Steinberg Nuendo 4 Operation Manual

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The Project Logical Editor
Selecting a preset
To understand the Project Logical Editor, it might be a good 
idea to start by exploring the included presets. These are 
found on the Presets pop-up menu at the bottom of the 
window, to the right.
To load a preset, select it from the Presets pop-up menu.
The window will show the settings stored in the preset. As the preset is 
not applied to the events yet, you can load different presets just to study 
them without affecting any events. You can also...

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The Project Logical Editor
Searching for Media types
1.Select Media Type in the Filter Target pop-up menu.
This allows you to find elements of certain types of media only. 
2.Open the pop-up menu in the Parameter 1 column 
and select the desired option.
When the Filter Target is set to Media type, the pop-up menu lists the 
available media types. The following table lists what will be found:
3.Open the pop-up menu in the Condition column and 
select the desired condition. 
For media types, the...

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The Project Logical Editor
Combining Media type and Container type
The combination of the Filter Targets Media type and Con-
tainer represents a vesatile tool for logical operations:
Here, the Project Logical Editor will find all Automation tracks (not 
events) in the project whose name contains vol.
Here, the Project Logical Editor will find all MIDI and Instrument parts 
(not tracks) in the project that are muted.
Here, the Project Logical Editor will find all MIDI and Instrument parts 
(not...

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The Project Logical Editor
Searching for elements at certain positions
1.Select Position in the Filter Target pop-up menu.
This allows you to find elements starting at certain positions, either rela-
tive to the start of the project or within each bar.
2.Open the pop-up menu in the Condition column and 
select the desired condition. 
For positions, the following options are available: 
If you select any condition other than the Range, Bar 
Range, Cursor, Loop or Cycle options, you set up a spe-
cific...

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The Project Logical Editor
Searching for elements of certain lengths
1.Select Length in the Filter Target pop-up menu.
This allows you to find elements of a certain length only. The Length pa-
rameter is interpreted via the time base setting of the tracks, i.e. in ticks 
(musical) or ms (time), except for audio parts or events: these are always 
measured in samples.
2.Open the pop-up menu in the Condition column and 
select the desired condition. 
For lengths, the following options are available:
If...

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The Project Logical Editor
Combining multiple condition lines
As described above, you can add condition lines by click-
ing the Add Line button to the right of the list. The result of 
combining condition lines depends on the boolean And/
Or operators and the brackets.
The bool column
By clicking in the “bool” column to the right in the list, you 
can select a boolean operator: “And” or “Or”. A boolean 
operator separates two condition lines and determines the 
result in the following way:
ÖIf two...

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The Project Logical Editor
Selecting a function
The pop-up menu in the top left corner of the Project Log-
ical Editor is where you select the function – the basic 
type of editing to be performed. When you select an op-
tion from the pop-up menu, the field to the right displays a 
comment, making it easier to see what the function does.
The available options are:
Delete
Deletes all elements found by the Project Logical Editor.
ÖWhen you delete automation tracks and undo this op-
eration by selecting...

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The Project Logical Editor
Length
Lets you resize the elements. This parameter is interpreted 
via the time base setting of the tracks, i.e. in ticks (musical) 
or ms (time):
Track Operation
This lets you change the track status.
Name
This lets you rename the found elements. 
Trim
This Action Target is used for automation only and lets you 
trim the found elements.
Applying the defined actions
Once you have set up filter conditions, selected a function 
and set the required actions (or loaded a...

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The Project Logical Editor
Working with presets
The Presets section in the bottom right section of the win-
dow allows you to load, store and manage Project Logical 
Editor presets. A preset contains all settings in the window, 
which means you can simply load a preset and click Do It.
ÖTo load a preset, select it from the Presets menu.
Storing your own settings as a preset
If you have made Project Logical Editor settings that you 
want to use again, you can store them as a preset:
1.You can enter...

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