Steinberg Nuendo 3 Operation Manual

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Navigating in the Browser
You use the Project Browser much like you use the Mac OS X Finder 
and Windows Explorer for browsing folders on your hard disk:
•Click on an item in the Project Structure list to select it for viewing.
The contents of the item are shown in the event display.
In this figure, the parts on a MIDI track are displayed.
•Items with hierarchical substructures can be folded out by clicking the 
plus symbols or the “closed folder“ symbols in the Project Structure list.
When the substructure of an item is revealed, a minus symbol or an “open folder“ sym-
bol is shown instead – click this to hide the substructure.
•To reveal or hide all substructures in the Project Structure list, use the 
buttons “(+) All” and “(–) All” above the list.
•The actual editing is done in the event display, using regular value ed-
iting techniques.
There is one exception: You can rename items in the Project Structure list by clicking 
on their names and typing.    
						

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Customizing the View
You can drag the divider between the Project Structure list and the 
event display to make one of them wider and the other narrower. Fur-
thermore, the event display can be customized in the following ways:
•You can change the order of the columns by dragging the column 
headings to the left or right.
•You can resize columns by dragging the dividers between the column 
headings.
•To select a display format for all position and length values, use the 
Time Format pop-up menu.
•You can sort events in the display by columns, by clicking the column 
heading.
If you for example want to sort events by their start positions, click that column head-
ing. An arrow appears in the column heading, indicating that events are sorted by that 
column. The direction of the arrow indicates whether the events are sorted in ascend-
ing or descending order. To change the direction, click the column heading again.
About the Sync Selection option
If the “Sync Selection” checkbox is activated (in the upper right corner 
of the Project Browser), selecting an event in the Project window auto-
matically selects it in the Project Browser, and vice versa. This makes it 
easy to locate events in the two windows.
• This function is only available when a single event or part is selected. 
						

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Editing audio tracks
Audio tracks can have two “subitems”: Track Data and Automation. 
• The Automation item corresponds to the Automation subtrack in the Project 
window, and contains the track’s automation events (see page 538).
• The Track Data item corresponds to the actual audio track in the Project win-
dow. It contains audio events and/or audio parts, which in turn can contain 
audio events.
Note, that if you have not performed any automation or opened an au-
tomation subtrack, the Browser will only contain the audio data.
The following parameters are available for the different items:
The list columns for audio parts:
Parameter Description
Name The name of the part. Double clicking on the part symbol beside it opens 
the Audio Part Editor for the part.
Start The start position of the part. Editing this value is the same as moving the 
part in the Project window.
End The end position of the part. Editing this value is the same as resizing the 
part in the Project window.
Length The length of the part. Editing this value is the same as resizing the part 
in the Project window.
Offset This adjusts the start position of the events within the part. Adjusting this 
value is the same as sliding the contents of the part in the Project win-
dow (see page 139): setting a positive Offset value is the same as slid-
ing the contents to the left, while a negative Offset corresponds to 
sliding the contents to the right.
Mute Click in this column to mute or unmute the part.
The audio track
The Track Data sub-
item of the track
An audio part
The Automation 
subtrack
Audio events  
						

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The list columns for audio events:
Creating audio parts
When the “Audio” item of an audio track is selected in the Project 
Structure list, you can create empty audio parts on the track by click-
ing the Add button on the toolbar. This will insert a part between the 
left and right locator.
Parameter Description
Name Allows you to enter a descriptive comment for the event. Double clicking 
on the waveform image beside it opens the Sample Editor for the event.
File The name of the audio file referred by the event’s audio clip.
Start The start position of the event. If the event belongs to an audio part, you 
cannot move it outside the part.
End The end position of the event. 
Snap The absolute position of the event’s snap point. Note that adjusting this 
value will not change the position of the snap point within the event – in-
stead it is another way of moving the event!
Length The length of the event. 
Offset This determines “where in the audio clip” the event starts. Adjusting this 
value is the same as sliding the contents of the event in the Project win-
dow (see page 139). 
You can only specify positive Offset values, since the event cannot start 
before the start of the clip. Likewise, it cannot end after the end of the 
clip. If the event already plays the whole clip, the Offset cannot be ad-
justed at all.
Volume The volume of the event, as set with the Volume handle or on the info line 
in the Project Window.
Fade In
Fade OutThe length of the fade-in and fade-out areas respectively. If you use 
these settings to add a fade (where there previously was none), a linear 
fade will be created. If you adjust the length of an existing fade, the pre-
vious fade shape will be maintained.
Mute Click in this column to mute or unmute the event.
Image Displays a waveform image of the event inside a grey box corresponding 
to the clip. The image is scaled according to the width of the column. 
						

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Editing MIDI tracks
Just like audio tracks, MIDI tracks can have two “subitems”: Track 
Data and Automation.
• The Track Data item corresponds to the actual MIDI track in the Project win-
dow and can contain MIDI parts (which in turn can contain MIDI events).
• The Automation item corresponds to the automation subtrack in the Project 
window, and contains the track’s automation events (see page 538).
Note, that if you have not performed any automation or opened an au-
tomation subtrack, the Browser will only contain the MIDI data.
When editing the Track Data, the following parameters are available:
The list columns for MIDI parts:
Parameter Description
Name The name of the part.
Start The start position of the part. Editing this value is the same as moving 
the part.
End The end position of the part. Changing this is the same as resizing the 
part (and will automatically affect the Length value as well).
Length The length of the part. Changing this resizes the part and automatically 
changes the End value.
Offset This adjusts the start position of the events within the part. Adjusting 
this value is the same as sliding the contents of the part in the Project 
window (see page 139): setting a positive Offset value is the same as 
sliding the contents to the left, while a negative Offset corresponds to 
sliding the contents to the right.
Mute Click in this column to mute or unmute the part. 
						

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The list columns for MIDI events:
• For SysEx (system exclusive) events, you can only edit the position 
(Start) in the list.
However, clicking the Comment column opens the SysEx Editor, in which you can per-
form detailed editing of system exclusive events. This and other aspects of working 
with system exclusive messages are described in the “System Exclusive” chapter in 
the separate PDF document “Working with MIDI”.
Parameter Description
Type The type of MIDI event. This cannot be changed.
Start The position of the event. Editing this value is the same as moving the 
event.
End This is only used for note events, allowing you to view and edit the end 
position of a note (thereby resizing it).
Length This is only used for note events. It shows the length of the note – 
changing this resizes the note and automatically changes the End value 
as well.
Data 1 The property of this value depends on the type of MIDI event:
For notes, this is the note number (pitch). This is displayed and edited 
as a note name and an octave number, with the values ranging be-
tween C-2 and G8.
For Controller events, this is the type of Controller, displayed in words. 
Note that you can edit this by entering a number – the corresponding 
Controller type is automatically displayed.
For Pitch Bend events, this is the fine adjustment of the bend amount.
For Poly Pressure events, this is the note number (pitch).
For other event types, this is the value of the event.
Data 2 The property of this value depends on the type of MIDI event:
For notes, this is the note-on velocity.
For Controller events, this is the value of the event.
For Pitch Bend events, this is the coarse bend amount.
For Poly Pressure events, this is the amount of pressure.
For other event types, this is not used.
Channel The event’s MIDI Channel. See page 83.
Comment This column is used for some event types only, providing an additional 
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Filtering MIDI events
When you are editing MIDI in the Project Browser, the large number 
of different MIDI events displayed can make it hard to find your way. 
To remedy this, the Filter pop-up menu allows you to select a single 
event type for display.
When this option is selected, only Program Change events will be shown in the 
event display. To reveal all event types, select the top item (“---”) from the menu.
Creating MIDI parts
When a MIDI track is selected in the Project Structure list, you can 
create empty MIDI parts on the track by clicking the Add button. This 
will insert a part between the left and right locator.
Creating MIDI events
You can use the Project Browser to create new MIDI events:
1.Select a MIDI part in the Project Structure list.
2.Move the project cursor to the desired position for the new event.
3.Use the Add pop-up above the event display to select which type of 
MIDI event to add.
4.Click the Add button.
An event of the selected type is added to the part, at the project cursor position. If the 
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Editing Automation tracks
All kinds of Nuendo automation (the automation subtracks for MIDI, au-
dio, group and FX channel tracks or the individual automation tracks for 
VST Instruments, ReWire channels or Input/Output busses) are han-
dled in the same way in the Project Browser. Each Automation item in 
the Project Structure list will have a number of subentries, one for each 
automated parameter. Selecting one of these parameters in the Project 
Structure list shows its automation events in the list:
You can use the two columns in the list to edit the position of the 
events and their values.
Editing the Video track
When the Video track is selected in the Project Structure list, the 
event display lists the video events on the track, with the following 
parameters:
Column Description
Name The name of the video clip that the event refers to.
Start  The start position of the event. Editing this value is the same as moving 
the event.
End The end position of the event. Editing this value is the same as resizing 
the event, and will automatically change the Length value as well.
Length The length of the event. Editing this value is the same as resizing the 
event, and will automatically change the End value as well.
Offset This determines “where in the video clip” the event starts.
Note that the event cannot start before the start of the clip, or end after 
the end of the clip. Thus, if the event already plays the whole video clip, 
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Editing the Marker track
Marker events have the following parameters:
When the Marker track is selected, you can insert markers selecting 
“Marker” or “Cycle Marker” from the Add pop-up menu and clicking 
the Add button. Regular markers will be added at the current project 
cursor position while cycle markers will be added between the current 
left and right locator positions.
Column Description
Name The name of the marker. This can be edited for all markers except the 
left and right locator.
Start  The position of “regular” markers or the start position of cycle markers.
End  The end positions of cycle markers. Editing this value is the same as 
resizing the cycle marker, and will automatically change the Length 
value as well.
Length  The length of cycle markers. Editing this value is the same as resizing 
the marker, and will automatically change the End value as well.
ID The number of the marker. For regular (non-cycle) markers, this corre-
sponds to the key commands used for navigating to the markers. For 
example, if a marker has ID 3, pressing [3] on the computer keyboard 
will move the song position to that marker. By editing these values, you 
can assign the most important markers to key commands.
Note that you cannot edit the “L” and “R” marker IDs (Left and Right 
locator) or assign IDs 1 and 2 to markers (since these are reserved for 
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Editing the Tempo track
When Tempo track is selected in the Project Structure list, the event 
display shows the events on the Tempo track, with the following pa-
rameters:
You can add new Tempo events by clicking the Add button. This cre-
ates a Jump-type event with the value 120 bpm, at the project cursor 
position. Make sure that there is no other tempo event at the current 
cursor position.
Editing Time Signatures
When “Signature track” is selected in the Project Structure list, the 
event display shows the Time Signature events in the project:
You can add new Time Signature events by clicking the Add button. 
This creates a 4/4 event, at the beginning of the bar closest to the 
project cursor position. Make sure that there is no other time signature 
event at the current cursor position.
Parameter Description
Position The position of the Tempo event. You cannot move the first event on 
the Tempo track.
Tempo The tempo value of the event.
Type This indicates whether the tempo should jump to the value of the event 
(“Jump” type) or whether it should change gradually from the previous 
Tempo event, creating a ramp (“Ramp” type). See page 506.
Parameter Description
Position The position of the event. Note that you cannot move the first Time 
Signature event.
Signature The value (time signature) of the event.