Steinberg Nuendo 5 Manual
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61 Working with projects The Event Display–Audio page contains settings for audio events: The Event Display–MIDI page contains settings for MIDI parts: Handling tracks To add a track to the project, open the “Add Track” sub- menu from the Project menu and select a track type. The new track is added below the currently selected track in the track list. •The items on the “Add Track” submenu are also avail- able on the context menu. This is accessed by right-clicking the track list. •If you select the...
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62 Working with projects •To select a track, click on it in the track list. A selected track is indicated by a light gray color in the track list. •To select several tracks press [Ctrl]/[Command] and click on them. [Shift]-click to select a continuous range of tracks. •To move a track, click and drag it up or down in the list. •To duplicate a track, complete with all contents and channel settings, right-click the track list and select “Du - plicate tracks” from the context menu, or select “Duplicate...
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63 Working with projects In the Preferences dialog (Editing–Project & Mixer page), you can find the following option affecting the track folding behavior: •Deep Track Folding When this is activated, any folding settings you make in the Track Fold- ing submenu of the Project menu also affect the subelements of the tracks, i. e. if you fold in a folder track which contains 10 audio tracks 5 of which have several automation tracks open, all these audio tracks within the folder track will be folded in...
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64 Working with projects Whether to use musical or linear time base depends on the type of project and recording situation. You can always change this setting individually for each track, by clicking the musical/linear time base button in the Inspector or track list. Musical time base is indicated by a note symbol, while linear time base is indicated by a clock symbol. For more information about tempo changes, see the chap- ter “Editing tempo and signature” on page 452. Adding events to a track...
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65 Working with projects The Preferences dialog (Editing–Audio page) contains a setting that lets you decide which options to use. Select one of the following options on the “On Import Audio Files” pop-up menu: •Open Options Dialog An Options dialog opens when you import, allowing you to select whether you want to copy the files to the Audio folder and/or convert them to the project settings. Please note the following: – When importing a single file of a format other than the project settings,...
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66 Working with projects •Moving tracks into a folder In the track list, click on a track that you want to move into a folder and drag it onto a folder track. An arrow pointing to a folder appears when you drag the track onto the folder track in the list. The track is placed in the folder track, and all parts and events on the track will be represented by a corresponding folder part (see below). You can also create subfold -ers by moving one folder track into another. For example, you could have a...
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67 Working with projects Auditioning audio parts and events Audio parts and events can be auditioned in the Project window with the Play tool: 1.Select the Play tool. 2.Click where you want playback to start, and keep the mouse button pressed. Only the track on which you click is played back, starting at the click posi- tion. 3.Release the mouse button to stop playback. Scrubbing audio The Scrub tool allows you to locate positions in the audio part or event by playing back, forwards or backwards, at...
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68 Working with projects •Select all events on a track by right-clicking on it in the track list and selecting “Select All Events” from the con - text menu. •It is also possible to select ranges, regardless of the event and track boundaries. This is done using the Range Selection tool (see “Range editing” on page 77). •Use the arrow keys on the computer keyboard to select the closest event to the left, right, above, or below. If you press [Shift] and use the arrow keys, the current selection will be...
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69 Working with projects Moving events To move events in the Project window, use the following methods: •Click and drag to a new position. All selected events are moved, maintaining their relative positions. You can only drag events to tracks of the same type. If Snap is activated, this determines to which positions you can move the events (see “The Snap function” on page 48). Note also that you can restrict movement to be either horizontal or verti-cal only, by holding down [Ctrl]/[Command] while...
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70 Working with projects To align audio events or parts to selected parts or events, proceed as follows: 1.Select an event or part of any type on any track. This will be taken as a reference for aligning. 2.Point on the audio event or part you want to move, press one of the modifiers listed in the table below and click. The mouse pointer will change its shape and the audio event or part will be aligned to the selected part or event. To align audio events or parts to selection ranges, pro- ceed as...