Steinberg Nuendo 5 Manual

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The Sample Editor
5.Audition the slices by pointing and clicking in any slice 
area.
The pointer changes to a speaker icon and the corresponding slice is 
played back from the beginning to the end.
•If you hear a single sound split into two slices you can 
disable an individual slice by clicking on the handle of the 
corresponding hitpoint.
The hitpoint handle gets smaller and its line disappears to indicate that it 
is disabled. To reactivate a disabled hitpoint, click on the hitpoint handle...

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ÖThe created slices are shown as separate events in 
the Project window.
Close Gaps
This function from the Advanced submenu of the Audio 
menu is useful if you have sliced a loop for tempo changes 
and you change the project tempo. Lowering the project 
tempo below the loop’s original tempo creates gaps be
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tween the slices – the slower the tempo, the wider the 
gaps. Increasing the project tempo over the loop’s original 
tempo compresses the slices using the time stretch func
-...

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The Sample Editor
In between the different segments you may find gaps 
where non-tonal portions have been detected. Such gaps 
can be caused by non-tonal portions of the audio, e.
 g. 
breath sounds.
At the beginning of the waveform, you can see a gap where no segment 
is shown. 
ÖThe audio waveform displayed on the VariAudio tab is 
always shown as mono, even if you have opened a stereo 
or multi-channel file.
The vertical position of a segment indicates its average 
pitch. If the Pitch & Warp tool...

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The Sample Editor
Applying editing, offline processes, and 
VariAudio
The following offline processes and edits that affect the 
length of the audio file may lead to the reanalysis of the 
audio material:
•Options on the Select Process menu, on the Process 
tab of the Sample Editor Inspector, or in the Process sub
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menu of the Audio menu that can be applied to selections.
•Effect processing using the options on the Select Plug-
in menu on the Process tab of the Sample Editor Inspec
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tor or in the...

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The Sample Editor
The following paragraphs list the corrections that can be 
performed when Segments mode is activated.
Changing the note start or end point 
If you find that a note starts or ends too early or too late, 
e.
 g. when the reverb of a note or a consonant is not in-
cluded in the segment, proceed as follows:
1.On the VariAudio tab activate Segments mode.
2.To change the length of a segment, move the mouse 
pointer over the start/end of the segment.
The mouse pointer becomes a double...

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The Sample Editor
Moving segments horizontally
After cutting a segment it may be necessary to move seg-
ments horizontally, for example, if you notice that a note is 
at the wrong position. Proceed as follows:
1.On the VariAudio tab activate Segments mode.
2.Move the mouse pointer over the upper border of the 
segment.
The mouse pointer becomes a double arrow.
3.Click and drag the whole segment to the left or right.
The segment is moved accordingly. If several segments are selected, they 
are all...

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The Sample Editor
There are three different modes that affect the way in which 
a note will snap to a certain pitch that can be accessed us
-
ing the following modifier keys:
ÖThe default modifier key can be changed in the Prefer-
ences dialog (Editing–Tool Modifier page).
3.Drag the segment up or down to the desired pitch and 
release the mouse. However, be careful: The more the 
pitch deviates from the original pitch, the less likely it is 
that your audio sounds natural.
If the Solo algorithm is...

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The Sample Editor
If you want to change the pitch modulation only for the 
segment start or end, you can set an “anchor point” to 
specify which part of the segment is affected. Proceed as 
follows:
1.Move the mouse pointer over the top border of the 
segment.
The mouse pointer becomes an I-beam symbol.
2.Click at the position where you want to set an anchor.
A vertical line appears at the position where you clicked. A segment can 
only have one anchor.
3.Move the mouse pointer over the top...

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Proceed as follows:
1.After having corrected the segmentation, select the 
segment for which you would like to change the pitch.
2.Activate the Pitch & Warp tool and click the MIDI Input 
button.
3.Press a key on your MIDI keyboard or use the Virtual 
Keyboard (Nuendo Expansion Kit only) to change the 
pitch of the segment.
The pitch of the segment changes according to the note you play. 
The MIDI Input function has two modes: Still mode and 
Step mode. You can switch between them...

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The Sample Editor
ÖTiming modifications introduced this way will not 
adapt to the project tempo. If this is what you want, use 
Musical Mode (see 
“AudioWarp: Tempo matching audio” 
on page 293). 
•You can change the insert position of a warp tab in the 
audio by clicking and dragging the warp tab handle in the 
ruler. This will change the warping (see 
“Editing Warp 
tabs” on page 310).
•Hold down [Shift] (by default) to delete warp tabs. To 
delete a warp tab, hold down the tool modifier so that...