Steinberg Nuendo 4 Getting Started Manual
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Tutorials by Steve Kostrey Working with Video and Audio Editing to Picture by Ashley Shepherd Revision and Quality Control: Cristina Bachmann, Heiko Bischoff, Marion Bröer, Sabine Pfeifer Thanks to: Georg Bruns, Mert Ergün The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. The software described by this document is subject to a License Agreement and may not be copied to other media except as...
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4 Table of Contents 6Introduction 7About the manuals and the help 7About the program versions 7Key command conventions 8How you can reach us 9System requirements and installation 10About this chapter 10Minimum requirements 11Hardware installation 12Installing Nuendo 13Defragmenting the hard disk (Windows only) 13Register your software 14Setting up your system 15Setting up audio 19Setting up MIDI 21Connecting a synchronizer 21Setting up video 22Optimizing audio performance 24Tutorial 1: Recording audio...
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5 Table of Contents 91Working with video 92Introduction 92Virtual video playback 92Video playback engines 92Video file compatibility 93Adding a video file to a project 94Video output devices 94Video playback speed 94Editing video 95Rendering audio into video files 95Video tape recorders 95Synchronization and Machine Control 96Layback to tape 98Tips 99Audio editing to picture 100Introduction 100Video timeline and the grid 101Inserting audio into the project 102Event handles 102Event envelopes 103Range...
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7 Introduction About the manuals and the help The Nuendo documentation is divided into several sec- tions, as listed below. Some of the documents are in Adobe Acrobat format (extension “.pdf”) – these can be accessed in the following ways: You can open the pdf documents from the Documentation submenu on the Help menu in the program. Under Windows you can also open these documents from the Nuendo Documentation subfolder on the Windows Start menu. Under Mac OS X the pdf documents are located in the...
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8 Introduction When key commands with modifier keys are described in this manual, they are shown with the Windows modifier key first, in the following way: [Win modifier key]/[Mac modifier key]+[key] For example, [Ctrl]/[Command]+[Z] means “press [Ctrl] un- der Windows or [Command] under Mac OS X, then press [Z]”. Similarly, [Alt]/[Option]+[X] means “press [Alt] under Windows or [Option] under Mac OS X, then press [X]”. ÖPlease note that this manual often refers to “right- clicking”, e. g. to open...
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10 System requirements and installation About this chapter This chapter describes the requirements and installation procedures for the Windows version and the Mac version of Nuendo. Minimum requirements To use Nuendo, your computer must meet the following minimum requirements: Windows Windows XP (Home/Professional with SP 2), or Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit – see below) Intel Pentium or AMD Athlon 2 GHz processor Windows DirectX compatible audio hardware; ASIO compatible audio hardware...