Steinberg Nuendo 3 Operation Manual

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Moving the crossfade area
You can move the crossfade area in various ways: In the crossfade 
display (as described on page 198), with the Nudge buttons, with the 
Overlap controls (either the slider or numerically) or by changing the 
Offset Point.
Using the Nudge controls
•When you use the Nudge controls, you can decide whether they should 
move the fade area or the audio clip, by clicking the corresponding ra-
dio button under “Nudge Mode”. 
•Each time you...

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Changing the Offset Point
You can also move a fade area by changing its Offset Point. The Off-
set Point is the “center” of the fade area, i.e. the point where the vol-
ume of the event is precisely halfway between full level and zero level.
•Click in the value field, enter the desired value, in accordance with the 
selected display format (see page 198) and press [Return].
This will move the Offset Point along with the fade area by the specified amount....

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Autoscroll
If this option is activated, the crossfade display will be scrolled during 
playback, so that the play position cursor is always visible. This works 
just like Autoscroll in the Project window (see page 155).
• Note that this only applies if you use the Transport play controls – not if 
you use the Play controls in the Crossfade dialog.
Zoom and Auto Zoom
If you have scrolled or zoomed the crossfade display horizontally (see 
page 198), you can...

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Auto Fades and Crossfades
Nuendo features an Auto Fade function that can be set both globally, 
i.e. for the entire project, and separately for each audio track. The idea 
behind the Auto Fade function is to create smoother transitions be-
tween events by applying short (1 - 500 ms) fade-ins and fade-outs.
As mentioned earlier, fades are calculated in real time during playback. 
This means that the larger the number of audio tracks with Auto Fades 
activated...

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4.To adjust the shapes of Auto Fade In and Auto Fade Out, select the 
“Fades” tab and make settings as in the regular Fade dialogs.
5.To adjust the shape of the Auto Crossfade, select the “Crossfades” 
tab and make settings as in the regular Crossfade dialog.
6.If you want to use the settings you have made in forthcoming new 
projects, click the “As Default” button.
The next time you create a new project, it will use these settings by default.
7.Click OK to...

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Event Envelopes
An envelope is a volume curve for an audio event. It is similar to the 
real-time fades, but allows you to create volume changes within the 
event, not only at the start or end. To create an envelope for an audio 
event, proceed as follows:
1.Zoom in on the event so that you can view its waveform properly.
2.Select the Pencil tool.
When you move the Pencil tool over an audio event, a small volume curve symbol is 
shown next to the tool.
3.To...

10
The mixer 

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About this chapter
This chapter contains detailed information about the elements used 
when mixing audio and MIDI, and the various ways you can configure 
the mixer. 
Some mixer related features are not described in this chapter. These 
are the following:
•Setting up and using audio effects.
See page 260.
•Setting up and using MIDI effects.
See the separate PDF document “Working with MIDI”.
•Surround Sound.
See page 298.
•Automation of all mixer parameters.
See page 322.
•How to...

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Overview
The picture above shows an extended mixer (see page 235).
The mixer offers a common environment for controlling levels, pan, 
solo/mute status etc. for both audio and MIDI channels.   

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Opening the mixer
The mixer can be opened in several ways:
•By selecting Mixer from the Devices menu.
•By clicking the Mixer icon on the toolbar
This always opens the first Mixer window (see below).
•By using a key command (by default [F3]).
•By clicking the Mixer button in the Devices panel.
You open the Devices panel by selecting Show Panel from the Devices menu.
About the multiple mixer windows
You may have noticed that there are in fact several separate mixer 
items...