Steinberg Nuendo 4 Manual

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Automation
Automation track operations
About automation tracks
Audio tracks, group channel tracks and FX channel tracks 
all have automation tracks. These allow you to view and 
edit the automation of all mixer settings for the track, in-
cluding settings for the track’s insert effects. There is one 
automation track for each parameter, and automation 
tracks can be shown or hidden in any combination.
Similarly, MIDI tracks have automation tracks for mixer set-
tings, track parameters and (if used)...

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Assigning a parameter to an automation track
Default parameters are already assigned to automation 
tracks when you open them, according to their order in the 
Add Parameter list (see below).
To select which parameter an open automation track 
should display, proceed as follows:
1.If none exists, open an automation track using one of 
the methods described above.
2.Click in the parameter display for the automation track.
A pop-up list is shown, containing some of the automation parameters...

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ÖNote that the “replacing” of the parameter displayed in 
the automation track is completely non-destructive. 
For example, if the automation track contained any automation data for 
the parameter you just replaced, this data will still be there, although it 
will not be visible after you replaced the parameter. If you click in the pa-
rameter display you can switch back to the replaced parameter. On the 
pop-up menu, all automated parameters are indicated by an asterisk (*) 
after the...

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Muting automation tracks
You can mute individual automation tracks by clicking their 
Mute buttons in the Track list. Clicking the Read (R) but-
ton (see “Enabling and disabling the writing of automation 
data” on page 214) for an automation track will activate or 
deactivate Read mode for all automated parameters of the 
track. Using the Mute button allows you to turn off auto-
mation for a single parameter.
The “Automation follows Events” setting
If you activate “Automation follows...

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To view VST Instrument parameters, you use the same 
method.
As described earlier, each VST Instrument has two or more automation 
tracks – one for the plug-in settings and one for each VST Instrument 
mixer channel.
Dragging and dropping of insert plug-ins
You can drag an insert plug-in from one insert slot to an-
other, either on the same channel or on a different chan-
nel.
When dragging a plug-in to a different insert slot on the 
same channel, any existing automation data will move...

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4.If you click and hold, you can draw a curve by adding a 
multitude of single automation events.
Note that the track color in the track list changes to red to indicate that 
automation data is being written.
5.When you release the mouse button, the number of 
automation events is reduced to a few events, but the ba-
sic shape of the curve still remains the same.
This “thinning out” of events is governed by the Reduction Level setting 
in the Settings section of the Automation panel, see...

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Selecting automation events
To select a single automation break-point, click on it 
with the Arrow tool.
The break-point turns red, and you can drag it in any horizontal or vertical 
direction between two points.
To select multiple break-points, you can either [Shift]-
click or drag a selection rectangle with the Arrow tool.
All break-points inside the selection rectangle will be selected.
Drawing a selection rectangle around break-points to select them.
To select all automation events on...

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Audio processing and functions 

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Audio processing and functions
Background
Audio processing in Nuendo can be called “non-destruc-
tive”, in the sense that you can always undo changes or 
revert to the original versions. This is possible because 
processing affects audio clips rather than the actual audio 
files, and because audio clips can refer to more than one 
audio file. This is how it works:
1.If you process an event or a selection range, a new au-
dio file is created in the Edits folder, within your project 
folder. 
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Common settings and features
If there are any settings for the selected Audio processing 
function, these will appear when you select the function 
from the Process submenu. While most settings are spe-
cific for the function, some features and settings work in 
the same way for several functions:
The “More…” button
If the dialog has a lot of settings, some options may be 
hidden when the dialog appears. To reveal these, click the 
“More…” button.
To hide the settings,...