Steinberg Nuendo 3 Operation Manual

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Adding parts to the play order
The editor contains two lists: the available play order parts are listed 
to the right and the actual play order list is shown to the left. The play 
order list shows in which order the parts should be played back, from 
top to bottom. Initially the play order list will be empty – you set up the 
play order by adding parts from the right list to the play order list:
•Drag and drop play order parts from the right list to the left list.
A blue insertion line shows you where the dragged part will end up in the list.
•Drag and drop play order parts from the Project window to the play 
order list shown in the Inspector.
•Double clicking on a part in the right list adds it to the left list, above 
the currently selected part.
•Double clicking on a play order part in the Project window adds it to 
the play order list shown in the Inspector.
•If no part is selected in the play order list, double-clicking on a part 
adds it to the end of the play order list.
•If a part is selected in the play order list, double-clicking on a part in-
serts it above the selected part.
•If a part is selected in the right list, right-clicking (Windows) or [Ctrl]-
clicking (Mac) on it and selecting “Append Selected In Play Order” 
adds it to the play order list.
Editing the play order
In the play order list to the left you can do the following:
• Select parts by clicking or [Shift]-clicking in the usual way.
The selected parts do not have to be a continuous selection.
• Drag parts to move them in the list.
• Drag parts while holding [Alt]/[Option] to create copies of the selected items.
The insert location for both move and copy operations is shown with a blue or red line 
in the list. A blue line indicates that the move or copy is possible; a red line indicates 
that if the current position was to be used, a move or copy is not allowed.
• Use the Repeats column to specify how many times each part should be re-
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• Click the arrow to the left of a part to move the playback position to the start 
of that part.
• To remove a part from the list, right-click (Windows) or [Ctrl]-click (Mac) on it 
and select “Remove Touched” from the pop-up menu that appears. To remove 
several parts, select them, right-click (Windows) or [Ctrl]-click (Mac) and se-
lect “Remove Selected”.
Managing play orders
You can create several play order lists. Typically, you would use this 
feature to create alternative versions for playback. The buttons on the 
right part of the editor toolbar are used for this:
The play orders you create will be listed on the pop-up menu to the 
left of the buttons. However, to select another play order from the 
pop-up menu, you need to activate play order mode – see below.
Button Description
Click this to rename the current play order.
Creates a new, empty play order.
Creates a duplicate of the current play order, containing the same parts.
Removes the currently selected play order. Only available if you have created 
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Playing back the play order
To play back, you must first activate Play Order mode. This is done by 
clicking the Activate Play Order Mode button in the editor or in the 
track list.
•You can also have the play order controls shown in the Transport 
panel.
For details on how to show or hide Transport panel controls, see page 676.
Now you can click the Start button in the Play Order Editor or the 
Transport panel to start playback.
Navigating
To navigate between play order parts, you use the play order transport 
buttons:
In the Play Order Editor the part that is currently played back is indi-
cated by the arrow in the leftmost column, and the indicators in the 
Counter column. You can switch between play orders during play-
back using the pop-up menu in the editor, Inspector or track list.
First repeat of current Play Order Item
Previous Play Order Item
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Flattening the play order
When you have found a play order that suits your purposes, you can 
“flatten” it. Clicking the Flatten Play Order button (or selecting Flatten 
Play Order from the pop-up menu in the Inspector for the play order 
track) does the following:
• The events and parts in the project are reordered, repeated, resized, moved 
and/or deleted, so that they correspond exactly to the play order.
• Play Order mode is deactivated.
• The play order track is removed.
The project will now play back exactly as in Play Order mode, but you 
can view it and work with it as usual.
• Flattening the play order may remove events and parts from the project 
(if these are not within the boundaries of any used play order part).
• Only use the Flatten function when you know you don’t want to edit the 
play order any more.
When in doubt, save a copy of the project before flattening the play order.  
						

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Folder tracks 
						

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About folder tracks
Just as the name implies, a folder track is a folder that contains other 
tracks. Moving tracks into a folder is a way to structure and organize 
tracks in the Project window. For example, grouping several tracks in a 
folder track makes it possible for you to “hide” tracks (thus giving you 
more working space on the screen). You can solo and mute several 
tracks in a quicker and easier way, and perform editing on several tracks 
as one entity. Folder tracks can contain any type of track including other 
folder tracks. 
A folder track
Tracks in the 
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Handling folder tracks
Creating a folder track
Folder tracks are created just like any other track: Select “Add Track” 
from the Project menu and select “Folder” from the submenu that ap-
pears.
Moving tracks into a folder
You can move any type of track into a folder by using drag and drop:
1.In the Track list, click on a track that you want to move into a folder, 
and drag it onto a folder track.
A green arrow pointing to a folder appears when you drag the track onto the folder 
track in the list.
2.Release the mouse button.
The track is now placed in the folder track, and all parts and events on the track will be 
represented by a corresponding folder part (see page 169), that is a graphical repre-
sentation of all parts and events in the folder.
Since you can move any type of track into a folder track, it is possible 
to create sub-folders by moving one folder track into another. This is 
called “nesting”. For example, you could have a folder containing all 
the vocals in a project, and each vocal part could have a nested folder 
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Removing tracks from a folder
To remove a track from a folder, simply drag it out of the folder and re-
lease it in the Track list.
Hiding/showing tracks in a folder
You can hide or show the tracks located in a folder by clicking on the 
“Show/Hide” button (the plus sign) in the Track list for the folder track. 
Hidden tracks are still played back as usual.
When a folder is “closed” this way, the folder part(s) still give you a 
graphic representation of the parts and events within the folder.
Muting and soloing folder tracks
One of the main advantages of using folder tracks is that they provide 
you with a way to mute and solo several tracks as one unit. Muting and 
soloing a folder track affects all tracks in the folder. You can also solo 
or mute individual tracks in the folder. 
Muting a folder track
You can mute a folder track (and thereby mute all tracks within it) the 
same way you mute other tracks by clicking in the Mute (“M”) button 
in the Track list.
Soloing a folder track
You can solo a folder track (and thereby mute all tracks outside the 
folder) the same way you solo other tracks, by selecting it and clicking 
the Solo button.
Soloing or muting tracks within a folder
This can be done by showing the tracks in the folder and using the 
Mute and Solo buttons in the Track list as usual for any tracks inside 
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Working with folder parts
A folder part is a graphic representation of events and parts on the 
tracks in the folder. Folder parts indicate the position and length of the 
events and parts, as well as on which track they are (their vertical po-
sition). If part colors are used, these are also shown in the folder part.
Folder parts are created automatically when there are parts or events 
on the tracks within the folder. The following rules apply:
•If there is a gap between parts/events on the tracks, there will be two 
separate folder parts.
•Parts or events that overlap within the folder may be represented by 
the same folder part or by two different folder parts – depending on 
how much they overlap.
If a part/event overlaps by half its length or less it will be placed in a new folder part.
The MIDI part overlaps the audio events by more than half its length, which means 
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If you move the MIDI part slightly to the right, the overlap is less than half its length. 
This means a new folder part is created.
Handling and editing folder parts
Any Project window editing you perform to a folder part affects all its 
contained events and parts (those elements on the track within the 
folder that are represented by the folder part). You can select several 
folder parts if you like – this allows you to handle and edit them to-
gether. The editing you can perform includes:
• Moving a folder part. This will move its contained events and parts (possibly 
resulting in other folder parts, depending on how the parts overlap).
• Using cut, copy and paste.
• Deleting a folder part. This will delete its contained events and parts.
• Splitting a folder part with the Scissors tool (see the example below).
• Gluing folder parts together with the Glue tube tool. This will only work if the 
adjacent folder parts contain events or parts on the same track.
• Resizing a folder part resizes the contained events and parts according to the 
selected resizing method. This is set by clicking the Arrow tool icon on the 
toolbar and selecting either “Normal Sizing” or “Sizing Moves Contents” from 
the pop-up menu – see page 136. The third option on the pop-up, “Sizing 
Applies Time Stretch” cannot be used to resize folder parts.
• Muting a folder part. This will mute its contained events and parts.
In short, most of the editing you can do in the Project window applies 
to folder parts as well.