Steinberg Cubase Studio 5.5 New Features Manual

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The Define Locations section
When you open the MediaBay for the first time, a scan for 
media files is performed on your system. You specify which 
folders or directories you want to be included in the scan by 
activating/deactivating the checkboxes for the folders in the 
Define Locations section. Depending on the amount of me-
dia files on your computer, the scan may take a while. All 
files that are found in the specified folders are shown in the 
Results list.
•To include a folder in...

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Updating the display
You can update the display in two ways: by rescanning or 
by refreshing.
Rescanning
When you click the Rescan button, the selected folder is 
rescanned. If a folder contains a large number of media 
files, the scanning process may take some time. Use this 
function if you have made changes to the content of spe-
cific media folders and want to scan these folders again.
ÖYou can also rescan the selected folder by right-click-
ing on it and selecting Rescan Disk from...

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•To show the files contained in the selected folder and 
any subfolders (without showing these subfolders), acti-
vate the Deep Results button.
When this button is deactivated, only the folders and files contained in 
the selected folder are shown.
The Results list
The Results list is at the heart of the MediaBay. Here, you 
will find all the files found in the selected location.
As the number of files displayed can be huge (the info 
field in the top right corner of the Results section...

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Setting up the Results list columns
For each media type, or for combinations of media types, 
you can specify the attribute columns that are displayed in 
the Results list.
Proceed as follows:
1.Select the media type (or combination of media types) 
that you want to make settings for.
2.Click the “Set up Result Columns” button and activate 
or deactivate the options on the submenus.
Activate the attributes that you want to be displayed in the Results list.
ÖIf you want to see none of the...

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The rating slider
Using the rating slider above the Results list, you can 
specify rating settings for your files, ranging from 1 to 5. 
This makes it possible to exclude certain files from the 
search according to their quality.
When you move the rating slider, the active rating filter is 
indicated in red. All files of this rating are displayed in the 
list.
The search in progress indicator
At the top right in the Results list you will find an indicator 
which shows whether the MediaBay...

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Previewing files
When you have sufficiently narrowed down the list of files, 
you will want to preview individual files to find out which 
one to use in your project. This is done in the Previewer 
section.
Note that some MediaBay-specific Preferences affect the 
playback of media files, see “Preferences” on page 30. 
The elements visible in this section and their functions 
depend on the type of media file.
Previewing audio files
To preview an audio file, click the Play button. What...

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These methods will be described in the following sections.
Previewing presets via MIDI Input
MIDI input is always active, i. e. when a MIDI keyboard is 
connected to your computer (and set up properly), you 
can directly start playing the notes to preview the selected 
preset.
Previewing presets using a MIDI file
Proceed as follows:
1.On the Sequence Mode pop-up menu, select “Load 
MIDI File”.
2.In the file dialog that opens, navigate to the desired 
MIDI file, and click Open.
The name of...

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•“Auto Play New Results Selection” works as for audio 
files, see above.
The Filters section
With the MediaBay, you can perform very refined file 
searches.
Applying an attribute filter
The MediaBay allows you not only to view and edit some 
of the standard file attributes found in all computer files, 
but it also provides preconfigured attributes, or “tags”, 
that you can use to organize your media files.
The Filters section displays all values found for a specific 
attribute. Selecting...

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Editing Attributes
Editing attributes in the Results list
Attributes can be edited directly in the Results list. This al-
lows you, for example, to assign tags to a library of loop 
files.
Proceed as follows:
1.In the Results list, select the file(s) for which you want 
to change an attribute value.
2.Click in the column for the tag value you want to assign.
Depending on the attribute type, a pop-up menu with tag values organized 
in submenus will show or, in the case of numeric values,...

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The Loop Browser and Sound 
Browser windows
The Loop Browser and Sound Browser items on the Me-
dia menu open two different “views” of the MediaBay. The 
Loop Browser is preconfigured for quickly browsing your 
“loops”, i. e. audio files, MIDI loops, and pattern banks. The 
default browse location is the VST Sound node. Similarly, 
the Sound Browser is set up for you to be able to quickly 
search the desired sound, without having to configure the 
window. By default, it is set to display...