Track Import from Projects or Track Archives

You can import tracks from other Nuendo or Cubase projects or track archives. This allows you, for example, to import premixed tracks or stems into your active project, or to reuse the mix settings of a previous project for a new song.

For each individual track, you can decide whether to create a new track in your active project or to replace data on an existing track. If you use identical track names in both the imported and the active project, you can automatically select matching tracks as the import destination. You can choose to import the track events or the track settings only, to include or to exclude automation data, to import a specific range only, or to import all track data.

When importing multiple tracks that are related to each other via sends, output routing, quick link, or a VCA fader within the source project, their relations are retained in your active project.

Depending on the track type, the following import rules apply:

Audio, instrument, MIDI, and sampler tracks

• If you select New Track as the destination, a new track is created in the active project. This track contains all imported track data, including track versions.

• If you select an existing track as the destination, you can choose whether to add the imported audio to the existing events, to replace them, or to create a new track version.

  Existing track versions in the active project are maintained, and track versions of the source project are added.

VCA, group, and effect tracks

• If you select New Track as the destination, a new track is created in the active project.

• If you select an existing VCA, group, or effect track as the destination, this track is replaced by the imported track.

Folder tracks

• If you select New Track as the destination, a new track is created in the active project.

• If you import a folder track to an existing track, the entire content of this track is replaced by the tracks of the imported folder track.

Marker tracks

• If you select New Track as the destination, a new marker track is created. If your project already contains 10 marker tracks, you cannot import marker tracks from another project. In this case, you must first remove an existing marker track.

  Note

  Nuendo projects can contain more than 10 marker tracks. If you import marker tracks from Nuendo projects to Cubase, only the first 10 selected marker tracks in the Import Options dialog are imported into your Cubase project.

• If you select an existing marker track as the destination, the imported track data replaces the existing track data.

Chord, signature, and tempo tracks

• If you import chord, signature, or tempo tracks, existing track versions in the active project are maintained.

Note

• Signature and tempo tracks can only be imported if Bars+Beats is selected as Primary Time Format on the Project window toolbar or the Transport Bar.

• If you select a signature track for import, Cursor Position cannot be selected in the Import Options dialog.

Video tracks

• If you select New Track as the destination, a new video track is created. If your project already contains 2 video tracks, you cannot import a video track from another project. In this case, you must first remove an existing video track.

• If you select an existing video track as the destination, the imported track data replaces the existing track data.