Steinberg Nuendo 3 Operation Manual

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• Input channels and output channels have clip indicators.
About the Insert/EQ/Send indicators and bypass buttons
The three indicator buttons in each audio channel strip have the follow-
ing functionality:
•If an Insert or Send effect or EQ module is activated for a channel, the 
corresponding button is lit. 
The effect indicators will be blue, the EQ indicator will be green.
•By clicking these buttons when lit, the corresponding EQ or effects 
section will be bypassed.
Bypass...

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The MIDI channel strips
The MIDI channel strips allow you to control volume and pan in your 
MIDI instrument (provided that they are set up to receive the corre-
sponding MIDI messages). The settings here are also available in the 
Inspector for MIDI tracks.
Level fader 
(MIDI volume) Level (velocity) meter
Channel automation 
controlsPan control
Monitor and 
Record Enable 
buttonsMIDI output routing pop-up
MIDI input pop-up
Edit button
Mute and Solo
Bypass Inserts
Disable...

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The common panel
The common panel appears to the left in the mixer windows and con-
tains settings for changing the look and behavior of the mixer, as well 
as global settings for all channels.
Global automation Read/Write buttons, 
see the “Automation” chapter.
Channel settings copy/paste, see page 245. Global Listen/Solo/Mute 
Off, see page 229.
These indicator buttons select what channel 
types are shown/hidden in the mixer.
Channel select pop-up
The View options buttons...

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The input & output channels
The busses you have set up in the VST Connections window are rep-
resented by input and output channels in the mixer. These are shown 
in separate “panes” (to the left and right of the regular channel strips, 
respectively), with their own dividers and horizontal scrollbars. The i/o 
channel strips are very similar to other audio channels and are identi-
cal for input and output channels (except that input channels don’t 
have Solo buttons).
•How to...

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Basic mixing procedures
Setting volume in the mixer
In the mixer, each channel strip has a fader for volume control. 
•For audio channels, the faders control the volume of the channels be-
fore they are routed directly or via a group channel to an output bus.
Each channel can in turn handle up to 12 speaker channels – see page 298.
•An output channel fader determines the master output level of all au-
dio channels routed to that output bus.
•MIDI channels handle fader volume...

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About the level meters for audio channels
When playing back audio in Nuendo, the level meters in the mixer 
show the level of each audio channel.
•Directly below the level meter is a small level readout – this shows the 
highest registered peak level in the signal.
Click this to reset the peak levels.
•Peak levels can also be shown as static horizontal lines in the meter 
(there are options for how this is displayed – see page 247).
If the peak level of the audio goes above 0dB,...

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Adjusting Input Gain
Each audio channel and input/output channel features an Input Gain 
control. This controls the gain for the incoming signal, before EQ and 
effects.
The Input Gain is not meant to be used as a volume control in the 
mixer. It can, however, be used to cut or boost the gain in various cir-
cumstances:
•To change the level of a signal before the effects section.
The level going into certain effects can change the way the signal is affected. A com-
pressor, for...

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Input Phase switch
Each audio channel and input/output channel has an Input Phase 
switch, to the left of the Input Gain control dial. When activated, the 
phase polarity is inverted for the signal. Use this to correct for bal-
anced lines and mics that are wired backwards, or mics that are “out 
of phase” due to their positioning.
•Phase polarity is important when mixing together two similar signals. 
If the signals are “out of phase” with respect to one another, there will be...

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Using Solo and Mute
The Mute (top) and Solo buttons.
You can use the Mute and Solo buttons to silence one or several 
channels. The following applies:
• The Mute button silences the selected channel.
Clicking the Mute button again un-mutes the channel. Several channels can be muted 
simultaneously. Muting Group channels can have two different results depending on 
how the Preferences are set (see page 249). A muted channel is indicated by a lit 
Mute button, and also by the lit...

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Listen Mode
Be aware of the following when you want to use the Listen mode:
The Default Bus and the Audition Bus are related. The default bus has 
its aux send #1 automatically routed to the audition bus. This aux send 
is enabled but set to -∞ dB. Depending on your setup, you will have to 
make the following changes to make the full use of the audition bus and 
the AFL/PFL functionality:
1.Set the level of aux send #1 (destination audition bus) on your default 
output bus to...