Steinberg Nuendo 3 Working With MIDI Manual

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1.Open the Preferences dialog from the File menu (on the Mac, this is 
located on the Nuendo menu) and select the MIDI–MIDI Filter page.
This allows you to govern which MIDI event types should be recorded and/or thru-put.
2.Deactivate the Sysex checkbox in the Record section, but make sure 
the Sysex checkbox in the Thru section is activated.
With this setting (shown in the figure above) SysEx messages will be recorded but not 
echoed back out to the...

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Transmitting a bulk dump back to a device
1.Make sure the MIDI track with the System Exclusive data is routed to 
the device.
You may want to check your device’s documentation to find details about which MIDI 
channel should be used, etc.
2.Solo the track.
This might not be necessary, but it is a good safety measure.
3.Make sure the device is set up to receive System Exclusive data (often, 
the reception of SysEx is turned off by default).
4.If...

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Recording System Exclusive parameter 
changes
Often you can use System Exclusive to remotely change individual 
settings in a device, open up a filter, select a waveform, change the 
decay of the reverb etc. Many devices are also capable of transmitting 
changes made on the front panel as System Exclusive messages. 
These can be recorded in Nuendo, and thus incorporated into a regu-
lar MIDI recording.
Here's how it works: let's say you open up...

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Editing System Exclusive messages
While System Exclusive events are shown in the List Editor/Project 
Browser, their entire content is not (only the beginning of the message 
is displayed in the Comment column for the event). Furthermore, you 
cannot edit the event (other than moving it) as you can with other event 
types in the List Editor.
Instead, you use the MIDI SysEx Editor for this.
•To open the MIDI SysEx Editor for an event, click in the...

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Selecting and viewing values
To select a value, either click on it or use the cursor keys. The selected 
byte is indicated in various formats:
• In the main display, values are shown in hexadecimal format.
• To the right of this, values are shown in ASCII format.
• At the bottom of the dialog, the selected value is shown in binary and decimal 
formats.
Editing a value
The selected value can be edited directly in the main display or in the 
decimal and...

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7
VST Instruments 

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Introduction
VST Instruments are software synthesizers (or other sound sources) 
that are contained within Nuendo. They are played internally via MIDI, 
and their audio outputs appear on separate channels in the mixer, al-
lowing you to add effects or EQ, just as with audio tracks.
Some VST Instruments are included with Nuendo, others can be pur-
chased separately from Steinberg and other manufacturers. The fol-
lowing VST Instruments are included and installed with...

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Activating and using VST Instruments
1.Pull down the Devices menu and select VST Instruments.
The VST Instruments panel appears with 64 slots. 
2.Pull down the pop-up menu for an empty slot in the panel and select 
the desired instrument.
The instrument is loaded and activated, and its control panel is automatically opened.
•If you look in the Project window, you will find that a special “folder” for 
the chosen instrument has been added, within a “VST Instruments” 
folder...

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5.Pull down the output pop-up menu for the MIDI track in the Track list 
or in the Inspector.
The pop-up menu will now contain an additional item, with the name of the activated 
VST Instrument.
6.Select the VST Instrument on the MIDI output pop-up menu.
The MIDI output from the track is now routed to the selected instrument. 
7.Depending on the selected instrument, you may also need to select a 
MIDI channel for the track.
For example, a multi-timbral VST Instrument can...