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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 
Main Mix”. The Main Mix is marked by a small speaker icon to the left 
of its name.
The VST Connections Output tab showing one bus as the Main Mix marked by the 
small speaker icon.
VST Outputs other than the Main Mix are not routed through the Con-
trol Room Mixer. They can, however, share the Device Ports of Studio 
and Monitor channels in the Control Room.   
						

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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. 
The click will only be heard in VST Outputs that are assigned to Device 
Ports. Be aware that the click can also be routed to Device Ports using 
the Control Room features. 
Sharing Audio Device Ports between VST Outputs and Control Room 
channels can cause confusing behavior and possible overload of those 
Ports without any indication from Nuendo. It is advisable to disconnect 
all VST Outputs from all Device Ports when first configuring the Control 
Room. 
Be aware that some audio interfaces allow very flexible routing within 
the hardware itself. Certain routing configurations could cause over-
loads and possible damage to speaker equipment. Refer to the hard-
ware’s documentation for further information.  
						

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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 Mixer. All the routing functions of the Con-
trol Room Mixer are duplicated here in the Overview.
The Control Room Overview
Open the Control Room Mixer and the Control Room Overview win-
dows side by side. As you operate the controls on the Mixer you will 
see the various pale green squares light up in the Overview, indicating 
changes in signal flow. You can also click the squares in the Overview 
and watch the controls in the Mixer reflect the changes in signal flow.  
						

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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 appears above the inserts and meter display. 
Extending the mixer using this tab exposes the Input Gain and Input 
Phase switch, channel configuration and name for each channel 
(Routing View). 
These tabs work in the same manner as the Project Mixer vertical 
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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 
ones in the Project Mixer.
Pressing the small meter icon at the center right side of the mixer will 
change the view to display inserts. Alternatively, uncheck the Show 
Meters option from the Mixer’s contextual menu.
Each Control Room Channel has a set of inserts configured as six 
pre-fader and two post-fader inserts. External Inputs and Monitor 
channels only have the six pre-fader inserts.
The Control Room Mixer’s Extended View displaying channel inserts  
						

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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-
ternal Input by clicking the button next to its name at the left of the 
Mixer will display the inserts associated with that channel above in the 
Extended View.
The Talkback
The Talkback channel has a separate set of eight inserts. In order to 
view and adjust them, the Talkback must be enabled via the TALK but-
ton located to the lower right of the Control Room Mixer. Click once 
on the Talkback to latch it on. The inserts for External Inputs will now 
display the Talkback inserts. Once the Talkback is disabled, the view 
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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 de-
coding or brickwall limiting to protect sensitive monitor speakers.
Each set of monitors has its own Input Phase and Input Gain settings 
available in the top section of the expanded mixer. In addition, there 
are speaker solo icons along with various soloing modes and speaker 
routing options in the Speaker Solo panel.
The Speaker Solo panel
• Use the speaker solos to test your multichannel speaker system and 
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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 defined one set of 5.1 monitors and another set 
of stereo monitors, Nuendo will create a 5.1 to stereo downmix preset 
and another downmix to mono. You can modify all the settings for each 
downmix by clicking on the tab to open MixConvert.
Control Room Operations
In traditional analog studios, the control room section of the console 
contained the most used set of controls in the whole studio. Often, the 
studio monitor level had all the markings rubbed off from so much use.
The need to constantly be able to switch monitoring sources, adjust 
the volume of monitors and route various cue mixes and other sources 
to headphone systems is the norm in most sessions. Filling the needs 
of several performers in the studio plus a producer and the engineer 
becomes a constant task that requires flexibility and ease of operation. 
Communication between everyone must be flawlessly clear without 
intruding on the creativity of performers.
With all this in mind, Nuendo’s Control Room Mixer is designed to fill 
those needs with a simple yet highly flexible solution. The virtual mix-
ing environment of VST is the ideal solution to the varied needs of a 
control room matrix. With a virtual mixer, a high degree of customiza-
tion and precise settings are possible with the ability to completely re-
call these settings at any time.
Access tab for 
MixConvert  
						

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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