Steinberg Nuendo 3 New Features In 3.1 And 3.2 Manual
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NUENDO Working with the new features 51 Appearance Appearance–Work Area On this subpage, the Drum Editor option “Active Drum Line Intensity” has been added. This allows you to accentuate the display of the se- lected drum line. Editing On the main Editing page, the following options have been added: •Use Up/Down Navigation Commands for selecting Tracks only By default, tracks are selected with the up/down arrow keys on the computer keyboard. These are however also used for selecting events which can lead to confusing results in some cases. Since track selec- tion is a most vital operation in both editing and mixing, you now have the opportunity to use the navigation controls for track selection only. The following applies: • When this option is deactivated and no event/part is selected in the Project window, the up/down arrow keys on the computer keyboard are used to step through the tracks in the Track list – just as you would expect this to work. • When this option is deactivated and an event/part is selected in the Project window however, the up/down arrow keys still step through the tracks in the Track list – but on the currently selected track, the first event/part will auto- matically be selected as well. If this is not the desired behavior, you have to activate “Use Up/Down Navigation Commands for selecting Tracks only”. • When this option is activated, the up/down arrow keys are only used to change the track selection – the current event/part selection in the Project window will not be altered. •Default Track Time Type This allows you to specify the default track time type for new tracks (Audio, Group/FX, MIDI and Marker tracks). When you change this setting, all new tracks will use the selected time type. You can choose between “Musical”, “Time Linear” and “Follow Transport Main Display”. Selecting “Musical” will cause all added tracks to be set to musical time type (the respective button shows a note symbol). When you se- lect “Time Linear”, all new tracks will use linear time base (i.e. the but- ton shows a clock symbol). The third option uses the primary time for-
NUENDO 52 Working with the new features mat setting on the Transport panel. When this is set to “Bars+Beats”, tracks with musical time base will be added. When this is set to any of the other options (Seconds, Timecode, Samples, etc.), all new tracks will use linear time base. Editing–Project & Mixer This is a new subpage of the Preferences dialog with the following new options: •Auto Track Color Mode This offers you several options for automatically assigning colors to tracks that are added to the project. •Sync Project and Mixer Selection This is not a new feature, rather an old one with a new name. In previous versions, this was called “Mixer Selection follows Project”. It has been renamed because the func- tion really works both ways. For a description of the functionality (with the “old” name “Mixer Selection follows Project”), see the dialog help for the Preferences dialog or the chapter “The Mixer” in the Operation Manual. •Deep Track Folding When you activate this option, any folding settings you make (on the Project menu – Track Folding submenu) also affect the sub elements of the tracks, i.e. if you fold in a folder track which contains 10 audio tracks 5 of which have several automation sub- tracks open, all these audio tracks within the folder track will be folded in as well. •Enlarge Selected Track Activate this option to enter a mode where the selected track in the Project window will be enlarged. (You can adjust the size directly in the Track list if the default enlarge- ment factor does not suit you.) When this option is activated and you select another track in the Track list, this is automatically enlarged and the previously selected track is displayed in its previous size again. Please note that Enlarge Selected Track is also available on the Edit menu. •Select Channel/Track on Solo When you activate this option, a track in the Track list or a channel in the mixer auto- matically gets selected when the Solo button is activated. Deactivating this option always keeps the current selection status, regardless of the Solo setting for the tracks. •Select Channel/Track on Edit Setting When you activate this option, a track in the Track list or a channel in the mixer auto- matically gets selected when you click the respective Edit button (e). Deactivating this option always keeps the current track/channel selection.
NUENDO Working with the new features 53 •The “Scroll to selected…” pop-up menu The options in this pop-up menu work as follows: • When you select “Track”, the Track list display follows the display in the Mixer, i.e. when you select a channel in the mixer, the respective track is automatically displayed in the Track list as well. (However, this does not work the other way around in this mode.) • When you select “Channel”, selecting a track in the Track list automatically scrolls the mixer to display the respective channel strip. (Here too, this does not work vice versa.) • When you select “Channel and Track”, both Track list and Mixer are automat- ically scrolled to display the track or channel selected in the other. • Selecting “Disabled” deactivates this scrolling behavior. Editing–Tools •Cross Hair Cursor options: This allows you to display a cross hair cursor when working in the Project window and editors, facilitating navigation and editing, espe- cially when arranging in large projects. You can set up the colors for the line and the mask of the cross hair cursor, and define its width. The cross hair cursor works slightly differently for the different tools. • When the Selection tool (or one of its subtools) is selected, the cross hair cursor appears when you start moving/copying a part/event or using the event trim handles. • When the Scissors tool is selected, the cross hair cursor appears as soon as you move the mouse over the event display. • For the other tools, the cross hair cursor is not used. General On the General page, there is one new option: •Maximum Backup Files This allows you to specify how many backup files will be created with the Autosave function. When the maximum number of backup files is reached, the existing files will be overwritten (starting with the oldest file).
NUENDO 54 Working with the new features MIDI On the main MIDI page, the following options have been added: •Insert Reset Events after Record This is a very handy function for MIDI recording. At the end of each re- corded part, a Reset event will be inserted, resetting controller data such as Sustain, Aftertouch, Pitchbend, Modulation, Breath Control, etc. This is useful if a MIDI part is recorded and e.g. the Sustain pedal is still held after stopping recording. Usually, this would cause all following parts to be played with Sustain, as the Pedal Off command was not re- corded. This can be prevented by activating “Insert Reset Events after Record”. •Chase Events – Chase not limited to Part Boundaries In previous program versions, Chase was only performed on parts “touched” by the position cursor. When you activate this option, MIDI controllers are also chased out- side the part boundaries, i.e. the Chase will be performed on the part touched by the cursor as well as on all the parts to the left of it. Please note that this option should be deactivated for very large projects, as it considerably slows down e.g. positioning and soloing. When you deactivate this option, the MIDI controllers are only chased within the parts under the position cursor. VST The main VST page now has three further subpages. On the main VST page, the following options have been added: •Default Stereo Panner Mode This allows you to specify the default pan mode for inserted audio tracks (Stereo Balance Panner, Stereo Dual Panner or Stereo Com- bined Panner). For a description of these modes, see the chapter “The Mixer” in the Operation Manual. •Activate dialog “Export Warnings as text file” When you open a project which contains e.g. missing plug-ins, a dialog opens listing these. When this dialog is closed, a message appears, asking whether you want to export these warnings as text file. This mes- sage can be deactivated, i.e. if you activate the “Do not show this mes-
NUENDO Working with the new features 55 sage again” checkbox, it will not be displayed in the future (when open- ing other projects with missing plug-ins etc.). To display this message again, and thus be able to export important warnings as text files, acti- vate the option “Activate dialog ‘Export Warnings as text file’”. •Warn on Processing Overloads When you activate this option, a warning message will be displayed as soon as the CPU clip indicator (on the Transport panel) lights up during recording. VST–Metering •Map Input Bus Metering to Audio Track (in Direct Monitoring) When Direct Monitoring is activated in the Device Setup dialog, this option allows you to map the input bus metering to monitor-enabled audio tracks. This gives you the opportunity to watch the input levels of your audio tracks when working in the Project window. When Direct Monitoring is activated in the Device Setup dialog, this function works as follows: • When “Map Input Bus Metering to Audio Track (in Direct Monitoring)” is acti- vated, audio tracks show the metering signal from the input bus they are routed to as soon as the track is record enabled. Note that the tracks are mirroring the input bus signal, i.e. you will see the same signal in both places. When using mapped metering, any functions (e.g. trim- ming) you apply to the audio track are not reflected in its meters. • When “Map Input Bus Metering to Audio Track (in Direct Monitoring)” is not activated, metering works as usual (see the Operation Manual for details). VST–Scrub •CPU Saving Scrub Mode When you activate this option, scrubbing will be less demanding on the processor. This can be very useful when scrubbing in a large project, where the “normal” scrub behavior leads to processing over- loads. When “CPU Saving Scrub Mode” is activated, the effects are disabled for scrubbing and the resampling quality is lower.
NUENDO 56 Working with the new features Key Commands A wide range of new key commands has been added for various areas of the program. These can be assigned or modified as usual in the Key Commands dialog (this is described in detail in the Key Commands chapter in the Operation Manual). There is now a separate Mixer section in the Key Commands dialog (see also page 85), allowing you to e.g. hide the different channel types, to save or load the Mixer settings, etc. In the Edit category, you can now define a key command for opening the Device panel for the selected track. Also, please note that the key command that was used to open the Pool window can now be used to close the Pool as well. Track Folding On the Project menu, the Track Folding submenu has been added, allowing you to quickly show, hide or invert what is displayed in the Project window event display. This allows e.g. for dividing the project into several parts (by creating several folder tracks for the different project elements) and showing/hiding their contents by selecting a menu function (or using a key command). The following options are available:
NUENDO Working with the new features 57 •Toggle Selected Track When you select this menu option, the fold state of the selected track is reversed, i.e. if the track was folded in (its elements (subtracks) were hidden), it is now unfolded (all subtracks displayed) and vice versa. •Fold Tracks Select this menu option to fold in all open folder tracks in the Project window. Please note that the exact behavior of this function depends on the “Deep Track Folding” set- ting in the Preferences dialog, see page 52. •Unfold Tracks Select this menu option to unfold all folder tracks in the Project window. Please note that the exact behavior of this function depends on the “Deep Track Folding” setting in the Preferences dialog, see page 52. •Flip Fold States Select this menu option to flip the fold states of the tracks in the Project window. This means that all tracks that were folded in will be unfolded and all unfolded tracks will be folded in, respectively. • You can assign key commands for these menu options in the Key Com- mands dialog (Project category). • Note that there is a separate Deep Track Folding setting in the Prefer- ences dialog (Editing – Project & Mixer page), which affects some of these menu items (see page 52).
NUENDO 58 Working with the new features Gluing events/parts together In version 3.1 of the program, the behavior of the Glue Tube tool has been modified. Below, you will find descriptions of what you can do with this tool. Working with the Glue Tube tool By using the Glue Tube tool, you can combine several audio or MIDI events/parts or even controller events in the Project window, the In- Place-Editor, the MIDI editors, etc. in the following ways: Gluing one audio event/part to the next Clicking on an audio event or part with the Glue Tube tool glues it to the next audio event on the track. The events do not have to touch one another. The result is a part containing the two events. The resulting part will get the name of the track: •If you first split an event and then glue the two sections together again (without moving or editing them first), they become a single event again. Each audio event in the part will keep its own properties (event name, mute status, etc.). If you click on the “bass” event to glue it to the “guitar” event… …a part with the name of the audio track will be created, containing the two events.
NUENDO Working with the new features 59 Gluing one MIDI event/part to the next Clicking on a MIDI part with the Glue Tube tool glues it to the next part on the track. The parts do not have to touch one another. The resulting part will get the name of the first part: If the Parts overlap, they are merged in the overlapping area, i.e. no events are lost. The resulting long part will get the properties of the first part (the one on which you clicked). This includes part name, part mute status, etc. • You can also glue events within folders this way. Gluing several events in one go You can also glue several selected events on one or on several tracks in one go. This means that you can select several pairs of events on different tracks, and click with the glue tool on one of them. All selected events on the same track will be glued together. Click on one of the selected events with the Glue Tube tool… …to glue the events on the same track together.
NUENDO 60 Working with the new features Gluing an event to all following events of a track in one go If you hold down [Alt]/[Option] and click on an event with the Glue Tube tool, this and all following events on that track will be glued to- gether. You can also change the default key command for this in the Preferences dialog (Editing–Tool Modifiers page).