Steinberg Nuendo 5 Manual

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The two Project Setup sections
The Project Setup sections at the bottom left of the Project 
Synchronization Setup dialog are related to the active 
project in Nuendo. Therefore they are only visible if you 
have opened a project in Nuendo. Here you can change 
timecode parameters and project options that affect syn
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chronization. These settings are identical with the settings 
in the Project Setup dialog, see 
“The Project Setup dialog” 
on page 57.
Unlike the other settings in the...

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Project Setup - Display
Regardless of the technical needs of a project’s timeline, 
the user might want to see time information displayed in a 
different format. The settings in the “Project Setup - Dis
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play” section allow you to change how Nuendo’s timeline 
is displayed, but not the underlying timeline itself.
Display Format
This setting determines how Nuendo displays time in the 
Project window and the primary display of the Transport 
panel.
Display Time Offset
The value set in...

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ASIO Audio Device
This option is only available with audio cards that support 
ASIO Positioning Protocol. These audio cards have an in
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tegrated LTC reader or ADAT sync port and can perform a 
phase alignment of timecode and audio clock.
VST System Link
VST System Link can provide all aspects of sample-accu-
rate synchronization between other System Link worksta-
tions. For information on configuring VST System Link, 
see 
“Working with VST System Link” on page 512.
Steinberg Time...

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Auto-Detect Frame-Rate Changes
Nuendo can notify the user when the frame rate of time-
code changes at any point. This is helpful in diagnosing 
problems with timecode and external devices. This notifi
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cation will interrupt playback or recording. Deactivating 
this option will avoid any interruption in playback or re
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cording.
Machine Control Output Destination
When the Sync button on the Transport panel is activated, 
all transport commands (including movements of the cur
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sor in...

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ÖSome devices can only listen to their specific IDs. 
Therefore, using the All option will not work with such 
devices.
Number of Audio Tracks
The number of audio tracks should be set to match the 
amount of available audio tracks in the destination device. 
This setting determines how many record-enable buttons 
are shown in the MMC Master panel (see below).
MMC Master panel
The MMC Master panel can be opened from the Devices 
menu. In order to use the MMC Master panel, proceed as...

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Master Machine Control Preferences
There are five preference settings for Nuendo’s master 
machine control operation. They affect how the machine 
reacts to various commands from Nuendo.
Machine follows mouse edits
When this option is activated, moving the project cursor 
with the mouse results in transport commands so that the 
machine continuously locates to the new cursor position. 
If this causes a great deal of unnecessary tape winding, 
you can deactivate the option. In that...

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Steinberg ‘Time Base’
When the Time Base unit is connected to Nuendo, there 
are various settings for machine control input. Please refer 
to the documentation that comes with the Time Base for 
complete information on its use.
Steinberg SyncStation
When the SyncStation is selected as the machine control 
input source, there are several options for how these com
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mands are routed within the SyncStation itself. Please re-
fer to the documentation that comes with the SyncStation 
for...

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Synchronized operation
Once you have connected all the devices that will be syn-
chronized, it is important to understand how Nuendo op-
erates in Sync mode. Sync mode is enabled by activating 
the Sync button on the Transport panel.
Sync mode
When you activate the Sync button, the following happens:
•Transport commands are routed to the machine control 
destination output as specified in the Project Synchroniza
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tion Setup dialog.
Locate, Play, Stop, and Record commands will now be...

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Example scenarios
To better understand how synchronization options can be 
utilized, three example scenarios are provided.
Personal music studio
In a personal music studio, the user might have the need of 
synchronizing with an external recording device such as a 
portable hard disk recorder used for live remote recordings.
In this example, MIDI will be used for timecode and ma-
chine control while the audio clock will be handled by 
Lightpipe digital audio connections.
•When the Sync...

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Postproduction suite
In audio for video postproduction, synchronization needs 
are an everyday concern. Very often users need to synchro
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nize with a 9-Pin VTR in order to work with video material. 
At the same time the audio clock has to be synchronized 
with the video clock source to ensure that both audio and 
video run at the same speed.
Finished audio can then be recorded back onto the digital 
audio tracks of a VTR in perfect sync with the video 
(known as a “layback”). In this...