Steinberg WK Audio ID Manual
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Chapter 4: The Edit Section 4 – 21 Edit Function buttons USER G 1 is a user-definable Func- tion button. Read “Assigning User Functions” on page 3-16 for more information. Button Description Press this to create a Fade in for one or several currently selected Events. The Fade in starts at the Event start and ends at the current Project Cur- sor position. Creates a Crossfade between the selected Event(s) and its/their neigh- bour Event(s) . If the Events overlap, the Crossfade gets the same length as the overlap. If you process Events adjacent to another and they possess enough “hidden” audio, the cross- fade will get the Default fade length set in the Crossfade Editor . If they don’t, no crossfade happens. S-PT CURS stands for “Snap point to Cursor” and that’s what you do here: Pressing this button will create a Snap point at the current Project Cursor position. This function is applied to the currently selected Event(s) . Locks the current Event. Select which parameters you want locked on the Editing tab of Nuendo’s Pref- erences dialog USER E 1 is a user-definable Func- tion button. Read “Assigning User Functions” on page 3-16 for more information. Button DescriptionPress this to create a Fade out for one or several Events. The Fade out starts at the current Project Cursor position and ends at the Event end. Pressing this will split the Event at the current Project Cursor position. Pressing this positions the start of – if available – the Snap point of the selected Event at the current Project Cursor position. Mutes the currently selected Event. This button does exactly the same as the Bounce Selection function on Nuendo’s Audio menu. It lets you cre- ate a new audio file based on one or several Events that you have edited. If you don’t know this function, we recommend that you look up the Nuendo manual. Button Description
Chapter 4: The Edit Section 4 – 22 Global Function buttonsThe Transport Controls The ID Transport controls are the twins of Nuendo’s transport controls. NOTE: You can make special Wind Speed settings on the Transport tab of Nuendo’s Preferences dialog. Locator/Preroll Displays These backlit displays below the left lower corner of the ASCII keyboard show the current Left and Right Locator settings as well as the currently set Pre/Post roll times. You can make these settings using the corresponding Function buttons to the left of the dis- plays. Button Description Use this to activate Global Access mode. If this is active, you can carry out an operation in one go for all Tracks, e.g. set Aux Send level for all mixer channels. This is available for a number of Nuendo functions. Please find a list at the bottom of this column. This lets you activate or deactivate the ASCII keyboard’s Reverse mode. This is described on page 4-19 in this chapter. This button is used to assign chan- nels 1-48 to the keys of the ASCII keyboard in Reverse and Goto Mark modes. Please look up page 4-19 in this chapter This button is used to assign chan- nels 1-48 to the keys of the ASCII keyboard in Reverse and Goto Mark modes. Please look up page 4-19 in this chapter Global Access functions EQ band 1 On EQ band 2 On EQ band 3 On EQ band 4 On EQ bypass, Sends bypass, Sends slot 1 On Sends slot 2 On Sends slot 3 On Sends slot 4 On Sends slot 5 On Sends slot 6 On Sends slot 7 On Sends slot 8 On Sends slot 1 pre/post Sends slot 2 pre/post Sends slot 3 pre/post Sends slot 4 pre/post Sends slot 5 pre/post Sends slot 6 pre/post Sends slot 7 pre/post Sends slot 8 pre/post Button Description Rewind, Zero Fast Forward, Project end Stop Start Record To make a Track record ready, use the Ready buttons in the Fader sec- tion, see page 5-28.
Chapter 4: The Edit Section 4 – 23 Function buttons in the Transport section These two blocks of buttons above the Transport controls are used to make Transport and Marker related settings. Preroll, Postroll, Punch & Locator Function Buttons Button Description Press this button one or several times to set the desired preroll time. The value type used here (sample rates, seconds, frames etc) depends on what’s used in the Project. Press this button one or several times to set the desired postroll time. The value type used here (sample rates, seconds, frames etc) depends on what’s used in the Project. This lets you activate or deactivate preroll. This lets you activate or deactivate postroll. Use this to activate or deactivate automatic Punch in. Use this to activate or deactivate automatic Punch out. If you activate this Function button, you can set the left Locator position to the current Project Cursor posi- tion. If you activate this Function button, you can set the right Locator position to the current Project Cursor posi- tion. Press this to move the Project Cursor onto the position of the left Locator. Press this to move the Project Cursor onto the position of the right Locator.
Chapter 4: The Edit Section 4 – 24 Cycle, Click, Edit Mode, Sync, Marker and other Function buttons Timecode Display This display shows the current Nuendo Project Cursor position in hours/minutes/seconds/frames/ sub-frames or ticks/samples, depending on what you currently do in Nuendo. Button Description Use this to activate or deactivate the Cycle function. For this to work as expected, the Locators should be set to useful positions. Sets Click to On or Off. Use Metronome Setup on Nuendo’s Transport menu to make the desired metronome settings. Press this button to activate or deac- tivate Edit mode in Nuendo. This is useful if you work with audio and video in conjunction Press this button to activate or deac- tivate external synchronization. Press this to add a new Marker at the current Project Cursor position. Pressing this button activates or deactivates the Goto Mark mode of the ASCII keyboard. you can then use its keys to directly jump to Markers. Read more on page 4-19. Press this button to let the Project Cursor jump to the previous Marker. Press this button to let the Project Cursor jump to the next Marker. If you press this Function button, the Locators are set onto the start and end position of the currently selected Event. USER T 1 is a user-definable Func- tion button. Read “Assigning User Functions” on page 3-16 for more information. Pressing this lets you select the pre- vious Event on the selected Track. Pressing this lets you select the next Event on the selected Track. Button Description
Chapter 4: The Edit Section 4 – 25 The Jog Wheel The Jog wheel and its related controls The Jog wheel on the ID is heavy-weighted and high- resolution (4000 values per turn of the wheel) . It has two basic functions: ❊You can use it to position the Project Cursor in Nuendo. The step width is automatically set to the step width set for the edited Nuendo function (e.g. bars/beats, timecode, samples etc) . ❊You can use the Jog wheel to select and edit Events in Nuendo. NOTE: For this to work, the “Auto-select Events under Cursor” function on the Editing tab of Nuendo’s Preferences dialog must be active and at least one Nuendo Track must be selected, as Auto- select always points to the selected Track(s) . Selecting Nuendo Tracks using the ID On the ID, several methods for selecting Nuendo Tracks are available: ●Press the FDR or ENC button in the blue SELECT field above the respective ID fader. To select several Tracks, simultaneously hold down the CNTR key on ID’s ASCII keyboard. (which must be in ASCII mode, see page 4-18) . To deselect already selected Tracks, hold down the SHFT key. ●Use the Arrow Up Down buttons on ID’s ASCII key- board. ●If the ASCII keyboard is in Reverse mode, you can select one Track at a time by directly pressing the desired key on the keyboard. Jog Wheel Function buttons Six Function buttons are grouped around the Jog wheel. These are used to activate or deactivate the Jog wheel positioning and editing modes. Here are the options that you get when you activate one of the buttons to the left or right of the Jog wheel: NOTE: Using Push Hold Detection on these but- tons will greatly enhance your work flow efficiency. Button Description You can press ZOOM TIME and turn the Jog wheel clockwise to horizontally magnify Tracks/Events. Turn the wheel counterclockwise to zoom out again. You can press ZOOM TKS and turn the Jog wheel clockwise for vertical magnification of all Tracks. Turn the wheel counterclockwise to zoom out again. If you press RANGE, the resolution of the Jog wheel is automatically set to sample steps in all grids (based on the sample rate used) . This button is called NUDGE EVENT START. When it is active, you can use the Jog wheel to change the playback start within Events and thus resize them. The step width of this function depends on the grid settings in Nuendo. You can set it by pressing the GRID SIZE button, located in the second button group above the ASCII keyboard. Find more information about GRID SIZE on page 4-20. This is called MOVE EVENT. If you activate it, you can use the Jog wheel to move the current time position of the selected Event(s) . Here too, the GRID SIZE setting defines the step width. This button is called NUDGE EVENT END. When it is active, you can use the Jog wheel to resize the end of an Event. The step width of this function depends on the grid settings in Nuendo. Use the GRID SIZE button to change it according to your wishes.
5 – 27 Chapter5 The Fader Section Chapter Overview This chapter describes… ❊The channel level controls: Faders and Level Encoders. ❊All other elements in the Fader section, like Solo, Cut, Expand etc. and how to assign Tracks/Channels to Faders and Level Encoders. ❊A description of those functions on the General functions strip that have an effect on Faders and Level Encoders. The General functions strip is the blue vertical strip between the Master and the Fader Module.
Chapter 5: The Fader Section 5 – 28 The Fader Bank Each Fader Module has twelve 100 mm touch-sensitive motor faders, each with a number of Function buttons, a Fader Deviation Indicator LED and a backlit Track name display. The Faders always reflect the current settings. Fader Function buttons Each Fader strip has the following Function buttons: NOTE: It is a good idea and very handy to use the ASCII keyboard’s Reverse mode to get complete overview of the current status of each of these but- tons on all Tracks. Please read more on page 4-19. Fader Deviation Indicators These two LEDs indicate whether the Fader has been moved from its original position as well as the direction into which it has been moved. If you let go of the Fader handle, the new Fader position becomes the new starting point. With an automation mode active, see page 7-42, this will only work as expected, if an automation breakpoint is available in the following timecode. It may therefore happen, that one of the two LEDs is still lit, although you have let go of the fader after writing automation data with it. You can change this by simply touching the fader once again. Select & Flip buttons The FDR and ENC buttons let you select the Channels (Tracks) assigned to the Fader and to the Level Encoder. Using the FLIP but- ton, you can individually swap a Channel between Fader and Level Encoder. You can also flip the complete Fader bank, see page 5-29 Track name displays Above the Select buttons, there is one Track name display for each Fader. It reflects the Track’s name in Nuendo. Button Description Pressing this button will mute all Tracks that are not soloed. This is a solo-in-place function. If you press Cut, the corresponding Track will be muted. If you press EXPAND on a Fader strip, all incoming connections to the corresponding channel are analyzed automatically and lined up on the ID faders for level editing. Read more on page 5-30. This lets you activate or deactivate record-ready status for the respective Track.
Chapter 5: The Fader Section 5 – 29 The Encoders Each Fader Module has twelve Level Encoders. a Cut function that you can activate by pressing the Encoder, a Cut status LED, a 10-segment indicator that reflects the Encoder setting and a backlit Track name display. Everything that was said about the Select and Flip buttons on the previous page applies here, too. General Functions The vertical blue strip on the left side of the Master Module provides you with a variety of functions that enhance the functionality of the adjacent ID sections. The functions that concern Faders and Level Encoders are located in its lower half and will be described next. Scroll – Assigning Tracks/Channels Button Description This is the “super version” of the indi- vidual FLIP buttons on each Fader strip. Pressing this button on the General Functions strip will swap all Tracks/ Channels assigned to all Faders with those assigned to the Level Encoders and vice versa. Use this button on the General Func- tions strip to restore your original Track/Channel assignment setup. Press this button to assign the previ- ous bank of twelve Tracks/Channels to the level controls. Example: Tracks 13-24 are assigned to the twelve Faders. Then you press this button. Now Tracks 1-12 will be assigned to the Faders. Press this button to assign the next bank of twelve Tracks/Channels to the level controls. Press CHAN DOWN to assign the previous Track/Channel to a level control. Press CHAN UP to assign the next Track/Channel to a level control.
Chapter 5: The Fader Section 5 – 30 Bank Select – Assigning Track classes Each of these buttons can be used to automatically line up all Tracks of the respective channel class(es) on the ID Faders and Level Encoders. You may e.g. only wish to see and directly edit all Audio or all MIDI Tracks, all Inputs, all Send busses or Returns. You can also assign them altogether. The scrolling options, mentioned on the previous page, apply. The Expand function The Expand function is an extremely useful tool during the mixing process. Say, pressing the 05 GROUPS Function button (described on this page) , you have layered all Group Tracks across the ID Faders. But now you want to know, which chan- nels are routed to a specific group. If you press the EXPAND button, all incoming connections to Tracks are analyzed and immediately lined up on adjacent ID faders so that you can edit them directly. Expand thus arranges all sending channels next to an Effect return channel or all feeding channels next to a Group channel. NOTE: Expand is not available for the Track classes MIDI, VST Instruments and Input. Here’s what happens when you press EXPAND for the different Track classes: Button Description This may be used by functions availa- ble in a later Nuendo version. If you only want to see and control the input channels, press this button. Then use the ID faders and Level Encoders to change their levels. Press this button to see and control the output busses. Pressing this button lets you see and control the Audio playback channels. Activating this lets you see and con- trol the MIDI track volumes. Use this button to assign the Audio Groups to the ID faders and Level Encoders. If you press this button, the Effect Return channel levels become visible and can be controlled via the ID fad- ers and Level Encoders. If this is activated, all Tracks/channels and channel classes are arranged and assigned to the ID faders/Level Encoders in exactly the same way as in the Nuendo Mixer windows. Press this button to see and control the output busses of your currently used VST Instruments. Track class This happens Audio The respective Audio channel gets the left-most Fader. Its input channel is put next to it. Group The actual Group channel gets the left-most Fader where the EXPAND button lights up. Simultaneously, the individual Group channels are opened and lined up on the adjacent ID Faders, where you can edit them. You can hide them again by pressing the illuminated EXPAND button on the left- most Fader strip. FX Channel ReturnsThe corresponding Return is moved to the left-most Fader and all Tracks that send a signal to this effect via their Aux Sends are arranged next to it. Output busses All channels that are routed to this bus are lined up.