Steinberg Nuendo 5 Manual

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Film speed is faster than NTSC video speed. When the 
audio is pulled down, it allows production audio (DAT 
tapes or files from a field recorder) from a film shoot to 
play back in sync with NTSC video. Even though 29.97
 fps 
is a faster frame rate than 24
 fps (film speed), the video is 
running -0.1
 % slower than the original film due to the 2-3 
transfer process and hence the need to slow the audio 
down a bit.
Compensating for speed changes in 
Nuendo
In Nuendo, there are two basic ways...

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The idea is that when you have completed the audio mix 
for your film project, the video will be sped back up to film 
speed for the final transfer back to film and your audio mix 
can then be played at the standard 48
 kHz sample rate (no 
pull-down) and will remain in sync with the picture.
Using this method preserves the quality of the original au-
dio recording made during filming and allows for a digital 
mixdown transfer at film speed without any generation 
loss or sample rate...

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ÖIt makes no difference whether you make your Audio 
Pull-up/Pull-down settings in the Project Setup dialog or 
the Project Synchronization Setup dialog. If you use the 
Project Synchronization Setup dialog, your adjustment is 
reflected in the Project Setup dialog, and vice versa.
Whenever you apply an audio pull to Nuendo from an ex-
ternal clock, also set “Audio Pull-up/Pull-down” to the 
corresponding setting. This allows Nuendo to recalculate 
the sample count to reflect the adjusted...

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What is 23.976 fps used for?
The world of digital video formats is ever changing and the 
results are new developments for every media professional 
involved in movies, television, corporate video, and more. 
With the advent of HD cameras that are capable of record
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ing at several different frame rates internally, the options 
available to cinematographers have become staggering.
Because the look of film running at 24 fps is unique, many 
HD productions are filmed at 24
 fps to mimic the look...

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Introduction
Nuendo has been designed from the ground up as a pro-
duction tool with features that are catered to working with 
video and film. The depth and versatility of Nuendo’s de
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sign allow you to work very precisely and yet retain the 
freedom and ease that allows greater creativity in creating 
music and sound design for film and video.
In this chapter, real world situations that you would en-
counter while working with video will be explained. These 
include the...

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code displayed anywhere in Nuendo with a semicolon, 
you are using drop-frame timecode. This is the only indi
-
cation besides looking at the Project Setup dialog, that 
you are using drop-frame timecode.
Drop-frame SMPTE timecode display with frames separated by a 
semicolon.
When the Project window’s time display is set to time-
code, the grid options change. The choices are:
• Subframe (1/100th of a frame)
• 1/4 frame (25 subframes)
• 1/2 frame (50 subframes)
•1 frame
•2...

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The most commonly used format, the OMF file, comes in 
two basic formats: files with embedded audio and files 
that refer to external audio media. Both formats store infor
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mation about where to place each piece of audio in the 
timeline. Each format has its strengths and weaknesses 
and the choice of which one to use will depend on the cir
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cumstances, see “File handling” on page 552. 
After importing the OMF, align your video file to play in 
sync with the OMF audio. Here...

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6.Import any audio files from a field recorder, open the 
Media menu and from the “Insert into Project” submenu 
select “At Origin”.
Create as many tracks as necessary to prevent overlaps. Once the file has 
been placed “at Origin”, it can be used as a source for EDL conforming.
An excerpt from a CMX EDL 
7.Use the Range Selection tool to create a selection on 
the proper source track based on the two source time
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code values.
This can be done via manual entry in the info...

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•Use four-point editing with the Range Selection tool.
This is described below.
Four-point editing with the Range Selection tool 
It is often necessary to go through a large sound file to 
find a specific sound effect. This is especially true for field 
recordings with multiple takes of each sound and dead air 
time in between. In this situation, it might be best to set up 
an area in the project consisting of several “work” tracks 
that can be used to sort out various sound...