Operation Manual
Cristina Bachmann, Heiko Bischoff, Marion Bröer, Sabine Pfeifer
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Release Date: April 02, 2008
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Table of Contents
8About this manual
9Welcome!
10VST Connections: Setting up input and output busses
11About this chapter
11 Setting up busses
14 Using the busses
17 Setting up Groups and FX channels
17 About monitoring
17 External instruments/effects
22The Project window
23Background
25 Window Overview
33 Operations
55 Options
58Playback and the Transport panel
59Background
60Operations
62 Options and Settings
64Recording
65Background
65 Basic recording methods
67 Audio recording specifics
77 MIDI recording specifics
83 Options and Settings
85Recovery of audio recordings after system failure
86Fades, crossfades and envelopes
87Creating fades
89 The Fade dialogs
91Creating crossfades
92The Crossfade dialog
96Auto Fades and Crossfades
97Event Envelopes
98The Arranger track
99Introduction
99Setting up the Arranger track
100Working with arranger events
102Flattening the Arranger chain
103Live Mode
104Arranging your music to video
105Folder tracks
106About folder tracks
106Handling folder tracks
107Working with folder parts
109Using markers
110About markers
110The Marker window
111Using the Marker track
113Marker key commands
113Editing markers in the Project Browser
114The Transpose functions
115Introduction
115 Transposing your music
119 Other functions
122The mixer
123About this chapter
124Overview
126 Configuring the mixer
130The audio-related channel strips
131The MIDI channel strips
131The common panel
132The input and output channels
132Basic mixing procedures
136Audio specific procedures
144MIDI specific procedures
145Utilities
148VST Mixer Diagrams
151Control Room
152Background
153Configuring the Control Room
156 The Control Room Overview
156 The Control Room Mixer
158 Control Room operations
163 Studios and Studio Sends
166Direct Monitoring and latency
167WK-Audio’s ID Controller
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168Audio effects
169About this chapter
169Overview
170Insert effects
175Send effects
176Setting up send effects
180Using the Side-Chain input
182Using external effects
182Making settings for the effects
183Effect presets
186Installing and managing effect plug-ins
189VST Instruments and Instrument tracks
190Introduction
190 VST Instrument channels vs. instrument tracks
190 VST Instrument channels
192 Instrument tracks
194 Comparison
194Automation considerations
195What do I need? Instrument channel or Instrument
track?
195Instrument Freeze
196VST instruments and processor load
197Using presets for VSTi configuration
200About latency
201External instruments
202Surround sound
203Background
205 Operations
213Automation
214Introduction
214Enabling and disabling the writing of automation data
216What can be automated?
217The Automation panel
217 Virgin territory vs. the initial value
219 Automation modes
222 Automation performance utilities
229The Settings section
230Hints and further options
231Automation track operations
235Working with automation curves
238Audio processing and functions
239Background
239 Audio processing
249 Applying plug-ins
251The Offline Process History dialog
252Batch Processing
253Freeze Edits
254Detect Silence
255The Spectrum Analyzer
256Statistics
258The Sample Editor
259Background
260Window overview
265 General Operations
271Options and settings
272Audio Warp realtime processing / Tempo matching audio to the project tempo
278 Working with hitpoints and slices
285 Free Warp
288 Realtime pitch-shifting of audio events
288 Flattening the realtime processing
290The Audio Part Editor
291Background
291 Opening the Audio Part Editor
291 Window overview
293Operations
294Common methods
295Options and Settings
296The Pool
297Background
297 Window overview
300 Operations
311VST Sound
312Introduction
314The MediaBay
315Introduction
316Window overview
316 Browsing for media files
319 Finding files in the Viewer section
322Previewing files in the Scope section
323The Tag Editor
325 Media management
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327Track Presets
328Introduction
328 Types of track presets
330VST presets
331Browsing for presets
333Creating a track preset
333Creating tracks from track presets or VST presets
334Applying track presets
336Previewing track and VST presets
337Inserts and EQ settings from track presets
338Track Quick Controls
339Introduction
339Setting up the Quick Controls tab
340Options and settings
341Setting up quick controls on an external remote controller
342MIDI realtime parameters and effects
343Introduction
343The Inspector – General handling
344Basic track settings
346 MIDI Modifiers
348 MIDI effects
350Managing plug-ins
351MIDI processing and quantizing
352Introduction
352 The Quantizing functions
357 Making your settings permanent
359Dissolve Part
360Repeat Loop
360 Other MIDI functions
363The MIDI editors
364About editing MIDI
364 Opening a MIDI editor
366 The Key Editor – Overview
368 Key Editor operations
381 Edit In-Place
383The List Editor – Overview
384List Editor operations
387The Logical Editor, Transformer and Input Transformer
388Introduction
388Opening the Logical Editor
389Window overview
389 Selecting a preset
389 Setting up filter conditions
394Selecting a function
395Specifying actions
397 Applying the defined actions
397 Working with presets
397 The Input Transformer
399The Project Logical Editor
400Introduction
400Opening the Project Logical Editor
400Window overview
401Selecting a preset
401 Setting up filter conditions
407Selecting a function
407Specifying actions
408Applying the defined actions
409Working with presets
410Working with System Exclusive
messages
411Introduction
411Bulk dumps
412Recording System Exclusive parameter changes
413Editing System Exclusive messages
414Working with the Tempo track
415Background
415 The Tempo Track Editor – Overview
417 Operations
420 Process Tempo
420The Process Bars dialog
421Options and settings
421The Beat Calculator
422Merge Tempo From Tapping
422The Time Warp tool
428The Project Browser
429Window Overview
430Editing tracks
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434The Track Sheet
435Overview
436Printing the Track Sheet
437Export Audio Mixdown
438Introduction
438Mixing down to an audio file
439The available file formats
445Synchronization
446Background
446Synchronization signals
447Synchronizing the transport vs. synchronizing audio
448Making basic settings and connections
449Synchronization settings
454Timecode Preferences
454Machine Control
455Setting up Machine Control
460Working with VST System Link
460Preparations
463Activating VST System Link
466Application examples
468Video
469Background
469Before you start
470Operations
474The Edit Mode
476Working with film transfers
478Compensating for film transfers to video
482ReWire
483Introduction
483Launching and quitting
484Activating ReWire channels
484Using the transport and tempo controls
485How the ReWire channels are handled in Nuendo
485Routing MIDI via ReWire2
485Considerations and limitations
486File handling
487Working with Projects
489Startup Options
490Working with libraries
490Revert
491Importing audio
494Exporting and importing OMF files
495Exporting and importing AAF files
496Exporting and importing AES31 files
497Exporting and importing OpenTL files
498Importing XSend projects from Liquid
498 Exporting and importing standard MIDI files
500Exporting and importing MIDI loops
500Exporting and importing tracks
501Other Import/Export functions
501Cleanup
503Customizing
504Background
504 Workspaces
506The Setup dialogs
507Customizing track controls
509Configuring the main menu items
510About preference presets
511Appearance
512Applying track and event colors
514Where are the settings stored?
517Key commands
518Introduction
518 Setting up key commands
524 Setting up tool modifier keys
524 The default key commands
528 Index
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