Steinberg Nuendo 3 Operation Manual
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NUENDO The mixer 10 – 231 Using Listen mode The Listen button Clicking the Listen button for a channel routes that channel to the au- dition bus without interrupting the normal signal flow. The following applies: • When the Audition channel is set to after-fader (also referred to as post- fader), the signal being routed to the Audition channel will come after the fader and pan controls of the Listen enabled channel. • When the Audition channel is set to pre-fader, the signal will be routed from just...
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NUENDO 10 – 232 The mixer Setting pan in the mixer The pan control. The pan controls in the mixer are used to position a channel between the left and right side of the stereo spectrum. For stereo audio chan- nels, pan (by default) controls the balance between the left and right channels. By selecting one of the other pan modes (see below) you can set pan independently for the left and right channel. •To make fine pan adjustments, hold down [Shift] when you move the pan control. •To select center pan...
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NUENDO The mixer 10 – 233 About the three pan modes If you right-click (Win) or [Ctrl]-click (Mac) in the pan control field for a (stereo) audio channel you can select one of three pan modes: •Stereo Balance Panner controls the balance between the left and right channels. This is the default mode. •If Stereo Dual Panner is selected, there will be two pan controls with the upper controlling pan for the left channel, and the lower controlling pan for the right channel. This allows you set pan...
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NUENDO 10 – 234 The mixer •If Stereo Combined Panner is selected, the left and right pan posi- tions are shown as two lines with a blue/gray area between them. If you reverse the left and right channels, the area between the pan controls will be red instead of blue/gray. Stereo Combined mode also allows you set pan independently for the left and right channels. This is done by holding down [Alt]/[Option] and dragging the corresponding pan control. When you release the [Alt]/[Option] key, the left and...
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NUENDO The mixer 10 – 235 Audio specific procedures This section describes the options and basic procedures regarding audio channels in the mixer. Options for the extended audio channel strip When using the extended channel strip view options, the upper panel can be set to show different views for each audio channel strip. You can select what to display in the extended panel individually for each channel or globally for all channels (see page 215). The following views are possible: • The 8 insert...
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NUENDO 10 – 236 The mixer • The EQ section, either with parameter dials (“EQ +” menu item), value sliders (“EQs” item) or as numerical settings with a curve display (“EQs curve” item). These three views have exactly the same controls but different graphic layouts. The EQ section is also available in the Channel Settings window. For EQ parameter descrip- tions, see page 240. • The Surround Panner section (where applicable). If the channel is routed to a surround bus you can view a compact version of the...
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NUENDO The mixer 10 – 237 • If you have selected a parameter for the extended channel strip and then switch to “narrow” mode, only the channel overview is shown in the extended channel strip. When you switch back to “wide” mode, the para- meter settings are displayed again. Using Channel Settings For each audio channel strip in the mixer (and in the Inspector and Track list for each audio track) there is an Edit button (“e”). Clicking this opens the VST Audio Channel Settings window. This window...
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NUENDO 10 – 238 The mixer The Channel Settings window is used for the following operations: • Apply equalization, see page 240. • Apply send effects, see page 273. • Apply insert effects, see page 262. • Copy channel settings and apply them to another channel, see page 245. All channel settings are applied to both sides of a stereo channel. Changing channels in the Channel Settings window You can view any channel’s settings from a single window. If the option “Mixer Selection Follows Project” is...
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NUENDO The mixer 10 – 239 You can also select a channel manually (thereby changing what is shown in the open Channel Settings window). Proceed as follows: 1.Open the Channel Settings window for any channel. 2.Open the Channel Select pop-up on the common panel. 3.Select a channel from the pop-up to show the settings for that chan- nel in the open Channel Settings window. •Alternatively, you can select a channel in the mixer by clicking the strip at the bottom of the channel strip (above the channel...
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NUENDO 10 – 240 The mixer Making EQ settings Each audio channel in Nuendo has a built-in parametric equalizer with up to four bands. There are several ways to view and adjust the EQs: • By selecting one of the three EQ display modes (“EQs”, “EQs +” or “EQs Curve”) for the extended channel strip in the mixer. These three modes contain the same settings but present them in different ways: From left to right, “EQs” mode (sliders), “EQs +” mode (dials) and “EQs Curve” mode (numeric values with a curve...