Steinberg Nuendo 5 Manual

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The Pool
Changing the Pool Record folder
All audio clips that you record in the project will end up in 
the Pool Record folder. The Pool Record folder is indi
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cated by the text “Record” in the Status column and by a 
red dot on the folder itself. 
By default, this is the main Audio folder. However, you can 
create a new Audio subfolder at any time and designate 
this as your Pool Record folder:
1.Select the Audio folder or any audio clip.
You cannot designate the Video folder (or any of its...

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The Pool
Proceed as follows:
1.Select the file(s) you wish to minimize.
2.Select “Minimize File” on the Media menu.
An alert appears, informing you that the entire Edit History will be 
cleared. Click Minimize to proceed or Cancel to stop the process. 
3.After the minimizing is finished, another alert appears, 
because the file references in the stored project have be
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come invalid. 
Click Save Now to save the updated project or click Later to proceed 
with the unsaved project. 
Only the audio...

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The Pool
Conform Files
By using this command, you will change all selected files 
that have different file attributes than what is specified for 
the project, to conform to this standard.
Proceed as follows:
1.Select the clips in the Pool.
2.Select “Conform Files…” on the Media menu.
A dialog opens allowing you to choose between keeping or replacing the 
original unconverted files in the Pool. 
The following applies:
• Clip/event references in the Pool are always redirected to the 
conformed files.
•...

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The MediaBay 

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The MediaBay
Introduction
One of the biggest challenges in typical computer-based production environments is how to manage the ever-growing 
number of plug-ins, instruments, sounds, presets, etc. from multiple sources. Nuendo features an efficient database for 
media file management that allows you to handle all your media files from within your sequencer program.
The MediaBay is divided into several sections:
• Define Locations – Here, you can create “presets” for locations 
on your system that you...

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The MediaBay
Proceed as follows:
1.Click the “Set up Window Layout” button in the lower 
left corner of the MediaBay window.
A transparent pane appears, covering the window. In the center of it is a 
gray area containing checkboxes for the different sections.
2.Deactivate the checkboxes for the sections you want 
to hide from view. 
Any changes you make here are directly reflected in the MediaBay window. 
Note that the Results list cannot be hidden.
ÖYou can also use key commands for this: use the...

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The MediaBay
The Define Locations section
When you open the MediaBay for the first time, a scan for 
media files is performed on your system. You specify which 
folders or directories you want to be included in the scan by 
activating/deactivating the checkboxes for the folders in the 
Define Locations section. Depending on the amount of me
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dia files on your computer, the scan may take a while. All 
files that are found in the specified folders are shown in the 
Results list.
•To include a folder...

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The MediaBay
Updating the display
You can update the display in two ways: by rescanning or 
by refreshing.
Rescanning
When you click the Rescan button, the selected folder is 
rescanned. If a folder contains a large number of media 
files, the scanning process may take some time. Use this 
function if you have made changes to the content of spe
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cific media folders and want to scan these folders again.
ÖYou can also rescan the selected folder by right-click-
ing on it and selecting Rescan Disk from...

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The MediaBay
•To select the parent folder of the selected folder, click 
the “Browse Containing Folder” button.
•To remove a location from the pop-up menu, select it 
and click the “Remove Browse Location Definition” button.
•To show the files contained in the selected folder and 
any subfolders (without showing these subfolders), acti
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vate the Deep Results button.
When this button is deactivated, only the folders and files contained in 
the selected folder are shown.
The Results list
The Results...

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Setting up the Results list columns
For each media type, or for combinations of media types, 
you can specify the attribute columns that are displayed in 
the Results list. In most cases, you will probably only want 
to display a few main attributes in the Results list and use 
the Attribute Inspector to view the complete list of attribute 
values for the files.
Proceed as follows:
1.Select the media type (or combination of media types) 
that you want to make settings for.
2.Click the...