Steinberg Nuendo 3 Working With MIDI Manual

 
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Sends section
 
This allows you to add up to four MIDI send effects. Unlike audio send 
effects, you can select and activate send effects individually for each 
track. The section contains the following items: 
Item Description 
Edit button Opens the Channel Settings window for the MIDI track.
Bypass button Click this to temporarily disable all send effects for the track 
(useful for comparing with the unprocessed MIDI, etc.).
Sends section tab This...

 
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• Effects that display their controls in the Inspector can be forced to ap-
pear in a separate control panel window by pressing [Alt]/[Option] and 
clicking the Edit button.
 
About presets
 
Several of the MIDI plug-ins come with a number of presets for instant 
use. The controls for handling presets consist of a Presets pop-up 
menu along with Store (+) and Remove (-) buttons. 
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To load a preset, select it from the Presets pop-up menu. 
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To...

 
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Applying a MIDI insert effect – an example
 
Here is a step-by-step example of how to add a MIDI insert effect to a 
MIDI track: 
1. 
Select the MIDI track and open the Inspector. 
2. 
Click the Inserts tab in the Inspector. 
• 
Alternatively you could use the mixer: bring up the extended mixer 
panel and select “Inserts” on the view options pop-up menu for the 
track’s channel strip. 
3. 
Click in one of the insert slots to show the MIDI effect...

 
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Managing plug-ins
 
Selecting Plug-in Information from the Devices menu opens a window 
in which all loaded plug-ins, audio and MIDI, are listed. 
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To view the MIDI effect plug-ins, click the MIDI Plug-ins tab. 
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The leftmost column allows you to deactivate plug-ins. 
This is useful if you have plug-ins installed that you don’t want to use in Nuendo. Only 
plug-ins that are activated (ticked checkbox) will appear on the MIDI effect pop-up 
menus....

 
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Merge MIDI in Loop
 
As mentioned, the parameters and effects described in this chapter do 
not change the MIDI events themselves, but work rather like “filters”, 
affecting the music on playback. However, sometimes you may want to 
make these settings permanent, i.e. convert them to “real” MIDI events 
on the track. You might for example want to transpose a track and then 
edit the transposed notes in a MIDI editor. For this, you need to use the...

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5.Fill in the dialog that appears.
The options in the dialog are:
6.Click OK.
A new part is created between the locators on the destination track, containing the 
processed MIDI events.
Applying effects to a single part
Normally, the MIDI track parameters and effects affect a whole MIDI 
track. This may not always be what you want – you may want to apply 
some MIDI effects to a single part for example (without having to cre-
ate a separate track for that...

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The included MIDI effects
Arpache 5
A typical arpeggiator accepts a chord (a group of MIDI notes) as input, 
and plays back each note in the chord separately, with the playback or-
der and speed set by the user. The Arpache 5 arpeggiator does just 
that, and more. Before describing the parameters, let’s look at how to 
create a simple, typical arpeggio:
1.Select a MIDI track and activate monitoring (or record enable it) so 
that you can play “thru” the...

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7.Try the different arpeggio modes by clicking the Playmode buttons.
The symbols on the buttons indicate the playback order for the notes (up, down, 
up+down, etc.). The Play Order settings are described below.
Parameters
The Arpache 5 has the following settings:
Setting Description
Playmode 
buttonsAllows you to select the playback order for the arpeggiated notes. The 
options are down+up, up+down, up, down, random (“?” button) and 
“Order off”, in...

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Arpache SX
This is an even more versatile and advanced arpeggiator, capable of 
creating anything from traditional arpeggios to complex, sequencer-
like patterns. The Arpache SX has the following parameters:
Parameter Description
Arp Style Determines the basic behaviour of the Arpache SX. In the Seq 
mode, the arpeggiator uses an imported MIDI part as a starting 
point for the pattern – this is described below. All other modes 
describe how the notes in...

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Seq mode
When Seq mode is selected in the Arp Style section, the Arpache SX 
uses an additional MIDI part as a pattern. This pattern then forms the 
basis for the arpeggio, in conjunction with the MIDI input.
•To import a MIDI part into the Arpache SX, drag it from the Project win-
dow and drop it in the “Drop a MIDI Part” section on the Arpache SX.
Now, the notes in the dropped MIDI part will be sorted internally, either 
according to their pitch (“Sort...