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When you select the Category search mode, the Filter 
section will show the tag columns, each with its own list of 
tag values. 
The default setup of Category search mode
By clicking on individual tag values in the tag columns, you 
define the search filter: only the files that match the se-
lected tag values will be displayed in the Viewer. Select 
more tag values from other columns to further refine your 
search.Selected tag values in the same tag column form an OR 
condition.
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Further options for Category searches
The text field at the top serves as an additional name fil-
ter: you can enter a file name or part of a file name here.
This corresponds to a “Name: contains” Details search, which means 
that the name of the searched file must contain the text you enter here. 
See also “Performing a Details search” on page 320.
In addition to the filter defined by the tag columns, the name of the 
searched file must contain “120bpm”.
You can change which tag is...

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Previewing track and instrument presets
The Scope section for a MIDI track preset.
Track presets for MIDI or Instrument tracks and VST plug-
in presets require MIDI notes for previewing. There are 
two ways these notes can be sent to the track template:
Click the “MIDI Input” button and play MIDI notes on a 
MIDI keyboard connected to your system.
Clicking “Choose MIDI File” will open a file dialog where 
you can navigate to a MIDI file. When you now click “Play”, 
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Click and drag in the tag display to select several tags 
(click somewhere outside the selected area to deselect).
This way, you can activate/deactivate all selected check boxes in one go.
To return to the default tag display settings for the Filter, 
Viewer and Tag Editor sections, click the “Reset to Default” 
button (above the tag display) in the Manage Tags dialog.
Displaying tags in the Tag Editor
You can switch the tag display in the Tag Editor:
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4.Click OK.
The new tag is added to the list of available tags and can be displayed in 
the Tag Editor and the Viewer.
To remove a user tag, select it in the Tags list and click 
the Remove Tag button.
The tag will be removed from all tag lists in which it was previously dis-
played.
Media management
General handling
You can use the [Tab] key on your computer keyboard 
to move the focus between the different sections of the 
MediaBay window. Use the arrow keys to navigate to dif-
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5.Assign tags that reflect the information indicated by 
the folder structure.
In the above example, you would put “Metal” as a value for the Style tag, 
and “Drums” for the Instrument tag. The Tag Editor also allows you to 
display a “Tempo” tag, for which you could specify a value of “120”.
You can now use the Category search mode to find quickly 
all Metal style drum loops at 120 bpm, without the need to 
navigate through a large number of folders and subfolders. 

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Introduction
Track presets are templates that you can create from au-
dio, MIDI or instrument tracks – or several of these tracks. 
With these track presets, you can then create new tracks 
or apply them to existing tracks of the same type. 
The idea behind track presets is:
To allow you to quickly access, browse, select, change 
and preview sounds.
To give you an easy way to reuse channel settings 
across projects.
Track presets are part of the SoundFrame concept (see 
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Data saved in instrument track presets


 Audio Volume + Pan
 Audio Input Gain + Phase
 MIDI Insert FX

 Input Transformer

And also:
 Staff settings
 Color settings
ÖVolume, pan, input gain and input phase will be re-
stored only when creating a new track from a track preset.
MIDI track presets
MIDI tracks offer more possibilities than instrument tracks; 
therefore, they should be used for multi-timbral VST In-
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Data saved in MIDI track presets
 MIDI Modifiers (Transpose etc.)
 MIDI Inserts (FX)
 Output + Channel or Program Change
 Input Transformer
 Volume + Pan
And also:
 Staff settings
 Color settings
ÖNote that volume and pan will be restored only when 
creating a new track from a track preset.
Multi track presets
If you select more than one track when creating a track 
preset, the settings of all selected tracks will be saved as 
one multi track preset. Since you can apply a multi track...