The Nuendo Training School - Sponsored by Primal Gear

NASHVILLE, TN -- Nashville’s group of power users for Steinberg’s Nuendo is growing. Engineers like Gary Paczosa and Chuck Ainlay have led the way while
others are quickly catching the wave. Planted firmly in the center of it all is Primal Gear, Nashville’s leading dealer for Steinberg’s Nuendo among other lines. Owner Duncan Rowe has definitely seen an upswing in demand in this market. “We are thrilled with the reception Nuendo is getting. As a company we are trying to provide tools that will aid our customers in the learning curve involved in mastering this technology.”

One of these “tools” is the inaugural Nuendo School being offered by Primal Gear at Belmont University in Nashville. This two-day workshop, being led by
Primal’s resident Nuendo expert Steve Maybee, is held in an intimate fashion in an effort to offer participants hands on experience and one-on-one instruction throughout the course. Maybee says that students may choose between two different levels when choosing a course. The “Beginner's Session” will teach basic file management, computer maintenance, Nuendo file management, and backup. This class will further delve into Nuendo’s tools,
menu’s and options while giving students the opportunity to learn how to setup sessions and basic
recording techniques as well as basic Midi instruction. The all day class concludes its curriculum with lessons on basic editing, vocal comping and loops.

The Advanced Nuendo Techniques class offers an overview of the differences between Nuendo workstations preparing students for the diverse range of environments found in the industry as well as advanced editing features and techniques, monitoring and latency discussion.
Other areas of concentration include: Nuendo automation modes, practices and techniques, Introduction into Nuendo 2.0 and some of it’s new implementation,
control surfaces usage, mixdown techniques, instruction on virtual instruments and soft synths, synchronization basics, introduction to surround, introduction to import and export features

These schools are held once per quarter at Belmont University. To ensure the hands on nature of the workshop Rowe has limited enrollment to 10 persons per school. He reports that the first school held in February was a sell out.
“ It was a great environment conducive to learning from and with one another.” Rowe says of the small class room feel with an overhead projector and sample workstations.

Musician Mark Slaughter, of the rock band Slaughter, attended the first school and praises both its format as well as its content. "Knowledge is power and my experience at Primal Gear's Nuendo power users school was very
knowledgeable,” he says. “Despite how much you know about Nuendo there is always more you can learn about this stellar program. My Nuendo chops have
grown leaps and bounds."