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Many of the default key commands, also known as keyboard shortcuts, use modifier keys, some of which are specific to each operating system.

On the Help menu, you find items linking to additional information.

Before you can start recording, you must connect Nuendo Live to your audio interface by selecting its ASIO driver in the Settings dialog.

You can define the playback of your recording via the Output Mode section of the Settings dialog.

In the Settings dialog, you can establish the connections between Nuendo Live and the audio device of your computer, and select an output mode for your recording. If a project is open, you can also make project-specific settings.

You can change the language of the user interface via the File menu.

You can control many of the functions in Nuendo Live via key commands. The available commands are listed in the Key Commands dialog.

Project files contain the data that is created during a recording.

The Projects dialog is displayed when you open Nuendo Live or close a project. It allows you to open an existing project, to create a new project, or to create a new project using an existing project as template.

You can create new empty projects via the Projects dialog.

Nuendo Live offers two ways of saving project-related information.

The toolbar provides access to the main dialogs, menus, editing tools and options, and transport controls.

The info line displays project-related information. You can change some of the parameters in the Settings dialog.

Selecting the Track View tab shows the track list and the event display. The Meter Bridge allows you to monitor the levels of your channels.

Selecting the Meter View tab shows the meters for all tracks of your project, allowing you to monitor the levels of the input channels. The panel on the left combines all parameters and controls related to recording.

It only takes a few simple steps for you to start recording in Nuendo Live.

Nuendo Live allows you to start recording immediately by clicking Easy Record or using key commands. This can be helpful in live situations where the artists start performing without waiting the recording preparations to be completed.

Nuendo Live offers various options for individual settings to customize your audio recordings. For example, you can specify metadata, such as Artist or Engineer, to be saved automatically in conjunction with the recorded files, you can exclude particular tracks from the recording, and you can define the file name and target location for your recording.

On the Record panel, you can set the relevant parameters and start recording.

You can change the location of the record folder at any time. This is useful if the current target location is running out of disk space, for example.

The audio files of a project are numbered consecutively, even if you change the record location. This is useful to transfer files from different folders to one single folder at a later stage.

When you record-enable a track, all incoming audio is automatically recorded to a buffer. This allows you to recover the beginning of a performance, in case you have started recording too late.

Productions that contain video usually contain timecode information. Nuendo Live allows you to save MIDI timecode (MTC) in your recordings, to facilitate aligning the audio timeline with the video timeline during postproduction.

Nuendo Live allows you to export your recordings as an audio mixdown or as an AAF file.

You can choose to show or hide the marker track in the Track View. Its visibility status does not have any impact on the marker functions. Existing markers can be used, even if you cannot see them in the Project window.

You can add markers using the Record panel or the marker track.

You can name and rename markers using the Record panel.

You can move markers using the Record panel or the marker track.

You can delete markers using the Record panel or the marker track.

Nuendo Live offers several methods to move the project cursor to a marker position.

At least one track is always selected in the Project window. You can use several methods to select tracks.

You can rename tracks according to the instruments that you record, for example. This helps you to keep an overview of your project.

Colors make it easier to identify tracks and events that belong together.

In a single step, you can add a single track or multiple tracks to your Nuendo Live project.

In Nuendo Live, tracks are routed to the available inputs from top to bottom. You can change the routing by dragging tracks to another position in the track list. This can become necessary if an instrument is connected to another input on the console, for example.

You can choose whether to apply your editing operations to one track or to all tracks.

With the Object Selection tool activated on the toolbar, you can select audio events for editing from the event display.

You can split either a single audio event or all audio events at once.

You can drag event borders to hide sections of a recording or to recover audio from the pre-record buffer, for example.

You can select ranges in your project for editing. A range can span multiple tracks.

You can move events and range selections by dragging.

You can duplicate events or ranges to use the same recordings in several places.