Steinberg Nuendo 4 MIDI Devices Manual

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4.Enter a name for the device at the top of the dialog, 
click [Enter] and then OK.
The device appears in the Installed Devices list, and the device node 
structure for the device is shown automatically in a new window.
5.Select Patch Banks from the pop-up at the top of the 
window.
As you can see, the list is currently empty.
6.Make sure the Enable Edit checkbox is activated.
Now you can use the functions on the Commands pop-up menu to the 
left to organize the patch structure of the new...

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You can now add sets of identical MIDI channels/subnodes 
via the Add Subnodes button. However, if subnodes are 
added directly to the device node, the MIDI connections are 
not automatically created. (In this case, the variables col-
umn remains empty for the new channel and the Device 
panel will not send data to the MIDI device.)
To build the MIDI connection, you have to activate the 
Create Multiple option in the Add Subnodes dialog. 
Proceed like in our following example:
1.Select...

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About Device panels
On the following pages we will describe how to use MIDI 
Device panels and the powerful MIDI device panel editing 
features of the MIDI Device Manager. 
ÖWe recommend that you first configure the patch 
banks, then export the device setup before editing the 
panels. This way, most of your settings will be saved in 
case of panel configuration problems. 
The panels are saved in XML format. For more information, 
see “Panel XML files” on page 44.
Basic concept
The panel...

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4.Click Open. The Import MIDI Devices dialog appears 
where you can select one or several devices for import.
A device setup file can contain one or several MIDI devices.
5.Select a device and click OK. 
The device is added to the list of installed devices in the MIDI Device 
Manager. 
6.Select the correct MIDI output from the Output pop-
up menu, select the device in the list and click the Open 
Device button.
The device control panel opens in a separate window. The Edit (“e”) but-
ton...

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2.Select a panel by double-clicking it in the list.
The panel opens in the Inspector.
ÖIf you can’t see any panels in the “Panels” folder, al-
though you have successfully set up a MIDI device with 
several panels, make sure you selected the correct chan-
nel from the Channel pop-up menu, preferably “Any” to 
see all device panels. Also make sure that the panels fit 
into the space, otherwise they will not be available in the 
“Panels” folder.
Showing panels in the Mixer
1.Open the Mixer...

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2.Activate Write automation on the device panel.
You can automate the device by either moving knobs and sliders on the 
control panel or by drawing curves on the automation track for a selected 
parameter. 
3.If you now go back to the Project window, there will be 
a MIDI Device Automation track in the Track list.
If the track is hidden, select “Show Used Automation” on the Track Fold-
ing submenu of the Project menu.
If you click in the name field, all parameters in the device 
are shown...

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Device node
This shows the name of the selected node. You can rename 
some or all nodes, for example if the device is a typical GM-
compatible synth you may want to rename “Channel 10” to 
“Drums”. 
Panels
In the Panels window area a list of panels assigned to the 
selected node will be shown (currently no panels are as-
signed). 
The “Add Panel” button opens the Add Panel dialog, 
see “The Add Panel Dialog” on page 17.
When an existing panel is selected in the Panels win-
dow area, the...

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The Edit Panel window
After selecting a name and a panel size in the Add Panel 
dialog, click OK to open the Edit Panel dialog. When a 
panel has been added, you can switch between all edit 
windows (Device/Edit Panel/Patch Banks) by using the 
pop-up menu at the top of the window.
The Edit Panel window contains the following areas:
Device structure (top left)
This is the device “tree” where you can navigate the de-
vice structure and its nodes, subnodes and parameters. It 
is the same as...

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At the top you can see and edit the node name. In the 
Views area, you see the list of panels assigned to the cur-
rent node. Using the buttons to the right of the list, you 
can add a new (blank) panel to a node and edit or remove 
an existing panel. 
The way to reach a particular panel or subpanel is to se-
lect a node in the device structure area, and then select 
the desired panel in the Views window area. If you click 
the Edit Panel button, the panel will open in the edit area....

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Adding objects
You build a panel by dragging objects from the Objects 
area on the right hand side of the window into the rectan-
gle in the edit area.
Assigning parameters
Parameters can be assigned to control elements (switches, 
faders, etc.). This is done in the Control Parameter Assign-
ment dialog. This dialog is opened automatically when you 
add a control object, but you can also open it later to 
change the assignment for existing objects.
When you add control objects, the...