Click your computer's "Start" button and point to "All Programs."
Open the "Steinberg Nuendo" folder, and click "Uninstall." A window titled "Are you sure you want to uninstall this product?" appears.
Click "Yes." A progress bar appears, and fills up several times. After a few moments, Windows returns to the desktop. If you also installed the Nuendo Expansion Kit, continue to the next step.
Browse to the "Steinberg Nuendo" folder on the Start menu again, and click "Uninstall Nuendo Expansion Kit."
Click "Yes" to confirm. After a few moments, Windows returns to the desktop again.
Return to the "All Programs" area of the Start menu. Right-click the "Steinberg Nuendo" folder, and select "Delete." Click "Yes" to confirm.
Go to the "Nuendo Downloads" website.
Click the "Product Downloads" drop-down menu and select the version of "Nuendo" that is currently installed on the computer. After selecting the installed version of Nuendo, the web page displays the latest update.
Click the update link under the "Windows" table. Save the update to the Desktop, then double-click the update to launch the "Installation Wizard."
Click the "Next" button to begin updating and follow the onscreen wizard to complete the install.
Restart the computer after installing the update.
Click "Start," type "nuendo" and press "Enter." Wait for the application to fully load.
Click "Start," type "reason" and press "Enter." Switch back to "Nuendo.
Click "Open Devices > Reason." Select the channels that you want to use for the project.
Switch back to "Reason." The master output will now be routed to Nuendo.
Download your desired VST instruments. There are thousands of excellent VST instruments available for free online.
Connect a MIDI controller to your computer's USB port. You may need to download and install drivers from the manufacturer's website in order for your controller to run properly.
Open a project in Nuendo or start a new one.
Select "Plug-in Information" in the "Devices" drop-down menu. If you do not see your desired VST plug-ins listed, add the folder path where your VST plug-ins are located to the plug-in list.
Right-click in the track view window and select "Add Track."
Select "Add Instrument Track." Nuendo's instrument tracks are MIDI-based tracks with embedded VST support. By default, an instrument track will link a desired VST instrument to your MIDI data.
Select the VST instrument you wish to use from the instrument menu.
Arm the track for recording by clicking the record symbol on your instrument track.
Click "Record" on the global transport controls.
Record MIDI data by playing your MIDI controller. You can edit this later in Nuendo's MIDI data editors.
Open the ACID Pro program and drag and drop songs from your computer's library into the ACID Pro's library.
Move the songs you want to use into a new folder, and click "Create Mix." This will line up the songs for highlighting, looping and mixing.
With the cursor, highlight the portion of the song you want to mix, and click "Loop/Highlight." Then drag it down to the "New Mix" bar at the bottom of the page, and place it into the new mix song.
Repeat the process with other sections of the songs in the folder, and drag them down to the "New Mix" to create a song with different loops, mixes and orders.
Click the "Snap To" button to move from song to song with a less noticeable cut.
Click "Save" once you have completed mixing songs. Pop in a new CD, and click "Burn to CD" to create a disc.
Install Akai's MPD24 software drivers that came bundled with your controller.
Connect the Akai MPD24 via USB to your computer.
Open Sony ACID Pro 4.
Click "Edit" and then "Options." Make sure "Enable Real-time MIDI" is enabled in Options.
Click the "Preferences" tab, then click "MIDI."
Select the MPD24 from the "Make these devices available" pane, then click "OK."
Double-click the soft-synth icon to load the "Soft Synth Properties" window.
Click the "External MIDI Input Port" button and click the MPD24 from the input device menu.
Click "File" from the menu.
Select "New," and the "New Project" dialog box will pop on the screen.
Go to the "Summary" tab, and enter the required information about the project. The information should include the project's Title, Artist, Engineer, Copyright and Comment.
Click the "Audio" tab, and select all the different characteristics of the project. These should include information such as the sample rate, low pass filter quality, bit depth, additional stereo buses and more.
Go to the "File" menu.
Click "Open." Look up the project, which you open from your computer's hard drive.
Click "Open" to select the project.
Use the "Start Preview" to preview a media file on the "Explorer Window."
Click the "Stop Preview" when you want to stop playing a media file.
Close the "Explorer Window" when you're done.
Go to "Options" from the menu.
Click "Preferences."
Click the "Other" tab, and check the box next to "Enable Multiple Selection Preview in an Explore Window." Click "OK."
Select all the files on the "Explorer Window." For selecting more than one file, click on each file while holding down the "Ctrl" key.
Click "Start Preview."
Insert the CD into the PC's disk drive.
Go to "File."
Click "Extract Audio from CD."
Click the "Play" button.
Select "OK."
Select the event data.
Click the "Copy" button.
Click on "Paste Insert" on the clipboard.
Click "Insert."
Select "Marker."
Place the mouse pointer on the timeline for placing project markers.
Drag the markers on the timeline to adjust according to your preference.
Click "Edit" in the main menu and select "Editing Tool."
Select "Time Selection" from the Editing Tool submenu. This changes the shape of the pointer. An adjacent cursor displays with the pointer. Now select part of the track.
Click the left mouse button and drag on the track view to select the desired part of the track. The selected area is highlighted on the track view. If the selection is automatically snapping onto the grid lines, this means that ACID snapping feature is enabled. If you don't want this behavior, disable the snapping feature by pressing "F8" on the keyboard.
Release the left mouse button to create a selection.
Apply your desired effects and modifications. The changes you apply only work on the selected part of the track.
Double click the Acid Pro icon on the desktop to start Acid.
Customize project properties before beginning the project. Go to "File" from the menu and select "New." The "New Project" dialogue will appear, containing two tabs, "Summary" and "Audio." On the summary tab, enter information about the project including the Title, Artist, Engineer, Copyright and Comment. On the audio tab you can select different characteristics of the project including the number of additional stereo buses, sample rate, bit depth, low pass filter quality and more.
After entering this information, you may check the box next to "Start All New Projects with these Settings." By checking this box, you will be configuring Acid to use parameters in both the tabs as default.
Open an existing project. Go to the "File" menu and select "Open." Now choose the folder from the "Look in" drop-down list. You can now select any file and click "Open."
Preview media using the Explorer Window (it allows you to see files in looped playback before you add them to the project). You will find the "Start Preview," "Stop Preview" and "Auto Preview" buttons at the top of the window. Use these buttons for the respective functions.
Preview multiple media files. Go to the "Options" menu and select "Preferences." You will find the "Other" tab. Under this tab, check the box that says, "Enable Multiple Selection Preview in an Explorer Window." Click "OK" to save these preferences. Now select the media in the Explorer Window, while holding down the "Shift" key. Click the "Start Preview" button and Acid will show you the selected files.
Extract media from the disk. Insert the disk into the computer's optical drive, go to the "File" menu and select "Extract Audio from CD." Click the "Play" button, and select "OK."
Download media files from the web. Go to the "File" menu and select "Get Media from the Web." Now select an icon from the left side of the window for specifying which media provider from which you are downloading the file. Once you know which file to download, click the "Download" button and select a folder in which to save the file.
Copy events. By copying an event, you will be placing an exact copy of the particular event on the clipboard. You can then paste it into any project an unlimited number of times. To copy an event, select the event data, and click the "Copy" button on the toolbar and click the "Paste Insert" command on the clipboard.
Cut an event to remove the audio data from the track view and place it on the clipboard. Select the event data you want to cut, and select "Cut" from the "Edit" menu.
Use project markers and regions to identify areas of the project and offer navigational clues to find them quickly. To place a marker, go to "Insert" menu and choose "Marker." Then, place the cursor on the time line and drag the marker to the desired position.
Place regions at the start and end points of a loop region (time selection). To place the regions, go to the insert menu and choose "Region." After you place a region, you are free to change its position by dragging it to the desired position.
Open Acid Pro 6 either by clicking on the desktop icon or by clicking "Start," then "All Programs," then "Acid 6."
Arm the desired audio track for recording in Acid by clicking the "Arm For Record" button in the track list. This button is located directly beside the name of the track, and is red and round.
Click on the "Preferences" tab and select the desired source for the recording from the Microsoft Sound Mapper. Specify whether you want Acid Pro 6 to record only the left or right channel, or in stereo.
Click the "Record" button on the playback control panel to begin recording in Acid Pro. The "Record" button is also red and round.
Stop recording either by clicking the "Record" button again or by clicking "Stop."
Click "File" menu, then choose "Save As" to save your recording to your computer's hard drive.
Open another Internet browser session window and navigate to Sony Creative Software's "Software Registration" Web page.
Type in information in the fields. Click the down arrows to show menus and make selections in the Web page form.
Move the cursor to the section with a gray background and click the down arrow to show a menu. Chose "Acid Pro 6" from the menu.
Type in the number in the "Serial Number" section or leave it blank if it is not available.
Click check marks in the boxes at the bottom of the Web page to agree with the marketing preferences.
Click the "Submit Form" to submit and complete the Acid Pro 6 registration information with Sony Creative Software.
Launch your VST compatible host software. Steinberg's Cubase, Abelton's Live and ACID pro are some of the programs that support Broomstick Bass.
Navigate to the VST instrument menu and select Broomstick Bass.
Load a midi track and arm it with Broomstick bass.
Open the Broomstick Bass interface and select either "Auto" or "Manual". The "Auto" option will allow you to use the pre-programmed bass loops that will follow the pattern of chord progressions and melodies that you play to the armed track through the midi keyboard. The "Manual" option allows you to play bass notes yourself to build a riff.
Activate the metronome on your transport bar, import a drum loop or program a drum pattern to another midi lane.
Arm the midi lane that Broomstick Bass is loaded to, press "Record" on the transport bar of your host application and play your bass line on the midi keyboard.