Steinberg Nuendo 3 Operation Manual

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Assembling a take
1.Double click the part to open the Audio Part Editor.
Now, the different takes will be placed on different lanes, with the last take at the bottom.
2.Use the tools to cut out pieces of the takes and assemble the final 
result.
This can include splitting with the Scissors tool, resizing events with the Arrow tool or 
deleting with the Eraser tool. 
•Remember that the events on the lowest lane have playback priority. 
Use the Audition icon to...

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Options and Settings
The following options and settings are available in the Audio Part Editor:
•Snap
You can specify an independent Snap mode (and snap value for the Grid mode) in the 
editor. The functionality is exactly the same as in the Project window.
•Autoscroll
When Autoscroll is activated on the toolbar, the window will scroll during playback, 
keeping the project cursor visible in the editor. This setting can be activated or deacti-
vated individually for...

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Audio warp realtime processing 

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Background
Audio warp is the generic name for the realtime time stretching and 
pitch shifting functions in Nuendo. The main audio warp features are 
as follows:
• Tempo match any audio loop to the project tempo – see page 435.
• Match up an audio clip with fluctuating tempo to a fixed tempo – see page 442.
• Pitch shift any number of audio clips in realtime – see page 451. 
• Quantize audio – see page 449.
• Freeze the realtime processing to optimize the...

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Using the Audio Tempo Definition tool
The Audio Tempo Definition tool can be found in the Sample Editor, 
where most audio warp related editing takes place. 
When this tool is selected, you can set the tempo, length (in bars and 
beats) and time signature for an audio file. Once these parameters have 
been set correctly, you can activate Musical mode and the audio file will 
sync to the project tempo in Nuendo by using realtime time stretching. 
The Audio...

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On the toolbar you can find three numerical edit fields for setting the 
time signature, audio tempo and bars & beats. You can only edit these 
values when the Audio Tempo Definition tool is selected.
The signature, audio tempo and tempo fields in the Sample Editor.
3.Select the Audio Tempo Definition tool (the button with a note symbol 
between arrows).
A grid appears in the waveform display, and the ruler resolution is automatically set to 
Bars and...

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5.Click the Musical mode button (the note button to the right of the Bars 
and Beats field) so that it lights up.
The Musical mode button.
Now the loop is automatically stretched. To the far right on the Sample 
Editor toolbar you can find a warp setting pop-up and a warp icon. The 
warp icon is lit up if the audio clip is stretched. 
On the “warp setting” pop-up you can find various warp options that 
govern the audio quality of the realtime time...

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Activating Musical mode in the Pool
It is also possible to activate/deactivate Musical mode from the Pool. 
When you have correctly set a tempo or length for an audio clip, this in-
formation is saved with the project. This allows you to import files into 
the project with Musical mode already activated. If you import a new file 
into the Pool, or if a clip in the pool has not had tempo or length set us-
ing the Audio Tempo Definition tool, the tempo is...

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5.Move the mouse pointer to the upper part of the ruler until the pointer 
changes to a hand symbol.
6.Click and drag the ruler to the right until the first bar in the ruler 
matches the first downbeat in the sample.
7.Release the mouse button.
Now the ruler grid is offset so that it starts on the first downbeat in the sample.
8.Audition the file to determine where the next downbeat occurs, i.e. the 
first beat of the second bar in the sample.
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9.In this example the second downbeat in the sample is located at the 
start of the second beat of the second bar (at the cursor position in 
the picture).
10.Place the mouse pointer at the start of bar 2 in the waveform display.
The pointer changes to a metronome icon with a blue line indicating the pointer posi-
tion. The pointer will snap to the grid positions.