Steinberg Nuendo 3 Working With MIDI Manual

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You can have up to 64 VST Instruments activated at the same time, dif-
ferent models or several instances of the same instrument. However, 
software synthesizers can consume quite a lot of CPU power – keep an 
eye on the VST Performance window to avoid running out of processor 
power. See also page 254.
About latency
Depending on your audio hardware and its ASIO driver, the latency 
(the time it takes for the Instrument to produce a sound when you 
press a key on your MIDI...

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Constrain Delay Compensation
Nuendo features full delay compensation throughout the entire audio 
path. This means that any delay inherent in the VST plug-ins you use 
will automatically be compensated for during playback, so that all 
channels are kept in perfect sync (see the chapter “Audio effects” in 
the Operation Manual).
However, when you play a VST Instrument in real time or record live 
audio (with monitoring through Nuendo activated), this delay compen-
sation may...

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Selecting patches and making settings
•To select a patch for a VST Instrument, use its patch pop-up menu in 
the VST Instruments window.
The available patches depends on the VST Instrument. Not all VST Instruments come 
with pre-made patches.
•To access the parameters for the VST Instrument, click the Edit button 
in the VST Instruments window or in its channel strip (at the bottom of 
the fader strip) in the mixer.
This opens a “control panel” for the VST Instrument.
• For...

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•If the VST Instrument supports the original VST 2.0 standard only, 
only limited support of patch selection is offered.
In this case, selecting a patch will actually ask the VST Instrument to change “Plug-in 
Program”, which is not the same as selecting a “Patch” by sending MIDI Program 
Change and Bank Select messages.
Automating a VST Instrument
•Automation of the VST Instrument channel settings is done in the 
same way as automating regular channels.
•Automation of the...

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• If you need to edit the MIDI parts routed to the VST Instrument or adjust the set-
tings on the instrument itself, you need to unfreeze the instrument first. This re-
moves the rendered file and restores the MIDI tracks and VST Instrument. Once 
you have made the necessary adjustments you can freeze the instrument again.
Performing the Freeze
1.Set up the Project so that the VST Instrument plays back the way you 
want it.
This includes editing the MIDI parts routed to the...

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•Activate the “Unload Instrument when Frozen” option if desired.
This unloads the frozen VSTInstrument from the computer’s memory. This is useful if 
you are freezing an instrument that uses a lot of RAM, e.g. a sampler plug-in. By unload-
ing the instrument, the RAM becomes available for other plug-ins, etc.
4.Click OK.
A progress dialog is shown while the program renders the VST Instrument audio to a 
file on your hard disk.
The Freeze button lights up and the power,...

Index 

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 258 Index
A
Activate Next/Previous Part 83
Active Part
 82
Aftertouch
Deleting
 113
Editing
 109
Arpache 5
 27
Arpache SX
 29
Arpeggiator
 27, 29
Auditioning
MIDI editors
 92
Auto Select Events under Cursor
MIDI editors
 96
Autopan (MIDI effect)
 32
Autoscroll
 90
B
Bank Select 145
Bars+Beats Linear
MIDI editors
 86
C
Chord Recognition 87
Chorder (MIDI effect)
 34
Color pop-up menu
MIDI editors
 141
Compress (MIDI effect)
 37
Constrain Delay 
Compensation
 252
Controller display
About
 88
Adding...

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Drum maps
About
 123
Making settings
 124
MIDI channel and output
 127
O-Note Conversion
 130
Selecting
 128
Setup dialog
 129
Drum name lists
 131
Drum Sound Solo
 122
Drumstick tool
 120
Duplicate
MIDI notes
 97
E
Edit Active Part Only 82
Edit as Drums when Drum Map is
assigned
 81
Edit button
MIDI track Inspector
 11
Edit In-Place
 115
Editing via MIDI
 101
Equal Pitch (Selection)
 95
F
Filter bar 137
Fixed Lengths
 71
Fixed Velocity
 75
Freeze Quantize
 68
Freeze VST Instruments...

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M
Mask function 137
Merge MIDI in Loop
 25
Micro Tuner (MIDI Effect)
 40
MIDI channel
In drum maps
 127
Send effects
 21
MIDI connector button
 101
MIDI Context Gate (MIDI effect)
 38
MIDI Device Manager
 146
Device window
 167
MIDI devices
Defining new for patch 
selection
 152
Editing patches for
 151
Installing
 147
Selecting patches for
 150
MIDI Echo (MIDI effect)
 42
MIDI effects
About
 19
Deactivating
 24
Inserts
 20
Presets
 22
Sends
 21
MIDI input (Editing via)
 101
MIDI Input...