Steinberg Nuendo 3 Operation Manual

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Curve shape buttons
These buttons give you quick access to some common curve shapes.
Fade Length Value
The Fade Length Value is only available when editing fades made by 
dragging the fade handlws. It can be used to enter fade lengths nu-
merically. The format of values displayed here are determined by the 
Primary Time Display in the Transport window (see page 39).
When you activate the “Apply Length” option, the value entered in the 
Fade Length will be...

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Stored fade-in presets will only appear in the Fade In dialog, and fade-
out presets will only appear in the Fade Out dialog.
Preview, Apply and Process
The buttons in the bottom row are different depending on whether you 
are editing a fade made with the fade handles or applying a fade using 
processing:
The Edit Fade dialogs have the following buttons:
The Process Fade dialogs have the following buttons:
Button Function
OK Applies the set fade curve to the...

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Creating crossfades
Overlapping audio material on the same track can be crossfaded, for 
smooth transitions or special effects. You create a crossfade by se-
lecting two consecutive audio events and selecting the Crossfade 
command on the Audio menu (or using the corresponding key com-
mand, by default [X]). The result depends on whether the two events 
overlap or not:
•If the events overlap, a crossfade is created in the overlapping area.
The crossfade will...

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An example:
The events in themselves do not overlap, but their clips do. Therefore, the events 
can be resized so that they overlap, which is required for a crossfade to be created.
When you select the Crossfade function, the two events are resized so that they 
overlap, and a default crossfade is created in the overlapping section.
•If the events don’t overlap, and cannot be resized enough to overlap, a 
crossfade cannot be created.
•You can specify the...

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Removing crossfades
To remove a crossfade, select the events and select “Remove Fades” 
from the Audio menu, or use the Range Selection tool:
1.Drag the Range Selection tool in the Project window, so that the se-
lection encloses all of the fades and crossfades you wish to remove.
2.Select “Remove Fades” from the Audio menu.
•You can also remove a crossfade by clicking and dragging it outside 
the track.
The Crossfade dialog
• The following section describes...

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The lower part contains a number of common settings and controls, 
as well as separate settings for the fade-in and fade-out curves in the 
crossfade. In the center of the lower part there are two sets with iden-
tical controls: The upper set controls the fade out curve, and the lower 
set controls the fade-in curve.
Play buttons
•The “Play Fade Out” and “Play Fade In” buttons allow you to audition 
the fade-out or fade-in part only, without the crossfade....

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Curve buttons
•The curve kind buttons determine whether the corresponding fade 
curve should consist of spline curve segments (left button), damped 
spline segments (middle button) or linear segments (right button).
•The curve shape buttons give you quick access to some common 
curve shapes.
Symmetric Fades
As previously mentioned, there are separate, identical controls for the 
fade out curve and the fade in curve. However, by activating “Symmet-
ric...

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Crossfade display
The top display shows the shape of the whole crossfade curve and 
the resulting waveform. You can perform a number of click and drag 
operations in this display.
Depending on whether “Symmetric Fades” is activated or not (see 
above), the following will happen when you click and drag the differ-
ent points in the display:
1.Click and drag these points to change the length of the fade-out 
curve (upper) or the fade-in curve (lower),...

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•You can also click and drag to move audio clips (along with the fade 
curve) in the display. The pointer takes on the shape of a hand to indi-
cate that it’s possible to move a clip.
•You can right-click (Win) or [Ctrl]-click (Mac) in the ruler and use the 
pop-up menu to select a time format (see page 108).
•You can scroll and zoom the display with the horizontal and vertical 
scroll bars and zoom controls. The standard zoom procedures apply 
(see the...

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•If “Symmetric Fades” is activated, both the fade out and the fade in 
length will be changed by the same amount. Otherwise, the upper 
Length controls change the length of the fade-out curve, and the 
lower controls change the length of the fade-in curve.
•If possible, the length change will be applied equally to “both sides” of 
the crossfade (i.e. Nuendo tries to “center” the crossfade).
To be able to resize a crossfade this way, it must be possible to...