Track Import from Projects or Track Archives

You can import tracks from other Nuendo or Cubase projects or track archives. This allows you, for example, to import premixed tracks or stems to your active project, or to reuse the mix settings of a previous project for a new song.

For each individual track, you can decide whether to create a new track in your active project or to replace data on an existing track. If you use identical track names in both the imported and the active project, you can automatically select matching tracks as the import destination. You can choose to import the track events or the track settings only, to include or to exclude automation data, or to import all track data.

When importing multiple tracks that are related to each other via sends, output routing, quick link, or VCA fader within the source project, these relations are retained in your active project.

Depending on the track type, the following import rules apply:

Audio, instrument, MIDI, and sampler tracks

• If you select New Track as the destination, a new track is created in the active project. This track contains all imported track data, including track versions.

• If you select an existing track as the destination, the imported track data is applied to this track.

  If you import events or parts to an existing audio, instrument, MIDI, or sampler track, existing track versions in the active project are kept, track versions of the source project are added, and a new track version is created.

VCA, group, and effect tracks

• If you select New Track as the destination, a new track is created in the active project.

• If you select an existing VCA, group, and effect track as the destination, this track is replaced by the imported track.

Folder tracks

• If you select New Track as the destination, a new track is created in the active project.

• If you import a folder track to an existing track, the content of this track is entirely replaced by the tracks of the imported folder track.

Marker tracks

• If you select New Track as the destination, a new marker track is created. If your project already contains 32 marker tracks, you cannot import marker tracks from another project. In this case, you must remove an existing marker track first.

• If you select an existing marker track as the destination, the imported track data replaces the existing track data.

Chord, signature, and tempo tracks

• If you import chord, signature or tempo tracks, existing track versions in the active project are kept, track versions of the source project are added, and a new track version is created.

Note

If you select a signature track for import, the Import at Cursor Position is not available in the Import Options dialog.

Video tracks

• If you select New Track as the destination, a new video track is created. If your project already contains 2 video tracks, you cannot import a video track from another project. In this case, you must remove an existing video track first.

• If you select an existing video track as the destination, the imported track data replaces the existing track data.