PART III Editing

Now that you have recorded some material, it’s time to start the wonderful process of audio editing. The virtual environment that Nuendo provides empowers you to endlessly manipulate the audio and MIDI data in almost infinite ways. How you use the awesome power is, of course, up to you and the needs of the project.

Often, editing is used to fix problems with the recording, whether that be fixing timing of a drum performance, tuning a lead vocal, or removing unwanted noise from production audio in a film. The flip side of editing is that it can be used for creative purposes, manipulating sounds to create new sonic textures and musical expressions. In effect, the DAW can become an instrument in its own right, giving the user a powerful canvas to fill with audio art. And then there are times when we just need to get that voiceover to fit into a 30-second spot!