Steinberg Nuendo 5 Manual

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Surround sound
The plug-in panel
Double-click on any of the miniature panner controls to 
open the plug-in panel in a separate window.
The SurroundPanner V5 plug-in offers numerous possibili-
ties to position any supported type of sound source, 
whether mono, stereo, or multi-channel. If you work visually 
oriented, you can simply drag the sound source around in 
the pan area. To help you execute very exact movements 
you can use modifier keys to limit the movement direction 
(e.
 g. for straight...

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Surround sound
Speaker channels – Solo and Mute vs. Disabling
The speakers that are distributed around the surround 
field represent the output configuration. You can disable 
speakers or solo/mute them.
•[Alt]/[Option]-click on a speaker symbol to disable that 
speaker (the speaker symbol is grayed out) so that no au
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dio will be routed to this surround channel. The signal that 
would otherwise be sent to this speaker is distributed to 
the other speakers instead. For example, you can disable 
the...

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Surround sound
ÖTo move one of the panning balls in this mode, you do 
not have to click directly on them. You will always move the 
panning ball that is nearer to the position of the mouse 
pointer.
Overview Mode
When moving the sound source in the pan area, you will 
notice that the positioning handle can leave the visible pan 
area (although the channel panning balls cannot). It can 
be moved so far outside that all channels end up on the 
perimeter where the positioning handle left the area. If...

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Surround sound
Orbit controls
The Orbit controls are used to rotate the sound source 
(including all input channels and the positioning handle) 
around the center of the surround field.
Orbit Center
This is the main control that allows you to perform the ro-
tation. For example, you can use this if a person walks 
around in a scene and can still be heard when walking 
“behind the audience”.
Counter Shot
The Counter Shot control is used to rotate the sound 
source by exactly 180°, thereby “flipping”...

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Surround sound
•If the selected input already contains an LFE channel 
(x.1 configuration), it is routed through the SurroundPan
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ner V5 and the LFE encoder is used to control the volume 
of this channel.
•If the selected input does not contain an LFE channel 
(x.0 configuration), all input channels are distributed 
evenly to the output LFE channel. In this case, it might be 
useful to raise the volume of this “downmix” using the LFE 
encoder.
ÖThe LFE channel is used as a full range channel, no...

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Surround sound
These controls influence the perception of spatiality and 
ambience, as well as the traceability of signals.
•At 100 % you get a very transparent, clear sound that conveys 
much spatiality.
•At 0 % the signal is less transparent and movements cannot 
be traced easily.
ÖThe Depth parameter is only available for configura-
tions with front and rear channels.
Input and output level meters
The meters to the left and right of the pan area show the 
volume of all input and output speaker...

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Surround sound
Pinning the SurroundPanner V5 window
When working with multiple channels in a surround con-
figuration, the screen might become overcrowded with 
plug-in windows and you can easily lose track of where 
each panner window belongs.
If you want to work with only one panner window at a time, 
you can open the SurroundPanner V5 for one of your chan
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nels and activate the “Pinned window follows VST channel 
selection” button at the top of the plug-in panel. When you 
now select a different...

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Surround sound
The MixConvert plug-in is described in detail in the sepa-
rate PDF document “Plug-in Reference”.
ÖThere is one exception to this behavior. When a stereo 
channel is routed to a mono destination through the chan
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nel routing or an aux send routing, a normal stereo panner 
will appear. However, this panner will control the balance 
of the left and right channels as they are blended into the 
mono destination. The center position blends both chan
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nels together by equal amounts. With...

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Automation 

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Automation
Introduction
In essence, automation means recording the values for a 
particular Mixer or effect parameter. When you create your 
final mix, you will not have to worry about having to adjust 
this particular parameter control yourself – Nuendo will do 
it for you. Automation is a key feature when mixing in com
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plex, multi-track projects.
Working with automation curves
Within a Nuendo project, the changes in a parameter 
value over time are reflected as curves on automation 
tracks....