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Setting pan
1.Setting the pan for each track moves its position in the 
stereo mix. It will either keep the signal balanced in the 
middle of the left and right speaker, lean to the left or lean 
to the right or be completely in the left or right speaker.
2.Right-clicking in the panner for certain track types pre-
sents you with three different types of pan options.
The different pan options are described in detail in the chapter “The 
Mixer” in the Operation Manual.
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If you want to clear or deactivate all the mutes or solos, 
click on the “Deactivate all Mute” or “Deactivate all Solo” 
buttons in the common panel to the left of the Mixer.
There may be times when you want certain tracks to al-
ways play even if another track has solo active. If you [Alt]/
[Option]-click on the “S” button, this will place the track in 
“Solo Defeat” mode. This allows the track to always play 
even if you solo another track.
To take a track out of “Solo...

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4.Click and move the EQ point up, down, right or left. 
Moving the EQ point up or down raises or lowers the gain 
of the EQ. The gain makes that particular EQ louder or 
softer. The “EQ Band Gain” at the bottom of the EQ win-
dow gives you the value of gain.
If you hold down [Ctrl]/[Command], you can restrict the movement of the 
EQ to just up and down.
5.Moving the EQ point right or left changes the frequency 
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Audio effects
Now let’s start using some effects. We can add effects by 
inserting the effect directly on a track or we can create an 
FX channel and use the auxiliary sends of each track to 
send to that FX channel.
Insert effects
1.Make sure the Mixer is open.
You can open the Mixer from the Devices menu or by pressing [F3].
2.Begin playback and loop or cycle a section of music 
so that you can hear everything.
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4.With the delay set, click the “Edit Channels Settings” 
button of the “Elec Guitar” track.
5.Select “FX 1-StereoDelay” from the “Select Send 
Destination” pop-up menu.
6.Click the “Activate Send 1” button to turn on the send. 
This will allow you to send the guitar to the “StereoDelay”.
7.Move the slider to the right to raise the level of the 
send to the “StereoDelay” effect. You will begin to hear 
the guitar being delayed. Clicking the “S” (solo) button on 
the...

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3.Click the “Show/Hide Automation” button at the far 
left of the track. 
You may need to hover your mouse over the far left bottom area until you 
see the button appear as this is only shown when you need it.
4.Select the Pencil tool.
5.In the subtrack that appears below the audio event 
use the “Draw” tool to draw in automation so that it resem-
bles a fade in.
6.You can also use the “Line” tool to draw in automation 
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2.On the File menu–Export submenu, select “Audio Mix-
down…”.
3.The “Export Audio Mixdown” dialog opens.
This dialog is described in detail in the chapter “Export Audio Mixdown” in 
the “Operation Manual”. Please refer to this for more complete information.
4.“File Name” is for naming the file for export. Let’s name 
our’s “Mixing Mixdown”.
5.The “Path” is where you wish to save the exported file 
on your computer. Use the “Choose” button to navigate to 
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11.When you are done making all the settings, click the 
Export button.
12.You will now see the exported stereo mix on a new 
stereo track.
13.You can check to see if the audio mixdown sounds the 
way you want it by soloing the mixdown track
!Load the project called “Mixing 9” found in the “Tuto-
rial 6” folder to see the results of this export.
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Tutorial 7: Surround production
Surround busses
Using surround sound in Nuendo is effortless. Surround 
becomes an extension of what we’ve already learned - just 
with a few more channels added. Let’s set up our inputs 
and outputs so that we are surround-ready.
To fully use surround sound on your computer, you will 
need an audio card that has 6 or more inputs and outputs. 
If your audio card only has between 2-5 inputs or outputs, 
there may be sections of this tutorial that will not apply to 
your...