Steinberg Nuendo 4 Operation Manual
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Cristina Bachmann, Heiko Bischoff, Marion Bröer, Sabine Pfeifer The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. The software described by this document is subject to a License Agreement and may not be copied to other media except as specifically allowed in the License Agreement. No part of this publica- tion may be copied, reproduced or otherwise transmitted or recorded, for any purpose, without prior written permission by Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. All product and company names are ™ or ® trademarks of their respective owners. Windows XP is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Windows Vista is either a registered trademark or trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. The Mac logo is a trademark used under license. Macintosh and Power Macintosh are registered trademarks. Release Date: September 14, 2007 © Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH, 2007. All rights reserved.
4 Table of Contents 3Table of Contents 8About this manual 9Welcome! 10VST Connections: Setting up input and output busses 11About this chapter 11Setting up busses 14Using the busses 17Setting up Groups and FX channels 17About monitoring 17External instruments/effects 22The Project window 23Background 25Window Overview 33Operations 55Options 58Playback and the Transport panel 59Background 60Operations 62Options and Settings 64Recording 65Background 65Basic recording methods 67Audio recording specifics 77MIDI recording specifics 83Options and Settings 85Recovery of audio recordings after system failure 86Fades, crossfades and envelopes 87Creating fades 89The Fade dialogs 91Creating crossfades 92The Crossfade dialog 96Auto Fades and Crossfades 97Event Envelopes 98The Arranger track 99Introduction 99Setting up the Arranger track 100Working with arranger events 102Flattening the Arranger chain 103Live Mode 104Arranging your music to video 105Folder tracks 106About folder tracks 106Handling folder tracks 107Working with folder parts 109Using markers 110About markers 110The Marker window 111Using the Marker track 113Marker key commands 113Editing markers in the Project Browser 114The Transpose functions 115Introduction 115Transposing your music 119Other functions 122The mixer 123About this chapter 124Overview 126Configuring the mixer 130The audio-related channel strips 131The MIDI channel strips 131The common panel 132The input and output channels 132Basic mixing procedures 136Audio specific procedures 144MIDI specific procedures 145Utilities 148VST Mixer Diagrams 151Control Room 152Background 153Configuring the Control Room 156The Control Room Overview 156The Control Room Mixer 158Control Room operations 163Studios and Studio Sends 166Direct Monitoring and latency 167WK-Audio’s ID Controller
5 Table of Contents 168Audio effects 169About this chapter 169Overview 170Insert effects 175Send effects 176Setting up send effects 180Using the Side-Chain input 182Using external effects 182Making settings for the effects 183Effect presets 186Installing and managing effect plug-ins 189VST Instruments and Instrument tracks 190Introduction 190VST Instrument channels vs. instrument tracks 190VST Instrument channels 192Instrument tracks 194Comparison 194Automation considerations 195What do I need? Instrument channel or Instrument track? 195Instrument Freeze 196VST instruments and processor load 197Using presets for VSTi configuration 200About latency 201External instruments 202Surround sound 203Background 205Operations 213Automation 214Introduction 214Enabling and disabling the writing of automation data 216What can be automated? 217The Automation panel 217Virgin territory vs. the initial value 219Automation modes 222Automation performance utilities 229The Settings section 230Hints and further options 231Automation track operations 235Working with automation curves 238Audio processing and functions 239Background 239Audio processing 249Applying plug-ins 251The Offline Process History dialog 252Batch Processing 253Freeze Edits 254Detect Silence 255The Spectrum Analyzer 256Statistics 258The Sample Editor 259Background 260Window overview 265General Operations 271Options and settings 272Audio Warp realtime processing / Tempo match- ing audio to the project tempo 278Working with hitpoints and slices 285Free Warp 288Realtime pitch-shifting of audio events 288Flattening the realtime processing 290The Audio Part Editor 291Background 291Opening the Audio Part Editor 291Window overview 293Operations 294Common methods 295Options and Settings 296The Pool 297Background 297Window overview 300Operations 311SoundFrame 312Introduction 314The MediaBay 315Introduction 316Window overview 316Browsing for media files 319Finding files in the Viewer section 322Previewing files in the Scope section 323The Tag Editor 325Media management
6 Table of Contents 327Track Presets 328Introduction 328Types of track presets 330VST presets 331Browsing for presets 333Creating a track preset 333Creating tracks from track presets or VST presets 334Applying track presets 336Previewing track and VST presets 337Inserts and EQ settings from track presets 338Track Quick Controls 339Introduction 339Setting up the Quick Controls tab 340Options and settings 341Setting up quick controls on an external remote controller 342MIDI realtime parameters and effects 343Introduction 343The Inspector – General handling 344Basic track settings 346MIDI Modifiers 348MIDI effects 350Managing plug-ins 351MIDI processing and quantizing 352Introduction 352The Quantizing functions 357Making your settings permanent 359Dissolve Part 360Repeat Loop 360Other MIDI functions 363The MIDI editors 364About editing MIDI 364Opening a MIDI editor 366The Key Editor – Overview 368Key Editor operations 381Edit In-Place 383The List Editor – Overview 384List Editor operations 387The Logical Editor, Transformer and Input Transformer 388Introduction 388Opening the Logical Editor 389Window overview 389Selecting a preset 389Setting up filter conditions 394Selecting a function 395Specifying actions 397Applying the defined actions 397Working with presets 397The Input Transformer 399The Project Logical Editor 400Introduction 400Opening the Project Logical Editor 400Window overview 401Selecting a preset 401Setting up filter conditions 407Selecting a function 407Specifying actions 408Applying the defined actions 409Working with presets 410Working with System Exclusive mes- sages 411Introduction 411Bulk dumps 412Recording System Exclusive parameter changes 413Editing System Exclusive messages 414Working with the Tempo track 415Background 415The Tempo Track Editor – Overview 417Operations 420Process Tempo 420The Process Bars dialog 421Options and settings 421The Beat Calculator 422Merge Tempo From Tapping 422The Time Warp tool 428The Project Browser 429Window Overview 430Editing tracks
7 Table of Contents 434The Track Sheet 435Overview 436Printing the Track Sheet 437Export Audio Mixdown 438Introduction 438Mixing down to an audio file 439The available file formats 445Synchronization 446Background 446Synchronization signals 447Synchronizing the transport vs. synchronizing au- dio 448Making basic settings and connections 449Synchronization settings 454Timecode Preferences 454Machine Control 455Setting up Machine Control 460Working with VST System Link 460Preparations 463Activating VST System Link 466Application examples 468Video 469Background 469Before you start 470Operations 474The Edit Mode 476Working with film transfers 478Compensating for film transfers to video 482ReWire 483Introduction 483Launching and quitting 484Activating ReWire channels 484Using the transport and tempo controls 485How the ReWire channels are handled in Nuendo 485Routing MIDI via ReWire2 485Considerations and limitations 486File handling 487Working with Projects 489Startup Options 490Working with libraries 490Revert 491Importing audio 494Exporting and importing OMF files 495Exporting and importing AAF files 496Exporting and importing AES31 files 497Exporting and importing OpenTL files 498Importing XSend projects from Liquid 498Exporting and importing standard MIDI files 500Exporting and importing MIDI loops 500Exporting and importing tracks 501Other Import/Export functions 501Cleanup 503Customizing 504Background 504Workspaces 506The Setup dialogs 507Customizing track controls 509Configuring the main menu items 510About preference presets 511Appearance 512Applying track and event colors 514Where are the settings stored? 517Key commands 518Introduction 518Setting up key commands 524Setting up tool modifier keys 524The default key commands 528Index
9 About this manual Welcome! This is the Operation Manual for Steinberg’s Nuendo. Here you will find detailed information about all the fea- tures and functions in the program. About the program versions The documentation covers two different operating sys- tems or “platforms”; Windows and Mac OS X. Some features and settings are specific to one of the plat- forms, Windows or Mac OS X. This is clearly stated in the applicable cases. In other words: ÖIf nothing else is said, all descriptions and procedures in the documentation are valid for both Windows and Mac OS X. The screenshots are taken from the Windows version of Nuendo. About the Nuendo Expansion Kit The Nuendo Expansion Kit adds a number of music com- position functions from Steinberg’s Cubase (the “Cubase Music Tools”) to the standard Nuendo application. The Nuendo Expansion Kit (NEK) is a separate product and can be purchased through your Steinberg dealer. Whenever procedures in this manual use functions avail- able only when the NEK is installed, this is indicated in the text by “Nuendo Expansion Kit only”. Key command conventions Many of the default key commands in Nuendo use modi- fier keys, some of which are different depending on the operating system. For example, the default key command for Undo is [Ctrl]-[Z] under Windows and [Command]-[Z] under Mac OS X. When key commands with modifier keys are described in this manual, they are shown with the Windows modifier key first, in the following way: [Win modifier key]/[Mac modifier key]-[key] For example, [Ctrl]/[Command]-[Z] means “press [Ctrl] under Windows or [Command] under Mac OS X, then press [Z]”. Similarly, [Alt]/[Option]-[X] means “press [Alt] under Win- dows or [Option] under Mac OS X, then press [X]”.ÖPlease note that this manual often refers to right-click- ing, e.g. to open context menus, etc. If you are using a Mac with a single-button mouse, hold down [Ctrl] and click.
2 VST Connections: Setting up input and output busses