Steinberg Nuendo 4 Operation Manual

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SoundFrame 

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SoundFrame
Introduction
One of the biggest challenges in typical project studio en-
vironments is how to manage the ever-growing number of 
plug-ins, instruments, presets, etc. Nuendo provides a 
truly universal, fully integrated solution to this problem: 
SoundFrame.
What constitutes SoundFrame?
The Nuendo SoundFrame is what links the MediaBay and 
instrument tracks as well as track and VST3 presets. 
The MediaBay is a universal Media Management Sys-
tem providing different views that allows you to...

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In the Inspector for instrument tracks as a button for ex-
tracting sounds.
In the Inspector or the Channel settings window as but-
tons for extracting Inserts or EQ settings from track presets.
What can SoundFrame do for you?
SoundFrame allows you to manage any sound from any 
software or hardware synthesizer under a single, unified 
user interface.
SoundFrame can help you find any sound, not only by in-
strument but also by category, type, style, character or 
other attributes (Track...

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The MediaBay 

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The MediaBay
Introduction
Modern media production involves having to deal with a 
multitude of media files, e. g. audio, MIDI, video, etc.
Nuendo features a powerful media file management data-
base that allows you to control all your media files from 
within your sequencer program. This may involve several 
different tasks: 
You can browse the folders of your file system to view 
folders and files.
You can define searches to find specific files and filter 
the search results.
You can organize your...

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The MediaBay
Window overview
The info line
The info line is located at the bottom of the window.
The info line shows the number of files displayed in the 
Viewer section and the path to the folder selected in the 
Browser section in which these files were found.
MediaBay sections
You can use the three buttons below the Browser section 
to show/hide the respective sections in the MediaBay 
window. The Viewer section cannot be hidden.
Click this button to hide the Browser section.
You can change the...

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Scanning operations
When you open the MediaBay, the Loop Browser or the 
Sound Browser for the first time, a scan for the media files 
needs to be performed. Specify which folders or directories 
should be included in the scan by activating the check 
boxes to the left of their name. Depending on the amount of 
media files on your computer, the scan may take a while. 
The scan result is saved in the MediaBay database. 
To include a folder, activate its check box.
These folders will be...

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Folder operations
The Browser section shows the folder structure of your 
computer’s file system in a way very similar to the Win-
dows Explorer or the Mac OS Finder:
Click on the folder icons in the Browser display to se-
lect the corresponding folder.
Double-click on the folder icons in the Browser display 
to open the corresponding folder.
When a folder contains subfolders, this is indicated by a 
plus icon in front of the folder icon. The plus icon changes 
to a minus icon when the...

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4.Click OK.
The new preset is added to the Select Browse Location Presets pop-up 
menu (which can be opened by clicking on the down arrow icon).
When you now open the Select Browse Location Presets 
pop-up menu and select the new preset, the respective 
preset folder will be selected in the Browser display.
To remove a preset from the Select Browse Location 
Presets pop-up, select it from the pop-up and click the 
“Remove Browse Location Preset” button (the “-” icon).
Finding files in...

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Once a search operation has been completed, the very 
first entry in the Viewer list is selected. When you now 
press [Tab] once, this selected entry will receive the focus 
and you can use the Up and Down arrow keys to browse 
the list of files.
Performing a Details search
The following section briefly describes how to perform a 
search for a particular file name in the file system.
Proceed as follows:
1.Select the root folder of your hard disk in the Browser 
section.
2.Select the...