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Proceed as follows:
1.Select the vocal track. 
2.On the Project menu, select “Duplicate Tracks”.
Now you can use the vocal events on the second track to silence the de-
lay effect.
3.Open the Insert tab for the first Vocal track in the In-
spector and select “PingPongDelay” from the Effects 
pop-up menu.
The control panel for the effect opens.
4.On the control panel for the effect, make the desired 
effect settings and activate the Side Chain button.
Try out the effect settings to find...

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About drag&drop and Side chain connections
When you drag effects from one insert slot to another (on 
the same channel or between different channels), the fol-
lowing applies:
 When you move an effect within a channel (e. g. from slot 4 to 
slot 6), the side chain connections will be kept.
 When you drag and drop an effect between two channels, the 
side chain connections will not be kept.
 When copying an effect into another effect slot (for the same 
or a different channel), the side...

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Effect presets
Effect preset management in Nuendo is very versatile. In 
the MediaBay – or with certain limits in the Save Preset di-
alog – you can assign attributes to presets which allow 
you to organize and browse them according to various cri-
teria. Nuendo comes with a huge array of categorized 
track and VST presets that you can use straight out of the 
box. You can also preview effect presets before loading 
them which considerably speeds up the process of find-
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Saving effect presets
You can save your edited effect settings as presets for 
further use (e.g. in other projects):
1.Click the SoundFrame button to open the Preset 
Management pop-up menu.
2.Select “Save Preset…” from the pop-up menu.
This opens a dialog where you can save the current settings as a preset.
3.In the File name field in the lower part of the Save Pre-
set dialog, enter a name for the new preset.
If you wish to assign attributes to the preset, click the 
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4.After importing, you can convert the current program 
list to VST presets by selecting “Convert Program List to 
VST Presets” from the Preset Management pop-up.
After converting, the presets will be available in the Preset Browser, and 
you can use the Tag Editor to add attributes and audition the presets. 
The new converted presets will be stored in the VST3 Preset folder.
Saving insert effect combinations
You can save the complete insert effect rack for a channel 
together with all...

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Installing and managing effect plug-
ins
Nuendo supports two plug-in formats; the VST 2 format 
(with the file name extensions “.dll” on the PC and “.VST” 
on the Mac) and the VST 3 format (extension “.vst3” on 
both platforms). The formats are handled differently when 
it comes to installation and organizing.
Installing additional VST plug-ins
Installing VST 3 plug-ins under Mac OS X
To install a VST 3.x plug-in under Mac OS X, quit Nuendo 
and drag the plug-in file into one of the...

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About the effects from previous Nuendo versions
The Legacy folder on the program DVD contains effects 
from previous versions of Nuendo.
The main reason for installing these earlier plug-ins is 
backwards compatibility, allowing you to import old Nu-
endo projects and get the correct effect settings.
The Plug-in Information window
On the Devices menu, you will find an item called “Plug-in 
Information”. Selecting this opens a dialog listing all the 
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Exporting plug-in information files
You can also save plug-in information as an .xml file, e. g. 
for archiving purposes or troubleshooting. The Export func-
tion is available for VST, MIDI and Audio Codec plug-ins. 
Proceed as follows:
1.Right-click on the desired tab in the Plug-in Information 
window (for VST, MIDI or Audio Codec plug-ins), to open 
the context menu and select “Export”.
A file dialog opens.
2.In the dialog, specify a name and location for the Plug-
in Information...

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VST Instruments and Instrument tracks 

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Introduction
VST Instruments are software synthesizers (or other sound 
sources) that are contained within Nuendo. They are played 
internally via MIDI. You can add effects or EQ to VST Instru-
ments, just as with audio tracks.
ÖThis chapter describes the general procedures for 
setting up and using VST Instruments.
ÖDepending on the VST version the instrument is com-
patible with, an icon may be displayed in front of the in-
strument name, see “About VST 3” on...