Steinberg Nuendo 5 Manual

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Setting the Main Mix bus (the default output 
bus)
The Main Mix is the output bus that each new audio, group 
or FX channel is automatically routed to.
Any of the output busses in the VST Connections window 
can be the default output bus. By right-clicking on the 
name of an output bus, you can set it as the Main Mix bus.
Setting the default output bus.
Adding child busses
A surround bus is essentially a set of mono channels – 
6
 channels in the case of the 5.1 format. If you have a...

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Setting up group and FX channels
The Group/FX tab in the VST Connections window shows 
all group channels and FX channels in your project. You 
can create new group or FX channels by clicking the cor
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responding Add button. This is the same as creating 
group channel tracks or FX channel tracks in the Project 
window (see 
“Using group channels” on page 170 and 
the chapter “Audio effects” on page 195).
However, the VST Connections window also allows you 
to create child busses for...

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Setting up external effects
To set up an external effect in the VST Connections win-
dow, proceed as follows:
1.Open the External FX tab and click the “Add External 
FX” button.
A dialog opens.
2.Enter a name for the external effect and specify the 
send and return configurations.
Depending on the type of effect, you can specify mono, stereo or sur-
round configurations. 
•You also need a MIDI device that corresponds with the 
external effect. You can then click the “Associate MIDI...

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pensation. When you have defined a MIDI device for the ef-
fect, the corresponding Device window will be opened. When 
Studio Manager 2 is installed, and you have set up a corre
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sponding OPT editor, this OPT editor is displayed.
The default parameter window for an external effect
Like any effect, you can use the external FX bus as an in-
sert effect or as a send effect (an insert effect on an FX 
channel track). You can deactivate or bypass the external 
effect with the usual...

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When you select the external instrument in the VST Instru-
ments window, the following happens:
• A parameter window for the external device opens automati-
cally. This may either be the Device window, allowing you to 
create a generic device panel, an OPT editor window or a de
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fault editor. For information about the Device window, the 
MIDI Device Manager and User device panels, see the chap
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ter “Using MIDI devices” on page 380.
The external instrument will behave like any other...

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•Use the arrow buttons next to the Tail Size value field to 
set the desired Tail length, i.
 e. the range after the part 
boundary is also to be included in the freeze. You can also 
click directly in the value field and enter the desired value 
manually (the maximum value being 60
 s).
•When the Tail Size is set to 0 s (default), the freezing will 
only take into account the data within the Part boundaries.
Editing operations
On the different tabs of the VST Connections window the...

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Automatically renaming selected busses
You can rename all the selected busses at once using in-
crementing numbers or letters from the alphabet.
•To use incrementing numbers, select the busses that 
you want to rename and enter a new name for one of the 
busses, followed by a number.
For example, if you have eight inputs that you want to be named “In 1, 
In
 2, …, In 8”, you select all the busses and enter the name “In 1” for the 
first bus. All other busses are renamed automatically....

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The Project window 

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The Project window
Window Overview
The Project window is the main window in Nuendo. This provides you with an overview of the project, allowing you to 
navigate and perform large scale editing. Each project has one Project window.
 
About tracks
The Project window is divided vertically into tracks, with a 
timeline running horizontally from left to right. The follow
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ing track types are available:
Project 
overview
The event display, showing audio parts and events, MIDI parts, automation, markers,...

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The Project window
About parts and events
The tracks in the Project window contain parts and/or 
events. Events are the basic building blocks in Nuendo. 
Different event types are handled differently in the Project 
window:
• Video events and automation events (curve points) are always 
viewed and rearranged directly in the Project window.
• MIDI events can always be found in MIDI parts, which are con-
tainers for one or more MIDI events. MIDI parts are rearranged 
and manipulated in the Project...