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6 – 31 Chapter6 The Channel Strip Section Chapter Overview This chapter informs you: ❊How you can use the elements in the Channel Strip section to set Aux Send level and parameters, Fader and Level Encoder gain and pan as well as channel in/out routing for the selected channel. ❊What you must do to select, activate and edit insert effects and VST instruments. ❊About using the EQ. ❊About functions on the General functions strip that have an effect on Channel Strip section controls. The General functions strip is the blue vertical strip between the Master and the Fader Module.
Chapter 6: The Channel Strip Section 6 – 32 The Basics What you activate or select in the upper part of the Channel Strip section… …affects what you can see and do in its lower part. Let´s start at the top left… Local Assign The Local Assign block has twelve parameter buttons. If you activate one of these buttons, the Edit displays in the lower part of the Channel strip section show the different settings on all channels for this particular parameter. We call this a Multi Channel view. Using the EDIT dials, you can change the respective parameter setting for each channel. The display above each dial gives you optical feedback. If a parameter has more than one display page, you can use the red-capped Select dial in the blue General functions strip to select the other pages.In Multi Channel view, the Edit displays and dials are arranged in a similar fashion as the Faders and Level Encoders in the Fader section. The upper row refers to the channels that have been assigned to the Level Encoders. The lower row refers to the channels that are currently controlled by the Faders. If none of the twelve buttons in the Local Assign block is active, the displays in the lower part show what we call a Single Channel view. That is, a number of different parameters of one channel only (the currently selected channel) is shown and can be edited in the lower part of the Channel strip section. In Single Channel view, each Edit display and dial is used to control a different parameter.
Chapter 6: The Channel Strip Section 6 – 33 Multi Channel view The following parameters can be displayed and edited in Multi Channel view: NOTE: All On/Off functions may be switched by either turning the Edit dial or by pressing it. Button Description Fader/Level Encoder gain control, +/- 48.2 dB. NOTE: Be careful when you use the gain controls, as rough handling can result in big jumps in level! Fader/Level Encoder panorama Page 1: Pan left/right Page 2: Pan front/rear Fader pan and front/rear In this mode, both the upper and the lower Edit Encoders refer to the Fad- ers only (not to the Level Encoders!) The upper row of Edit Encoders con- trol left/right pan, the lower controls front/rear position. Especially useful in a surround mix as you don’t have to switch. Encoder pan and front/rear In this mode, both the upper and the lower Edit Encoders refer to the Level Encoders only (not to the Faders!) The upper row of Edit Encoders con- trol left/right pan, the lower controls front/rear position. Especially useful in a surround mix as you don’t have to switch. Page 1 : Aux Send level Page 2 : Aux Send On/Off Page 3 : Aux Send Pre/Post Page 4 : Aux Send destination Page 5 : Aux Send bypass On/Off Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above Button Description
Chapter 6: The Channel Strip Section 6 – 34 Single Channel View In this mode, the Edit dials and displays are used as follows: NOTE: If you continuously hold down the Edit Encoder while you make a Q factor setting, the dis- play will automatically switch back to frequency as soon as you let go of the Encoder. Equalizer If you activate the EQ button, all EQ parameters of a single channel are distributed onto the first eight displays and Edit Encoders where you can change all parameter values. You can use the BYP button to bypass the Equalizer. Aux Assign The controls can be used to activate Aux Sends for the selected channel and make pre/ post settings for them. Pressing SR lets you see all available Surround panning parameters in the displays. The controls Select and Patch will be used by functions available in later Nuendo versions. To patch (route) an Aux Send to a destination, you can use page 4 in Multi Channel view. How you can get there is described in the bottom left of page 6-32. ●Select an Aux Send by pressing its SET button. ●Activate it by pressing the ON button in the Aux Assign block. If desired, press SR. ●The PRE button lets you toggle between pre and post fader settings. If the button is lit, pre fader is active. if it isn’t it’s post fader. Edit Encoders/displays left to rightDescription First eight in top row Aux Send level 1-8. Press the Edit Encoders to set the corresponding Aux Send to On or Off. Lower row Encoders 1 and 2 Pan left/right and Pan front/rear. Lower row Encoder 3 unused Lower row Encoder 4 Channel/Track gain (not Aux gain!) Lower row Encoder 5 Phase Reverse On/Off. Off = natural phase, On = phase is reversed. You can either turn or press the Encoder. Lower row Encoder 6 unused Lower row Encoders 7 and 8Surround pan for the selected Aux Send (which can be selected using the SET button located directly above the corresponding Aux Send display) . Last four in top and bottom rows 4-band parametric EQ. High band with additional high shelf and low pass settings. Low band with additional high pass and low shelf settings. There are two options to switch each band On/ Off: By pressing the lower Edit Encoder. By pressing the SET button above the respective band. The button will light up. You can also switch between the parameters frequency and Quality (Q) by pressing the upper Edit Encoder.
Chapter 6: The Channel Strip Section 6 – 35 Channel Assign This block contains two 2-line displays, a SELECT rotary dial and four buttons. The settings that you make here apply to the currently selected channel. The settings are shown in the displays. ●To set a parameter, press one of the buttons. It will light up in red and you can select the desired setting. Insert 1-8 The elements in this block can be used to display which Insert effects are currently resident in which slots and to select an Insert effect for editing with the controls and displays in the Channel Strip section. The two displays in this block show which Insert effects are resident in the first or second four Insert effect slots per channel. ●To display to the second group of four slots, use the INS 5-8 button in the Insert Assign block, described below. The eight small LEDs indicate which Insert slots are actually used. ●To select an Insert effect for full display and editing with the Channel Strip controls, press one of the square INSERT x/x buttons. To be able to select from the second group of four effects, use the INS 5-8 button in the Insert Assign block. NOTE: The Insert slots 1 to 6 are pre fader, slots 7 and 8 are post fader. ●The ON button lets you switch the currently selected Insert effect On or Off. If you switch it Off, its LED will go out. NOTE: Same as in Nuendo, switching an effect Off doesn’t remove it from its slot. Assigning and removing effects to/from slots is done in the Insert Assign block, described below. Button Description CH Channel – Lets you select a channel or Track with the SELECT dial. LABEL Channel/Track name ASCII input – Not used at the time when this was written. Will be used by functions available in a later Nuendo version. IN Input routing, lets you select an input source with the SELECT dial. OUT Output routing to Groups or one of the busses. Use the dial.
Chapter 6: The Channel Strip Section 6 – 36 Insert Assign The controls in this block are used to assign or remove Insert effects to/from the available eight slots. Here you can also activate an effect bypass for each slot and select the second group of four effects for display and editing with the Channel Strip controls as described above in the Insert 1-8 section. NOTE: To be able to assign an Insert effect to a slot or remove it from there, you must first activate the PATCH button! Assigning an Insert effect to a slot Proceed as follows: 1.Activate the PATCH button so that it lights up in red. 2.Select the desired Effects slot by pressing the corre- sponding INSERT x/x button in the INSERT 1-8 block. It will light up in red. If necessary, use the INS 5-8 button to switch to the second group of four slots. 3.Select an effect by turning the SELECT dial clock- wise. Nuendo will actually load the PlugIn ca. one second after you have stopped to turn the dial. 4.Press PATCH again to get out of Insert Assign mode. Removing an Insert effect from a slot Do this: 1.Activate the PATCH button so that it lights up in red. 2.Select the desired Effects slot by pressing the corre- sponding INSERT x/x button in the INSERT 1-8 block. It will light up in red. If necessary, use the INS 5-8 button to switch to the second group of four slots. 3.To remove the effect in the selected slot, turn the SELECT dial counterclockwise and let go of the dial. Nuendo will actually remove the PlugIn ca. one second after you have stopped to turn the dial. 4.Press PATCH again to get out of Insert Assign mode. The other buttons in the Insert Assign block Button Description BYPActivate this to activate Bypass for the currently selected effect, i.e. when this is active, the original signal will not be routed through the effect. INS 5-8 Nuendo provides you with 8 Insert effect slots of which four can be made visible in the INSERT 1-8 block. Use this button to display the second group of four slots. SR This will be used in connection with future Nuendo versions. PATCHAs a precautionary measure, this but- ton must be activated for you to be able to assign or remove an Insert effect to/from one of the slots.
Chapter 6: The Channel Strip Section 6 – 37 Status Panning In this block, there is one more instance of the SOLO and CUT buttons, available separately for each Track/channel in the Fader section (see page 5-28) . This SOLO and CUT button can be used to solo or mute the Track/ channel that is currently selected for editing. The intention behind this is to help you to focus your attention on your editing instead having to search for the respective buttons in the Fader section. VSTI By activating the EDIT INST button, you can distribute the parameters of a currently resident VST instrument onto the displays in the Channel Strip function and easily edit them with the respective dials. 1.Load a VST instrument using the ID ASCII keyboard as usual. 2.Press the 08 INSTR button in the Bank Select block of the General Functions strip. All currently resident VST instruments are assigned to the Faders in the Fader section. 3.Select the new VST instrument by pressing the FDR button in the blue SELECT area above its fader. Now the parameters are distributed onto the displays and dials in the Channel Strip section, where you can edit them. NOTE: If a VST instrument has more parameters than can be made visible and edited using the availa- ble displays and dials, use the red-capped SELECT dial in the General Functions strip to switch to the other parameter pages. The double digit numeric display above the SELECT dial indicates the cur- rently visible page. Button Description SOLO Activate this to set the currently selected Track/channel to solo. Cut Activate this to mute the currently selected Track/channel. ISO Activate this button to isolate the selected Track/channel from Automa- tion Read. As a result, you will hear the Track/channel without automa- tion. S-SAVE Solo Save – If you activate this, the selected Track/channel will not be muted if you solo other Tracks/chan- nels. Use can for example use this to prevent that a Click track is being muted when you solo other Tracks/ channels. Panner When you activate this square but- ton, all panorama parameters are dis- played and can be edited easily using the displays and controls in the Channel Strip section. This is espe- cially useful for Surround panning.
7 – 39 Chapter7 The General Functions Strip Chapter Overview This chapter describes… ❊All functions on the General functions strip from top to bottom.
Chapter 7: The General Functions Strip 7 – 40 Memory ●Press the SAVE button to store the current Nuendo project file onto disk. ●Press the LOAD button to load a Nuendo project from disk. VU/Select ❊If you activate the VU INPUT button, the input signal will be displayed on the VU meters. ❊If you activate the VU POST button, the signal is displayed post fader on the VU meters. ❊PRIOR SELECT and AUTO SELECT are currently not used. They will be used by a later Nuendo version. Enc Sens By activating one of these buttons, you can set the Encoder dial sensitivity. NOTE: These two buttons alternate, i.e. only one will be active at a time. Parameter Bank These controls will be used in conjunction with a later Nuendo version. Double Digit Display If a VST instrument has more parameters than can be made visible and edited using the available displays and dials in the Channel Strip section, you can use the red-capped SELECT dial in the General Functions strip to switch to the other parameter pages. The double digit numeric display above the SELECT dial indicates the currently visible page. Select Dial This red-capped rotary dial lets you select the following items: ❊Additional parameter pages in a Channel Strip Multi Channel view. ❊Additional VST instrument parameters in the Channel Strip. ❊VST PlugIns Please find a more detailed description in the respective chapter. Button Description FINE Lets you step through the available value range in small steps. You must turn the dial several times to reach the other end of the range. WIDE Lets you step through the available value range in bigger steps. You must only turn the dial once to reach the other end of the range.