connect it to any available Device Port using the “+” buttons. An Audio Device must be selected and then a Device Port must be chosen for each audio path. You assign Device Ports to chan- nels in the same fashion as assigning any VST Connection. Control Room channels can share Device Ports with each other. This can be helpful if you use the same speakers as a stereo pair and also as the left and right channels of a surround speaker configuration. Switch- ing between monitors that share Device Ports will be seamless, provid- ing any downmix of multi-channel audio to stereo if needed. Only one Monitor set can be active at a time.
NUENDO Working with Control Room 19 Monitors Create a Monitor channel for every set of speakers in your studio. A typical post-production studio could have one set of 5.1 surround speakers, another stereo set of speakers and even a single, mono speaker for checking balances for mono broadcast. The Control Room Mixer will allow you to switch speakers easily. Each set of Monitors can have its own custom downmix settings, Input Gain and Input Phase adjustments. Phones Create a Phones channel if you intend to listen to headphones in the control room. The Phones channel is not intended for use by perform- ers in the studio. It is designed for the engineer to quickly listen to any source in the studio, including the four cue mixes, as a reference. The Phones channel is stereo only. Studios Create a Studio channel for each cue mix you wish to create for per- formers in the studio. There are four available Studio channels. For ex- ample, if you have two available headphone amplifiers for performers to use, create two Studio channels, one for each headphone mix. Studio channels can either be mono or stereo. External Inputs Create External Input channels for every playback device you wish to be able to monitor in the control room. There are six available External Inputs with channel configurations from mono up to 10.2 surround. Use External Inputs to quickly listen to CD players, master recorders, or other workstations. External Inputs can share Device Ports with VST Inputs, allowing you to also record from those sources directly into Nuendo.
NUENDO 20 Working with Control Room Talkback Create a Talkback channel if you have a microphone in the control room available for communication with performers in the studio. The Talkback can be routed to each Studio channel with variable levels in order to optimize communications between the control room and per- formers. Additionally, the Talkback is available as a possible input source for Audio tracks. You can record from the Talkback just like any other VST Input. Inserts are available on the Talkback and all other Control Room chan- nels. A compressor/limiter can be inserted on the Talkback channel to ensure that erratic levels to not bother performers and clear communi- cation with everyone is possible. Disabling the Control Room Once you have created all the channels for your studio configuration, the Control Room functions are available for use. If you need to use Nuendo without the Control Room functions, you may simply press the Disable Control Room button found in the Studio tab of the VST Connections window. Any channels you have created will be saved and when you enable the Control Room again, that configuration will be reloaded. You may also create presets for the Control Room configuration in the same manner as for VST Inputs and Outputs. If you disable the Control Room, make sure that there are Device Ports assigned to the Main Mix in the VST Outputs tab. Otherwise, you will not hear any sound from the Main Mix.