Steinberg Nuendo 4 Operation Manual

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The Project window
Editing Transpose and Velocity for MIDI parts
When one or several MIDI parts are selected, the info line 
contains Transpose and Velocity fields.
Adjusting the Transpose field transposes the selected 
parts in semitone steps.
Note that this transposition doesn’t change the actual notes in the part – 
it’s just a “play parameter”, affecting the notes on playback. The transpo-
sition you specify for a part on the info line is added to the transposition 
set for the whole track. For...

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The Project window
To set the display format globally (for all windows), use 
the primary display format pop-up on the Transport panel, 
or hold down [Ctrl]/[Command] and select a display for-
mat in any ruler.
If you use the “Timecode” or “User” options and the op-
tion “Show Timecode Subframes” is activated in the Pref-
erences (Transport page), the frames will also display 
subframes.
There are 80 subframes per frame.
For the “Feet+Frames” settings, there is an option in the 
Preferences (Transport...

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The Project window
Operations
Creating a new project
You create a new project in the following way:
1.Select “New Project” from the File menu.
A dialog appears, listing a number of project templates, including any 
custom templates you may have created (see “Save as Template” on 
page 488). 
2.Select a template and click OK.
A file dialog appears, allowing you to specify a location for the project 
folder. This will contain all files related to the project. 
3.Select an existing folder or type the...

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The Project window
Zoom and view options
Zooming in the Project window is done according to the 
standard zoom techniques, with the following special 
notes:
When you are using the Zoom tool (magnifying glass), 
the result depends on the option “Zoom Tool Standard 
Mode: Horizontal Zooming Only” in the Preferences (Edit-
ing–Tools page).
If this is activated and you drag a selection rectangle with the Zoom tool, 
the window will only be zoomed horizontally (track height will not change). 
If the...

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The Project window
Resizing tracks in the Track list
You can change the height of an individual track by 
clicking on its lower border in the Track list and dragging 
up or down.
To change the height of all tracks simultaneously, hold down [Ctrl]/
[Command] and resize one of the tracks in this way. If “Snap Track 
Heights” is activated on the Track scale pop-up (see below), the track 
height will change in fixed increments when you resize it.
You can also change the width of the Track list area, by...

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The Project window
Zoom presets and Cycle markers
The pop-up menu to the left of the horizontal zoom control 
allows you to select, create and organize zoom presets. 
These are useful if you want to toggle between different 
zoom settings (e.g. one where the whole project is dis-
played in the project window and another with a high 
zoom factor for detailed editing). With this pop-up menu, 
you can also zoom in on the area between cycle markers 
in the project.
The upper part of the menu lists the...

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The Project window
Adjusting how parts and events are shown
The Preferences on the File menu (the Nuendo menu, un-
der Mac OS X) contains several settings for customizing 
the display in the Project window.
The Event Display page contains common settings for all 
track types:
The Event Display–Video page contains settings for video 
events:
The Event Display–Audio page contains settings for audio 
events:The Event Display–MIDI page contains settings for MIDI 
parts:
Option Description
Colorize Event...

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The Project window
Zooming and navigating in the overview line
By clicking the Show Overview button on the toolbar, an 
extra pane appears under the toolbar; the project overview 
line. 
Show Overview button
In the overview line, events and parts on all tracks are dis-
played as boxes. You can use the overview line to zoom in 
or out, and for navigating to other sections of the project. 
This is done by moving and resizing the track view rectan-
gle in the overview line:
The track view rectangle...

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The Project window
To select a track, click on it in the Track list.
A selected track is indicated by a light gray color in the Track list.
It is possible to select several tracks, by pressing [Ctrl]/[Command] and 
clicking them. To select a continuous range of tracks, use [Shift]-clicking.
To move a track, click and drag it up or down in the list.
To duplicate a track, complete with all contents and 
channel settings, right-click in the Track list and select 
“Duplicate tracks” from the context menu,...

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The Project window
Dividing the Track list
It is possible to divide the Track list into two parts. Both 
sections will have independent zoom and scroll controls (if 
needed), but resizing the window vertically will affect the 
lower section only (if possible). This is useful if you’re 
working with a video track along with multi-track audio for 
example. This way, you can place the video track in the 
upper Track list, letting you scroll the audio tracks sepa-
rately in the lower Track list,...