Steinberg Nuendo 3 Working With MIDI Manual

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6.Select the device from the “Out” pop-up menu for a MIDI track.
Note that for some devices, you may have to set the MIDI channel to “ANY”.
Now the Device panel can be opened by clicking the Open Device button in the In-
spector or in the channel strip for the corresponding track in the Mixer.
• Note that [Ctrl]/[Command]-clicking the Open Device button allows you 
to open a subpanel via the panel browser pop-up menu.
Showing panels in the Inspector
1.In the Inspector, open the User Panel tab and click the arrow.
A “Panels” folder is shown with the selected device in a node structure below it. If you 
open all the folders, you can select any individual panel from the device that “fits” into 
the User Panel space.    
						

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•Select a panel by double-clicking it in the list.
The panel opens in the Inspector.  
						

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Showing panels in the Mixer
1.Open the Mixer, and make sure the extended channel view is shown.
2.Open the View options pop-up for the MIDI channel connected to the 
device and select “User Panel”.
3.Click the icon shown in the extended section of the channel strip.
The Panels folder is displayed like in the Inspector, but with different available panels. 
Just like in the Inspector, the panel has to “fit” into the available space to be selectable.  
						

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4.Double-click to select a panel.
The panel is now shown in the extended section of the channel strip.  
						

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Automating device parameters
Automation works just like for normal audio and MIDI tracks:
1.Open the device control panel by clicking the “Open Device” button 
in the Inspector.
2.Activate Write automation on the device panel.   
						

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3.If you now go back to the Project window, there will be a MIDI Device 
Automation track in the Track list.
If you click in the name field, all parameters in the device are shown and can be se-
lected for automation. You can automate the device by either moving knobs and sliders 
on the control panel itself or by drawing curves on the automation track for a selected 
parameter.   
						

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The main edit windows
To edit device panels you use two main windows; the Device window 
and the Edit Panel window. In this section we will describe the main 
working areas of these edit windows, and what they are used for.
The Device window
1.Select a device in the Installed Devices list in the MIDI Device Manager 
dialog and click Open Device.
The Device window opens with a node structure in the left half of the window. In this 
example, the top node represents the device and the subnodes the MIDI channels 
used by the device.
2.Click on a node.
Now three areas appear in the main window: Device Node, Panels 
and Variables.
The Device window.  
						

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Device structure
On the left is a hierarchical view of the device’s structure, which can 
consist of nodes, subnodes and parameters. By default, the structure 
of a newly created device (or a device with no panels added yet) will 
either be based on the MIDI channels that have been activated in the 
Create New Device dialog (see page 156), or as in this case, one of 
the preset devices, which all have the same structure (all 16 MIDI 
channels activated).
Device node
This shows the name of the selected node. You can rename some or 
all nodes, for example if the device is a typical GM-compatible synth 
you may want to rename “Channel 10” to “Drums”. 
Panels
In the Panels window area a list of panels assigned to the selected 
node will be shown (currently no panels are assigned). 
•The “Add Panel” button opens the Add Panel dialog, see page 169. 
•When an existing panel is selected in the Panels window area, the 
“Edit Panel” button will open the panel for editing in the Edit Panel 
window, see page 170.
Variables
•The “Add Variables” button lets you define variables. Variables are 
useful when you’re working with multiple instances of the same panel. 
A typical example is when you have a multi-timbral synthesizer with 16 
parts, where each part is identical in terms of features and functions, 
and all that distinguishes them are the MIDI channel numbers. So you 
create multiple subnodes where the variable is named “part” and the 
variable range is 1-16. This way you can repeat the same objects and 
parameters across all parts. 
						

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•The “Add Parameters” button opens the “Add Parameter” dialog where 
you define the parameters that will be used in the Panel. A parameter 
defines how the setting of the connected device can be modified, what 
the valid range is and what the current state of the parameter is. Para-
meters are assigned to objects (see page 171), i.e. knobs, faders, 
switches or data entry fields on a panel.
•The “Add Subnodes” button lets you create subsidiary nodes. This is 
useful when you wish to create multiple panels for one node. When 
you build a device panel you may want to break it up in several parts, 
or “subpanels” – e.g. one for the Envelope section, one for the Filter 
section and so forth. By creating all panel sections under separate 
subnodes, you can show the different sections in the Inspector or 
channel strip. From these subpanels you can later build a large main 
panel using the subpanels.
The Add Panel Dialog
Clicking the “Add Panel” button in the Device window opens a dialog 
where you select the size and enter a name for the new panel. You 
have three default sizes to chose from:
•General Size (352*352 pixels by default).
This is the largest view, which is to be used in a separate Panel window. The size is 
customizable, as you often need more than 352 by 352 pixels to fit all controls of an 
entire instrument into one screen.
•Inspector Size (157*342 pixels).
The standard size for a Panel to be used in the Inspector. 
•Channel Strip Size (84*322 pixels).
The standard size for a panel to be used in a Mixer channel strip.  
						

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The Edit Panel window
After selecting a name and a panel size in the Add Panel dialog, click 
OK to open the Edit Panel dialog. When a panel has been added you 
can switch between all edit windows (Device/Edit Panel/Patch Banks) 
by using the pop-up menu at the top of the window for an open device.
The Edit Panel window contains the following sections:
Device structure (top left)
This is the device “tree” where you can navigate the device structure 
and its nodes, subnodes and parameters. This is the same as shown 
in the Devices window. 
Edit area (top middle) 
This is the “stage” where you build the panel from various object com-
ponents. Above the edit area are the Panel Edit settings which affect 
the operations you perform in the edit area.