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Selecting a remote device
1.Pull down the Devices menu and select Device Setup.
A dialog window opens with a list of devices shown in the left part of the window. 
2.If you can’t find the remote device you are looking for, click on the plus 
sign in the top left corner and select the device from the pop-up that 
appears.
It is added to the Devices list.
•Note that it is possible to select more than one remote device of the 
same type.
If you have more than one remote device of the same type, these will be numbered in 
the Devices list. For example, if you have a Mackie Control Extender, it will require a 
second Mackie control device to be installed.
3.Now select your MIDI control device model from the Devices list.
Depending on the selected device, either a list of programmable function commands 
or a blank panel is shown in the right half of the dialog window.
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4.Select the correct MIDI input from the pop-up menu.
If necessary, select the correct MIDI output from the pop-up menu.
5.Click OK to close the dialog.
You can now use the MIDI control device to move faders and knobs, activate Mute and 
Solo, etc. The exact parameter configuration depends on which external MIDI control 
device you are using.
Sometimes communication between Nuendo and a remote device is in-
terrupted or the handshaking protocol fails to create a connection. You 
can use the Reset button to re-establish communication with any device 
in the Device list by selecting it and clicking the Reset Button. Also, the 
“Reset all” button at the top of the Device Setup window will reset every 
device in the Device list.
Operations
Writing automation using remote controls
Automating the mixer using a remote control device is basically done 
in the same way as when you operate on-screen controls in Write 
mode. However, when it comes to replacing existing automation data, 
there is one important difference:
•If you activate Write mode and move a control on the remote control 
device, all data for the corresponding parameter is replaced from the 
position where you moved the control, up until the position where 
playback is stopped!
In other words, as soon as you have moved a control in Write mode, it remains “active” 
until you stop playback. The reason for this is explained below.
As a consequence, an additional precaution must be taken:
•Make sure you move only the controller you want to replace!
In order to replace existing automation data for a control, the computer 
needs to know how long the user actually “grabbed” or used the con-
trol. When doing this “on screen”, the program simply detects when the 
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remote control device, however, there is no mouse button involved, and 
Nuendo cannot tell whether you “grab and hold” a fader, or simply move 
it and release it. Instead, you have to indicate that you have “released” 
the control by stopping playback.
The above does not apply to the JLCooper MCS 3000 device. This de-
vice has touch sensitive faders, which means that it stops writing as 
soon as you release the fader.
This is only relevant when you are using a remote control device and 
Write mode is activated in the mixer.
Assigning remote key commands
For some of the supported remote devices, you can assign any Nuendo 
function (that can be assigned a key command) to generic buttons, 
wheels or other controls. As of this writing, these devices are:
• JL Cooper MCS 3000
• JL Cooper CS-10
• Tascam US-428
• Yamaha 01x
• Yamaha DM 2000v2
• Yamaha DM 1000v2
• Radical SAC-2k
• Steinberg Houston
Proceed as follows:
1.Open the Device Setup dialog and select one of the remote devices 
that support this feature.
On the right side of the window there are three columns. This is where you assign 
commands.
2.Use the “Button” column to locate a Remote device control or button 
to which you wish to assign a Nuendo function.
3.Click in the “Category” column for the control, and select one of the 
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4.Click in the “Command” column, and select the desired Nuendo func-
tion from the pop-up menu that appears.
The available items on the pop-up menu depend on the selected category.
5.Click “Apply” when you are done.
The selected function is now assigned to the button or control on the 
remote device.
A note about remote controlling MIDI tracks
While most remote control devices will be able to control both MIDI 
and audio channels in Nuendo, the parameter setup may be different. 
For example, audio-specific controls (such as EQ) will be disregarded 
when controlling MIDI channels.
The Generic Remote device
If you have a generic MIDI controller, you can use this for remote con-
trol of Nuendo by setting up the Generic Remote device:
1.Open the Device Setup dialog on the Devices menu.
If the Generic Remote device isn’t on the Devices list, you need to add it:
2.Click the “+” sign in the top left corner and select the “Generic Re-
mote” device from the pop-up menu.
•When the Generic Remote device is added in the Device Setup dia-
log, you can open the Remote Status window by selecting “Generic 
Remote” from the Devices menu.
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3.Click the Setup tab and select the Generic Remote device in the 
Devices list to the left.
The settings for the Generic Remote device are displayed, allowing you to specify 
which control on your device should control which parameter in Nuendo.
4.Use the MIDI Input and Output pop-up menus to select the MIDI 
Port(s) to which your remote device is connected.
5.Use the pop-up menu to the right to select a bank.
The concept of banks is based on the simple fact that most MIDI devices can control 
a limited number of channels at a time (often 8 or 16). For example, if your MIDI control 
device has 16 volume faders, and you are using 32 mixer channels in Nuendo, you 
would need two banks of 16 channels each. When the first bank is selected you con-
trol channel 1 to 16; when the second Bank is selected you control channel 17 to 32. 
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6.Set up the upper table according to the controls on your MIDI control 
device.
The columns have the following functionality:
•If you find that the upper table holds too many or too few controls, you 
can add or remove controls with the Add and Delete buttons to the 
right of the upper table.
Column Description
Control Name Double clicking this field allows you to enter a descriptive name for the 
control (typically a name written on the console). This name is automat-
ically reflected in the Control Name column in the lower table.
MIDI Status Clicking in this column pulls down a pop-up menu, allowing you to 
specify the type of MIDI message sent by the control. The options are 
Controller, Program Change, Note On, Note Off, Aftertouch and Poly-
phonic Pressure. Also available are Continuous Control NRPN and 
RPN, a way to extend the available control messages. The “Ctrl JLCoo-
per” option is a special version of a Continuous Controller where the 
3rd byte of a MIDI message is used as address instead of the 2nd byte 
(a method supported by various JL-Cooper remote devices).
MIDI Channel Clicking in this column pulls down a pop-up menu, allowing you to se-
lect the MIDI channel on which the controller is transmitted.
Address The Continuous Controller number, the pitch of a note or the address of 
a NRPN/RPN Continuous Controller.
Max. Value The maximum value the control will transmit. This value is used by the 
program to “scale” the value range of the MIDI controller to the value 
range of the program parameter.
Flags Clicking in this column pulls down a pop-up menu, allowing you to acti-
vate or deactivate three flags:
Receive – activate this if the MIDI message should be processed on re-
ception.
Transmit – activate this if a MIDI message should be transmitted when 
the corresponding value in the program changes.
Relative – activate this if the control is an “endless” dial, which reports 
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•If you are uncertain of which MIDI message a certain controller sends, 
you can use the Learn function:
Select the control in the upper table (by clicking in the Control Name column), move 
the corresponding control on your MIDI device and click the Learn button to the right 
of the table. The MIDI Status, MIDI Channel and Address values are automatically set 
to those of the moved control.
7.Use the lower table to specify which Nuendo parameters you want to 
control.
Each row in the table is associated to the controller in the corresponding row in the 
upper table (as indicated by the Control Name column). The other columns have the 
following functionality:
Column Description
Device Clicking in this column pulls down a pop-up menu, used for determining 
which device in Nuendo should be controlled. The special option 
“Command” allows you to perform certain command actions by remote 
control. One example of this is the selection of remote banks.
If you have a Yamaha DSP Factory card installed (Windows version 
only), this will also appear as an option on the Device pop-up menu.
Channel/
CategoryThis is where you select the channel to be controlled or, if the “Com-
mand” Device option is selected, the Command category.
Value/Action Clicking in this column pulls down a pop-up menu, allowing you to se-
lect the parameter of the channel to be controlled (typically, if the “VST 
Mixer” Device option is selected you can choose between volume, pan, 
send levels, EQ, etc.).
If the “Command” Device option is selected, this is where you specify 
the “Action” of the category.
Flags Clicking in this column pulls down a pop-up menu, allowing you to acti-
vate or deactivate three flags:
Push Button – When activated, the parameter is only changed if the re-
ceived MIDI message shows a value unequal to 0.
Toggle – When activated, the parameter value is switched between 
minimum and maximum value each time a MIDI message is received. 
The combination of Push Button and Toggle is useful for remote con-
trols which do not latch the state of a button. One example is controlling 
mute status with a device on which pressing the Mute button turns it on, 
and releasing the Mute button turns it off. If Push Button and Toggle are 
activated, the Mute status will change between on and off whenever the 
button is pressed on the console.
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8.If needed, select another bank and make settings for this.
Note that you only need to make settings in the lower table for this – the upper table is 
already set up according to the MIDI remote device.
•If you need, you can add banks by clicking the Add button below the 
Bank pop-up.
Clicking the Rename button allows you to assign a new name to the currently selected 
bank, and you can remove an unneeded bank by selecting it and clicking the Delete 
button.
9.When you are finished, close the Generic Remote Setup window.
Now, you can control the specified Nuendo parameters from the MIDI remote device. 
To select another bank, use the pop-up menu in the Remote Status window (or use a 
control on the MIDI remote device, if you have assigned one for this).
Importing and Exporting Remote Setups
The Export button in the upper right corner of the Generic Remote 
Setup window allows you to export the current setup, including the 
Control configuration (the upper table) and all banks. The setup is 
saved as a file (with the Windows file extension “.xml”). Clicking the 
Import button allows you to import saved Remote Setup files.
•The last imported or exported Remote Setup will automatically be 
loaded when the program starts or the Generic Remote control is 
added in the Device Setup dialog. 
						

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Audio processing and functions 
						

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Background
Audio processing in Nuendo can be called “non-destructive”, in the 
sense that you can always undo changes or revert to the original ver-
sions. This is possible because processing affects audio clips rather 
than the actual audio files, and because audio clips can refer to more 
than one audio file. This is how it works:
1.If you process an event or a selection range, a new audio file is created 
in the Edits folder, within your project folder. 
This new file contains the processed audio, while the original file is unaffected. 
2.The processed section of the audio clip (the section corresponding to 
the event or selection range) is then made to refer to the new, pro-
cessed audio file.
The other sections of the clip will still refer to the original file.
•Since all edits are available as separate files, it is possible to undo any 
processing, at any point and in any order!
This is done in the Offline Process History dialog, as described on page 386.
•Furthermore, the original, unprocessed audio file can still be used by 
other clips in the project, by other projects or by other applications.
...the clip will refer both to the original file and a 
new file, containing the processed section only.This event plays a section of this clip...
...which refers to this audio file.
After processing the event...