Steinberg Nuendo 4 Manual

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Importing tracks from a track archive
The Import Track Archive function lets you import tracks 
exported from another Nuendo  project.
ÖNote that the sample rates of the active project and 
the track archive have to match. If necessary, you have to 
convert the sample rate, see below. 
1.Pull down the File menu and open the Import submenu.
2.On the submenu, select “Track Archive…”.
3.In the file dialog that opens, select the XML file and 
click Open.
The Import Options dialog opens.
In...

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4.When the scan is complete, you can select files by 
clicking in the list.
Use [Ctrl]/[Command]-click to select several files, and [Shift]-click to se-
lect a range of files. You can also click the Select All button to select all 
files in the list.
In the following situations, the Cleanup function will list 
files that are not unused:
 If you have moved or renamed files or folders (without updat-
ing the project files to use the new paths), there is no way for 
Nuendo to know that...

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Background
The user can customize the appearance and functionality 
of Nuendo in various ways.
User configurable items described in this chapter are:
Workspaces
By storing different window combinations as workspaces, you can 
quickly switch between different working modes – see “Workspaces” on 
page 504.
Setup dialogs
Several parts of the user interface (toolbars, Transport panel, Inspector, 
info lines and channel settings windows) provide a Setup dialog, where 
you can configure which...

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Creating a new workspace
1.Pull down the Window menu and open the Work-
spaces submenu.
2.Select “New Workspace”.
3.In the dialog that opens, enter a name for the work-
space.
4.Click OK.
The workspace is stored and will appear on the submenu. It will now be 
the active workspace.
5.Set up the windows you want to include in the new 
workspace.
This may include opening, moving and sizing windows, and adjusting 
zoom and track height.
Activating a workspace
1.Pull down the Window menu and...

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Activate the Auto Instantiate Presets checkbox to con-
vert all global workspace presets automatically into work-
spaces when you create a new project or open a project.
To close the dialog, click the OK button or use [Esc].
Note that you can continue working in other windows with the Organize 
Workspaces dialog open.
The Setup dialogs
You can customize the appearance of the following ele-
ments:
 transport panel
 info line
 channel settings window
 toolbars 
 Inspector
Customizing via...

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By selecting items in the “Visible Items” column and us-
ing the Move Up and Move Down buttons, you can reorder 
the selected item(s).
Changes are applied directly. To undo all changes and revert back to the 
standard layout, select “Default” on the setup context menu.
A customized Transport panel.
If you click the Save button (disk icon) in the Presets 
section, a dialog opens, allowing you to name the current 
configuration and to save it as a preset.
To remove a preset, select it on...

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To change the track type, click the arrow to the right in 
the menu display and select a track type from the pop-up 
menu that opens.
All settings made in the dialog will apply to all tracks (current and subse-
quent) of the selected type.
The track type pop-up at the upper left of the Track Controls Settings 
dialog.
ÖAlways make sure that you have selected the desired 
track type when editing the track controls!
Removing, adding and moving track controls
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Resetting Track list settings
You have two possibilities to reset settings:
Click Reset to restore all default track controls settings 
for the selected track type.
Click Reset All to restore all default track controls set-
tings for all track types.
Saving presets
You can save track controls settings as presets for later 
recall:
1.Click on the Save icon beside the Presets name field.
A dialog opens, allowing you to type in a name for the preset.
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Certain essential menu items on the File and Edit menus 
cannot be hidden, such as Save, Open, Close, Undo/
Redo etc.
For these items there is no entry in the Menu column.
If you set a main menu folder (as opposed to a menu 
item) to Off in the Menu column, the entire menu will be 
hidden from view.
The exception to this is if the main menu folder contains non-removable 
menu items, in which case all hideable items on the menu will be set to 
Off, but the menu will still be visible.
The...