Steinberg Nuendo 3 Operation Manual

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About the signal flow
The audition bus makes the Listen functionality available by doubling 
the signals of the default output bus. This is achieved by the fact that 
output busses in Nuendo can have other output busses as send des-
tination. This new concept differentiates between what is mixed and 
what is auditioned (see the illustration below).  

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Playback and the Transport
panel 

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Background
This chapter describes the various methods available for controlling 
Playback and Transport functions in Nuendo.
The Transport panel
Below you can find a brief description of each Transport panel item.
• You can customize the look of the Transport panel, hiding unneeded 
controls and moving controls as desired – see page 676.
The pictures below show the Transport panel with all controls visible and in their de-
fault position. The Transport panel...

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•The main Transport functions (Cycle/Stop/Play/Record) can also be 
shown on the toolbar.
In addition, various play options are available on the Transport menu.
Hiding and showing
The Transport panel is shown by default when you launch a new 
project. To hide or show it, select the “Transport Panel” item from the 
Transport menu (or use a key command – by default [F2]).
About Preroll and Postroll
These items are described in the chapter “Recording” – see...

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Customizing the Transport panel
You can customize the appearance of the Transport panel by right-
clicking (Win) or [Ctrl]-clicking (Mac) anywhere on the panel and 
making selections on the pop-up menu that appears.
• On the upper half of the pop-up menu you can hide or show elements on the 
panel by activating or deactivating the corresponding menu items.
• Selecting the Show All item displays all sections of the Transport panel.
• Selecting Default shows...

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The numeric keypad
In the default Key Command settings, the numeric keypad on the 
computer keyboard is assigned various Transport panel operations:
Numeric Key Function
[Enter] Play
[+] Fast Forward
[–] Rewind
[*] Record
[÷] (Win)
[/] (Mac)Cycle On/Off
[,] Return to Zero
[0] Stop
[1] Go to Left Locator
[2] Go to Right Locator
[3 - 9] Go to marker 3 to 9 

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Operations
Setting the project cursor position
There are several ways to move the project cursor position:
• By using Fast Forward and Rewind.
• By using the Jog/Shuttle/Nudge control on the Transport panel – see page 41.
• By dragging the project cursor in the lower part of the ruler. 
• By clicking in the ruler.
Double clicking in the ruler moves the cursor and starts/stops playback. 
• If the option “Locate when Clicked in Empty Space” is activated in the...

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• There are also numerous key commands available for moving the 
project cursor (in the Transport category in the Key Commands dialog). 
For example, you can assign key commands to the “Step Bar” and “Step Back Bar” 
functions, allowing you to move the project cursor in steps of one bar, backwards and 
forwards.
About the Transport panel display formats
Primary time display (left) and secondary time display (right).
The time unit shown in the ruler can be...

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•The secondary time display is completely independent, and the dis-
play format is set on the pop-up menu to the right in the secondary 
time display.
•You can swap time formats between the primary and secondary time 
displays by clicking the double arrow symbol between them.
The left and right locators
The left and right locators are a pair of position markers used for 
specifying punch-in and punch-out positions during recording, and as 
boundaries for...