Steinberg Nuendo 4 Menu Reference Manual

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Menu Reference
Track Folding
Here you can quickly show, hide or invert what is dis-
played in the Project window event display. This enables 
you to fold in automation subtracks, for example.
Pool
This opens the audio Pool, which contains all clips (audio 
and video) that belong to a project.
Markers
This opens the Marker window. Markers store positions to 
facilitate quick navigation to important locations in a project.
Tempo Track
This menu item opens the Tempo Track Editor. For tempo 
based tracks, the tempo can follow the tempo track (acti-
vated with the Master button on the Transport panel), 
which may contain tempo changes.
Browser
This opens the Project Browser window which provides a 
list-based representation of the project. This allows you to 
view and edit all events on all tracks by using regular value 
editing in a list.
Track Sheet
This opens the Track Sheet, which provides a text-form 
representation of the project, listing all audio and video 
tracks, their contents and time positions. Track Sheets 
can be printed out.
Automation Panel
This opens the Automation Panel, a floating window that 
gives you access to all automation options in Nuendo.
Beat Calculator…
This opens the Beat Calculator window. The Beat Calcu-
lator is a tool for calculating the tempo of recorded audio 
or MIDI material.
Set Timecode at Cursor
This allows you to set the project start position at the cur-
sor position. When synchronizing Nuendo with external 
devices, such as video tapes for instance, the start posi-
tion denotes which timecode frame on the external device 
should correspond to the beginning of the project.
This can also be set in the Project Setup dialog. However, 
if you know that a certain position in your project would 
coincide with a certain timecode position in the external 
device, using this menu item might be preferable. Move 
the project cursor to the desired position, select “Set 
Timecode at Cursor” and specify the corresponding time-
code position in the dialog that appears – the Start value 
is adjusted accordingly.
Notepad
This opens a standard text notepad.
Project Setup…
This dialog contains general settings for a project. See the 
dialog help for specifics.
Auto Fades Settings…
This opens the Auto Fades dialog, where you can specify 
various fade options. Use the Help button in the dialog for 
details.
Option Description
Toggle Selected 
TracksReverses the fold state of the selected track, i.e. if the 
track was folded in (its elements (subtracks) were hid-
den), it is now unfolded (all subtracks displayed) and vice 
versa.
Fold Tracks Folds all open folder tracks in the Project window. The 
exact behavior of this function depends on the “Deep 
Track Folding” setting in the Preferences. 
Unfold Tracks Unfolds in all open folder tracks in the Project window. 
The exact behavior of this function depends on the “Deep 
Track Folding” setting in the Preferences.
Flip Fold Status Flips the fold states of the tracks in the Project window. 
This means that all tracks that were folded in will be un-
folded and all unfolded tracks will be folded in, respec-
tively.
Show All Used 
AutomationThis will open all used automation subtracks for all tracks.
Hide All 
AutomationThis closes all open automation subtracks. 
						

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Menu Reference
Audio menu
Process
Basically, you apply audio processing by making a selec-
tion and selecting a function from the Process submenu. 
For details about the functions and parameters in the vari-
ous processing dialogs, use the Help button in the corre-
sponding dialog.
Plug-ins
All installed effect plug-ins are available separately on the 
Audio menu. This allows you to apply effects processing 
to one or several selected events. 
Batch Processes
Series of performed audio processes (at least two) can be 
saved as a Batch Process, letting you subsequently quickly 
apply the same chain of audio processing to one or several 
audio events in one go. By selecting “Create from Process 
History...”, you create a Batch Process based on the audio 
processes you have performed. Saved Batch Processes 
are available from the Batch Processes submenu. By se-
lecting “Manage...” you can delete or rename saved Batch 
Processes.
Spectrum Analyzer
This function analyzes the selected audio, computes the 
average “spectrum” (level distribution over the frequency 
range) and displays this as a two-dimensional graph, with 
frequency on the x-axis and level on the y-axis.
Statistics
The Statistics function analyzes the selected audio (events, 
clips or range selections) and displays a window with vari-
ous information. Use the Help button in the dialog for de-
tails.
Option Description
Acoustic 
StampLets you apply room characteristics, or reverb, to the se-
lected audio by processing the signal according to differ-
ent impulse responses - recordings of very short signals 
in various room environments.
Envelope The Envelope function allows you to apply a volume en-
velope to the selected audio.
Fade In/Out Allows you to set fade-ins and fade-outs.
Gain Allows you to change the gain (level) of the selected au-
dio.
Merge
ClipboardThis function mixes the audio from the clipboard into the 
audio selected for processing, starting at the beginning 
of the selection.
For this function to be available, you need to have cut or 
copied a range of audio in the Sample Editor first.
Noise Gate Scans the audio for sections weaker than a specified 
threshold level, and silences them.
Normalize The Normalize function allows you to specify the desired 
maximum level of the audio. It then analyzes the selected 
audio and finds the current maximum level. Finally it sub-
tracts the current maximum level from the specified level, 
and raises the gain of the audio by the resulting amount 
(if the specified maximum level is lower than the current 
maximum, the gain will be lowered instead). A common 
use for normalizing is to raise the level of audio that was 
recorded at too low an input level.
Phase 
ReverseReverses the phase of the selected audio, turning the 
waveform “upside down”.
Pitch Shift This function allows you to change the pitch of the audio 
with or without affecting its length. You can also create 
“harmonies” by specifying several pitches, or apply pitch 
shift based on a user specified envelope curve.
Remove 
DC OffsetThis function will remove any DC offset in the audio se-
lection. A DC offset is when there is too large a DC (di-
rect current) component in the signal, sometimes visible 
as the signal not being visually centered around the “zero 
level axis”. DC offsets do not affect what you actually 
hear, but they affect zero crossing detection and certain 
processing, and it is recommended that you remove 
them.
It is recommended that this function is applied to com-
plete audio clips, since the DC offset (if any) is normally 
present throughout the entire recording.
Resample This function changes the length, tempo and pitch of the 
audio by resampling it to a higher or lower sample rate.
Reverse Reverses the audio selection, as when playing a tape 
backwards.
Silence Replaces the selection with silence.
Stereo Flip This function works with stereo audio selections only. It 
allows you to manipulate the left and right channel in var-
ious ways.
Time Stretch This function allows you to change the length and 
“tempo” of the selected audio, without affecting the pitch. Option Description 
						

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Menu Reference
Hitpoints
This submenu relates to Nuendo’s special Hitpoint detec-
tion functions. This is a special feature that detects transient 
attacks in audio material and adds a type of marker, a “hit-
point” at each attack. Once the hitpoints have been cor-
rectly set, you can slice up the file which amongst other 
things enables you to change the tempo without affecting 
pitch. 
The submenu contains the following items:
Realtime Processing
The items on this submenu relate to the realtime process-
ing features in Nuendo.
The submenu contains the following items:
Advanced
The Advanced submenu contains the following items:
Events to Part
This allows you to create a part from selected audio 
events.
Dissolve Part
This menu item dissolves a selected audio part and makes 
any audio events it contains appear as independent ob-
jects on the track.
Option Description
Calculate 
HitpointsInvokes the hitpoint calculation in the Sample Editor.
Create Audio 
Slices from 
HitpointsSlices the event according to the hitpoints and adjusts 
the tempo of the loop to the current project tempo.
Create Groove 
Quantize from 
HitpointsCreates a new groove quantize map according to the hit-
points in the event.
Create Markers 
from HitpointsCreates markers (on the Marker track) according to the 
hitpoints.
Divide Audio 
Events at 
HitpointsSplits the event into several events, according to the hit-
points.
Remove 
HitpointsThis removes all hitpoints.
Option Description
Create 
Warp Tabs 
from HitpointsThis creates warp tabs from calculated hitpoints. This 
can be done by either directly selecting this item without 
creating hitpoints first, or by first creating and editing hit-
points and then selecting this item.
Quantize Audio This allows you to quantize audio according to the set 
quantize resolution in the Project.
Flatten Time-
stretch and 
TransposeThis allows you to flatten the realtime processing to con-
serve CPU power.
Unstretch 
AudioThis allows you to undo the realtime time stretching pro-
cessing. For this item to be selectable an audio event has 
to be open in the Sample Editor.
Option Description
Detect Silence The Detect Silence function searches for silent sections 
in an event, and either splits the event, removing the silent 
parts from the project, or creates regions corresponding 
to the non-silent sections.
Event or Range 
as RegionThis function is available when one or several audio 
events are selected or a selection range has been made 
encompassing one or several audio events. It creates a 
region in the corresponding clip, according to the follow-
ing rules:

position of the region will be determined by the start and 
end position of the event within the clip. 

ent, regions will be created be-
tween each hitpoint.
Events from 
RegionsThis function is available if you have selected an audio 
event whose clip contains regions within the boundaries 
of the event. The function will remove the original event 
and replace it with event(s) positioned and sized accord-
ing to the region(s).
Set Tempo 
from EventAdjusts the project tempo to the tempo detected in the 
edited loop.
Close Gaps Applies time stretch to close the gaps between slices 
(typically when the project tempo is lower than the loop 
tempo).
Stretch to 
Project TempoStretches the selected event(s) to fit the project tempo. 
Requires that hitpoints have been calculated for the 
event(s).
Delete 
OverlapsUsed when recording audio in Stacked Cycle Recording 
mode. In this mode, each take (cycle lap) ends up on a 
separate lane on the track in the Project window. After 
editing the takes (composing a “perfect take” for exam-
ple), you can select Delete Overlaps to return the sepa-
rate takes to a single lane and remove all overlapped 
material – e.g. only the material that will be played back 
will be visible in the Project window. 
						

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Menu Reference
Snap Point to Cursor
This allows you to set the snap point to the current cursor 
position.
Bounce Selection
This allows you to create either a new clip or a new audio 
file from a selection.
Find Selected in Pool
This can be used to quickly find the clips in the Pool for 
events selected in the Project window. When this menu 
item is selected, the Pool opens with the corresponding 
clip(s) highlighted.
Update Origin
The original start position where a clip was recorded in the 
project is shown in the Pool’s “Origin Time” column. As 
this value can be used as a basis for the “Insert into 
Project” Media menu item (and other functions), you can 
change it if desired. This can be done by selecting the 
corresponding clip in the Pool, moving the project cursor 
to the new position and selecting this menu item.
Crossfade
This allows you to create a crossfade between two se-
lected consecutive audio events.
If the two events overlap, the crossfade will be applied 
to the overlapping area.
If they do not overlap (but their respective audio clips 
do), the events are resized and a crossfade is applied in 
the overlapping range.
Remove Fades
This will remove any fades or crossfades from a selected 
event.
Open Fade Editor(s)
This opens the Fade dialog for a selected event. Note that 
this will open two dialogs if the event has both fade-in and 
fade-out curves.
Adjust Fades to Range
This allows you to adjust a fade area according to a range 
selection.
Fade In to Cursor
This applies a linear fade in from the start of the selected 
event(s) to the position of the project cursor.
Fade Out to Cursor
This applies a linear fade out from the end of the selected 
event(s) to the position of the project cursor.
Apply Standard Fade In
This applies a fade in from the start of the selected event. 
The length and shape of the fade curve depend on the 
settings defined as default in the Fade editor.
Apply Standard Fade Out
This applies a fade out to the end of the selected event. 
The length and shape of the fade curve depend on the 
settings defined as default in the Fade editor.
Remove Volume Curve
This will remove any event envelope curves for selected 
events.
Offline Process History
This opens the Offline Process History dialog. In the dia-
log you can remove some or all processing previously ap-
plied to a clip. See the dialog help for details.
Freeze Edits
This allows you to make any processing or applied effects 
permanent for a clip. 
						

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Menu Reference
MIDI menu
Open Key Editor
This opens the Key Editor for the selected MIDI part(s) or 
track(s). This editor consists of a piano-roll type graphic 
interface, with the notes shown as boxes in a grid.
Open Score Editor (NEK only)
This opens the Score Editor where MIDI data is inter-
preted as a musical score.
Open Drum Editor (NEK only)
This opens the Drum Editor which is designed especially 
for editing drum and percussion tracks.
Open List Editor
This opens the List Editor. In this editor, MIDI notes, con-
trollers and other events are shown in a list.
Open In-Place Editor
This opens the In-Place Editor in the Project window. It 
looks like a miniature Key Editor and allows some MIDI ed-
iting.
Over Quantize
Quantizing is a function that automatically moves re-
corded notes, positioning them on exact note values. This 
quantizes the selected MIDI parts or notes, according to 
the current Quantize pop-up menu setting.
Iterative Quantize
Instead of moving a note to the closest quantize grid posi-
tion, Iterative Quantize moves it only part of the way. You 
specify how much the notes should be moved towards the 
grid with the Iterative Strength setting in the Quantize 
Setup dialog.
Quantize Setup…
In the Quantize Setup dialog you can make various quan-
tize settings.
Advanced Quantize
Transpose…
This opens the Transpose dialog, where you can make 
transpose settings for selected notes.
Merge MIDI in Loop
This combines all MIDI events between the left and right 
locator on all unmuted tracks and generates a new MIDI 
part, containing all the events as you would hear them play 
back. The new part will end up on the selected track, be-
tween the locators. You are asked whether to include 
MIDI insert effects and/or send effects and whether to 
overwrite (erase) the data on the destination track.
A typical use for this is to “freeze” the settings you have 
made in the MIDI Track Inspector, applying e.g. MIDI ef-
fects to a single part.
Freeze MIDI Modifiers
This function applies all filter settings to the respective 
track and (in contrast to Merge MIDI in Loop) takes the re-
sult as the new standard. 
Option Description
Quantize 
LengthsThis will quantize the length of the notes without chang-
ing their start positions. At its most basic level, this func-
tion will set the length of the notes to the Length 
Quantize value on the toolbar of the MIDI editors.
Quantize Ends The Quantize Ends function on the Quantize submenu 
will only affect the end positions of notes. Apart from that, 
it works just like regular quantizing, taking the Quantize 
pop-up menu setting into account.
Undo Quantize You can revert the selected MIDI notes to their original, 
unquantized state at any time. This is independent from 
the regular Undo History.
Freeze Quantize There may be situations when you want to make the 
quantized positions “permanent”. For example, you may 
want to quantize notes a second time, having the results 
based on the current quantized positions rather than the 
original positions. To make this possible, select the notes 
in question and use this function.
Part to Groove This menu item allows you to create a groove quantize 
map from a selected MIDI part. 
						

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Dissolve Part 
This item has two uses:
To separate events according to MIDI channel when a 
MIDI Part contains events on different channels (MIDI 
channel “Any”).
To separate MIDI events according to pitch.
Drum tracks typically have separate drum sounds for each pitch.
O-Note Conversion (NEK only)
This function (only available if a drum map has been as-
signed for the MIDI track) goes through the selected MIDI 
part(s) and sets the actual pitch of each note according to 
its O-note setting. This is useful if you want to convert the 
track to a “regular” MIDI track (with no drum map) and still 
have the notes play back the correct drum sound.
Repeat Loop
This menu item is only available if an Independent Track 
Loop has been set in one of the MIDI editors. When se-
lected, the Events inside the loop range will be repeated 
until the end of the part. Events in the same part that fol-
low the loop will be replaced by the events in the loop.
Functions
Option Description
Legato Extends each selected note so that it reaches the next 
note. You can specify the desired gap or overlap with the 
“Legato Overlap” setting in the Preferences (Editing 
page).
Fixed Lengths Resizes all selected notes to the length set with the 
Length Quantize pop-up menu on the MIDI Editor tool-
bar.
Delete Doubles Removes double notes, i.e. notes of the same pitch on 
the exact same position. Double notes can occur when 
recording in Cycle mode, after Quantizing, etc. This func-
tion always affects whole MIDI parts.
Delete
ControllersRemoves all MIDI controller events from the selected 
MIDI parts. This function always affects whole MIDI parts.
Delete 
Continuous 
ControllersRemoves all continuous MIDI controller events from the 
selected MIDI parts. On/Off events, such as sustain 
pedal events, are not removed. This function always af-
fects whole MIDI parts.
Delete Notes… Allows you to delete very short or weak notes. This is 
useful for automatically removing unwanted “ghost 
notes” after recording. Selecting “Delete Notes…” opens 
a dialog in which you set up the criteria for the function.
Restrict 
PolyphonySelecting this item opens a dialog in which you can spec-
ify how many “voices” should be used (for the selected 
notes or parts). Restricting the polyphony this way is use-
ful when you have an instrument with limited polyphony 
and want to make sure all notes will be played. The effect 
is achieved by shortening notes as required, so that they 
end before the next note starts.
Pedals to Note 
LengthThis function scans for sustain pedal on/off events, 
lengthens the affected notes to match the sustain pedal 
off position, and then removes the Sustain Controller on/
off events.
Delete Overlaps 
(mono)This function allows you to make sure that no two notes 
of the same pitch overlap (i.e. that one starts before the 
other ends). Overlapping notes of the same pitch can 
confuse some MIDI instruments (a new Note On is trans-
mitted before the Note Off is transmitted). This command 
can then be used to automatically rectify the problem.
Delete Overlaps 
(poly)This function shortens notes when required, so that no 
note begins before another ends. This happens regard-
less of which pitch the notes have.
Velocity… Opens a dialog that allows you to manipulate the velocity 
of notes in various ways.
Fixed Velocity This function sets the velocity of all selected notes to the 
Insert Velocity value on the toolbar in the MIDI Editors.
Thin  Out  Data This thins out your MIDI data. Use this to ease the load on 
MIDI devices if you have recorded very dense controller 
curves etc.
Extract MIDI
AutomationThis option allows you to automatically convert continu-
ous controller data of a MIDI part into MIDI track automa-
tion data.
Reverse This inverts the order of the selected events (or of all 
events in the selected parts), causing the MIDI music to 
play backwards. Note though, that the effect is different 
from reversing an audio recording. With MIDI, the individ-
ual notes will still play as usual in the MIDI instrument – 
it’s only the order of playback that is changed.
Merge Tempo 
from TappingIf you have freely recorded audio or MIDI and want to 
match the project tempo to that, you can tap the tempo 
by recording MIDI notes, select the recorded part and se-
lect this function. This adapts the Tempo track to the 
tempo you have tapped, adding new tempo events where 
needed. Option Description 
						

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Logical Editor…
This opens the Logical Editor where you can perform ad-
vanced “search and replace” operations on MIDI data.
Logical Presets
This submenu contains various presets for use with the 
Logical Editor.
Drum Map Setup… (NEK only)
This is where you load, create, modify and save drum 
maps. The list to the left shows the currently loaded drum 
maps; selecting a drum map in the list displays its sounds 
and settings to the right.
Insert Velocities…
All MIDI editors feature an Insert Velocity pop-up, where 
one of five different velocity values can be selected when 
inserting notes. This menu item allows you to specify 
which five velocity values should be available on the Insert 
Velocity pop-up menu.
Reset
This function sends out note-off messages and resets 
controllers on all MIDI channels. You can use this if you 
experience hanging notes or stuck controllers etc.
Scores menu (NEK only)
Open Selection
This opens the selected part(s) in the Score Editor.
Open Layout…
This opens a list of available score layouts, from which you 
can choose one to be applied to the selected part(s).
Page Mode
This option switches the score display to Page Mode, 
which shows how the score appears on printed pages. 
Some features of the Score Editor are only available in 
Page Mode.
Settings…
This opens the Score Settings dialog in which you can set 
the appearance and behavior of the score.
Group/Ungroup Notes
This function allows you to manually group and ungroup 
selected notes.
Convert to Grace Note
This allows you to manually convert one or more selected 
notes to grace notes.
Build N-Tuplet…
This allows you to create tuplets from selected notes, with 
or without changing the MIDI data.
Insert Slur
This option allows you to insert a slur over a selection of 
notes.
Hide/Show
This function toggles between the hiding and showing of 
objects. All objects can be hidden, e. g. notes, rests, sym-
bols, clefs, bar lines and even entire staves. To make hid-
den objects temporarily visible, activate the Hidden Notes 
checkbox on the display filter bar. To make them perma-
nently visible, select them and click Hide/Show again. 
						

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Flip
This allows you to flip a selected crescendo/diminuendo 
symbol.
Align Elements
Make Chord Symbols
This analyzes the selected notes and displays the result-
ing chord symbols.
Make Guitar Symbols
This analyzes the selected notes and displays the result-
ing guitar chord symbols.
Functions
Auto Layout…
Here you can set the preferences for the automatic layout 
of the Score Editor.
Reset Layout…
This function allows you to delete invisible layout ele-
ments, which in effect restores the score to default set-
tings. Enter your preferences in the dialog that opens.
Advanced Layout
Media menu
Open Pool Window
Opens the Pool.
Open MediaBay
Opens the MediaBay.
Open Loop Browser
Opens the Loop Browser.
Open Sound Browser
Opens the Sound Browser.
Import Medium…
The Import Medium dialog is used for importing files di-
rectly into the Pool.
Import Audio CD…
This opens a dialog that allows you to import audio from 
audio CDs.
Option Description
Left/Right/
Top/BottomAligns the selected objects in the respective way.
Center Vertical/
HorizontalCenters the selected objects in the respective way.
Dynamics Aligns all selected dynamic symbols (e. g. crescendo) 
horizontally.
Option Description
Merge All 
StavesAllows you to combine up to four tracks into a new track 
with polyphonic voices.
Extract Voices Allows you to extract 2-8 voices from a polyphonic track 
into new tracks of their own (reverse function to Merge 
All Staves).
Explode Allows you to split the notes on a staff into different tracks. 
It is also possible to use this function to convert a poly-
phonic staff into polyphonic voices.
Scores Notes 
to MIDIConverts the score data, as displayed, into MIDI data. 
Lyrics From 
ClipboardInserts lyrics (written in another program) via the clip-
board. For this, select the first note to which the lyrics 
should be added.
Text From 
ClipboardInserts text (written in another program) via the clipboard.
Find and 
ReplaceThis text function allows you to replace all occurrences of 
a certain word or group of words, regardless of their for-
matting.
Force Update Redraws the screen.
Option Description
Number of 
BarsHere you can set the desired number of bars across the 
page.
Display 
MarkersActivate this to show the marker names.
Marker Track 
to FormInserts rehearsal markers and double bar lines into the 
score. 
						

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Import Pool…
Steinberg’s Nuendo applications, as well as Cubase, can 
export the Pool as a separate file (file extension “.npl”). 
Such Pool files can be imported into Nuendo by using the 
Import Pool command on the Media menu. When you im-
port a Pool file, the file references in it are “added” to the 
current Pool.
The audio and video files themselves are not saved in the 
Pool file, only a reference to them. For there to be any 
point in importing a Pool file, you need access to all refer-
ence files (which preferably should have the same file 
paths as when the Pool was saved).
Export Pool…
This allows you to export the pool as a separate file (see 
above).
Find Missing Files…
This opens the Resolve Missing Files dialog that can be 
used to find referenced files that may have been moved or 
renamed etc. 
In the dialog that appears, decide if you want the program 
to try to find the file for you (Search), if you want to do it 
yourself (Locate) or if you want to specify in which direc-
tory the program should search for the file (Folder).
Remove Missing Files
If the Pool contains audio files that cannot be found or re-
constructed, you may want to remove these:
Select this item to remove all missing files from the Pool 
(and remove their corresponding events from the Project 
window).
Reconstruct
If a missing file cannot be found (e.g. if you have acciden-
tally deleted it from the hard disk), it will normally be indi-
cated with a question mark in the Status column in the 
Pool. However, if the missing file is an edit file (a file cre-
ated when you process audio, stored in the Edits folder 
within the project folder), it may be possible for the pro-
gram to reconstruct it by recreating the editing to the orig-
inal audio file.
Convert Files…
This opens the Convert Options dialog which operates on 
selected files. Use the pop-up menus to specify which au-
dio file attributes you want to keep and which you want to 
convert.
Conform Files…
This will change all selected files that have different file at-
tributes to what is specified for the project, to conform to 
this standard.
Extract Audio from Video File
This allows you to extract the audio from a video file on 
disk, whereupon a new clip with the audio will appear in 
the Pool Record folder. The clip will get the same name as 
the video file from which it was extracted, and the sample 
rate and file format used in the project.
Generate Thumbnail Cache
This generates a thumbnail cache of the video, used for 
display in case of strained computing resources.
Create Folder
This allows you to create a new audio or video subfolder.
Empty Trash
To delete a file permanently from the hard disk, it must first 
be moved to the Trash folder. When clips are in the Trash 
folder they can be removed permanently by using this 
command.
Remove Unused Media
This function finds all clips in the Pool that are not used in 
the project, and either moves them to the Pool Trash folder 
where they can be permanently deleted, or removes them 
from the Pool.
Prepare Archive…
This command should be used when you want to archive a 
project. It checks that every clip referenced in the project 
is located in the same folder. 
						

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Set Pool Record Folder
This is used to designate a new Pool Record folder. Se-
lect the folder, and choose this command to change the 
Pool Record folder to the selected folder.
Minimize File
This allows you to change the size of audio files according 
to the audio clips referenced in a project. The files pro-
duced using this option will only contain the audio file por-
tions actually used in the project, which can significantly 
reduce the size of the project (given that large portions of 
the audio files are unused).
New Version
This allows you to create a new version of a selected clip. 
The new version appears in the same Pool folder, with the 
same name but with a “version number” after it, to indicate 
that the new clip is a duplicate. The first copy made of a 
clip will logically get the version number “2” and so on.
ÖCopying a clip does not create a new file on disk, but 
just a new edit version of the clip (referring to the same 
original file).
Insert into Project
This allows you to insert clips selected in the Pool into the 
project, at the current cursor position or at the clip’s Ori-
gin position.
Select in Project
If you want to find out which events in the project refer to a 
particular clip in the Pool you can use this function. Select 
the clip in the Pool, and use this menu item. The corre-
sponding event(s) will then be selected in the Project win-
dow.
Search Media…
You can perform a search of the Pool to locate particular 
clips or regions. You can specify various criteria to match 
in the dialog that appears.
Transport menu
Transport Panel
This opens the Transport panel.
Locators to Selection
This will set the locators to encompass the current selec-
tion or selection range.
Locate Selection
This moves the project cursor to the start of the current 
selection or selection range.
Locate Selection End
This moves the project cursor to the end of the current se-
lection or selection range.
Locate Next Marker
This moves the project cursor to the next marker position.
Locate Previous Marker
This moves the project cursor to the previous marker posi-
tion.
Locate Next Event
This moves the project cursor to the next event start or 
end on the selected track.
Locate Previous Event
This moves the project cursor to the previous event start 
or end on the selected track.
Postroll from Selection Start/End
This starts playback from the beginning or end of the cur-
rently selected range and stops after the time set in the 
Postroll field on the Transport panel.
Preroll to Selection Start/End
This starts playback from a position before the start or end 
of the currently selected range and stops at the selection 
start or end, respectively. The playback start position is set 
in the Preroll field on the Transport panel.