Steinberg Nuendo 4 Operation Manual

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The Sample Editor
Initially, length and position values are displayed in the for-
mat specified in the Project Setup dialog. If you click in the 
middle field, a pop-up menu opens, where you can select 
another display format. This selection affects the Sample 
Editor ruler as well.
You can customize the toolbar by right-clicking it and 
using the pop-up menu to hide or show items.
Selecting Setup from the pop-up menu allows you to 
reorder sections on the toolbar, store presets, etc. See 
“The Setup...

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The Definition tab
The topmost tab of the Sample Editor Inspector is used to 
define the musical context of your audio. Here, you can de-
fine the grid, i.e. measure the audio tempo and the groove. 
Open this tab, if you want to use your audio in a musical 
context, so that you can later activate the Straighten Up 
mode, create a groove quantize map or slices.
The upper section of the Definition tab will help you to ad-
just the audio grid. You can select a grid resolution from 
the...

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The Sample Editor
The Hitpoints tab
In this tab, the transients, i.e. hitpoints of the audio can be 
marked. 
Adjust the sensitivity slider to determine how many hit-
points should be shown, and edit them with the Edit Hit-
points tool, if necessary. If you want to clear all hitpoints, 
e.g. to re-detect hitpoints, click the Remove All button.
Click the Slice & Close button, if you want to slice your 
audio to quantize the rhythm of the different slices sepa-
rately (see “Creating slices” on page...

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The ruler
The Sample Editor ruler is located between the thumbnail 
and the waveform display. It shows the timeline in the dis-
play format specified in the Project Setup dialog (see “The 
Project Setup dialog” on page 33). If you like, you can se-
lect an independent display format for the ruler by clicking 
on the arrow button to the right of it and selecting an op-
tion from the pop-up menu that appears (this affects the 
values in the info line too). For a list of the display...

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General Operations
Zooming
Zooming in the Sample Editor is done according to the 
standard zoom procedures, with the following special 
notes:
The vertical zoom slider changes the vertical scale rela-
tive to the height of the editor window, in a way similar to 
the waveform zooming in the Project window (see “Zoom 
and view options” on page 34).
The vertical zoom will also be affected if the option “Zoom Tool Standard 
Mode” (Preferences on the Editing–Tools page) is deactivated...

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The Sample Editor
By using the Speaker tool
If you click somewhere in the waveform display with the 
Speaker (“Play”) tool and keep the mouse button pressed, 
the clip will be played back from the position at which you 
clicked. Playback will continue until you release the mouse 
button.
Scrubbing
The Scrub tool allows you to locate positions in the audio 
by playing back, forwards or backwards, at any speed:
1.Select the Scrub tool.
2.Click in the waveform display and keep the mouse 
button...

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The Sample Editor
You can also adjust the snap point by setting the project 
cursor:
1.Place the cursor at the desired position (intersecting 
the event).
You may want to do this by scrubbing, to spot the right position exactly.
2.Right-click to open the Quick menu and select “Snap 
Point To Cursor” from the Audio submenu.
The snap point will be set to the position of the cursor. This method can 
also be used in the Project window and the Audio Part Editor.
It is also possible to define a snap point...

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The Sample Editor
Editing selection ranges
Selections in the Sample Editor can be processed in sev-
eral ways. Please note:
If you attempt to edit an event that is a shared copy (i.e. 
the event refers to a clip that is used by other events in the 
project), you are asked whether you want to create a new 
version of the clip or not (if you haven’t made a “perma-
nent” choice already – see below).
Select “New Version” if you want the editing to affect the selected event 
only. Select “Continue” if you...

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Processing
Processing (on the Select Process menu in the Process 
tab of the Sample Editor Inspector or in the Process sub-
menu on the Audio menu) can be applied to selections in 
the Sample Editor, as can the effects (on the Select Plug-
in menu in the Process tab of the Sample Editor Inspector 
or in the Plug-ins submenu on the Audio menu). See the 
chapter “Audio processing and functions” on page 238. 
Creating a new event from the selection
You can create a new event that plays...

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Editing regions
The region selected in the list is displayed in gray in the 
waveform display and thumbnail.
There are two ways to edit the start and end position of a 
region:
Click and drag its start and end handles in the waveform 
display (with any tool).
When you move the pointer over the handles, it will automatically change 
to an arrow pointer to indicate that you can drag the handles.
Edit the Start and End positions numerically in the Re-
gions list.
The positions are...