Steinberg Nuendo 3 Operation Manual

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These features are very convenient when working with large projects. 
Considering the number of different channel types that can be shown 
in the mixer, they could even be described as necessary!
With the several mixer windows combined with the ability to recall dif-
ferent mixer configurations, you are always able to focus on the task at 
hand and keep window scrolling down to a minimum.
• All the various options for configuring the mixer described in this chap-
ter are...

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Input and output busses in the mixer
Input and output busses are represented by input and output channels 
in the mixer. They appear in separate “panes” separated by movable 
dividers and with their own horizontal scrollbars. See page 224.
About multichannel audio
Nuendo has full support for surround sound. Each audio channel and 
bus in the mixer can carry up to 12 speaker channels. This means that 
if you have an audio track configured for 5.1 surround sound for exam-
ple,...

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Configuring the mixer
As mentioned earlier, the mixer windows can be configured in various 
ways to suit your needs and to save screen space. Here follows a run 
through of the various view options (the following descriptions as-
sume that you have an active project containing some tracks):
Normal vs. Extended channel strips
You have the option of selecting normal or extended channel strips 
and whether to show the input and output settings at the top of the 
channel strips....

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The fader panel shows the basic controls – faders, pan controls and 
an associated vertical row of buttons. The extended panel can be set 
to show EQ, effect sends, insert effects, etc. The input/output set-
tings panel contains input and output routing pop-up menus (where 
applicable), along with input phase switches and input gain controls.
A basic channel strip with 
no extended options.A fully extended channel strip 
with the input/output settings 
panel at the top.   

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Selecting what to display in the extended channel strips
You can select what to display in the extended channel strip either glo-
bally from the common panel, or individually from each channel strip. 
The available options vary depending on the type of channel.
• See page 235 for a description of the various options for audio channels. 
• See page 252 for a description of the various options for MIDI channels.
Selecting globally from the common panel
1.Open any of the mixer...

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3.Click on the “Show all Inserts” button (second icon from the top).
Now all channel strips in the mixer will show Insert effect slots in the extended panel.
•As mentioned above, what can be set globally depends on the type of 
channel. 
Channel types that do not support a selected global option will be unaffected.
•If you press [Alt]/[Option] and click one of the global view buttons, in-
put and output channels will be affected as well.
Selecting for individual channels
Each...

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Setting the width of channel strips
Each channel strip’s width can be sized to either “Wide” or “Narrow” 
mode by using the Narrow/Wide button. This is the two left/right arrows 
just above the fader strip (to the left of the View options pop-up).
The Narrow/Wide button
•Narrow channel strips contain a narrow fader, miniature buttons, plus 
the View options pop-up.
If you have selected to show parameters in the extended section, only the channel 
overview is shown in narrow...

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Selecting what channel types to show/hide
You can specify what channel types to show or hide in the mixer. In 
the lower part of the common panel you find a vertical strip with differ-
ent indicator buttons. Each indicator represents a channel type to 
show or hide in the mixer:
•To hide or show a channel type, click the corresponding indicator.
If an indicator is dark, the corresponding channel type will be shown in the mixer. If it is 
orange, the corresponding channel type...

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2.Repeat this for all channels you want to hide.
3.Click the bottom “hide button” in the common panel.
This hides all channels set to “Can Hide”. To show them, click the button again.
Channel view sets
Channel view sets are saved configurations of the mixer windows, al-
lowing you to quickly switch between different layouts for the mixer. 
Proceed as follows:
1.Set up the mixer the way you wish to store it as a view set.
The following settings will be stored:
• Settings for...

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The audio channel strips
The mixer in normal mode (faders and input/output settings panel visible), showing 
(from left to right): the common panel, a VST Instrument channel, a stereo audio 
channel, an effect return channel and a group channel strip.
All audio related channel types (audio, input/output channels, group, 
effect return, VST Instrument or ReWire) basically have the same 
channel strip layout, with the following differences:
• Only audio track channels have an...