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    Customizing
    Saving partial preferences settings
    It is also possible to save partial preferences settings. This 
    is useful when you have made settings that only relate to a 
    certain project or situation, for example. When you apply a 
    saved partial preference preset, you only change the saved 
    settings. All other preferences will be left unchanged.
    When you have made your specific preferences settings, 
    proceed as follows to save the partial settings as a preset:
    1.Open the Preferences dialog.
    2.Activate “Store marked preferences only”.
    A new “Store” column is added in the Preferences page list.
    3.Click in the Store column of the Preferences items you 
    wish to save.
    Note that if you activate a Preferences page that contains subpages, 
    these will also be activated automatically. If this is not what you want, 
    simply deactivated the subpages.
    4.Click the Store button in the lower left section of the 
    Preferences dialog.
    A dialog opens, allowing you to type in a name for the preset. It is a good 
    idea to choose a descriptive name for a partial preference preset, prefer-
    ably relating to the saved settings (for example “Configuration” or “Edit-
    ing-Controls”).
    5.Click OK to save.
    Your saved settings will now be available from the Preference Presets 
    pop-up for your future projects.
    Appearance
    In the Preferences dialog, you will find a page called Ap-
    pearance. It contains three sub-pages on which you will 
    find the following settings:
    General 
    The three controls on the General page affect the appear-
    ance of the windows that surround the controls and work-
    spaces in Nuendo. 
    Saturation determines how rich the background colors 
    are, from gray to blue. 
    Contrast determines how bright or dark the background 
    is in relation to controls and displays. 
    Brightness lightens or darkens the background.
    Meters 
    The coloring of meters in Nuendo can be controlled in so-
    phisticated ways. Multiple colors can help to visually indi-
    cate what levels are being reached, e. g. in a channel of 
    the VST Mixer. To do this, the meter on the Appearances–
    Meters page has color handles that allow you to define 
    what color the meter will have at a given signal level.
    The Appearances–Meters page in the Preferences dialog.
    The default setting has four color handles. Each color 
    handle has a unique color that gradually shifts as the 
    meter moves toward the next color handle.
    You can click on any color handle and move its position in the meter 
    scale. If you hold down [Shift] while moving the handle with the mouse, it 
    will move ten times slower for more precise positioning. You may also 
    nudge the color handle’s position with the Arrow Up/Down keys. Holding 
    Shift while nudging will move the color handle ten times faster. 
    						
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    Customizing
    You can add color handles by [Alt]/[Option]-clicking 
    anywhere along the side of the meter scale. To remove a 
    color handle, [Ctrl]/[Command]-click the handle.
    By adding more color handles to the meter scale, you can define colors 
    for more specific signal levels. Try adding two color handles very close to 
    one another. You can make the meter color change more rapidly at a 
    specific signal level this way.
    To change the color of a handle, select the handle by ei-
    ther clicking on it or by jumping to it with the Tab key (hold 
    down [Shift] and press the Tab key to jump backwards). 
    Then use the hue and brightness controls on the right side 
    to alter the handle’s color.
    The currently selected color handle is indicated by a black triangle on its 
    left side.
    Work Area 
    The work areas in Nuendo are those places where the ac-
    tual data are displayed such as the project window event 
    display. In these areas, there are items such as vertical 
    and horizontal grid lines that can be altered in intensity by 
    the controls found on this page.
    Applying track and event colors
    You can use color scheming for easier overview of tracks 
    and events in the Project window. Applying colors is di-
    vided into two areas; track and event colors.
    A track color is shown and can be edited in the Inspec-
    tor, the Track list, and the corresponding channel in the 
    Mixer. It is furthermore displayed in all parts and events for 
    the track in the event display.
    Track colors can be switched on and off globally.
    Event colors are shown for parts and events in the event 
    display and are independent from the track colors.
    ÖAn applied event color “overrides” the track color, if 
    both are used.
    The color palette can be customized, see “The Event Co-
    lors dialog” on page 514.
    Track colors
    Applying track colors manually
    To activate track colors, proceed as follows:
    1.Click the Show/Hide Track Colors button at the top of 
    the Track list.
    This brings up the track color selector in the Inspector, the 
    Track list and in the Mixer.
    2.To bring up the color palette, click the track color se-
    lector.
    Click the arrow in the track name title bar or…
    …click the color strip in the Track list.
    In the Mixer, click the track color selector below the channel name.
    3.Select a color from the color bar.
    The track color is now reflected in the Inspector title palette and the Track 
    list as well as in the Mixer and any parts and events on the selected track. 
    						
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    Customizing
    Applying track colors automatically
    In the Preferences (Editing–Project & Mixer page), you 
    can find the option “Auto Track Color Mode”.
    This offers you several options for automatically assigning 
    colors to tracks that are added to the project.
    Coloring parts and events
    There are two ways to color parts and events in the 
    Project window:
    Using the color selector
    1.Select the desired parts or events.
    2.Choose a color from the color selector in the toolbar.
    Using the color tool
    1.On the toolbar, select the color tool (the paint bucket 
    icon). 
    2.Click the small strip below it to bring up the color pal-
    ette.
    3.Select the desired color. 
    4.Click on a part/event to assign the color. 
    The color is applied to all selected parts/events and over-
    rides the track color (if used).
    If you press [Ctrl]/[Command] and click on a part/event 
    with the color tool, the color palette is displayed and you 
    can choose the desired color for an event.
    If you press [Alt]/[Option], the color tool cursor be-
    comes a pipette, which can be used to select a color by 
    clicking on a part/event.
    Customizing the event background
    On the Event Display page in the Preferences, you can 
    find the option “Colorize Event Background”.
    This option affects the display of events in the project win-
    dow.
    When this is activated, the background of the events 
    and parts in the event display will be shown in the se-
    lected color.
    When this is deactivated, the event “content”, i.e. MIDI 
    events, audio waveforms, etc. will be displayed in the se-
    lected color and the event background will be displayed in 
    gray. 
    Option Effect
    Use Default 
    Event ColorThe default color (gray) is assigned. 
    Use Previous 
    Track ColorUses the color of the track above the new one (i. e. the 
    track that is selected when you add a new track).
    Use Previous 
    Track Color +1Uses the color next to the color of the track above the 
    new one (+1 refers to the color number in the palette).
    Use Last 
    Applied ColorThe last manually assigned color is used. 
    Use Random 
    Track ColorTrack colors are assigned randomly. 
    						
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    Customizing
    The Event Colors dialog
    You can open the Event Colors dialog in two ways: 
    Double-click the small strip below the color tool. 
    Open the Color pop-up menu on the toolbar and select 
    “Select Colors…”.
    In the Event Colors dialog, you can fully customize the 
    color palette, apart from the default color (gray).
    To add new colors to the color palette, proceed as follows:
    1.Click the Insert New Color button in the Event Colors 
    section to add a new color.
    A new color icon and color name are added to the Event Colors section.
    2.Click the color field next to the name field to activate 
    the new color for editing.3.In the Standard Colors section, select the standard 
    color. You can modify the selected color in the following 
    way:
     Drag the cursor to another point in the color circle.
     Movethe handle in the color meter.
     Enter the values for red, green and blue and hue, saturation 
    and luminosity manually.
    4.Click the Apply button in the Standard Colors section. 
    The color setting is applied to the selected color item. 
    You can edit every existing event color in the same way.
    To delete an event color item, select it and click the 
    “Remove Selected Color” button in the Event Colors sec-
    tion.
    To increase or decrease the intensity and the brightness 
    of all colors, use the corresponding buttons in the Event 
    Colors section.
    To save the current set as default, click the button “This 
    set as default set” in the Event Colors section. You can 
    then click the button “Use default set” to the right to apply 
    the saved default set.
    To return to the standard setting of the palette in Nu-
    endo, click Reset.
    Where are the settings stored?
    As you have seen, there are a large number of ways in 
    which you can customize Nuendo. While some of the set-
    tings you make are stored in each project, others are 
    stored in separate preference files.
    If you need to transfer your projects to another computer 
    (e. g. in another studio), you can bring all your settings 
    along by copying the desired preference files and install-
    ing them on the other computer.
    ÖIt’s a good idea to make a backup copy of your prefer-
    ence files once you have set things up the way you want!
    This way, if another Nuendo user wants to use his or her personal set-
    tings when working on your computer, you can restore your own prefer-
    ences afterwards.
    Remove 
    new colorIncrease/decrease in-
    tensity for all colors This Set as 
    Default Set Increase/decrease 
    brightness for all colorsInsert
    new color
    Use Default 
    Set 
    						
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    Customizing
    Under Windows, preference files are stored in the 
    folder “\Documents and Settings\\Applica-
    tion Data\Steinberg\Nuendo 4\”.
    If you run the 64 bit version of Nuendo, this folder is called “Nuendo 
    64 bit”. On the Start menu, you will find a shortcut to this folder for easy 
    access.
    Under Mac OS X, preference files are stored in the 
    folder “Library/Preferences/Nuendo 4/” under your home 
    directory.
    The full path would be: “/Users//Library/Preferences/
    Nuendo 4/”.
    ÖThe RAMpresets.xml file, which contains various pre-
    sets settings (see below), is saved when exiting the pro-
    gram. 
    ÖProgram functions (e. g. crossfade) or configurations 
    (e. g. panels) not used in the project will not be stored.
    Below, the available preferences files are listed. When 
    files are not saved in the default preferences folder (see 
    above), the complete path will be shown. When files are 
    saved in a further subfolder of the default folder, the path 
    will begin with the name of this folder:
    Setting Stored in
    Edit modifier keys Edit Modifiers.xml
    Key commands Key Commands.xml
    Preferences 
    dialog settingsDefaults.xml
    Color setup saved in the project
    Default Color 
    setupDefaults.xml
    Crossfade 
    presetsApplication folder\Presets\RAMPresets.xml
    Control Room – 
    Settings\Presets\ControlRoomPresets.xml (pxml file)
    Control Room – 
    External Plug-insExternal Plugins.xml
    Device setup 
    filesApplication folder\Device Maps
    as *.xml file
    Drum maps 
    (Nuendo Extension 
    Kit only)Application folder\DrumMaps 
    as *.drm file
    EQ presets Application folder\Presets\VstEqPresets.pxml
    Port Input/
    Output settingsPort Setup.xml
    Audio Inserts
    presets\Presets\InsertsFolderPresets.pxml
    MIDI Inserts 
    presets\Presets\MidiInsertsPresets
    as *.xml file
    Installed MIDI 
    devicesMidi Devices.bin
    Key commands 
    presets\Presets\KeyCommands\.xml
    Logical Editor 
    presets\Presets\Logical Edit\.xml
    Project Logical 
    Editor\Presets\Logical Edit Project\.xml
    MediaBay
    settingsMediaDefaults.xml
    MediaBay default 
    settingsMediaFactoryDefaults.xml (these are applied on reset)
    MediaBay – 
    Scanned foldersscannedfolders.bin
    MediaBay – 
    Scanned disksFileSysObserver.xml (When changing the file system 
    these disks are automatically scanned by the MediaBay 
    – Windows only.)
    MediaBay 
    databasemediabay.db
    MediaBay Content ContentManager.xml
    MIDI FX presets \Presets\\.xml
    Mixer (or channel) 
    settingssaved in the last active folder as *.vmx file (VST Mixer 
    settings)
    Mixer view 
    presetsaved in project
    Panel files \Panels\.xml
    Preferences 
    ConfigurationConfiguration.xml
    Patch name 
    scripts\Scripts\Patchnames\ as *.txt file
    Preferences
    presets\Presets\Configurations\.xml
    Quantize 
    presets\Presets\RAMPresets.xml
    Score – Settings Score Setting Window.xml
    Score – 
    Default fontScore Default Font.xml
    Score – Custom 
    PalettesScore Custom Palettes.xml
    Score – Guitar 
    symbolsGuitarLib.xml
    Score – Chord 
    symbols\Presets\ChordSymbols.xml
    Staff Presets \Presets\Staff Presets as *.xml file Setting Stored in 
    						
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    Customizing Note that the Score editor is only available for the Nuendo Expansion Kit.
    Snapshot file \Presets\MIDI snapshot as *.xml file
    Toolbar presets \Presets\RAMPresets.xml
    Track controls 
    presets\Presets\RAMPresets.xml
    Track presets 
    (user-defined, 
    for all programs)Win: \Documents and Settings\\Applica-
    tion Data\Steinberg\Track Presets
    Mac: Users//Library/Application Sup-
    port/Steinberg/Track Presets
    (with the subfolders \Audio, \Instrument, \Midi, \Multi) 
    as *.trackpreset file
    Transport panel 
    presets\Presets\RAMPresets.xml
    Usage profile
    logUsage Profile.xml (only saved if the corresponding op-
    tion in the Preferences is activated)
    User templates templates\.npr
    VST connections 
    presets\Presets\RAMPresets.xml
    VST 3 plug-ins 
    and instrumentsVstPlugInfo.xml
    VST 2 plug-ins 
    and instrumentsVst2xPlugins.xml
    VST3 presets 
    (user-defined, 
    for all programs)Win: \Common files\VST3 Presets\\
    
    Mac: Users//Library/Audio/Presets/
    /
    as *.vstpreset file
    VST3 presets 
    (public, for all pro-
    grams)Win: \Documents and Settings\VST3 Presets\\
    Mac: /Library/Audio/Presets//
    as *.vstpreset file
    Workspaces saved in project
    Workspace pre-
    sets (global)Window Layouts.xml
    Zoom presets \Presets\RAMPresets.xml
    Networking Network Manager.xml
    Networking – 
    PermissionsUser Permissions.xml
    Quick Control 
    SettingsQuick Controls MIDI.xml Setting Stored in 
    						
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    Key commands 
    						
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    Key commands
    Introduction
    Most of the main menus in Nuendo have key command 
    shortcuts for certain items on the menus. In addition, there 
    are numerous other Nuendo functions that can be per-
    formed via key commands. These are all default settings. If 
    you want, you can customize existing key commands to 
    your liking, and also add commands for menu items and 
    functions currently not assigned any.
    How are key commands settings saved?
    Every time you edit or add any key command assignment, 
    this is stored as a global Nuendo preference – not as part 
    of a project. Hence, if you edit or add a key command as-
    signment, any subsequent projects that you create or 
    open will use these modified settings. However, the de-
    fault settings can be restored at any time by clicking the 
    button “Reset All” in the Key Commands dialog.
    In addition, you can save complete or partial key com-
    mands settings as a “key commands file”, which is stored 
    separately and can be imported into any project. This way 
    you can quickly and easily recall customized settings, 
    when moving projects between different computers, for 
    example. The settings are saved in a file on disk with the 
    windows extension “.xml”.
    How to save key commands settings is described in the 
    section “Saving complete key commands settings as pre-
    sets” on page 521.
    Setting up key commands
    The following is a description of how you set up key com-
    mands and save them as presets for easy access.
    Key commands settings are accessed and edited mainly 
    in the Key Commands dialog. You can find some key com-
    mand settings in the Preferences dialog as well, also ad-
    dressed in this chapter.
    Adding or modifying a key command
    In the Key Commands dialog you will find all main menu 
    items and a large number of other functions, arranged in a 
    hierarchical way similar to the Windows Explorer and Mac 
    OS Finder. The function categories are represented by a 
    number of folders, each containing various menu items and 
    functions. When you open a category folder by clicking the 
    plus-sign beside it, the items and functions it contains are 
    displayed with the currently assigned key commands.
    To add a key command, proceed as follows:
    1.Pull down the File menu and select “Key Commands…”.
    The Key Commands dialog appears.
    2.Use the list in the Commands column to navigate to 
    the desired category.
    3.Click the plus-sign to open the category folder and 
    display the items it contains.
    Note that you can also click the “global” plus and minus-signs in the top 
    left corner to open and close all category folders at once.
    !You can also assign tool modifier keys, i.e. keys that 
    change the behavior of various tools when pressed. 
    This is done in the Preferences dialog – see “Setting 
    up tool modifier keys” on page 524. 
    						
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    Key commands
    4.In the list, select the item to which you wish to assign a 
    key command.
    Already assigned key commands are shown in the Keys column as well 
    as in the Keys section in the top right corner.
    5.Alternatively, you can use the search function in the 
    dialog to find the desired item.
    For a description of how to use the search function, see “Searching for 
    key commands” on page 520.
    6.When you have found and selected the desired item, 
    click in the “Type in Key” field and enter a new key com-
    mand.
    You can choose between any single key or a combination of one or sev-
    eral keys ([Alt]/[Option], [Ctrl]/[Command], [Shift]) plus any key. Just 
    press the keys you want to use.
    7.If the key command you entered is already assigned to 
    another item or function, this is displayed below the “Type 
    in Key” field. 
    If a key command already is assigned to another function, you can either 
    ignore this and proceed to assign the key command to the new function 
    instead, or you can select another key command.
    8.Click the Assign button above the field.
    The new key command appears in the Keys List.
    Note that you can have several different key commands for 
    the same function. So adding a key command to a function 
    that already has another key command will not replace the 
    key command previously defined for the function. If you 
    wish to remove an assigned key command, see “Removing 
    a key command” on page 520.
    9.Click OK to exit the dialog.
    Turning Key Commands off
    Nuendo also gives you the option of turning key com-
    mands off, meaning that even if a function has a key com-
    mand assigned to it, you can disable the key command.
    This is done in the Preferences dialog, in the following 
    way:
    1.Open the Preferences dialog from the File menu (un-
    der Mac OS X it is located on the Nuendo menu) and se-
    lect the Configuration page.
    As you can see, the Configuration page contains two main folders; “Main 
    Menu” and “Command Categories”.
     The “Main Menu” folder contains a number of subfolders, 
    which in turn each contains items found on the main menus in 
    Nuendo.
     The “Command Categories” folder also contains a number of 
    subfolders, each of which contains a number of program func-
    tions not available on any of the main menus.
    !If the key command you enter is already assigned to 
    another function, you will get a warning message 
    asking if you want to reassign the command to the 
    new function instead, or cancel the operation.
    If a selected item or function has a key command 
    assigned already, it is displayed here……and here. 
    						
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    Key commands
    All the items and functions in the subfolders can have key 
    commands assigned to them. The column to the right, la-
    beled “Command”, allows you to set the On/Off status for 
    the corresponding items. This indicates whether it should 
    be possible to use assigned key commands for the items 
    or not.
    2.Click on the plus sign beside one of the main folders 
    to open it and list the subfolders it contains.
    3.Open the desired subfolder by clicking its plus sign, 
    navigate to the item for which you want to disable the as-
    signed key command, and select it.
    4.Click in the “Command” column beside the item to set 
    the status to “Off”.
    Now it will not be possible to use any key command assigned to that 
    menu item or function.
    5.Repeat this for all items or functions for which you 
    want to disable key commands.
    ÖNote that if you set an entire subfolder to “Off” in this 
    way, all the items or functions it contains will automatically 
    be set to “Off” as well.
    If this is not what you want, you can reset separate items in the subfolder 
    to “On”.
    6.When you’re done, click OK to close the Preferences 
    dialog and apply the changes.
    Searching for key commands
    If you want to know which key command is assigned to a 
    certain function in the program, you can use the Search 
    function in the Key Commands dialog:
    1.Click in the search text field at the top left of the dialog 
    and type in the function for which you want to know the key 
    command.
    This is a standard word search function, so you should type the command 
    as it is spelled in the program. Partial words can be used; e.g., to search 
    for all quantize related commands, type “Quantize”, “Quant”, etc.
    2.Click the Search button (the magnifying glass icon).
    The search is conducted and the first matching command is selected 
    and displayed in the commands list below. The keys column and the keys 
    list show the assigned key commands, if any.
    3.To search for more commands containing the word(s) 
    you entered, click the Search button again.
    4.When you’re done, click OK to close the dialog.
    Removing a key command
    To remove a key command, proceed as follows:
    1.If the key commands dialog isn’t already open, pull 
    down the File menu and select “Key Commands…”.
    2.Use the list of categories and commands to select the 
    item or function for which you wish to remove a key com-
    mand.
    The key command for the item is shown in the Keys list and the Keys 
    column.
    3.Select the key command in the Keys list and click the 
    Remove button (the trash icon).
    You will get a prompt asking if you want to remove the key command or 
    cancel the operation.
    4.Click Remove to remove the selected key command.
    5.Click OK to close the dialog.
    Setting up macros
    A macro is a combination of several functions or com-
    mands, to be performed in one go. For example, you could 
    select all events on the selected audio track, remove DC 
    offset, normalize the events and duplicate them, all with a 
    single command.
    Macros are set up in the Key Commands dialog as follows:
    1.Click the Show Macros button.
    The macro settings are shown in the lower part of the dialog. To hide 
    these from view, click the button (now renamed to Hide Macros) again.
    2.Click New Macro.
    A new, unnamed macro appears in the Macros list. Name it by typing the 
    desired name. You can rename a macro at any time by selecting it in the 
    list and typing in a new name.
    3.Make sure the macro is selected, and use the Catego-
    ries and Commands in the upper half of the dialog to se-
    lect the first command you want to include in the macro.
    4.Click Add Command.
    The selected command appears in the list of Commands in the Macros 
    section. 
    						
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