Steinberg Nuendo 3 Working With MIDI Manual
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NUENDO MIDI realtime parameters and effects 1 – 41 MIDIControl This generic control panel allows you to select up to eight different MIDI controller types, and use the value fields/sliders to set values for these. A typical use for this would be if you’re using a MIDI instrument with parameters that can be controlled by MIDI controller data (e.g. fil- ter cutoff, resonance, levels, etc.). By selecting the correct MIDI con- troller types, you can use the plug-in as a control panel for adjusting the...
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NUENDO 1 – 42 MIDI realtime parameters and effects MIDIEcho This is an advanced MIDI Echo, which will generate additional echo- ing notes based on the MIDI notes it receives. It creates effects similar to a digital delay, but also features MIDI pitch shifting and much more. As always it is important to remember that the effect doesn’t “echo” the actual audio, but the MIDI notes which will eventually produce the sound in the synthesizer. The following parameters are available: Quantize The echoed...
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NUENDO MIDI realtime parameters and effects 1 – 43 Repeat This is the number of echoes (1 to 12) from each incoming note. Echo-Quant. The Echo-Quant. parameter sets the delay time, i.e. the time between a played note and its first echo note. You can either use the slider or type to set the value in ticks (1/480 ticks of quarter notes) or click the arrow buttons to step between the “rhythmically exact” delay times (displayed as note values – see the table below). For example, setting this to “8th”...
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NUENDO 1 – 44 MIDI realtime parameters and effects Length Decay This parameter lets you adjust how the length of the echoed notes should change with each successive repeat. The higher the setting (25 – 100), the longer the echoed notes will be compared to their original notes. About ticks and note values The timing- and position-related parameters (Echo-Quant., Length and Quantize) can all be set in ticks. There are 480 ticks to each quar- ter note. While the parameters allow you to step between the...
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NUENDO MIDI realtime parameters and effects 1 – 45 Note to CC This effect will generate a MIDI continuous controller event for each incoming MIDI note. The value of the controller event corresponds to the note number (pitch) and the single parameter allows you to select which MIDI controller should be sent out (by default controller 7, MIDI volume). The incoming MIDI notes pass through the effect unaffected. For example, if MIDI volume (controller 7) is selected, notes with low note numbers...
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NUENDO 1 – 46 MIDI realtime parameters and effects Quantizer Quantizing is a function that changes the timing of notes by moving them towards a “quantize grid”. This grid may consist of e.g. straight sixteenth notes (in which case the notes would all get perfect six- teenth note timing), but could also be more loosely related to straight note value positions (applying a “swing feel” to the timing, etc.). • For a description of the main Quantize function in Nuendo, see page 58. While the Quantize...
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NUENDO MIDI realtime parameters and effects 1 – 47 Step Designer The Step Designer is a MIDI pattern sequencer that sends out MIDI notes and additional controller data according to the pattern you set up. It does not make use of the incoming MIDI, other than automation data (such as recorded pattern changes). Creating a basic pattern 1.Use the Pattern selector to choose which pattern to create. Each Step Designer can hold up to 200 different patterns. 2.Use the Quantize setting to specify the...
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NUENDO 1 – 48 MIDI realtime parameters and effects •The display spans one octave (as indicated by the pitch list to the left). You can scroll the displayed octave up or down by clicking in the pitch list and dragging up or down. This way you can insert notes at any pitch. Note that each step can contain one note only – the Step Designer is monophonic. Click and drag to view other octaves. •To remove a note from the pattern, click on it again. 5.Select “Velocity” on the Controllers pop-up menu. This...
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NUENDO MIDI realtime parameters and effects 1 – 49 Adding controller curves The Controllers pop-up menu has two more items: two controller types. •You can select which two controller types (filter cutoff, resonance, volume, etc.) should be available on the pop-up menu by clicking the Setup button and selecting controllers from the lists that appears. This selection is global to all patterns. •To insert controller information in a pattern, select the desired controller from the pop-up menu and click in...
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NUENDO 1 – 50 MIDI realtime parameters and effects Automating pattern changes You can create up to 200 different patterns in each Step Designer – just select a new pattern and add notes and controllers as described above. Typically, you want the pattern selection to change during the project. You can accomplish this by automating the Pattern selector, either in real time by activating the Write automation and switching patterns during playback or by drawing in the automation subtrack for the Step...