Supported File Formats

Recording Formats

Nuendo 3 supports recordings in 16-, 24- and 32-bit float resolution and sampling rates up to 192 kHz. You have numerous recording formats available, from AIFF, WAV and BWAV to WAV64 for recordings which require a file size greater 2 GB due to their length or high number of channels (Surround). You can generate multi-channel recordings in all standard formats from stereo to 10.2 Surround in Interleaved or Split format. With selection of recording modes such as Normal, Merge, Replace, Keep Last und Stacked Landes to choose from, you can optimize your workflow as you see fit. If Nuendo receives a time code signal, you can automatically ID the recorded data with time stamps. Nuendo plays files on different hard disks and even on different computers within a network simultaneously. Beyond that, you can define a separate destination for every track if the recording situation requires higher hard disk performance.

File Import and Export

Supported audio import formats:

• AIFF
• AIFC
• WAV
• BWAV
• WAV64
• MPEG (MP2 and MP3)
• Ogg Vorbis
• WMA* (Pro)
• WMV* (Pro)
• REX
• AC3***
• SD2**

Nuendo imports and exports audio files with sampling rates up to 384 kHz and up to 32-bit floating point resolution. It handles multi-channel audio files in Split or Interleaved format; conversion into Mono Split Format is also an option. Audio CD grabbing is easy with Nuendo; you can even preview results and partially extract a CD track. Its capacity to import musically relevant files extends to MIDI files as well as project files from Cubase SX/SL and VST 5.

Supported video import formats:

• MPEG (1/2)
• AVI
• QuickTime
• WMV*
• WMV Pro*

Supported audio export formats:

• AIFF
• BWAV
• WAV
• WAV64
• MP3 (Pro)
• Real Audio G2
• WMA* (Pro)
• SD2**
• Ogg Vorbis
• Dolby Digital AC3*** and DTS**** file formats may be created with the help of optionally available encoders.

Export processes in Nuendo are carried out far faster than in real time, which considerably shortens the wait you may have encountered with other programs. Of course, you can slow audio export down to real time to monitor the process or accommodate external sound generators or effects that by nature of their design can only operate in real time.

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* PC only
** Mac only
*** with optional Nuendo Dolby Digital Encoder
**** with optional Nuendo DTS Encoder

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