Here are the features on my wishlist that would allow me to use Nuendo exclusively for postproduction without needing other DAWs:
Enhanced OSC Capabilities
Nuendo already supports OSC (Open Sound Control), but its use is limited to one app with no functionallity to use it openly with osc signals/ exposed functionality. OSC is incredibly useful for integrating third-party applications that control transport position, playback, and much more. Among DAWs, Reaper has the most extensive OSC support that I’ve found.
In my workflow, I use OSC extensively while recording dubs, as the app I rely on supports both MTC and OSC. Once you start using OSC, it’s hard to go back due to the faster workflow and the ease of bidirectional communication between Nuendo and other apps. This feature is at the top of my wishlist, and I really hope it’s expanded in the future.
Improved Direct Offline Processing (DOP)
I feel that DOP in Nuendo could use more attention. A major improvement I’d like is better control over listening to specific sections of audio while applying effects. Right now, it’s difficult to preview a specific area. Ideally, I’d like to see synchronization between the listening section and the transport position, or alternatively, an interactive waveform to playback or listen more effectively.
Extended Multichannel Splitting Functions
I’m not sure if Nuendo currently supports this, but I’d love a streamlined workflow for splitting multichannel files. For example, if I have a 5.1 audio file, I want to split it directly into mono files within a 5.1 group, with each channel routed to its corresponding position (Left to Left, Right to Right, LFE to LFE, etc.). This would eliminate the steps of creating a group, splitting it into mono channels, manually separating the file, and routing each channel individually.
Support for a Wider Range of Video Formats
Expanding Nuendo’s compatibility with various video formats would make it even more versatile for postproduction work.
Improved Volume/Gain Control (Already in Cubase 14)
This feature has been improved in Cubase 14, which is fantastic. Integrating it into Nuendo would be incredibly helpful as well.
The last three is and will already be there. DOP does work on selection but having a selection tool within is tricky as it operates on the original and passes down the snapshot to the Nuendo audio timeline, it already has Process Range Extension so I wonder whats the purpose of having timeline, selection and position fields would serve. You can use the volume envelop and fade to in DOP to restrict testing. I think Nuendo would be better served with something like Wavelab Go ARA.2 with some additional clip effect slots as a secondary DOP which might be coming….probably.
@Rajiv_Mudgal what I think would be the purpose of this is that sometimes you want to apply a process to the whole clip, for example noise reduction, but the speech is 30s into that clip. As it stands, you have to press play in DOP and then wait the whole god damned 30 seconds before the part comes up. And if you want to check it again, you have no choice but to wait AGAIN. Its either this or chopping it up and copying the plugin chain, or the workaround that I end up resorting to, that is setup the processing chain using normal inserts - cause then you have event volume and can control the transport - and after it is set you drag the plugins into DOP.
Processing ranges using DOP is a recipe for disaster, IMO. You have no way of keeping track of where the ranges are and what was done to each one.
So I 100% agree with OP that having the possibility to control the position, loop and transport within the clip is a huge improvement in DOP workflow.
Lots of things that I want. I am excluding anything from C14, assume it is coming to N14.
More stability, and better handling of CPU/Cores.
#1 - Absolutely (Trying to use new midi remote to solve this is not optimal, I had to revert back to generic remote, due to dropping midi device in midi remote).
I think every command, macro, PLE etc should have an osc address by default with the option to change them.
#2 - Expressions maps - my immediate need is negative track delays per articulation, my desire is that plus a better experience creating and maintaining expression maps. #3 - All user files, presets, expression maps, midi remotes, generic remotes, etc should be saved to one parent folder that we can define. I have created a power shell script just to try to get this in one place for backing up, etc…
Projects that recall Workspaces, for example a music project has bars/beats rulers and is set up for “musical”, whereas an audio-post projects is set to Linear…etc
Markers that get attached to Events, like Reaper’s Item Markers.
This is a big one, and I’m losing hope this ever happens: Multiple sequences inside a project, as Tabs, again like Reaper, but each tab has its own TC offset and can be routed to common Groups or Master buses. This way you can work a multiple cuts of the same project.
This should maybe be a thread for v15. I think Nuendo 14 is so close I really doubt anything we request now will make it into the next version. But for v15 (or anything between the two) there is time.
Since nobody is going to rename this (probably) I’ll just add some of my wants:
AAF import should give the option to import even with some errors rather than just having it fail, even if it is against specs. Pro Tools allows it and it make PT a better option in practice.
AAF imports with errors should list the errors with the ability to export a txt file or marker list with timecodes that identify which error is failing correct import.
Automation - Trim doesn’t fill loop range (iirc)
Automation - Touch doesn’t intuitively fill loop range
Automation - VCAs - Fix the bug that requires default auto points
Automation - Auto Join option to have it be on a per-track basis so that touching one track doesn’t trigger join on all others as well (as PT does it)
Eucon - add VCA spill
VCAs - add spill regardless of Eucon
“AI” voice cloning. It would let us clone a voice and then apply that to new dialog. Great for “SmartPhone ADR” and tricky dialog edits etc.
“AI” music editing. See Adobe.
Convert to multi-channel should either list the errors with the ability to export a txt file or marker list with timecodes that identify which error is failing correct conversion and/or just give the option to convert anyway.
N16 FR that i’ll add
Please create a way to import mono split-multichannel wav files. I record vehicles with multiple recorders (in sync) and miss a good workflow to split out the perspectives. In PT this is far easier or I haven’t found the correct workflow yet in N13.
I have 5 recorders running 2 to 6 ISO audio tracks. Some will be stereo mic setups, some will be a selection of specific perspectives (6 tracks :2 mono mics, 2 stereo mics).
AFAIK there is no way to import either a multichannel wav file and easily put say the mono iso tracks on 2 mono tracks and the 2 stereo pairs on 2 stereo tracks.
Even when i split them up in nuendo i have to put them on mono or stereo tracks by hand, link them and line up up to a 100 takes. In PT/Reaper you can drag (virtually split up) the files on several mono tracks and then place them on their equivalent tracks. This should be easy in Nuendo i’d say.