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Nuendo 4 - Advanced Audio and Post Production System
Delivering a next-generation audio production environment for audio post, studio production and live recording, Nuendo 4 empowers audio professionals by elevating creativity and productivity to new heights. Technologically advanced yet extraordinarily intuitive and fully customizable, Nuendo 4 offers streamlined, precision tools that save time and boost creativity for audio professionals in today’s media, recording and film industries. Nuendo 4 provides scaleable, cross-platform systems that integrate easily and fully with premiere components by industry-leading plug-in and hardware manufacturers. Steinberg technologies provide unprecedented power, flexibility and speed, accelerating recording, mixing, editing and sound design workflows to an unprecedented level.
- State-of-the-art digital audio production environment
- Crystal-clear 32-bit audio engine with full surround throughout
- Faster, more efficient workflow with dedicated tools, options and features
- Complete set of next-generation VST3 surround effect plug-ins
- Utilizes best available audio and computer hardware and plug-ins
- Advanced automation system for full control
- Powerful Control Room integrates into any monitoring setup
- Innovative Network Collaboration for multi-seat projects via LAN or WAN
- Full project exchange with other leading audio and video editing systems
- Cross platform for latest Windows and Macintosh operating systems
Freedom of Choice in Audio Hardware
Nuendo 4 not only leaves the choice of computer platform up to you, it also affords you the freedom to choose the audio hardware. This empowers you to put together a setup tailored to your needs and working method. Nuendo grants you the freedom to choose whatever audio hardware you wish to use. You can select the hardware that is right for you in terms of quality, functionality and price.
Supported Recording Formats
Nuendo 4 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 Lanes 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.
Supported audio import formats:
- AIFF
- AIFC
- WAV
- BWAV
- WAV64
- MPEG (MP2 and MP3)
- Ogg Vorbis
- WMA* (Pro)
- WMV* (Pro)
- REX
- 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 files extends to MIDI files as well as Cubase project files.
Supported video import formats:
- MPEG (1/2/4)
- AVI
- QuickTime
- WMV*
- WMV Pro*
Supported audio export formats:
- AIFF
- AIFC
- BWAV
- WAV
- WAV64
- MP3 Surround
- Real Audio G2
- WMA* (Pro)
- SD2**
- Ogg Vorbis
* PC only
** Mac only
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.
Integrated Sound Management System
Nuendo 4 comes with a number of features that form a breathtakingly powerful system that manages all your sounds, presets and loops in one centralized database. Thanks to the excellent integration within the creative composition and production processes, the features have the power to revolutionize your workflow. The heart of the file management system is MediaBay, a high-performance media database with outstanding search and categorization features. The powerful MediaBay functionality makes FX audio such as, say, a gunshot or car door instantly available, regardless of the location of the library on your system. Track Presets can also save huge amounts of time – importing, say, a dialog track loads EQ and your favorite compressor with all settings. And these are just several of the ways that the sound management features can radically speed up your workflow.
Audio Editing
Though Nuendo performs all tasks well, one of its strongest suites is its capacity to help you quickly post process audio material and efficiently conjure impressive sound designs. To this end, the software offers a rich set of audio processing tools for, a full-featured Sample editor, a process history, Elastic Audio features, versatile Fade editors, and many more powerful functions. Range, Pointer, Stretch, Timewarp and many more editing tools may manipulated directly via mouse, keyboard or a connected hardware remote controller. All standard editing actions can be performed directly in the Project window without having to open additional windows.
Transfer Formats
Nuendo is remarkably flexible when it comes to communicating with other audio and video workstations. Designed to support standard transfer formats, Nuendo dovetails seamlessly into every workflow and studio environment. Nuendo 4 supports all standard formats for transferring projects commonly used today in professional video editing applications and digital audio workstations. AAF, OMF, OpenTL and AES-31 are among these formats.
The Nuendo Mixer
The Nuendo Mixer ships with all the functions found on big studio consoles, including a front-to-end multi-channel audio signal path and a powerful control room section. The Nuendo Mixer is endowed with a multi-channel audio signal path from front to end. Any mono, stereo or multi-channel signal ranging up to 10.2 may be recorded, edited and mixed. And that goes for every link in the signal chain from the inputs to the outputs, including effect busses and groups.
Automation
You may automate nearly every parameter on the Nuendo Mixer, including effect plug-ins and virtual instruments. With various procedures for recording automation data and a rich selection of editing options to choose from, you’ll be delighted to discover how very convenient and productive the automation workflow can be. A first-class automation system is indispensable when mixing massive audio projects with hundreds of tracks. Nuendo 4 offers a state-of-the-art automation system with many powerful and intuitive tools that give fast and full control over every aspect of your project.
Remote Control
The superb Nuendo 4 remote control capability offers full command over crucial Nuendo functions via control systems developed specially for Nuendo by manufacturers such as Euphonix and WK Audio. Nuendo also supports third party controllers via MIDI protocol. Nuendo provides direct support for over a dozen controllers offered by various distinguished manufacturers, offering a rich selection of options for mixing, editing and controlling transport functions via outboard gear.
Effect Plug-ins
Nuendo 4 ships with a full set of high-quality, surround-capable VST3 plug-ins. What’s more, you’re free to extend its arsenal with the countless native and DSP-based effects and instruments offered by third party providers. Nuendo 4 contains more than 60 effect plug-ins including 38 VST3 plug-ins. VST3 plug-ins offer VST3 functions such as side chaining or the ability to stop the plug-in processing when no audio signal is present. VST3 plug-ins are also fully surround-compatible, with a single instance providing processing on up to 12 channels.
Integrating External Hardware
Nuendo 4 offers innovative options for integrating your studio hardware. It even lets you use your external effect devices and instruments as plug-ins, with graphical user panels and automatic latency compensation thrown in for good measure. External effect processors and MIDI sound generators may be integrated directly into Nuendo and used as plug-ins. All you have to do is set up the external devices once by selecting the physical I/0s and assigning names. Then the external devices will appear in all plug-in and VST instrument selection menus and you may use the immediately. Best of all, Nuendo features automatic latency compensation to make up for the delay produced by the hardware’s AD/DA converters.
Optimizing Workflows
Nuendo 4 offers numerous freely definable presets for tweaking tools, commands and functions to suit your style and approach. It goes without saying but for the record, you are free to personalize the graphical user interface, menu structure and handling via user-defined key commands as you see fit. Nuendo adapts perfectly to your working method rather than vice versa. Nuendo is a phenomenally powerful production environment offering handy tools for every conceivable task. Frankly, though, most users will require just some of the scores functions and tools, depending on working method and project. This is why you can hide any options that you don’t need, in all menus. The same goes for buttons and displays in the Transport panel, tracks, tool bar and other elements appearing on your screen.
Video
Nuendo offers a very flexible integrated Video Engine featuring a Video Thumbnail track and Video window for sound-tracking videos. Additionally, it outputs images to external video monitors and enables external video playback devices to be controlled via SONY 9-Pin. Nuendo is extremely well-equipped for audio work to picture, with a huge range of first-class tools for mixing, editing and synching audio to picture.
Synchronization and Machine Control
Nuendo supports industry-standard synchronization procedures via SMPTE time code. It syncs up to external audio and video devices as the master or the slave.
Network Integration
Nuendo integrates seamlessly into any LAN or WAN without entailing additional costs. Its unique Network Collaboration capabilities entail an extensive access rights management system enabling multiple users to work jointly on a network project. Every user can contribute and simultaneously receive project updates from others collaborators within the net. Nuendo 4 offers a next-generation set of networking functions that have the power to revolutionize collaborative realization of projects in multi-user scenarios.
Control Room
The unique Control Room system embedded in the Nuendo mixer offers four separate studio sends, alternate monitor setups, 6 external inputs, a dedicated headphone bus, talkback with automatic dimming and many other exciting features.
MIDI Functions
Nuendo offers integrated MIDI functions for controlling external FX or syncing to MIDI-based timing protocols. Other MIDI features include the powerful Key Editor and the time-saving MIDI device maps.
Surround Sound
The signal path in Nuendo is laid out for multi-channel audio from front to end and supports all standard Surround formats. Mono and stereo formats are readily mixed in Nuendo with LCRS, 5.1 and any other formats, and converted from one to other. Handling multi-channel sound doesn’t get any easier than this.
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- Windows Vista, Windows XP Home and Professional with SP 2
- Intel / AMD Prozessor 2 GHz minimum
- 1 GB RAM
- DVD drive required for installation
- Windows DirectX compatible audio hardware; ASIO compatible audio hardware recommended for low latency performance
- USB port required for Steinberg Key (copy protection device)
- Internet connection required for license activation
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- Mac OS X v10.4
- Power Mac G4 1 GHz or Core Solo 1.5 GHz
- 1 GB RAM
- DVD drive required for installation
- CoreAudio compatible audio hardware is required
- USB port required for Steinberg Key (copy protection device)
- Internet connection required for license activation
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