User guide

MC Pro User Guide74
Nuendo has the following busses available:
External Input (6) Create inputs for external sources to monitor in the control room.
Talkback (1) The Talkback bus is controlled by the Talkback button on the MC surface.
Studio (4) Create mono or stereo studio outputs for talent to monitor. These can also be selected for the Control Room output.
Headphone (1) The headphone output is a dedicated stereo downmix for the control room headphones.
Monitor (4) Create up to four speaker outputs (all formats up to 8.1) controlled by the Main Spkrs/Alt 1 Spkrs/Alt 2 Spkrs buttons
on the MC surface.
5 Click on a bus to create. A dialog appears to name the bus and select its format (up to 8.1 depending on the bus). When finished,
it appears in the Studio tab.
6 Click Not Connected in the Audio Devices column of the bus name just created. Select the hardware driver to use with that bus
from the popup menu (your ASIO soundcard).
7 Click the + button next to the bus name.
The display expands to show the input or output channels that are part of that bus. After selecting the hardware, Nuendo auto-
matically assigns each output or input to the first available hardware port (such as MADI 1, MADI 2). To reassign these, click in
each channel’s Device Port column and select the proper port from the pop-up menu. For example, if Monitor 1 is a 5.1-channel
system and should go to outputs 20–25, click on each output (L, C, R, LFE, LS, RS) and assign them to ports 20–25.
8 When using the Nuendo Control Room Mixer, you may want to lock the MC Monitor section to retain Monitor control when
Nuendo is not the application in focus. To do so:
• Press and hold the MC keyboard Shift Key and press the MC Monitors section’s Setup button.
Control Room
The MC Control Room section switches the output between Nuendo Monitor busses (output busses going to speakers). The MC
Main Spkrs/Alt 1 Spkrs/Alt 2 Spkrs buttons switch the output between the first three monitor busses created. The fourth Monitor
bus is accessed by opening the Control Room window in Nuendo (Devices > Control Room) and clicking the D button (bottom
right).
•The Dim key lowers the volume to the selected Monitor bus by the specified Dim level (default = –30 dB). The Dim level can
be adjusted by turning the Control Room knob while DIM is selected.
•The Cut key cuts the output to the selected Monitor bus.
• The Soft Knob controls the level of the selected Monitor bus. When the knob is touched or adjusted the level appears in the
LCD display to the right of the knob.
Monitor
The Monitors section controls the levels of the four Studio busses, which can also be selected as sources for the Control Room sec-
tion. This allows dynamic adjustments of the headphone feeds to the talent. The name of the Studio bus being adjusted appears
in the LCDs next to the two Soft Knobs. Move the knob to adjust the output level for that Studio bus and the output level appears
in the LCD. To switch between monitoring Studio busses 1/2 and Studio busses 3/4, press the up or down arrow keys and the
LCDs update to show which Studio busses are being controlled.