Steinberg Nuendo 4 Operation Manual

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The mixer
The MIDI channel strips
The MIDI channel strips allow you to control volume and 
pan in your MIDI instrument (provided that they are set up to 
receive the corresponding MIDI messages). The settings 
here are also available in the Inspector for MIDI tracks.
The common panel
The common panel appears to the left in the mixer windows 
and contains settings for changing the look and behavior of 
the mixer, as well as global settings for all channels.
Level fader 
(MIDI volume)Level (velocity)...

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The mixer
The input and output channels
The busses you have set up in the VST Connections win-
dow are represented by input and output channels in the 
mixer. These are shown in separate “panes” (to the left 
and right of the regular channel strips, respectively), with 
their own dividers and horizontal scrollbars. The i/o chan-
nel strips are very similar to other audio channels and are 
identical for input and output channels (except that input 
channels don’t have Solo buttons or Sends).
For...

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The mixer
About the level meters for audio channels
When playing back audio in Nuendo, the level meters in 
the mixer show the level of each audio channel.
Directly below the level meter is a small level readout – 
this shows the highest registered peak level in the signal.
Click this to reset the peak levels.
Peak levels can also be shown as static horizontal lines 
in the meter, see “Changing the meter characteristics” on 
page 141.
If the peak level of the audio goes above 0 dB, the numer-
ical...

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The mixer
Phase polarity is important when mixing together two 
similar signals. 
If the signals are “out of phase” with respect to one another, there will be 
some cancellation in the resulting audio, producing a hollow sound with 
less low frequency content.
About level meters for MIDI channels
The level meters for MIDI channels do not show actual vol-
ume levels. Instead, they indicate the velocity values of the 
notes played back on MIDI tracks.
About MIDI tracks set to the same MIDI channel and...

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The mixer
Setting pan in the mixer
The pan control.
The pan controls in the mixer are used to position a chan-
nel between the left and right side of the stereo spectrum. 
By default for stereo audio channels, pan controls the bal-
ance between the left and right channels. You can change 
this in the Preferences. By selecting one of the other pan 
modes (see below), you can set pan independently for the 
left and right channel.
To make fine pan adjustments, hold down [Shift] when 
you move the pan...

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The mixer
When moving combined pan controls so that the left or 
right pan control reaches its maximum pan value, it natu-
rally cannot go any further. If you continue to move further 
in the same direction, only the other pan control will move, 
thus altering the set relative pan range until both channels 
are panned fully to one side. If you move the pan controls 
in the opposite direction without releasing the mouse, the 
previously set pan range will be restored.
ÖThe pan settings made with the...

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The mixer
ÖIf you have selected a parameter for the extended 
channel strip and then switch to “narrow” mode, only the 
channel overview and the Meter can be shown in the ex-
tended channel strip. When you switch back to “wide” 
mode, the parameter settings are displayed again.
Using Channel Settings 
For each audio channel strip in the mixer and in the Inspec-
tor and Track list for each audio track, there is an Edit but-
ton (“e”).
Clicking this opens the VST Audio Channel Settings win-
dow. By...

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The mixer
You can also select a channel manually (thereby changing 
what is shown in the open Channel Settings window). 
Proceed as follows:
1.Open the Channel Settings window for any channel.
2.Open the Choose Edit Channel pop-up menu by 
clicking the arrow button to the left of the channel number 
at the top of the Fader view.
3.Select a channel from the pop-up to show the settings 
for that channel in the open Channel Settings window.
Alternatively, you can select a channel in the mixer by...

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The mixer
The Equalizers + Curve pane in the Channel Settings win-
dow consists of four EQ modules with parameter sliders, an 
EQ curve display and some additional functions at the top.
Using the parameter controls
1.Activate an EQ module by clicking its power button.
Although the modules have different default frequency values and differ-
ent Q names, they all have the same frequency range (20Hz to 20kHz). 
The only difference between the modules is that you can specify different 
filter types for...

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The mixer
In the Inspector (Equalizers tab) and in the Channel 
Settings window, click the Bypass button (next to the EQ 
button) so that it turns yellow.
Click again to deactivate EQ Bypass mode.
EQ bypass in the mixer, the Channel Settings window and in the Inspector.
EQ reset
On the preset pop-up menu in the Channel Settings win-
dow and in the Inspector, you will find the Reset command. 
Holding down [Alt]/[Option] and clicking this will turn off all 
EQ modules and reset all EQ parameters to...