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The enhanced Trim feature (which, unlike Passes, is in Cubase 5.5 too) is similarly superb. Note that Nuendo's main undo system also offers branches functionality. For anyone who records automation manually, this is pure gold. You can do this as many times as you like, creating a tree representing your different efforts, then click on the nodes to flick through the various permutations until you find 'the one'. The clever thing is that you can return to an earlier point, then record more passes, creating a new 'branch', shown in the right-hand area. The Passes panel shows each pass as a separate entry, and you can 'back up' through them, for immediate comparison. Let's say you record a complex automation curve using multiple passes, but you're not happy with the last few passes and want to hear how it sounded earlier. Nuendo's automation system has always been more sophisticated than Cubase's, and the new Passes system is a case in point. There are a bunch of new features from Cubase 5, the biggest being the PitchCorrect (Auto-Tune-alike) and REVerence (convolution reverb) plug-ins, and Melodyne-esque VariAudio graphical pitch/timing editor. There's also a new De-Esser plug-in that gives natural results with no fuss - it's simple but effective.

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The new QuickTime-based video engine offers improved performance and more functionality, and there's multi-mono file support (for Pro Tools compatibility). The slick Surround Panner v5 makes the previous effort look clunky, with crafty features like rotation and width/depth adjustment.

It even sounds cool on drums.Д®lsewhere, you've got in-depth data tagging of markers, which is intended to facilitate spotting (ie, marking) of actors' dialogue that needs to be dubbed (eg, due to being recorded in a noisy location). We tried it on synths, too, and there are some impressive thickening choruses to be had, as well as deep sub-bass reinforcements. On vocals, you can get a natural-sounding shift with sensible values, or push it right down for creepy, 'slowed down tape' effects. All of which is a shame because it sounds bloody good!

Since it stops shy of -100/100, it's always a bit out of tune at its extremities. There's a new pitchshifter plug-in, Pitch Driver, with a claimed range of 'up to 24 semitones', but while you can go two octaves down, it seems you can only pitch up by one.ДЄnd the Detune parameter isn't in semitones - it's an arbitrary scale ranging from -98 to 98. Note that you can now arm multiple channels for recording too. It works nicely (aside from a momentary level increase during the change), though you can't set a level offset for each output. You can switch multiple channels at once, and even select multiple destinations, and it's all automatable. Next up is Direct Routing, enabling you to designate eight possible output destinations for each channel, and then flick between them with a single click. It doesn't show the channel's output data, though, and while that does mean you can see what's coming up in advance, it still feels like an underdeveloped idea - you can't adjust the speed or scrub by dragging, for instance.

New in the mixer is the Wave Meters view, which shows a visual recreation of the clips on the audio tracks scrolling upwards. Many music producers create beats with samples on audio tracks, and we found Clip Packages to be a great way of stashing away such 'composite beats' for later use.

Also new are Clip Packages, whereby you select a bunch of related audio clips and export them - you can later pull them from the MediaBay to recreate the original structure of clips. You need to tag all your data for it to be of much use, but that chore could well be worth the effort for post-production houses. The layout has been refined and it just seems more logical and friendly, not to mention swifter overall, making it something we actually want to use. It's been overhauled for Nuendo 5 (and Cubase 5.5) and we're pleased to say, it's really making more sense now. The idea is that you use it to index all the relevant data (audio, MIDI, projects, plug-in presets, etc) on your drives, so that you can browse, filter and preview it all at your leisure. The Cubase/Nuendo MediaBay is something that, until now, hasn't really clicked with us.

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