Steinberg Nuendo 3 Operation Manual

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Application examples
Using one computer for VST instruments
In this example, you are using one computer as your main record and 
playback machine, and want to use another computer as a virtual 
synth rack.
1.Record a MIDI track into Computer 1.
2.Once you have finished recording, route the MIDI output of that track 
to System Link MIDI port 1.
3.Now go to Computer 2, open up the VST Instrument rack and assign 
an instrument to the first slot in the rack.
4.Route the VST...

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Creating a virtual effect rack
The effect sends for an audio channel in Nuendo can either be routed 
to an FX channel track or to any activated Group or output bus. This 
allows you to use a separate computer as a “virtual effect rack”, by 
setting things up in the following way:
1.Go to Computer 2 (the machine you will use as effect rack) and add a 
new stereo audio track.
You cannot use an FX channel track in this case, since the track must have an audio 
input.
2.Add...

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Getting extra audio tracks
All computers on a VST System Link network are locked with sample 
accuracy. Therefore, if you find that the hard drive on one computer 
isn’t fast enough to run as many audio tracks as you need, you could 
record new tracks on one of the other computers instead. This would 
create a “virtual RAID system”, with several disks all operating to-
gether. All tracks will remain locked together just as tightly as if they 
were all running on the same...

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Video 

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Background
Video support in Nuendo
Nuendo plays back video films in a number of formats. 
Under Windows, video playback can be done using the playback 
engines DirectShow, DirectX Video or Quicktime. 
Under Mac OS X, Quicktime is always used as playback engine.
There are several ways to play back video:
•Without any special hardware.
While this will be fine in many situations it does put a limit on the size of the internal 
video window as well as the quality of the image.
• Using...

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Operations
About the video playback engine
In Nuendo for Windows, you select a playback engine in the Device 
Setup - Video Player page.
What playback engine to select depends largely on which type of 
video system you are using, as well as on the file format and codec of 
the video files you want to work with. 
• As a general rule, Nuendo should be able to use a certain video file, if 
the native video player on your system (Windows Media Player on the 
PC or Quicktime Player on...

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Importing a video file
Video files are imported in the same manner as audio files.
•By using the File menu (Import Video File).
•By using drag and drop.
•By importing to the Pool first and then dragging to the Project window 
(see the chapter “The Pool” for details).
Note:
• To be able to play back the video, you must add a video track (by using the 
Add Track submenu on the Project menu or Quick menu). You can only have 
one video track in each project.
• You can have multiple...

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Playing back a video file
Video files are displayed as events/clips on the video track, with 
thumbnails representing the frames in the film (if the option Show 
Video Thumbnails is activated in the Preferences).
A video event on a video track.
In the track list and Inspector, you will find two options for how the 
thumbnails should be shown:
To view the video on the computer screen (as opposed to on an exter-
nal monitor, see below), proceed as follows:
•First open the Device Setup...

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Setting the Window size
If you are playing back video in a window on your computer screen, 
you may want to adjust the size:
•If you are using Direct Show, open the Device Setup dialog from the 
Devices menu, click Video Player in the list and use the Video Win-
dow buttons to select a size.
•If you are using DirectX or QuickTime, the window is fully sizable: Just 
click and drag its’ edges to adjust the window size.
Playing back video in full screen mode
When viewing video on the...