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3.Specify the type of the attribute.
Attributes can be of the types “Text”, “Number” or “Yes/No” switch. For 
“Number” attributes, you can specify how many decimals are displayed, 
by entering the corresponding value in the Precision field.
4.In the text field below, enter the name for the new at-
tribute.
Note that this is the name as it will be displayed in the program. Below 
the text field, you will see the name as it will be used internally (e.
 g. in the 
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3.In the Define Locations section, select the folder (or 
removable hard drive, etc.) containing the files with pro
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duction sound you want to work with and save it as Loca-
tion. 
4.Hide the Define Locations section to save screen 
space.
5.In the Locations section, select the Location you just 
created.
You can now also close this section.
6.In the Results list, specify the file type you want to 
browse by selecting it on the dialog.
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The following options are available in the Results section:
Key commands
You can display the available MediaBay key commands 
from within the MediaBay window. This is useful if you 
want to get a quick overview over the assigned and the 
available MediaBay key commands.
To open the Key Commands pane, proceed as follows:
1.Click the Key Commands button in the lower left cor-
ner of the window.
A transparent pane appears, covering the window. In the center of it is a 
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Click the Browse button to expand the dialog to show the 
Results list (as you can find it in the MediaBay). However, 
only file types that can be used in this context are shown.
You can also apply track presets to existing tracks. The di-
alog that opens in this case is the same as above.
Applying effect presets
When you have added an insert effect, you can choose 
from a variety of presets via the Presets pop-up menu for 
the effect slot. 
The Preset browser opens:
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external device and directly browse its contents in the 
MediaBay, without having to scan the device again. This 
can be achieved by creating a volume database for the ex
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ternal device.
Volume databases are files that can be created for drives 
of your computer or for external storage media. They con
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tain the same kind of information about the media files on 
these drives as the regular MediaBay database.
Creating a volume database
To create a separate volume database file for a...

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Working with track presets
Introduction
Track presets are templates from audio, MIDI or instrument 
tracks that can be applied to newly created or existing 
tracks of the same type. They contain sound and channel 
settings, and allow you to quickly browse, preview, select 
and change sounds, or reuse channel settings across 
projects. 
Track presets are organized in the MediaBay (see the 
chapter 
“The MediaBay” on page 334), where you can 
categorize them with attributes. 
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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. Multi-track presets can only be ap
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plied if the target tracks are of the same type, number and 
sequence as the tracks in the track preset, therefore, they 
should be used in recurring situations with very similar 
tracks and settings.
VST (instrument) presets
VST instrument presets (extension “.vstpreset”) behave 
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ÖYou can also drag and drop track presets from the 
Windows Explorer or the Mac OS Finder, but in this case, 
no preview for track presets is possible.
Loading track or VST presets in the Inspector 
or the context menu of the track
1.In the Project window, select a track.
2.Click in the Load Track Preset field at the top of the In-
spector (above the track name) or right-click the track in 
the track list and select “Load Track Preset”.
The Presets browser opens.
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For information on the general handling of inserts presets, 
see 
“Effect presets” on page 209. The general handling of 
EQ presets is described in the section “Using EQ pre-
sets” on page 166.
Extracting sound from an instrument track or 
VST preset
For instrument tracks, you can extract the “sound” of an 
instrument track preset or VST preset, that means the VST 
instrument and its settings.
Proceed as follows:
1.Select the instrument track to which you want to apply 
a...