Steinberg Nuendo 3 Working With MIDI Manual

							 
Working with MIDI 
						

							 
Original Manual: Synkron
Revision and Quality Control for Nuendo 3:
Cristina Bachmann, Heiko Bischoff, Sabine Pfeifer, Claudia Schomburg
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Table of Contents 
						

							 
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7MIDI realtime para- 
meters and effects 
8Introduction
8The Inspector – 
General handling
10Basic track settings
14Track parameters
19MIDI effects
24Managing plug-ins
25Merge MIDI in Loop
27The included MIDI effects
27Arpache 5
29Arpache SX
32Autopan
34Chorder
37Compress
38Context Gate
40Density
40Micro Tuner
41MIDIControl
42MIDIEcho
45Note to CC
46Quantizer
47Step Designer
51Track Control
55Track FX
56Transformer 
57MIDI processing and  
quantizing 
58Introduction
59Quantizing
70Other MIDI menu functions
76Dissolve Part 
79The MIDI editors 
80About editing MIDI
81Opening a MIDI editor
84The Key Editor – Overview
90Key Editor operations
117The Drum Editor – Overview
120Drum Editor operations
123Working with drum maps
131Using drum name lists
132The List Editor – Overview
133List Editor operations
140Common MIDI editor 
options and settings 
143MIDI devices 
144Background
145MIDI devices – general 
settings and patch handling
157About Device panels
159Overview
167The main edit windows
173Operations in the Edit Panel 
window
178Building a control panel – 
a tutorial
193Exporting and importing 
device setups
193Defining a SysEx device – 
a tutorial
207About Studio Connections 
						

							 
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211The Logical Editor, 
Transformer and  
Input Transformer 
212Introduction
214Opening the Logical Editor
214Window overview
215Selecting a preset
216Setting up filter conditions
227Selecting a function
229Specifying actions
233Applying the defined actions
234Working with presets
235The Input Transformer 
239Working with System  
Exclusive messages 
240Introduction
240Bulk dumps
243Recording System Exclusive 
parameter changes
244Editing System Exclusive 
messages 
247VST Instruments 
248Introduction
249Activating and using 
VST Instruments
254The Instrument Freeze 
function 
257Index 
						

							 
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MIDI realtime parameters and
effects 
						

							 
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Introduction
 
This chapter describes the included MIDI realtime effects and their 
parameters and how to apply and handle MIDI effects.
For each MIDI track, you can set up a number of track parameters and 
MIDI effects. These affect how the MIDI data is played back, “transform-
ing” MIDI events in real time before they are sent to the MIDI outputs.
On the following pages, the available parameters and effects are de-
scribed. Keep in mind: 
• The actual MIDI events will not be affected – the changes happen “on the fly”.
• Since the track parameter settings don’t actually change the MIDI data on the 
track, they will not be reflected in the MIDI editors. To convert the settings to 
“real” MIDI events, use the Merge MIDI in Loop function (see page 25).
 
The Inspector – General handling
 
The track parameters and effects are set up in the Inspector (although 
some settings are available in the mixer as well). Here’s a brief rundown 
on how to handle the Inspector:  
• 
To show or hide the Inspector, click the Inspector icon on the Project 
window’s toolbar.  
						

							 
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•  
The Inspector for a MIDI track is divided into eight sections. You can 
fold or unfold the sections individually by clicking on the section name. 
Clicking the name for a hidden section brings it to view and hides the other sections. 
[Ctrl]/[Command]-clicking the tab allows you to hide or show a section without affect-
ing other sections. Finally, [Alt]/[Option]-clicking a tab shows or hides all sections in 
the Inspector.
 
• Folding a section does not affect the functionality but merely hides the 
section from view. 
 
In other words, your settings will still be active even if you fold the Inspector settings.  
						

							 
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Basic track settings
 
The topmost Inspector section contains the basic settings for the se-
lected MIDI track. These are settings that either affect the basic func-
tionality for the track (mute, solo, enable record, etc.) or send out 
additional MIDI data to the connected devices (program change, vol-
ume, etc.). The section contains all settings in the Track list (see the 
chapter “The Project window” in the Operation Manual), with a few 
additional parameters: 
Parameter Description 
Track name field Click to rename the track.
Mute/Solo buttons Mutes or solos the MIDI track.
Read/Write buttons Used for automating the track settings – see the chapter “Auto-
mation” in the Operation Manual.
Input transformer 
buttonOpens the Input Transformer dialog, allowing you to transform 
incoming MIDI events in real time. For further information, see 
page 235.
Record enable button Activate this to make the track ready for recording.
Monitor button When this is activated (and MIDI Thru Active is on in the Pref-
erences–MIDI dialog), incoming MIDI will be routed to the se-
lected MIDI output.
Toggle Timebase 
buttonSwitches between musical (tempo related) and linear (time re-
lated) time base for the track. See the chapter “The Project 
window” in the Operation Manual.