Steinberg Nuendo 5.5 New Features Manual

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Working with the new featuresHALion Sonic SE (Nuendo Expansion Kit only)
Switching Between Default and Compact View
•To toggle between the different views, click the down/up arrow button 
(Show/Hide Extended Display) at the top center of the plug-in frame.
Changing the Amplifier and Cabinet Selection in the Compact View
In the compact view, a hover control on the lower border of the plug-in frame allows 
you to select different amplifier and cabinet models.
•To select a different amplifier or cabinet,...

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Working with the new featuresLoopMash (Nuendo Expansion Kit only)
LoopMash (Nuendo Expansion Kit only)
This version of the Nuendo Expansion Kit also comes with an updated version of the 
VST instrument LoopMash. LoopMash is one of a kind: a powerful tool for the slicing 
and instant re-assembling of any kind of rhythmic audio material. With LoopMash, you 
can preserve the rhythmic pattern of one audio loop, but you can replace all sounds of 
this loop with the sounds from up to seven other loops....

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Working with the new featuresLoopMash (Nuendo Expansion Kit only)
In the LoopMash panel, you can see a sliced loop waveform in the top (red) track. This 
track is selected (which is indicated by the track’s background color and the lit button 
to the left of the waveform display).
The selected track holds the master loop. The rhythmic pattern of the LoopMash 
output is governed by the master loop – i.
 e. what you hear is the rhythmic pattern of 
this loop.
7.Look at the 24 pads below the track...

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Working with the new featuresLoopMash (Nuendo Expansion Kit only)
In the following figure you can see four tracks. The track at the top is the master track. 
During playback, LoopMash moves through the master loop step-by-step (which is 
indicated by a rectangle in the track’s color around the current slice) and automatically 
selects four slices from these tracks to replace the slices of the master track. The 
currently playing slice is indicated by a white rectangle around the slice.
The following...

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Working with the new featuresLoopMash (Nuendo Expansion Kit only)
The track section contains the track display with the track controls for setting the track 
volume and a transposition value to the right of each track. To the left of the track 
display you will find the similarity gain sliders. With the button between the similarity 
gain slider and the track, you can define the master track that serves as the reference 
for rhythm and timbre. At the top of the track display you will find a ruler that...

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Working with the new featuresLoopMash (Nuendo Expansion Kit only)
•To change the playback range, click the loop range selector and drag it to a 
different position as a whole.
Setting Track Transposition Value and Track Volume
The track controls to the right of each track allow you to set a track transposition value 
and the track volume for each track individually.
•To set a track transposition value, click the button to the right of the track and 
select the desired transposition interval from the...

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Working with the new featuresLoopMash (Nuendo Expansion Kit only)
To build a composite track, proceed as follows:
1.Import the loop that you want to extract sounds from.
2.Audition the slices and drag the slices that you want to use onto an empty track.
A dialog opens asking you to confirm that you want to create a composite track, 
and to determine the number of slices that the track will contain. If you enter a 
higher number of slices than the track actually contains, the track will be filled up...

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Working with the new featuresLoopMash (Nuendo Expansion Kit only)
Below the selection modifiers, the context menu shows the slice effects. The following 
options are available:
The best way to hear the results of the effects is to try them out!
Transport Controls
The transport controls can be found at the bottom of the LoopMash panel.
Setting the LoopMash Tempo
During playback, LoopMash can be synchronized to the tempo set in Nuendo, or can 
follow its own tempo setting:
•Click the sync button (to the...

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Working with the new featuresLoopMash (Nuendo Expansion Kit only)
•When the sync button is deactivated, you can click the master button (to the right 
of the tempo field) to copy the tempo of the current master loop into the tempo 
field.
The sync on/off parameter can be automated. This is useful to control LoopMash 
in a Nuendo project – with sync off, the playback of LoopMash within a project is 
paused.
Controlling Transport Functions With Your MIDI Keyboard
You can control the start, stop, sync...

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Working with the new featuresLoopMash (Nuendo Expansion Kit only)
Triggering Scene Pads With Your MIDI Keyboard
As you can see, the scene pads are arranged according to the keys on a MIDI 
keyboard. You can trigger the 24 scene pads with a connected MIDI keyboard 
starting from C0 and ending with B1. You can also make use of the Virtual Keyboard 
for triggering the scene pads (see the Operation Manual).
Slice Selection
Click the Slice Selection button (above the transport controls) to open the Slice...