Steinberg Nuendo 3 Operation Manual

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Opening clips in the Sample Editor
The Sample Editor allows you to perform detailed editing on the clip 
(see the Sample Editor chapter for details). You can open clips in the 
Sample Editor directly from the Pool in the following ways:
•If you double click on a clip waveform icon, the clip will open in the 
Sample Editor.
•If you double click on a region in the Pool, its clip will open in the 
Sample Editor with the region selected.
One practical use for this is to set a snap...

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• Sound Designer II 
• MPEG Layer 2 and Layer 3 (mp2 and mp3 files – see page 667)
• Ogg Vorbis (ogg files – see page 667)
• Windows Media Audio (Windows – see page 667)
• Wave64 (.w64 files)
• Stereo or mono
• Any sample rate (although files with another sample rate than the one used in 
the project will play back at the wrong speed and pitch – see below).
• 8, 16, 24 bit or 32 bit float resolution
In addition, AVI, QuickTime, WMV (Windows only), DV (Mac OS X 
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It contains the following options:
• Copy File to Working Directory.
Activate this if you want a copy of the file to be made in the Project’s Audio folder, and 
have the clip refer to this copy. If the option is off, the clip will refer to the original file in 
the original location (and will thus be marked as “external” in the Pool – see page 479).
• Convert to Project.
Here you can choose to convert the sample rate and/or the sample size (resolution) to 
the current format used...

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Exporting regions as audio files
If you have created regions within an audio clip (see page 414) these 
can be exported as separate audio files. To create a new audio file 
from a region, proceed as follows:
1.In the Pool, select the region you wish to export.
2.Pull down the Audio menu and select “Bounce Selection”.
A browser dialog opens.
3.Select the folder in which you want the new file to be created.
A new audio file is created in the specified folder. The file will have the...

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3.Select the new folder.
4.Select “Set Pool Record Folder” on the Pool menu, or click in the new 
folders Status column.
The new folder now becomes the Pool Record folder, and any audio recorded in the 
project will from this point on end up in this folder.
Organizing clips and folders
If you accumulate a large number of clips in the Pool, it may sometimes 
be difficult to quickly find specific items. In such cases, organizing clips 
in new subfolders with suitable names that...

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Minimize File
This item on the Pool menu allows you to change the size of audio 
files according to the audio clips referenced in a project. The files pro-
duced using this option will only contain the audio file portions actu-
ally used in the project, which can significantly reduce the size of the 
project (given that large portions of the audio files are unused). 
•This operation will permanently alter the selected audio files in the Pool 
(the process cannot be undone), so be...

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Prepare Archive
This Pool menu command should be used when you want to archive a 
project. It checks that every clip referenced in the project is located in 
the same folder. To be more precise, it does the following:
•Any files that are located outside the current project folder will be 
copied to it.
Please note that audio files that reside within the project folder will not be copied to 
the audio folder. You will therefore have to copy them there manually before backing 
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Convert Files
Selecting Convert Files on the Pool menu opens the Convert Options 
dialog which operates on selected files. Use the pop-up menus to 
specify which audio file attributes you want to keep and which you 
want to convert. The options are:
• Sample Rate
Keep as is, or convert to a sample rate between 8.000 and 96.000 kHz.
• Sample Width
Keep the sample width (resolution) as is, or convert to 16 bit, 24 bit or 32 Bit float.
• Channels
Keep as is, or convert the file to...

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Conform Files
By using this Pool menu command, you will change all selected files 
that have different file attributes than what is specified for the project, 
to conform to this standard. Proceed as follows:
1.Select all clips in the Pool.
2.Select “Conform Files” on the Pool menu.
A dialog opens allowing you to choose between keeping or replacing the original un-
converted files in the Pool. The following applies:
• Clip/event references in the pool are always redirected to the...

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Options and Settings
Customizing the view
•You can specify which of the columns should be shown or hidden by 
selecting the View/Attributes pop-up on the toolbar and ticking items 
on or off.
•You can rearrange the order of the columns by clicking on a column 
heading and dragging the column to the left or to the right.
The mouse pointer changes to a hand when you place it on the column heading.
•The width of a column can also be adjusted by placing the pointer be-
tween two...