Steinberg Nuendo 3 Operation Manual

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Window overview
VST Connections
In this window you can add input and output busses. There is a com-
plete selection of common surround configurations available, as well 
as standard mono or stereo busses.
The Bus Name column contains the currently configured busses as 
they will appear in the input and output routing pop-ups in the mixer.
VST Connections showing the Outputs page.
The outputs selected for 
the channels in the busses.Click here to add a bus.
The currently...

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Surround in the mixer
Surround sound is supported throughout every stage of the signal 
path in the Nuendo mixer, from input to output bus. Each bus or audio 
channel can carry up to 12 surround speaker channels.
In the output channel section of the mixer you can control the master 
levels for configured busses. The level meter for a bus (or channel in 
the mixer) that carries multiple surround channels will show multiple 
level bars, one for each speaker channel in the...

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Operations
Setting up the surround configuration
Output bus configuration
Before you can start working with surround sound, you have to config-
ure a surround output bus, through which all the speaker channels of 
the chosen surround format are routed. How to add and set up bus-
ses is described in detail on page 15. Here is a brief run through:
1.Open the VST Connections window from the Devices menu.
2.Click the “Outputs” tab.
3.Click the “Add Bus” button and select one of...

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The following surround configurations are included:
Format Description
LRCS
LRCS refers to Left Right Center Surround, where the surround 
speaker is center-rear positioned. This is the original surround 
format that first appeared as Dolby Stereo in cinema and later as 
the home cinema format Dolby ProLogic.
5.0
This is the same as 5.1 (see below) but without the LFE channel. 
The LFE channel is optional in 5.1 and if you don’t plan to use it, 
you might find this option...

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LRC+Lfe
Same as LRC but with an Lfe sub-channel added.
LRS+Lfe
Same as LRS but with an Lfe sub-channel added.
Quadro
The original Quadraphonic format for music, with one speaker in 
each corner. This format was intended for vinyl record players.
LRCS+Lfe
Same as LRCS but with an Lfe sub-channel added.
Quadro+Lfe
Same as Quadro but with an Lfe sub-channel added. Format Description
L
CR
+
L
R
S +
LR
SR SL
L
CR
S +
LR
SR SL+ 

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6.0 Cine
A Left-Right-Center front speaker arrangement with 3 (Left-Right-
Center) surround channels.
6.0 Music
This uses 2 (Left/Right) front channels with Left and Right sur-
round channels and Left and Right Side channels.
6.1 Cine
Same as 6.0 Cine but with an Lfe sub-channel added.
6.1 Music
Same as 6.1 Cine but with an Lfe sub-channel added.
7.0 Cine
A Left, Mid-left, Center, Mid-right, Right front speaker arrange-
ment with Left and Right surround channels. Format...

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7.0 Music
Same as 6.0 Music but with a Center front channel added.
7.1 Cine
Same as 7.0 Cine but with an Lfe sub-channel added.
7.1 Music
Same as 7.0 Music but with an Lfe sub-channel added.
8.0 Cine
Same as 7.0 Cine but with the addition of a Center Surround 
channel.
8.0 Music
Same as 7.0 Music but with the addition of a Center Surround 
channel. Format Description
L
R
SR SL LS RSC
LC R
SR SLLC RC
+
L
R
SR SL LS
RS C
+
LC R
SR SLLC RC
S
LR
SR SL LS
RS C
S 

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Child busses
Essentially a child bus is a bus within a (“bigger”) bus. Typically you 
may want stereo child busses within your surround bus – this allows 
you to route stereo tracks directly to a stereo speaker pair within the 
surround bus. You may also want to add child busses in other sur-
round formats (with fewer channels than the “parent bus”).
Once you have created a surround bus, you can add one or several 
child busses to it by right-clicking (Windows) or...

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Input bus configuration
To work with surround sound in Nuendo, it is often not necessary to 
configure a surround format input bus. You can record audio files via 
standard inputs, and easily route the resulting audio channels to sur-
round outputs at any stage. You can also directly import multi-channel 
files of specific surround format onto audio tracks of the same format.
You should add a surround input bus in the following circumstances:
•You have existing audio...

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Routing channels directly to surround channels
If you want to place an audio source in one separate speaker channel 
only, you can route it directly to that speaker channel. This is useful for 
pre-mixed material or multi-channel recordings that don’t require pan-
ning.
1.Open the mixer and locate the channel you wish to route.
2.From the output routing pop-up menu, select the corresponding sur-
round speaker channel.
•If a stereo audio channel is routed directly to speaker...