Hi everyone — I’m Andy Hagerman, and have formerly been in charge of Avid’s Pro Tools certification courses. I’m now very pleased to be helping the team at Steinberg create a few courses designed to help you make the most of this powerful DAW. I think that we’ve built a strong outline of what we want to cover, but I want to make sure we’re giving you what you want.
So my question: What topics would you like to explore through formal online training material? The more specific the better!
If you do tutorial videos I’d be interested
Please provide a YouTube link
Thanks
Bill
YouTube tutorials similar to Cubase’s!
I’d love to see stock plugin workarounds to things like Mix Buss Compressors, Noise Gate/Removal, recording and processing Voiceover, the channel strip and all of that
Anything that is related to post production is useful for the najority of nuendo users (at least i think, that is the biggest group).
In General it would ideally explain the ‘philosophy and design of nuendo’ to new and advanced users, so that they understand why things wirk in a certain way (different from other daws). Direct comparisons are nit necessary but showing how it is done jn nuendo and why.
Topics could relate to:
in depth workflows for importing aaf/omf/xml , reconforming sessions, setting up ADR sessions. Perhaps a dialogue edit workflow (using spectralayers or ARA). And a good set of routing workflow videos go into detail on the ins and outs of what makes nuendo so flexible and unique.
I’d love to see a Video Game Music/Sound design course in Nuendo. It would be great to see ways for example of making Music loopable using Nuendo by itself as well as utilizing say Wwise and Fmod to create the loops with the material.
Bummer for me is that any/all training is hopelessly obsolete once we’re 3 further versions into the future and crucial workflow aspects have changed.
These won’t be YouTube videos — they’ll be self-directed online courses, covering a wide range of topics that you can navigate. There will also be certification for those who are interested, but our main thrust is getting solid information out there.
Great comment on the stock plug-ins. It’s on the list!
I hear you — that’s the problem with YouTube especially is that it tends to accumulate out of date (and inaccurate information). Just know that Nuendo isn’t alone in having that problem with YT and those kinds of tutorials.
The big advantage in this particular case is that since this is a Steinberg-sponsored initiative, we have some insights as to what we need to do in order to be current. More than current — we’re actively forward-looking. AND this course is expected to be maintained and updated, so it won’t grow mold like most tutorial videos.
I think you’ll like the approach we’re taking. We’re currently working on two coursese: A general-purpose fundamentals course, followed by a Post-Production techniques course. Of course, the curriculum structure isn’t confirmed until it’s released, but that’s the current structure we’re working with.
The fundamentals course will do most of the heavy lifting as it pertains to getting folks from other DAWs into the “Steinberg Way” of thinking. Standing on the shoulders of that foundational course will be the Post-Production Techniques course, and all of the topics that you mention here are already on the list!
There’s a Game Audio course on the roadmap, but it hasn’t started in production just yet. My guess is that it’ll get off the ground in the first quarter of next year (2025). I’ve got your comments to factor into the discussions, so thanks!
Agree on anyone up here who endorsed “practicality”
I’d love to see why Nuendo’s workflow is special and comprehensive in Post, game audio etc… by showing specific workflows from the ground up til the end and best, optimized practices specific to Nuendo leveraging and using its tools in the smartest, more efficient way.
Each one of us have found a way to streamline their workflow based on our needs but I imagine a true power user can surprise us with even better ways to accomplish the same thing.
Super looking forward to all fo this <3
The whole post-production workflow.
We came from DaVinci Resolve to Cubase then Nuendo. We now do all of our audio work in Nuendo and bounce projects between it and Resolve. I am sure we are crudely hacking our way through it, and could do things more effectively if we only knew how.
We just wrapped a two hour film using this process of back and forth, and would love to get better at it before the next one.
Honestly? Yes
I follow a few post-production channels, and they’ve uploaded, almost consistently, full mix and/or master session tutorials in Pro Tools, and I wish we had something like that.
Especially covering ground using some of the newer (Cubendo 13 onward) plugins like VocalChain, the new compressors, etc
Atmos channel routing
I think you’ll like what we’re working on. it’s broken up into chapters by topic, but the overall arc of the course shows how to do things from start to finish. For the fundamentals course, that’ll be limited to more of a general, basic level, and for the Post and Game Audio courses, we dig deeper, but still in that comprehensive way.
I don’t think that it’s only natural that folks find their own workflows — this project is committed to shining a light on some ways of working that can enhance your process.
Yep, I know those channels well — I’m part of one myself (“Pro Tools Answers”, though we’re taking a hiatus). The way that the course will be organized is that following every themed chapter will be a hands-on exercise, complete with media. The idea here is to present a project with a problem, and the exercise will show you (with specific steps) as to how to get the job done. Once you’ve done the whole course, you’ll have learned a lot.
I’ve put your plug-in requests on the list.
I feel ya brother - I’m coming from Pro Tools, and though there’s a lot of super-cool stuff in Nuendo, it has been quite the learning curve. The good news is that the authors are writing the kind of content that is helping me learn the software the right way, and I’m sure they’ll help you too.
Now as to whether the courses will be done before your next project, there’s no guarantees. Anybody who takes on a comprehensive project like this can tell you that it’s a heck of a lot of work, and much more involved than putting together YouTube videos. We’re making good progress, but we’re still many months away from release (once we get closer to completion, I’ll share dates in this thread).
Oh, that’s DEFINITELY on the list, and a topic that the post course’s author is working on right now.
Always describe functions related to workflow. I personally don’t need another tutorial where program features are explains without context. Show how users can save time editing, and some advanced customizations like creating macros and scripts to be more efficient. Then I’m definitely sold.
I agree — it’s exactly this that separates training from just studying the user’s manual. The way that we’re approaching features is based on “here’s a situation you might encounter, and how you can get the job done using this or that Nuendo feature”. Hopefully that’s what folks are looking for.