Steinberg Nuendo 5 Manual

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Networking
In the “Shared Projects” dialog
1.If it is not already active, activate the network by 
checking the option “Active” on the Network menu.
2.Open the “Shared Projects” dialog from the Network 
menu.
3.Click the “Share Active Project” button.
This will open the “Project Sharing and Permissions” dialog, to let you 
verify that all permissions are OK before sharing. You can then share the 
project in the dialog. When the active project is shared, it appears in the 
“My Shared Projects”...

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Networking
Therefore, try placing your large files on a file server and 
import them into Nuendo without using the “Copy File to 
Working Directory” option. The server path should now be 
displayed in the Pool.
Joining projects
The “Shared Projects” dialog lets you join projects shared 
by other users in the network.
This dialog lists all the established users in the network, 
and any projects they are sharing. For you to be able to 
join a project, the user sharing it must be online and have 
given...

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•Clicking “No” allows you to simply commit your tracks 
without having to download all shared tracks. (Please stay 
connected until all others have received your tracks.)
•When you click “Yes”, you can join using your active 
project without having to create a new project locally. 
The Project Sharing and Permissions dialog for your local 
project will be displayed. When you are happy with all per
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mission settings, click on “Start Merge”. This will join the 
Network project and download...

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To a project
If you have made changes to several tracks, or made other 
project changes, you will probably want to commit all 
changes at once:
•Pull down the Network menu and select “Commit 
Changes” to commit the changes over the network.
Alternatively, you can click the corresponding button on the Project win-
dow toolbar. See “Using the Setup options” on page 572 for information 
about how to customize the toolbar.
Loading changes
When other users have made changes to a track and...

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Networking
After the verification process, a dialog lists the results of 
the verification process. Nuendo may either have been 
able to restore communication through the process, or still 
be unable to communicate with some participant(s). The 
dialog lists each participant with whom communication 
still failed (see below).
At this point, you will have to decide whether to remove 
the participant(s) from the network:
•If you suspect the communication problems are tempo-
rary, select “No” and wait to...

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Synchronization 

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Synchronization
Background
What is synchronization?
Synchronization is the process of getting two or more de-
vices to play back together at the same exact speed and 
position. These devices can range from audio and video 
tape machines to digital audio workstations, MIDI sequenc
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ers, synchronization controllers, and digital video devices.
Synchronization basics
There are three basic components of audio/visual synchro-
nization: position, speed, and phase. If these parameters 
are known for a...

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• VITC (Vertical Interval Timecode) is contained within a compos-
ite video signal. It is recorded onto video tape and is physically 
tied to each video frame.
• MTC (MIDI Timecode) is identical to LTC except that it is a 
digital signal transmitted via MIDI.
• Sony P2 (9-Pin, RS-422) Machine Control also has a timecode 
protocol that is mainly used for locating and is not nearly accu
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rate enough for speed and phase. It can be used in certain situ-
ations where there is no...

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Synchronization
ÖWhen transferring material between various video for-
mats and film, it becomes necessary to change the speed 
(frame rate) of one timecode standard so that video or film 
frames can line up in some mathematical relationship to 
the destination format. That is where all the various pull-
ups and pull-downs come from. Certain frame rates were 
created as a result of applying a pull-down. For example, 
23.976fps is actually 24fps pulled down by 0.1
 %. For 
more information on pulls,...

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MIDI clock
MIDI clock is a signal that uses position and timing data 
based on musical bars and beats to determine location 
and speed (tempo). It can perform the same function as a 
positional reference and a speed reference for other MIDI 
devices. Nuendo supports sending MIDI clock to external 
devices but cannot slave to incoming MIDI clock.
Frame edge alignment (phase)
There are 1600 samples of audio in one frame of video run-
ning at 48 kHz and 29.97 fps. Phase alignment adjusts...