Steinberg Nuendo 3 Operation Manual

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Using the Surround Panner
Nuendo has a special feature for graphically positioning a sound 
source in a surround field. This is actually a special plug-in which dis-
tributes the audio from the channel in various proportions to the sur-
round channels.
1.Open the mixer and locate the channel you wish to position.
This could be a mono or stereo channel.
2.From the output routing pop-up menu, select the “whole surround bus” 
option (not a specific speaker channel).
A...

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The SurroundPan controls
The SurroundPan plug-in interface in Standard, Position and Angle mode, 
respectively.
The SurroundPan plug-in allows you to position your audio in the sur-
round field. It consists of an image of the speaker arrangement, as de-
fined by the output bus selected on the output routing pop-up menu, 
with the sound source indicated as a grey ball. 
The following options and methods are available:
Mode – Standard/Position/Angle
The Standard Mode/Position...

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Speakers
The speakers in the panel represent the chosen surround configuration. 
•The speakers in the front are aligned, as they would normally be in a 
cinema-type situation. 
This means that the front speakers are at a varying distance from the center, allowing 
you to move sources between speakers without level attenuation.
•You can turn speakers on and off by clicking them with [Alt]/[Option] 
pressed. When a speaker is turned off, no audio will be routed to that...

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•The signal levels from the individual speakers are indicated by colored 
lines from the speakers to the center of the display.
•You can use modifier keys to restrict movement in various ways:
In Standard and Position Mode:
In Angle Mode:
There is also a special set of key commands for working in the 
SurroundPan window.
For a complete list of the available key commands, click on the 
“SurroundPanner” logo and then click again!
Key Movement restriction
[Shift] Horizontally...

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The LFE dial (All Modes)
If the selected surround setup includes an LFE (Low Frequency Effects) 
channel, a separate LFE level dial will be available in the SurroundPan 
window. Use this to set the signal amount sent to the LFE channel. You 
can also set this using the small red strip to the right of the Surround 
Panner in the mixer channel strip, or by typing in a numerical value in the 
larger Surround Panner that can be shown in the extended channel 
strip.
The Surround...

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Mono/Stereo pop-up (All Modes)
If you have a mono channel the Mono/Stereo pop-up is by default set 
to Mono Mix. The panner will then behave as described above.
If you have a stereo channel, you have the option of using one of the 
three Mirror modes. Two grey balls will then appear, one for each 
channel (L/R). This will allow you to move the two channels symmetri-
cally, by just dragging one of them. The three modes allow you to se-
lect which axis should be used for...

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Additional Parameters (Position and Angle Mode)
•Attenuate.
Attenuate can be used to amplify or weaken the source. Exactly what effect this has on 
the level in each speaker can be determined by the level readouts, the concentric cir-
cle (Position mode) and the arc (Angle mode).
•Normalize.
Normalize is a function for controlling the overall loudness from all speakers. When this 
is set to 1.0 (full normalization), the level from all speakers together is always exactly...

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Please refer to the Audio Effects and VST Instruments document for 
detailed information on the operation of Mixconvert.
• There is one exception to this behavior. When a stereo channel is routed 
to a mono destination through the channel routing or an aux send routing, 
a normal panner will appear. However, this panner will control the balance 
of the left and right channels as they are blended into the mono destina-
tion. The center position blends both channels together...

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Using effects in surround configurations
Nuendo introduces a special surround format for VST plug-ins, that is 
plug-ins that can process more than two channels. Mix8to2 is an ex-
ample of such a plug-in.
Applying a Surround-aware plug-in
This is not different from applying a regular plug-in. The only differ-
ence is that the plug-in panel may have controls for more than two 
channels.
Using a stereo plug-in in a surround configuration
Normally, when you apply a stereo...

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