Steinberg Nuendo 5 Manual

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About earlier VST effect presets
As stated previously, you can use any VST 2.x plug-ins in 
Nuendo. For a description of how to add VST plug-ins, see 
“Installing and managing effect plug-ins” on page 212.
When you add a VST 2 plug-in, any previously stored pre-
sets for it will be in the old FX program/bank format (.fxp/
.fxb). You can import such files, but the preset handling will 
be slightly different. You will not be able to use the new fea
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•You can use the Preset Management pop-up menu to 
save your settings as preset, or to rename or remove the 
current preset.
Extracting insert effect settings from track presets
You can extract the effects used in a track preset and load 
them into your inserts “rack”: 
•On the Preset Management pop-up menu, select “From 
Track Preset…” to open a dialog where all track presets 
are shown.
•Select an item in the list to load the effects used in the 
track preset.
Track presets are...

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Organizing VST 2 plug-ins
If you have a large number of VST 2 plug-ins, having them 
all on a single pop-up menu in the program may become 
unmanageable. For this reason, the VST 2 plug-ins in
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stalled with Nuendo are placed in appropriate subfolders 
according to the effect type.
•Under Windows, you can organize VST plug-ins by 
moving, adding or renaming subfolders within the Vstplu
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gins folder. 
When you launch the program and pull down an effects pop-up menu, 
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VST 2.x Plug-in Paths button
This opens a dialog where you can see the current paths 
to where VST 2.x plug-ins are located. You can add/re
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move folder locations by using the corresponding buttons. 
If you click “Add”, a file dialog opens, where you can se
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lect a folder location.
About the “shared” plug-ins folder (Windows and VST 
2.x only)
You can designate a “shared” VST 2.x plug-ins folder. 
This will allow VST 2.x plug-ins to be used by other pro
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Introduction
VST instruments are software synthesizers (or other sound 
sources) that are contained within Nuendo. They are played 
internally via MIDI. You can add effects or EQ to VST instru
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ments, just as with audio tracks.
ÖThis chapter describes the general procedures for 
setting up and using VST instruments.
ÖDepending on the VST version the instrument is com-
patible with, an icon may be displayed in front of the in-
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•If you do not want the plug-in control panels to open ev-
ery time you load a plug-in, open the Preferences dialog 
(VST–Plug-ins page) and deactivate “Open Effect Editor 
After Loading it”.
You can open a plug-in panel at any time by clicking the “e” button of the 
corresponding plug-in slot.
4.If you now look in the Project window track list, you will 
find that a dedicated folder for the chosen instrument has 
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•Click the Edit (“e”) button to open the control panel for 
the VST instrument. 
•Below the Edit button is a small LED that will light up 
when MIDI data is received by the instrument.
•The rightmost button allows you to activate the desired 
output for the instrument.
This is useful when you are using VST instruments that have a large num-
ber of audio busses, which may be confusing. Click one of the entries in 
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Restrictions
•Instrument tracks have no MIDI sends.
•MIDI volume and pan cannot be controlled (there is no 
“MIDI fader” tab in the Inspector); instead, the VST instru
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ment volume and pan are used (via the “Channel” tab in 
the Inspector). This applies also to the respective automa
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tion parameters.
ÖDue to there being only one volume and pan control for 
the instrument track, the Mute button will mute the com
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Exporting instrument tracks as MIDI file
You can also export instrument tracks as standard MIDI 
files, see 
“Exporting MIDI files” on page 560.
Please note: 
•As there is no MIDI patch information in an instrument 
track, this information is missing in the resulting MIDI file.
•If you activate “Export Inspector Volume/Pan”, volume 
and pan information of the VST instrument will be con
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verted and written into the MIDI file as controller data.
What do I need?...