Steinberg Nuendo Expansion Kit User Manual
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Cristina Bachmann, Heiko Bischoff, Marion Bröer, Sabine Pfeifer The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. The software described by this document is subject to a License Agreement and may not be copied to other media except as specifically allowed in the License Agreement. No part of this publica- tion may be copied, reproduced or otherwise transmitted or recorded, for any purpose, without prior written permission by Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. All product and company names are ™ or ® trademarks of their respective owners. Windows XP is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Windows Vista is either a registered trademark or trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. The Mac logo is a trademark used under license. Macintosh and Power Macintosh are registered trademarks. Release Date: April 02, 2008 © Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH, 2008. All rights reserved.
4 Table of Contents 7About this manual 8Welcome! 9System requirements and installation 10About this chapter 10Minimum requirements 10Installing the Nuendo Expansion Kit 10Register your software 11The included VST Instruments 12Introduction 12Prologue 12Sound parameters 17Modulation and controllers 22Spector 23Sound parameters 24Modulation and controllers 30Mystic 30Sound parameters 32Modulation and controllers 37HALionOne 39Embracer – Surround Pad Synthesizer 41Monologue – Monophonic Analog Modeling Synthesizer 43Diagrams 45Editing drums 46Introduction 46How the Key Editor handles drum maps 47The Drum Editor – Overview 48Drum Editor operations 50Working with drum maps 53Using drum name lists 54How the Score Editor works 55About this chapter 55Welcome! 55How the Score Editor operates 55MIDI notes vs. score notes 56Display quantize 58Entering notes by hand vs. recording notes 59The basics 60About this chapter 60Preparations 60Opening the Score Editor 60The project cursor 61Page Mode 62Changing the Zoom factor 62The active staff 62Making page setup settings 63Designing your work space 65About the Score Editor context menus 65About dialogs in the Score Editor 65Setting key, clef and time signature 69Transposing instruments 70Working order 70Force update 71Transcribing MIDI recordings 72About this chapter 72About transcription 72Getting the parts ready 72Strategies: Preparing parts for score printout 73Staff settings 73The Main tab 76The Options tab 77The Polyphonic tab 77The Tablature tab 77Situations which require additional techniques 78Inserting display quantize changes 79Strategies: Adding display quantize changes 79The Explode function 80Using “Scores Notes To MIDI”
5 Table of Contents 81Entering and editing notes 82About this chapter 82Score settings 83Note values and positions 84Adding and editing notes 86Selecting notes 87Moving notes 89Duplicating notes 89Cut, copy and paste 89Editing pitches of individual notes 90Changing the length of notes 91Splitting a note in two 91Working with the Display Quantize tool 92Split (piano) staves 92Strategies: Multiple staves 93Inserting and editing clefs, keys or time signatures 94Deleting notes 95Polyphonic voicing 96About this chapter 96Background: Polyphonic voicing 97Setting up the voices 99Strategies: How many voices do I need? 99Entering notes into voices 99Checking which voice a note belongs to 100Moving notes between voices 101Handling rests 101Voices and display quantize 102Creating crossed voicings 103Automatic polyphonic voicing – Merge All Staves 104Converting voices to tracks – Extract Voices 105Staff settings 106About this chapter 106Staff settings 106Making settings 106Working with staff presets 107Staff names 107Key and clef 108Display quantize and interpretation options 108Display transpose 109The Options tab 109The Polyphonic and Tablature tabs 110Additional note and rest formatting 111About this chapter 111Background: Note stems 111Setting stem direction 112Stem length 113Accidentals and enharmonic shift 114Changing the note head shape 114Other note details 115Coloring notes 116Copying settings between notes 116Handling beaming 121About tied notes 122Graphic moving of notes 123Cue notes 123Grace notes 124Tuplets 126Working with symbols 127About this chapter 127Background: The different layers 128The symbol Inspector 132Important! – Symbols, staves and voices 132Adding symbols to the score 138Selecting symbols 139Moving and duplicating symbols 142Changing length, size and shape 143Deleting symbols 143Copy and paste 143Alignment 144Symbol details 150Working with chords 151About this chapter 151Inserting Chord symbols 153Global chord settings 154Working with text 155About this chapter 155Adding and editing text symbols 157Different types of text 161Text functions
6 Table of Contents 164Working with layouts 165About this chapter 165Background: Layouts 165Creating a layout 165Opening a layout 165Layout operations 166Using layouts – an example 167Marker Track to Form 168Working with MusicXML 169Introduction 170Importing and exporting MusicXML files 172Designing your score: additional techniques 173About this chapter 173Layout settings 174Staff size 174Hiding/showing objects 175Coloring notes 176Multiple rests 176Editing bar lines 177Creating upbeats 178Setting the number of bars across the page 179Moving bar lines 180Dragging staves 181Adding brackets and braces 182Auto Layout 183Reset Layout 184Breaking bar lines 185Scoring for drums 186About this chapter 186Background: Drum maps in the Score Editor 186Setting up the drum map 188Setting up a staff for drum scoring 188Entering and editing notes 188Using “Single Line Drum Staff” 189Creating tablature 190About this chapter 190Creating tablature automatically 191Creating tablature manually 191Tablature number appearance 192Editing 192Note head shape 193The score and MIDI playback 194About this chapter 194Scores and the Arranger mode 194The MIDI Meaning function 195Dynamic crescendo symbols 196Printing and exporting pages 197Printing 197Exporting pages as image files 198Frequently asked questions 199How to use this chapter 199Adding and editing notes 200Symbols and layout 201Tips and Tricks 202Useful editing techniques 203If you wish you had a faster computer 204Index
8 About this manual Welcome! This is the manual for Steinberg’s Nuendo Expansion Kit. The Nuendo Expansion Kit adds a number of music com- position functions from Steinberg’s Cubase (the “Cubase Music Tools”) to your Nuendo application. These features and functions, or more precisely the in- cluded VST Instruments, the Drum Editor (and drum map support) as well as the Score Editor are described in detail in the following chapters. About the program versions The documentation covers two different operating sys- tems or “platforms”; Windows and Mac OS X. Some features and settings are specific to one of the plat- forms, Windows or Mac OS X. This is clearly stated in the applicable cases. In other words: ÖIf nothing else is said, all descriptions and procedures in the documentation are valid for both Windows and Mac OS X. Key command conventions Many of the default key commands in Nuendo use modi- fier keys, some of which are different depending on the operating system. For example, the default key command for Undo is [Ctrl]-[Z] under Windows and [Command]-[Z] under Mac OS X. When key commands with modifier keys are described in this manual, they are shown with the Windows modifier key first, in the following way: [Win modifier key]/[Mac modifier key]-[key] For example, [Ctrl]/[Command]-[Z] means “press [Ctrl] under Windows or [Command] under Mac OS X, then press [Z]”. Similarly, [Alt]/[Option]-[X] means “press [Alt] under Win- dows or [Option] under Mac OS X, then press [X]”. ÖPlease note that this manual often refers to right-click- ing, e.g. to open context menus, etc. If you are using a Mac with a single-button mouse, hold down [Ctrl] and click.
10 System requirements and installation About this chapter This chapter describes the requirements and installation procedures for the Windows version and the Mac version. Minimum requirements Your computer must meet the following requirements: Windows Windows XP (Home/Professional with SP 2), or Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit) Intel Pentium or AMD Athlon 2 GHz processor Windows DirectX compatible audio hardware; ASIO compatible audio hardware recommended for low latency performance. Display resolution of 1024x768 pixels Steinberg Key and USB component connector DVD ROM drive required for installation Internet connection required for license activation Macintosh Mac OS X 10.4 Power Mac G4 1 GHz or Core Solo 1.5 GHz CoreAudio compatible audio hardware Display resolution of 1024x768 pixels Steinberg Key and USB component connector DVD ROM drive required for installation Internet connection required for license activation Installing the Nuendo Expansion Kit The installation procedure puts all files in the right places, automatically. Windows 1.Insert the Nuendo Expansion Kit DVD into the DVD drive of you computer. 2.Double-click the file called “Setup.exe”. 3.Follow the instructions on screen. The installation process also includes the activation of the program li- cense on your Steinberg Key. This is the same procedure as for Nuendo. Macintosh 1.Insert the Nuendo Expansion Kit DVD into the DVD drive of you computer. 2.Double-click the file “Nuendo Expansion Kit 4.mpkg”. 3.Follow the instructions on screen. The installation process also includes the activation of the program li- cense on your Steinberg Key. This is the same procedure as for Nuendo. Register your software We encourage you to register your software! By doing so you are entitled to technical support and kept aware of up- dates and other news about your product. There are two ways to register: •In Nuendo, open the Help menu and select the Regis- tration option. This option is an Internet link that will open the Registration page of the Steinberg web site. To register, simply follow the instructions on screen. When you launch Nuendo, you will also be prompted to launch the reg- istration process. Included on the installation DVD, you can find a registra- tion form in pdf format. To register, print out the form, enter all required information and send it to Steinberg.