Steinberg Nuendo 5 Manual

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Fades, crossfades and envelopes
Making Auto Fade settings for individual tracks
By default, all audio tracks will use the settings you have 
made in the project’s Auto Fades dialog. However, since 
Auto Fades use computing power, a better approach may 
be to turn Auto Fades off globally and activate them for in
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dividual tracks, as needed:
1.Right-click the track in the track list and select “Auto 
Fades Settings…” from the context menu (or select the 
track and click the “Auto Fades Settings”...

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The arranger track 

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The arranger track
Introduction
The arranger track allows you to work with sections of 
your project in a non-linear fashion, to simplify arranging to 
the maximum extent. Instead of moving, copying and past
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ing events in the Project window to create a linear project, 
you can define how different sections are to be played 
back, like a playlist.
For this, you can define arranger events, order them in a list, 
and add repeats as desired. This offers a different and more 
pattern-oriented way of...

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The arranger track
Working with arranger events
You now have a number of arranger events that form the 
basic building blocks for your arrangement. The next step 
is to arrange these events using the functions of the Ar
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ranger Editor.
Creating an arranger chain
You can set up an arranger chain in the Arranger Editor or 
in the Inspector for the arranger track. The Arranger Editor 
is opened by clicking the “e” button in the Inspector or in 
the track list. 
On the right in the Arranger Editor, the...

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When you now play back the arranger chain, you will hear 
the complete arrangement. Proceed as follows:
1.Make sure that Arranger mode is activated.
In Arranger mode the project will be played back using the arranger set-
tings.
2.Position the Arranger Editor window so that you can 
see the arranger track in the Project window, and click in 
the arrow column for the event at the top of the list.
You will see the project cursor jump to the beginning of the first event 
specified in...

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Flattening the arranger chain
When you have found an arranger chain that suits your 
purposes, you can “flatten” it, i.
 e. convert the list into a lin-
ear project. Proceed as follows:
1.Click the Flatten button (or select Flatten Chain from 
the pop-up menu in the Inspector for the arranger track).
The events and parts in the project are reordered, repeated, resized, 
moved and/or deleted (if these are not within the boundaries of any used 
arranger event), so that they...

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3.You can now flatten the arranger track by clicking the 
Flatten button.
If you realize that you want to do further arrangements, you can click the 
“Go Back” button and make your adjustments. Your Flattening settings 
will be kept.
4.Click the “Go Back” button to go back to the Arranger 
Editor or close the window by clicking its Close button.
Live mode
If you have set up an arranger track and play it back, you 
have also the possibility to influence the playback order 
“live”....

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An example:
1.Set up a project with a MIDI track and three MIDI 
parts. The first part should start at position 00:00:00:00 
and end at position 00:01:00:00, the second should start 
at position 00:01:00:00 and end at position 00:02:00:00 
and the third should start at position 00:02:00:00 and end 
at position 00:03:00:00.
2.Activate the Sync button on the Transport panel.
3.Add an arranger track and create arranger events that 
match the MIDI parts.
4.Set up the arranger chain...

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The transpose functions 

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The transpose functions
Introduction
Nuendo offers transpose functions for audio, MIDI and in-
strument parts and for audio events. These allow you to 
create variations of your music or change the harmonics of 
an entire project or separate sections. 
Transpose can be applied on three levels:
•To the entire project
By changing the project Root Key in the Project window toolbar, the 
whole project will be transposed (see 
“Transposing an entire project with 
the root key” on page 130). 
•To sections...