Steinberg Nuendo 4 Plug In Reference Manual

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MixerDelay
The MixerDelay is a tool that allows you to adjust and ma-
nipulate each individual channel in a surround track, group 
or bus. Each channel has the following controls:
 Level faders allow you to fine-tune the volume balance between 
the surround channels.
 Mute and Solo buttons are useful for listening to individual 
channels, etc.
 Phase switches let you invert the phase or polarity for individ-
ual channels.
 Delay controls allow you to delay individual...

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When should I use SurroundDither?
Basically anytime you mix down to a lower resolution, ei-
ther in real-time (playback) or with the Export Audio Mix-
down function, you should consider dithering.
Since SurroundDither is capable of dithering up to six 
channels at the same time, it is recommended if you’re us-
ing surround channels.
If not, you may want to use the UV22 HR instead, see “Mastering – UV 22 
HR” on page 28.
The following options can be set in the...

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Tools plug-ins
This section describes the plug-ins in the “Tools” category.
MultiScope 
The MultiScope can be used for viewing the waveform, 
phase linearity or frequency content of a signal. There are 
three different modes:
 Oscilloscope (Ampl.)
 Phase Correlator (Scope)
 Frequency Spectrum analyzer (Freq.)
Ampl (Oscilloscope) mode
To view a signal waveform, open the MultiScope control 
panel and make sure that the button “Ampl.” in the lower 
left corner is lit.
If the...

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 Generally, the more you can see a “thread”, the more bass in 
the signal, and the more “spray-like” the display, the more high 
frequencies in the signal.
When the MultiScope is used with a surround channel in 
Scope mode, the pop-up menu to the right of the Scope 
button determines the result:
If “Stereo (Front)” is selected, the display will indicate 
the phase and amplitude relationship between the front 
stereo channels.
If “Surround” is selected, the display...

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Link Button
This synchronizes the time code output to the Transport time positions. 
When Link is activated, the time code output will exactly match the play 
position in Nuendo. 
Activating the Generate button makes the device send the SMPTE time 
code in “free run” mode, meaning that it will output continuous time 
code, independently from the transport status in Nuendo. If you wish to 
“stripe” a tape with SMPTE, you should use this mode.
Start Time
This sets the time...

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As soon as you add the TestGenerator as an effect to an 
audio track and activate it, a signal is generated. You can 
then activate recording as usual to record an audio file ac-
cording to the signal specifications:
Parameter Description
Waveforms By clicking these buttons, you select the basis for the 
signal generated by the waveform generator. You can se-
lect between four basic waveforms: Sine, Square, Saw-
tooth and Triangle, or three types of noise (white, brown...

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MIDI effects
Introduction
This chapter describes the included MIDI realtime effects 
and their parameters.
How to apply and handle MIDI effects is described in the 
chapter “MIDI realtime parameters and effects” in the Op-
eration Manual.
Arpache 5
A typical arpeggiator accepts a chord (a group of MIDI 
notes) as input, and plays back each note in the chord 
separately, with the playback order and speed set by the 
user. The Arpache 5 arpeggiator does just that, and more. 
Before describing the...

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Arpache SX
This is an even more versatile and advanced arpeggiator, 
capable of creating anything from traditional arpeggios to 
complex, sequencer-like patterns. The Arpache SX has 
the following parameters:
Seq mode
When Seq mode is selected in the Arp Style section, the 
Arpache SX uses an additional MIDI part as a pattern. This 
pattern then forms the basis for the arpeggio, in conjunc-
tion with the MIDI input.
To import a MIDI part into the Arpache SX, drag it from 
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Finally, the Play Mode setting affects the resulting arpeggio. 
Note also that you can choose to keep the original note tim-
ing, note length and note velocities from the dropped MIDI 
part, by selecting “Source” in the Quantize and Length 
fields, and “Seq” in the Velocity Source section.
Autopan
This plug-in works a bit like an LFO in a synthesizer, allow-
ing you to send out continuously changing MIDI controller 
messages. One typical use for this is automatic MIDI pan-
ning (hence the...