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Studio Recording and Mixing

An exceedingly powerful production environment, Nuendo provides all the functions required for professional recording, editing and mixing. Inspired signal path mapping, the excellent functionality of the Nuendo Mixer, the phenomenal sound of the Audio Engine, efficient editing tools, extremely flexible automation options - all this adds up to make Nuendo the ideal nerve center for every professional audio studio. Read on if you wish to learn why renowned producers such as Alan Parsons, Chuck Ainlay, Elliot Scheiner and Frank Fillipetti rely on Nuendo for their music productions.

Quality, Quantity and Flexibility

Opt for Nuendo and you may use any ASIO/Core Audio-compatible hardware.
Nuendo supports all analog and digital formats (S/PDIF, AES, ADAT, TDIF, MADI).
Many pro audio equipment vendors - Apogee, Digital Audio Denmark, Prism Sound, DCS, Euphonix or RME, to mention just a few - offer high-quality converters that harmonize perfectly with Nuendo.
Seamless integration with analog and digital consoles is assured, courtesy of up to 192 simultaneously employable inputs and outputs.
And with sampling rates ranging up to 192 kHz and 24-bit resolution, alongside the Nuendo Audio Engine’s internal 32-bit floating point performance, exceptional recording quality is also assured.

Network Integration and Data Security

Record to local hard disks or any hard disk in the connected network
Easy integration into legacy backup and archiving systems
Individual destinations may be defined for each track of a recording
Simultaneous recording to different hard disks for automatic backup
Automatic buffer storage during recording to protect against data loss
Pre-record buffering of up to 60 seconds prior to recording start

The Recording Environment in the Nuendo Mixer

Control room section with separate output busses for headphones, control room, 4 studios and main mix
Four freely configurable speaker setups including solo and fold-back functionality
Up to six switchable external inputs for DAT, CD, DVD and so forth
Up to four separate studio mixes, with every audio, group and effect channel in the Nuendo Mixer offering separate studio sends
Talkback function with automatic and manual dimming
Separate Click bus
Instant access to all vital channel settings such as AFL/PFL, Mute, SIP, Gain, Phase, EQ, Sends, Inserts and Record Enable
Professional metering with user-configurable parameters
Full automatic latency compensation throughout the signal chain

Integrating Effect Plug-ins and External Hardware

Nuendo comes with 40 high-quality effect plug-ins for all the archetypal sound-shaping tasks.
Scores of first-class native and DSP-based effects are available from third-party providers such as Waves, URS, Universal Audio, SONY Oxford or TC Electronics.
You can seamlessly integrate external effect processors and MIDI instruments via the audio hardware’s inputs/outputs and use them as plug-ins. Latencies are automatically compensated.

Recording Workflow

Intuitive, fast and precise handling
Utmost flexibility for importing existing projects, for example, in OMF, OpenTL, AES-31 or AAF formats
Easy exchange of projects with other Nuendo and Cubase systems
Various recording modes for optimizing the recording workflow: Normal, Merge, Replace and Keep Last
Stacked Recording view shows all takes of a track in stacked array
Effects such as pre-compression or EQ may be written into files while recording
All routine tasks may be executed via key commands
And if you wish to work at an even faster pace, you can opt to handle Nuendo via one of the many external hardware controllers offered by companies such as Yamaha, Euphonix, SmartAV, JL Cooper, Mackie or Tascam

Preparing the Mix

You can opt to process files with effects and so forth directly in the Pool or in the Project window, while a batch processing option lets you speed things up.
A set of tools is available for processing audio events - Range, Pointer, Stretch and Timewarp, all of which may be activated via mouse, key commands or hardware controller.
Integrated Sample editor featuring special functions such as hit-point recognition, real-time time-stretching and audio quantization
Nondestructive real time calculation of fade-ins, fade-outs and cross-fades
Flexible (Cross) Fade editors and Auto Fade function
Unlimited undo function for maximum recall at the Project level
Offline process history for deleting, swapping and reconfiguring individual editing steps for each audio event (for example, normalizing, stretching and pitch-shifting).
Common applications such as Autotune or Melodyne for ironing out musical problems in audio files integrate directly into Nuendo

Mixing and Automating

Easy integration of Nuendo and external mixing consoles via analog or any digital circuits (AES, ADAT, TDIF, MADI)
Full-fledged mixer featuring extensive automation options for internal software mixing
End-to-end multi-channel audio signal path for inputs, outputs, FX returns and groups
Direct integration of MIDI, ReWire and VSTi tracks
Clear view of all crucial mixer parameters, including Mute, SIP, AFL/PFL, Panning, Level, Gain, Phase Inversion, Inserts, EQs, Send Level and Automation Status
Automation of all mixer parameters, plug-in effects and VST instruments via individual or global Read/Write buttons
Five different automation modes (Touch Fader, Autolatch, X-Over, Overwrite and Trim) with adjustable Return Time
Simultaneous view of any desired number of automation tracks and numerous editing options for recorded automation data
Curve tools (Parabola, Sine, Triangle, and Rectangle) for creating rhythmic automation envelopes

Remote Control

Nuendo supports many of the hardware controllers that are available on the market, enabling you control all standard parameters remotely.

Seamless integration of Euphonix MC and System 5 MC
Supports WK Audio's ID Controllers , a device developed especially for Nuendo
Generic Remote function allows any MIDI controller to be set up as a dedicated control device for Nuendo