Yamaha is to bundle Steinberg Nuendo Live 3 recording software with new Rivage PM5 and PM3, DM7, CL, QL and TF series digital mixers, promising ‘an enhanced, more comfortable live recording environment for mixing engineers’.
Steinberg’s streamlined Nuendo Live multitrack recording software is designed for live recording, production houses and rental companies. Nuendo Live puts the emphasis on reliability, user-friendly operation and sound quality, its tight integration with Rivage PM, DM7, CL and QL series mixers mean that channel names, markers and transport functions can be controlled from the console.
Nuendo Live 3 adds several key features to those of its predecessors, intended to make the live recording process faster, more flexible and with improved audio quality.
In the live environment, it’s easy for a hardware USB eLicenser to be lost, damaged, stolen or accidentally knocked out of the recording computer. Nuendo Live 3 supports Steinberg Licensing, an account-based licence management system that means this is no longer an issue. It also offers the advantage of working offline, allowing easier setup of recording sessions in advance.
A new Project Template Assistant offers a simplified workflow where, instead of saving files as a dedicated template format, any Nuendo Live 3 project can be used as a template for the next recording.
Nuendo Live 3 also offers native support for Apple silicon and Arm processors, taking full advantage of the efficiency and processing power of current Macintosh computers, without the risk of glitches or CPU overload.
The audio engine has also been updated to the same as Cubase and Nuendo’s latest generation engines. Optimised to work with the latest processors, this and a new user interface with HiDPi support aim to take Nuendo Live 3 to a higher level of efficiency and ease of use.
‘The beauty of Nuendo Live is its simplicity - the sole focus is on reliability and quality, with no unnecessary features. With version 3, we’re bringing it up to par with the latest technologies, while also improving its performance and usability,’ says Steinberg Senior Marketing Manager, Luis Dongo.
‘We are pleased to deliver the enhanced versatility and sound of Steinberg’s streamlined live recording solution,’ adds Yamaha General Manager of Global Marketing & Sales for the Professional Solutions Division, Thomas Hemery. ‘And with closer cooperation between Yamaha and Steinberg, which are both Yamaha Group brands, we are making the integration between Yamaha mixing consoles and Steinberg software even tighter.’
