Steinberg Nuendo 3 Operation Manual

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Adding parts to the play order
The editor contains two lists: the available play order parts are listed 
to the right and the actual play order list is shown to the left. The play 
order list shows in which order the parts should be played back, from 
top to bottom. Initially the play order list will be empty – you set up the 
play order by adding parts from the right list to the play order list:
•Drag and drop play order parts from the right list to the left list.
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• Click the arrow to the left of a part to move the playback position to the start 
of that part.
• To remove a part from the list, right-click (Windows) or [Ctrl]-click (Mac) on it 
and select “Remove Touched” from the pop-up menu that appears. To remove 
several parts, select them, right-click (Windows) or [Ctrl]-click (Mac) and se-
lect “Remove Selected”.
Managing play orders
You can create several play order lists. Typically, you would use this 
feature to create...

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Playing back the play order
To play back, you must first activate Play Order mode. This is done by 
clicking the Activate Play Order Mode button in the editor or in the 
track list.
•You can also have the play order controls shown in the Transport 
panel.
For details on how to show or hide Transport panel controls, see page 676.
Now you can click the Start button in the Play Order Editor or the 
Transport panel to start playback.
Navigating
To navigate between play...

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Flattening the play order
When you have found a play order that suits your purposes, you can 
“flatten” it. Clicking the Flatten Play Order button (or selecting Flatten 
Play Order from the pop-up menu in the Inspector for the play order 
track) does the following:
• The events and parts in the project are reordered, repeated, resized, moved 
and/or deleted, so that they correspond exactly to the play order.
• Play Order mode is deactivated.
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Folder tracks 

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About folder tracks
Just as the name implies, a folder track is a folder that contains other 
tracks. Moving tracks into a folder is a way to structure and organize 
tracks in the Project window. For example, grouping several tracks in a 
folder track makes it possible for you to “hide” tracks (thus giving you 
more working space on the screen). You can solo and mute several 
tracks in a quicker and easier way, and perform editing on several tracks 
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Handling folder tracks
Creating a folder track
Folder tracks are created just like any other track: Select “Add Track” 
from the Project menu and select “Folder” from the submenu that ap-
pears.
Moving tracks into a folder
You can move any type of track into a folder by using drag and drop:
1.In the Track list, click on a track that you want to move into a folder, 
and drag it onto a folder track.
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Removing tracks from a folder
To remove a track from a folder, simply drag it out of the folder and re-
lease it in the Track list.
Hiding/showing tracks in a folder
You can hide or show the tracks located in a folder by clicking on the 
“Show/Hide” button (the plus sign) in the Track list for the folder track. 
Hidden tracks are still played back as usual.
When a folder is “closed” this way, the folder part(s) still give you a 
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Working with folder parts
A folder part is a graphic representation of events and parts on the 
tracks in the folder. Folder parts indicate the position and length of the 
events and parts, as well as on which track they are (their vertical po-
sition). If part colors are used, these are also shown in the folder part.
Folder parts are created automatically when there are parts or events 
on the tracks within the folder. The following rules apply:
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If you move the MIDI part slightly to the right, the overlap is less than half its length. 
This means a new folder part is created.
Handling and editing folder parts
Any Project window editing you perform to a folder part affects all its 
contained events and parts (those elements on the track within the 
folder that are represented by the folder part). You can select several 
folder parts if you like – this allows you to handle and edit them to-
gether. The editing you can...