Synchronization and Machine Control
Timecode
Nuendo receives and sends MIDI time code (MTC) signals from and to any MIDI port on the computer. LTC time code may also be routed to any output of your audio hardware by means of the SMPTE Generator plug-in. And with the help of MTC/LTC/VITC converters, you can slave Nuendo to incoming LTC/VITC time code. Nuendo supports all standard frame such as 24, 25 or 30 fps, as well as Drop Frame rates and HDTV frame rates (23.9, 24.9, 59.9 and 60 fps).
MIDI Clock
Nuendo also accepts MIDI clock signals. This lets you lock it in step with external drum machines and hardware sequencers, ensuring stable synchronization with devices at the same BPM speed.
Sony 9-Pin
Nuendo can also act as the master for two Sony 9-Pin compatible devices that are connected to a serial interface on the computer. A separate transport bar is provided for every 9-Pin slave; it lets handle the transport functions of and arm up to 48 tracks. An Auto Edit option called Audio Layback serves to return the audio material of a video the correct positions on the audio tracks of the video device after it has been processed in Nuendo. Nuendo may be configured as 9-Pin slave and receive triggering signals from an external 9-Pin controller. This requires an external 9-Pin-to-MMC converter of the type offered by third-party vendors such as CB-Electronics.
MMC (MIDI Machine Control)
You can also control external hardware that supports MMC (MIDI Machine Control) via Nuendo. It offers a host of transport functions and the capacity to arm up to 64 tracks. Vice versa, Nuendo may of course be controlled from external devices using the MMC protocol.
VST System Link
VST System Link technology synchronizes several Nuendo systems with near sample-by-sample precision via a digital audio connection. Transport commands are sent along with the synchronization data down the digital audio pipeline so that every Nuendo system may serve as the transport master.
