Steinberg Nuendo 5.5 New Features Manual

New Features in Nuendo 5.5 

Cristina Bachmann, Heiko Bischoff, Marion Bröer, Sabine Pfeifer, Heike Schilling, Benjamin Schütte
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Table of Contents
4Welcome!
5Tempo Detection
8Adjusting the Audio to the Project Tempo
9About Time Stretch and Pitch Shift Algorithms
11About Group Editing
12Working With Lanes
15Audio Editing Improvements
16Video Improvements
16VST Amp Rack
21HALion Sonic SE (Nuendo Expansion Kit only)
22LoopMash (Nuendo Expansion Kit only) 

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Introduction
Welcome!
This document lists and describes features that have been added since the release of 
Nuendo 5.0.
About the Program Versions
The documentation covers two different operating systems or “platforms”, Windows 
and Mac OS X. Some features and settings are specific to one of the platforms.
This is clearly stated in the applicable cases. If 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...

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Working with the new features
Tempo Detection
Nuendo offers a powerful tempo detection algorithm that can be used on any rhythmic 
musical content, even if it has not been recorded to a metronome click and/or 
contains tempo drift. This feature serves two main purposes:
•Analyzing the tempo of freely recorded audio so that other (audio or MIDI) tracks 
can follow this tempo.
•Adjusting freely recorded audio to the project tempo, which can be fixed or 
variable.
Audio Requirements
- The audio event has...

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Working with the new featuresTempo Detection
With the Reset button at the bottom left you can delete the complete analysis data 
and start again from scratch.
Detecting the Basic Tempo of an Audio Event
1.In the Project window, select the audio event that you want to analyze.
2.On the Project menu, select “Tempo Detection…”.
The Tempo Detection Panel opens.
3.Click the Analyze button.
The following happens:
- A rough tempo map based on the beat analysis is created for the selected audio 
clip. 
- A...

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Working with the new featuresTempo Detection
The Detected Tempo Is Off By Half A Beat
In some cases, the offbeat of a rhythm might be dominant enough to confuse the beat 
detection algorithm resulting in an offset. In that case it is necessary to shift the tempo 
events.
•To shift the detected tempo events by half a beat, click the “Offbeat Correction” 
button. 
The Tempo Was Not Detected Properly For The Whole Event
Sometimes it is impossible for the algorithm to properly detect the tempo for the...

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Working with the new featuresAdjusting the Audio to the Project Tempo
Adjusting the Audio to the Project Tempo
If you want freely recorded audio to follow a fixed tempo or a different project tempo, 
you can use the Set Definition From Tempo dialog to save the tempo information from 
the tempo track in the corresponding audio clips.
Proceed as follows:
1.Select the audio events that you want to have follow the project tempo.
For example, this could be the individual tracks in a multi-track drum...

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Working with the new featuresAbout Time Stretch and Pitch Shift Algorithms
About Time Stretch and Pitch Shift Algorithms
In Nuendo, time stretching and pitch shifting algorithms are used for numerous 
operations (e.
 g. the Time Stretch and Pitch Shift offline processes, in the Sample 
Editor, or by the Flatten function). Depending on the feature, some or all of the 
following algorithm presets are available.
élastique
The élastique algorithm is suited for both polyphonic and monophonic material. The...

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Working with the new featuresAbout Time Stretch and Pitch Shift Algorithms
Standard
The Standard algorithm is optimized for CPU efficient realtime processing. The 
following presets are available:
If you select the “Standard – Custom” option, a dialog opens where you can manually 
adjust the three parameters that govern the sound quality of the time stretching:
OptionDescription
Standard – DrumsThis mode is best for percussive sounds, because it does not change 
the timing of your audio. Using this...