Steinberg Nuendo 4 Getting Started Manual

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Recording with a 5.1 input bus
Having a 5.1 bus allows you to record surround as one 
multi-channel audio file on one audio track. This is very con-
venient and keeps the files aligned so they don’t go out of 
phase. Below is an example of recording with a 5.1 bus.
Recording with 6 mono input busses
You can however create separate mono busses for your 
5.1 inputs. This allows for greater flexibility in terms of 
routing, EQ, effects, etc. Below is an example of...

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Setting up a surround mix
We have our inputs and outputs set up in the “VST Con-
nections” window, now we need to set up the tracks in Nu-
endo so that they’ll be properly named, have the right inputs 
and will output the audio correctly to our audio card.
Setting up the track inputs
1.Close the “VST Connections” window and create 6 
mono audio tracks.
2.Rename the tracks “Left”, “Right”, “Center”, “LFE”, 
“Left Surround” and “Right Surround”.
Remember that naming your...

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Setting up the track outputs
1.Open the “Output Routing” pop-up menu for each of 
the tracks and assign them to their corresponding outputs. 
“Left” to the “Left” output, “Right” to the “Right” output, etc.
Alternatively you can select the “5.1” output for each of 
the tracks.In this case you could have a surround panner for each 
track.
Make sure you look up the chapter “Surround Sound” in the Operation 
Manual for more detailed information on the surround panner.
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Recording in surround
We are now ready to record in surround sound. This 
means we are going to record 6 channels at a time. These 
channels are routed to the 5.1 output we’ve set up in the 
“VST Connections” window. We have 6 mono inputs as 
the inputs. We could have used one audio track that is 
configured as a 5.1 track as discussed previously, but us-
ing 6 mono tracks allows us flexibility for future changes 
and edits.
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1.Set the left locator to bar 1 and the right locator to bar 
26 on the Transport panel. This will make sure we have all 
the music for export.
2.Next, open the File menu, and on the Export submenu, 
select “Audio Mixdown...”.3.The “Export Audio Mixdown” dialog opens.
This 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...

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7.You can choose whether you want a complete 5.1 ex-
ported mix by selecting “5.1 Out (5.1)”. This means the 
exported file will be generated through the main 5.1 out-
puts that we see in the Mixer. You can also choose the in-
dividual outs of each audio channel for flexibility in your 
export. Let’s choose “5.1 Out (5.1)”.
8.Choose the “Sample Rate” and “Bit Depth” that will 
be required for your export.
9.Select the three options in the bottom left corner as 
these...

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Tutorial 8: Editing audio II - tempo and
groove
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Background
In this section we’ll walk you through various examples of 
audio files that have no tempo information and will show 
you how they can follow the project tempo of Nuendo in a 
few simple steps.
Example 1: Drum loop, tempo 
known
In this example we have imported a drum loop and we 
know its tempo. This is one of the quickest ways to match 
the tempo of the drum loop with the project tempo.
Here we have a drum loop and we know its tempo, 100...

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5.Activate Preview.
The drum loop is now matched to the tempo of the project.
6.Close the Sample Editor.
7.Select the drum loop in the project window and select 
Loop Selection from the Transport menu.
You can also use the corresponding key command [Shift]+[G].
You can now hear that the drum loop is in perfect time 
with the project tempo. Feel free to change the tempo on 
the Transport panel by deactivating the Tempo Track. The 
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6.Select the first bar of the loop (the first 16 hits, up to 
the 17th). Activate Audition Loop and click the Audition 
button.
7.As you listen back you may need to tweak the end of 
the loop to get it to loop smoothly.
8.Zoom out and click Auto Adjust on the Definition tab.
9.Close the Sample Editor and listen to the loop play in 
time!Example 3: Drum loop, Manual 
Adjust
This builds on what we have learned already in the previ-
ous examples. In this...