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The Offline Process History dialog
Procedures
If you want to remove some or all processing from a clip, 
this can be done in the Offline Process History dialog. 
Processing that can be modified in the Offline Process 
History dialog includes the functions on the Process 
menu, any applied plug-in effects, and Sample Editor op-
erations such as Cut, Paste, Delete and drawing with the 
Pencil tool.
ÖDue to the clip-file relationship (see “Background” on 
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Batch Processing
Nuendo features a Batch Processing function that lets you 
apply a chain of audio processing to one or several events 
in one go – in either the Project window or the Pool. Batch 
Processing is based on operations in the Offline Process 
History dialog, described above. That is, the list of applied 
processes in this dialog is what can be made to constitute 
a batch process.
Batch Processing is therefore a convenient way to apply 
the same effects with...

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Managing Batch Processes
You can delete and rename created batch processes in 
the Manage Batch Processes dialog.
Open the Audio menu and select “Manage…” from the 
Batch Processes submenu to open the Manage Batch 
Processes dialog.
The created batch processes are listed in the left column, and the oper-
ations each batch process contains are listed in the right column.
To remove a batch process, just select it in the list and 
click “Delete”.
To change the name of a...

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Detect Silence
The Detect Silence function on the Advanced submenu of 
the Audio menu 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. Proceed as follows:
1.Select the event in the Project window or the Audio 
Part Editor.
You can select several events if you like, in which case you will be al-
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You can use the Preview function to listen to the result.
The event is played back repeatedly in its entire length, but with the 
“closed” sections silenced.
5.Repeat steps 3 and 4 until you are satisfied with the 
result.
6.Select the desired result, by activating either the “Add 
as Regions” or the “Strip Silence” checkbox, or both.
“Add as Regions” will create regions according to the non-silent sec-
tions. “Strip Silence” will split the event at the start and end of...

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3.Click the “Process” button.
The spectrum is computed and displayed as a graph.
4.You can adjust the display with the settings in the dis-
play window:
5.If you move the mouse pointer over the graph, a 
crosshair cursor follows the graph curve and the display in 
the upper right corner shows the frequency/note and level 
at the current position.
To compare the level between two frequencies, move the pointer to one 
of the frequencies, right-click once and move the...

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Sample Rate The sample rate of the audio selection.
Min. RMS 
PowerThe lowest loudness (RMS) measured in the selection.
Max. RMS 
PowerThe highest loudness (RMS) measured in the selection.
Average The average loudness over the whole selection. Item Description 

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The Sample Editor 

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The Sample Editor
Background
The Sample Editor allows you to view and manipulate au-
dio at the audio clip level, by cutting and pasting, removing 
or drawing audio data, processing or applying effects (see 
“Audio processing and functions” on page 238). This ed-
iting can be called “non-destructive”, in the sense that you 
can undo changes or revert to the original versions at any 
time, using the Offline Process History (see “The Offline 
Process History dialog” on page 251), and because the...

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Window overview
The Elements menu
If you right-click in the Sample Editor to bring up the 
Quick menu, you will find a submenu called “Elements”. 
By activating or deactivating options on this submenu, you 
specify what is shown in the editor window. Some of 
these options are also available as icons on the toolbar.
The toolbar
The toolbar contains the tools…
… and information about the edited audio clip:
The Sample Editor tools Audition, Loop & 
Volume controls
Show 
regions...