Steinberg Nuendo 4 Operation Manual

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Copying settings between audio channels
It is possible to copy all channel settings for an audio chan-
nel and paste them to one or several other channels. This 
applies to all audio-based channel types. For example, you 
can copy EQ settings from an audio track and apply these 
to a group or VST Instrument channel, if you want them to 
have the same sound. 
Proceed as follows:
1.In the mixer, select the channel you want to copy set-
tings from.
You can also select channels with the Channel...

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If “Hold Forever” is activated, the peak levels will remain 
until meters are reset (by clicking the numerical peak dis-
play below the meter).
If “Hold Forever” is off, you can specify for how long the peak levels will 
be held with the parameter “Meters’ Peak Hold Time” in the Preferences 
(VST–Metering page). The peak hold time can be between 500 and 
30000ms.
If “Meter Input” is activated, meters will show input lev-
els for all audio channels and input/output channels. 
Note that the...

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will unmute the group channel and all other channels directly routed to it. 
Channels that were muted prior to the group channel being muted will 
not remember their mute status and will be unmuted when the group 
channel is unmuted.
One application of group channels is to use them as “effect 
racks” – see the chapter “Audio effects” on page 168.
About output busses
Nuendo uses a system of input and output busses which 
are set up using the VST Connections dialog. This is de-
scribed in the...

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MIDI specific procedures
This section describes basic procedures for MIDI chan-
nels in the mixer.
Selecting what to show in the extended MIDI 
channel strip
When using the extended channel strip view options (see 
“Normal vs. Extended channel strips” on page 126), the 
upper panel can be set to show different views for each 
MIDI channel strip. You select what to display for each 
channel by using the View options pop-up menu at the top 
of each channel strip. The following views are...

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Utilities
Link/Unlink channels
This function is used to “link” selected channels in the 
mixer so that any change applied to one channel will be 
mirrored by all channels in that group. You can link as 
many channels as you like, and you can also create as 
many groups of linked channels as you like. To link chan-
nels in the mixer, proceed as follows:
1.Press [Ctrl]/[Command] and click on all the channels 
you want to link.
[Shift]-clicking allows you to select a continuous range of...

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By pressing [Alt]/[Option], you can make individual set-
tings and changes for channels that are linked.
ÖLinked channels have individual automation subtracks. 
These are completely independent, and are not affected 
by the Link function.
The Window submenu
The Mixer context menu, opened by right-clicking anywhere 
on the Mixer window background, provides the Window 
submenu. Its options are handy for quickly switching to an-
other open mixer window, showing/hiding the different 
mixer...

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Load All Mixer Settings
Selecting “Load All Mixer Settings” from the context menu 
allows you to open a saved mixer settings file, and have 
the stored settings applied to all channels for which there 
is information included in the file. All channels, master set-
tings, VST Instruments, sends and master effects will be 
affected.
ÖPlease note that if the saved mixer settings were for 
24 channels, for example, and the mixer you apply it to 
currently contains 16 channels, only the settings...

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VST Mixer Diagrams 
Input Objects
Channel Objects
Input Channel
External Input Channel 
Talkback Channel 
Audio ChannelReWire Channel
VSTi ChannelExternal Instrument  

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Summing Objects
Control Room Objects 
Group ChannelFX Channel
Output BusMain Mix Bus
Control Room ChannelPhones Channel
Studio ChannelMonitor 

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