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The name of each Studio is displayed in the Control Room Mixer. In 
order to hear the Studio Sends mix in the Studio output, the input se-
lector for each Studio must be set to “Aux”.
A Studio Channel in the Control Room Mixer with its input set to Aux.
Setting Up a Studio Cue Mix
The Studio Sends are very flexible. There are several ways to create a 
cue mix for each Studio in a very fast and efficient manner. Simple 
“more me” mixes and more complex discrete mixes are easily accom-
modated by the Studio Sends.
Using Fader and Pan Settings from the Main Mixer
You can create a cue mix from the fader and pan levels already used 
in the main mixer and then alter them to meet the needs of an individ-
ual performer. You can do this with any single channel or group of 
channels at any time. To copy fader and pan information from the main 
mix, follow these steps:
1.In the Project Mixer, select all the channels that you wish to copy set-
tings from.
Only the selected channels will perform these operations. If no channels are selected, 
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2.In the Control Room Mixer, right-click (Win) or [Ctrl]-click (Mac) any-
where in a Studio Channel’s mixer strip and a contextual menu will ap-
pear that has the Studio’s name as a submenu.
This submenu contains all the Studio Send functions for that Studio. If you open the 
contextual menu outside of a Studio mixer strip, the submenu will be for All Studios. 
The Control Room Mixer’s contextual menu
3.Choose the “Use Current Mix Levels” to copy the fader levels on the 
selected tracks to the Studio Sends.
This options sets all Studio Send levels for the selected tracks to the same level as the 
main channel fader. It also changes the Studio Send status to pre-fader so that 
changes in the main mix do not affect the Studio Sends.
4.Choose the “Use Current Pan Settings” to copy pan information from 
the main mix to the Studio Sends on selected tracks.
Studio Sends are either mono or stereo. If the Send is mono, the pan setting will still 
be copied. However, the output of the Studio Send will sum the left and right channels 
together.
5.Choose the “Enable Studio Sends” to activate the Sends on selected 
channels.
By default, Studio Sends are not enabled even when level and pan information is cop-
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By copying the level and pan information from the main mix to the Stu-
dio Sends, a rough balance can be created in a matter of moments. 
Next, you may alter the level and pan settings on any channel’s Studio 
Sends to change the mix to meet the performer’s needs. This may re-
quire increasing the volume of the performer herself. This is often re-
ferred to as a “more me” mix.
Adjusting the Overall Studio Send Level
Levels in the main mix are often optimized for the loudest signal level 
possible without clipping. The problem arises when creating a “more 
me” mix that there is not enough headroom available in the Studio 
Send to turn up channels without clipping becoming a possibility.
Fortunately, the Studio Sends have an option to adjust multiple send 
levels at the same time, allowing you to keep the blend intact while 
lowering the overall volume to make room for “more me” signals.
Once you have created a Studio Send mix, follow these steps to ad-
just their relative levels.
1.Select all the channels you wish to modify.
Only selected channels are affected by the contextual menu commands.
2.Right-click (Win) or [Ctrl]-click (Mac) anywhere in the Studio mixer 
strip on the Control Room Mixer to open the contextual menu for that 
Studio. 
You may also use the contextual menu outside of the Studio strip to adjust all four Stu-
dio Sends on the selected channels at the same time.
3.Choose the “Change Studio Sends Level” from the Studio submenu.
This will bring up a gain window with a checkbox that reads “Relative Mode”. Make 
sure this is checked if you want to adjust already existing levels.
4.Either use the up and down buttons or click on the numeric readout to 
open a popup fader and adjust the gain as necessary.
The level of all selected Studio Sends will be adjusted by the amount shown here. For 
example, if the amount reads -3dB, then the each Studio Send level would have 3dB 
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5.Click “OK” and the level change will be performed.
It is possible to view these changes as they occur if you have the Project Mixer open 
and the extended view set to show the Studio Sends.
The “Change Studio Sends Level” dialog
If you uncheck the “Relative Mode” option, all Studio Sends will be set to 
the same absolute level. While the dialog window is still open, you may 
check the “Relative Mode” box again and reload the previous relative 
levels. Only when you click OK, will the level settings be made perma-
nent. Choosing Cancel returns all Send levels to their previous settings.
Using Studio Sends from VST Outputs
Each VST Output also has Studio Sends. Studio Sends from the Main 
Mix output can be used to instantly route the main mix to the Studio 
output. “More me” channels can also be routed via their Studio Sends 
to create fast cue mixes in a different fashion. 
Any level changes made to the main mix will be reflected in the signal 
sent by the Studio Send. Setting the level lower than 0dB can leave 
headroom for “more me” signals in the Studio channel output.
Post-Fader Studio Sends
It is also possible to use the Studio Sends as post-fader aux sends. 
This is another way for the cue mix to follow changes made to the 
Main Mix. The Reset function is very helpful in this regard.
To reset the Studio Sends to post-fader levels of -6dB, do the follow-
ing:
1.Select all the channels you wish to reset.
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2.In the Studio Channel mixer strip right-click (Win) or [Ctrl]-click (Mac) 
to open the contextual menu. In the Studio submenu, select the “Re-
set Studio Sends” command.
If you open the contextual menu in other areas of the Control Room Mixer besides the 
Studio mixer strips, the contextual menu commands will affect all Studios at the same 
time.
3.Selecting the “Reset Studio Sends” changes the Send level of all se-
lected channels to -6dB and sets the signal source to post-fader.
The -6dB level is designed to allow for headroom for “more me” signals in the Studio 
outputs.
Once all Studio Sends have been set to -6dB, post-fader, any changes 
to the main mix will also change the Studio mix. For “more me” chan-
nels, simply turn up the level on that channel or even set the signal to 
pre-fader for absolute control.
Studio Send Cue Mix Summary
Using various combinations of the above techniques should allow you 
to create complex discrete cue mixes for performers in very little time. 
Modifications to these mixes can occur in the Project Mixer or the In-
spector, giving you the most accessibility for quick changes.
To familiarize yourself with how the Studio Sends work, open the ex-
tended Project Mixer and set the view to the Studio Sends. Follow the 
above examples and watch how the Studio Sends react to various 
commands. This should help you get a feel for how they function and 
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Direct Monitoring and Latency
The Control Room and Studio Sends use internal processing to ac-
commodate their routing and processing. This means that audio going 
through the Control Room Mixer, including Studio Sends, will be sub-
ject to the latency of the host computer system.
When recording with several performers at once, a system capable of 
running at very low ASIO buffer settings will be necessary to take full 
advantage of all the Studio Send features. 
Studio Sends are not capable of controlling the Direct Monitoring fea-
tures of various audio hardware interfaces. This means that unless the 
internal latency of the system is very low (128 samples or less), moni-
toring of record-enabled tracks through the Studio Sends will have 
some delay that could affect performers during recording.
In the situation where internal latency is too much for record monitor-
ing, it is advisable to use the Studio Sends for monitoring of tracks 
that have already been recorded and use normal Direct Monitoring for 
tracks currently being recorded. 
						

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WK-Audio’s ID Controller
With the implementation of the Control Room Features, functionality 
for the Monitoring Section of the ID control surface has been enabled. 
The ID has controls for most of the Control Room features including:
• Control Room Level
• Studios 1-3 Level
• Control Room Level Meter
• DIM
• Talkback (with built in mic preamp)
• Talkback DIM
• Listen Bus AFL/PFL
• Listen Bus DIM
• Monitor Selection
• Speaker Solos
• External Input Switching
• Headphones (with built-in headphone amp)
• Speaker Down-Mix Control
• Input Selection for Control Room and Headphones
Complete documentation on the ID features is available from WK Audio. 
						

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Editing – General
New Preferences options
For Nuendo 3.1 several changes have been made to the Preferences 
dialog. A new subpage “Project & Mixer” has been added to the Editing 
page, the VST page has been further subdivided, etc. In the following 
sections, the changes are described separately for the different pages 
of the dialog.