Steinberg Nuendo 3 Operation Manual

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Other functions
On the Range submenu on the Edit menu, you will find three more 
range editing functions:
Region operations
Regions are sections within a clip, with various uses. While regions 
are perhaps best created and edited in the Sample Editor (see page 
414), the following region functions are available on the Audio menu 
in the Project window: 
Function Description
Split Splits any events or parts that are intersected by the selection 
range, at the positions of...

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Options
Snap
The Snap function helps you to find exact positions when editing in 
the Project window. It does this by restricting horizontal movement 
and positioning to certain positions. Operations affected by Snap in-
clude moving, copying, drawing, sizing, splitting, range selection, etc.
•You turn Snap on or off by clicking the Snap icon in the toolbar.
Snap activated.
• When you are moving audio events with Snap activated, it isn’t neces-
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Exactly how Snap works depends on which mode is selected on the 
Snap mode pop-up menu.
The following sections describe the different Snap modes:
Grid
In this mode, the Snap positions are set with the Grid pop-up menu to 
the right. The options depend on the display format selected for the 
ruler. For example, if the ruler is set to show bars and beats, the grid 
can be set to bars, beats or the quantize value set with the next pop-up 
menu to the right. If a time- or...

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•This only applies when dragging existing events or parts – when you 
create new events or parts this mode works like the Grid mode.
Events
In this mode, the start and end positions of other events and parts be-
come “magnetic”. This means that if you drag an event to a position 
near the start or end of another event, it is automatically aligned with 
the start or end of the other event. For audio events, the position of the 
snap point is also magnetic (see page 408)....

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Grid + Cursor
This is a combination of the “Grid” and “Magnetic Cursor” modes.
Events + Cursor
This is a combination of the “Events” and “Magnetic Cursor” modes.
Events + Grid + Cursor
This is a combination of the “Events”, “Grid” and “Magnetic Cursor” 
modes.
Snap to Zero Crossing
When this option is activated in the Preferences dialog (Editing–Au-
dio page), splitting and sizing of audio events is done at zero cross-
ings (positions in the audio where the amplitude is...

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The play order track 

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Introduction
The play order track allows you to work with sections of your project in 
a non-linear fashion. By marking sections of the project as play order 
parts and then ordering these parts in a list, adding repeats as desired, 
you can specify exactly how the project should be played back.
This offers a different and more pattern-oriented way of working which 
complements the usual linear editing methods in the Project window. 
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Setting up the play order track
You create a play order track by using the Add Track function on the 
Project menu or Quick menu, as usual. There can only be one play or-
der track in each project.
On the play order track, you define specific sections of the project by 
creating play order parts. These can be of any length, may overlap and 
are not bound to the start or end of existing events and parts.
•Use the Pencil tool to draw play order parts.
Snap applies as...

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Creating a play order
• You can set up a play order in the Play Order Editor or in the Inspector 
for the play order track.
The text below describes the Play Order Editor – the settings in the Inspector are sim-
ilar, but functions that are available with toolbar buttons in the editor are accessed from 
the Play Order menu in the Inspector.
To open the Play Order Editor, click the “e” button in the track list or 
Inspector for the play order track.