Steinberg Nuendo 3 Operation Manual

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•If the option “Auto Select Events under Cursor” is activated in the 
Preferences dialog (Editing page), all events on the selected track(s) 
that are “touched” by the project cursor are automatically selected.
This can be helpful when rearranging your project, since it allows you to select whole 
sections (on all tracks) by selecting all tracks and moving the project cursor.
•It is also possible to select ranges, regardless of the event and track 
boundaries.
This is...

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•Use the Nudge buttons in the toolbar.
These move the selected events to the left or right. The amount of movement depends 
on the selected display format (see page 111) and the value set on the Grid pop-up 
menu.
Here, clicking this button will move the Event 2 frames to the right.
When the Range Selection tool is used, the Nudge buttons move the se-
lection range (see page 149).
• The Nudge buttons are not visible in the toolbar by default. 
You can decide which items...

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Duplicating events
Events can be duplicated in the following ways:
•Hold down [Alt]/[Option] and drag the event to a new position.
If Snap is activated, this determines to which positions you can copy the events (see 
page 152). 
If you hold down [Ctrl]/[Command] as well, movement direction is re-
stricted to either horizontal or vertical. That means if you drag an event 
vertically it can not be moved horizontally at the same time.
•Audio and MIDI parts can also be...

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•You can also perform the Repeat function by dragging: Select the 
event(s) to repeat, press [Alt]/[Option], click the handle in the lower 
right corner of the last selected event and drag to the right.
The longer to the right you drag, the more copies are created (as shown by the tooltip).
•Selecting “Fill Loop” from the Edit menu creates a number of copies 
starting at the left locator and ending at the right locator.
The last copy is automatically shortened to end at...

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•You can also give all events on a track the same name as the track by 
changing the track name, holding down a modifier key and pressing 
[Return].
See page 121
•The Rename Objects command is useful when renaming multiple 
events at the same time. Select one or more events. Then choose 
“Rename...” from the Edit menu. You have several options for renam-
ing events automatically using sequential numbers, timestamps and 
more (see page 481).
Splitting events
You can split...

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Resizing events
Resizing events means to move their start or end positions individu-
ally. In Nuendo, there are three types of resizing:
To select one of the resizing modes, select the Arrow tool and then 
click again on the Arrow tool icon on the toolbar. This opens a pop-up 
menu from which you can select one of the resizing mode options.
The icon on the toolbar will change, indicating the selected resizing mode. Resizing type Description
Normal Sizing The contents of...

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The actual resizing is done by clicking and dragging the lower left or 
right corner of the event. If Snap is activated, the Snap value deter-
mines the resulting length (see page 152).
Normal sizing.
Sizing moves contents.
•If several events are selected, all will be resized in the same way.
•You can also resize events with the Scrub tool.
This works just the same as when resizing with the Arrow tool, but the audio under the 
pointer is played back (scrubbed) while you...

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•It is also possible to resize events by using the Trim buttons (located 
in the Nudge palette) on the toolbar.
This will move the start or end position of the selected Event(s) by the amount set on 
the Grid pop-up menu. The sizing type currently selected applies to this method too, 
with the exception of “Sizing Applies Time Stretch” which is not possible with this 
method. You can also use key commands for this (by default, press [Ctrl]/[Command] 
and use the left and...

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3.Click and drag left or right.
When you move the mouse, a tooltip information shows the current mouse position 
and length of the part. Note that the snap value applies, as with any part operation.
4.Release the mouse button.
The part is “stretched” or “compressed” to fit the new length.
•For MIDI parts, this means that the note events are stretched (moved 
and resized).
Controller data will be moved.
•For audio parts, this means that the events are moved, and that the...

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Grouping Events
Sometimes it is useful to treat several events as one unit. This can be 
done by grouping them: Select the events (on the same or different 
Tracks) and select “Group” from the Edit menu.
Grouped events are indicated by a group icon in the right corner.
If you edit one of the grouped events in the Project window, all other 
events in the same group are affected too (if applicable). Group edit-
ing operations include:
• Selecting events.
• Moving and...