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Boolean text search
You can also perform advanced searches, using boolean 
operators or wildcards. The following elements can be 
used:
ÖThese operators can also be used for Logical filtering 
with the “matches” condition selected, see 
“Applying a 
logical filter” on page 345.
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 is currently searching 
for files.
Resetting the list
When you have set up filters for the Results list, you can 
set everything back to default by clicking the Reset Re
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sults Filter button to the right of the Rating slider.
This will delete any text in the text search field, set the rat-
ing slider to display all files and deactivate all the media 
type filters.
Inserting the files into the project
You can insert files into the project by right-clicking on 
them and selecting one of the “Insert into project” options 
from the context menu, or you can double-click them. 
What happens next depends on the track type:
Audio files, MIDI loops, and MIDI files can be inserted into 
the project by double-clicking them in the Results list. They 
will be inserted on the active track, if this matches the file 
type or onto a new track if no corresponding track is active. 
The files will be inserted at the current project cursor posi
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tion.
Similarly, if you double-click on a track preset, it will be ap-
plied to the active track, if the track type matches the track 
preset. Otherwise, a new track will be inserted, containing 
the settings of the track preset.
If you double-click a VST preset, an instrument track is 
added to the project, containing an instance of the corre
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sponding instrument. For some VST presets, this will load 
the entire instrument settings, programs, etc. For others, 
only one program will be loaded, see 
“Applying instrument 
presets” on page 354.
When you double-click on a pattern bank (Nuendo Expan-
sion Kit only), a new MIDI track is created in the Project 
window, with an instance of the Beat Designer plug-in as 
insert effect which is using this pattern.
OptionDescription
And [+][a and b] – When entering strings separated by “and” (or 
a plus sign), all files are found that contain both a and b. [And] is the default setting when no boolean operator is 
used, i. e. you can also enter [a b].
Or [,][a or b] – When entering strings separated by “or” (or a 
comma), files are found that contain either a or b, or both.
Not [-][not b] – When entering text preceded by “not” (or a mi-nus sign), all files not containing b will be found.
Parentheses  [( )][(a or b) + c] – Using parentheses, you can group text 
strings. In this example, files are found that contain c and 
either a or b.
Quotation 
marks [“ ”][“example text”] – With quotation marks, you can define 
sequences of several words. Files are found if they con-tain this sequence of words.
!When you are searching for files whose name con-
tains a hyphen, put the search text in quotation 
marks, because otherwise the program will treat the 
hyphen as the boolean operator “not”.
With this setting, only files with a rating of at 
least 2 are displayed.
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Managing files in the Results list
•You can move/copy a file from the Results list to an-
other location by clicking on it and dragging it to another 
folder in the Define Locations section.
You will be asked whether you want to copy or move the file to the new 
location.
•You can change the display order in the Results list by 
clicking on a column heading, and dragging that heading 
to another position in the display.
•To delete a file, right-click it in the list and select Delete 
from the context menu.
A warning message is displayed, asking you to confirm that you really 
want to move this file to the operating system’s trash folder. The data you 
delete here will be permanently deleted from your computer, therefore be 
sure to delete only the files you do not want to use any more.
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 352. 
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 hap-
pens next depends on the following settings:
•When “Auto Play New Results Selection” is activated, 
any file you select in the Results list is automatically played 
back.
•When “Align Beats to Project” is activated, the file you 
selected for preview in the Results list is played back in 
sync with the project, starting at the project cursor posi
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tion. Note that this may apply realtime time stretching to 
your audio file.
When you import an audio file into your project for which “Align Beats to 
Project” is activated in the Previewer, Musical mode is automatically ac
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tivated for the corresponding track.
•When “Wait for Project Play” is activated, the Play and 
Stop functions from the Transport panel are synchronized 
with the Play and Stop buttons in the Previewer section.
This option is very useful for previewing audio loops. To use it to its full 
extent, set the left locator at the beginning of a bar, then start playing 
back the project using the Transport panel. The loops that you now se
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lect in the Results list will start together with the project in perfect sync. 
Play and Stop of the Previewer transport can still be used if needed.
Using selection ranges
In the Previewer for audio files, you can also specify selec-
tion ranges for audio files, allowing you to only preview 
this particular section and insert it into the project.
!When a file was deleted in the Explorer/Finder, it will 
still be displayed in the Results list, although it is no 
longer available to the program. To remedy this, you 
have to re-scan the corresponding folder.
!The Previewer section is not available for video files, 
project files, and audio track presets.
!Selection ranges cannot be used when the “Align 
Beats to Project” option is activated in the Previewer.
Preview 
level Transport 
controlsAuto Play New 
Results SelectionAlign Beats 
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•To make a selection range, move the mouse over the 
upper part of the waveform, so that it turns into a pencil, 
click and drag.
•To remove the selection, drag both handles all the way 
to the left.
Previewing MIDI files
To preview a MIDI file (.mid), you first have to select an 
output device from the Output pop-up menu.
•“Auto Play New Results Selection” and “Align Beats to 
Project” work as for audio files, see above.
Previewing MIDI loops
To preview a MIDI loop file, click the Play button.
•“Auto Play New Results Selection” works as for audio 
files, see above.
MIDI loops are always played back in sync to the project.
Previewing VST presets and track presets for 
MIDI and instrument tracks
ÖTrack presets for audio tracks can only be previewed 
in the Presets browser (see 
“Loading track or VST presets 
in the Inspector or the context menu of the track” on page 
359).
Track presets for MIDI or instrument tracks and VST pre-
sets require MIDI notes for previewing. These notes can 
be sent to the track preset in the following way:
• Via MIDI Input
• Using a MIDI file
• Using the Memo Recorder
• Via the computer keyboard
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 the MIDI file is displayed on the pop-up menu.
3.Click the Play button to the left of the pop-up menu.
The notes received from the MIDI file are now played back with the settings 
of the track preset applied.
ÖThe recently used MIDI files are kept on the menu, for 
quick access. To remove an entry from this list, select it on 
the menu and then select “Remove MIDI File”.
When the pencil is shown, 
you can click and drag to 
make a selection range.
You can drag the handles 
to adjust the borders of 
the selection range.
OutputTransport controls
Computer 
keyboard inputSequence Mode 
pop-up menuTransport 
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Previewing presets using the Memo Recorder
The Memo Recorder function continually repeats a given 
sequence of notes as a loop.
To use the Memo Recorder, proceed as follows:
1.On the Sequence Mode pop-up menu, select Memo 
Recorder.
2.Enter the notes via the MIDI or computer keyboard.
The Play button is automatically activated and you will instantly hear the 
notes you play with the preset settings applied.
•When you stop playing notes and wait for 2 seconds, 
the note sequence you played until this moment will be 
played back in a continuous loop. 
To use another sequence, simply start entering notes again.
ÖYou cannot use the Memo Recorder when previewing 
presets using a MIDI file.
Previewing presets via the computer keyboard
Proceed as follows:
1.Activate the “Computer Keyboard Input” button.
The keyboard display in the Previewer section works in the 
same way as the Virtual Keyboard, see 
“The Virtual Key-
board (Nuendo Expansion Kit only)” on page 89.
2.Enter the notes via the corresponding keys on the 
computer keyboard.
Previewing pattern banks (Nuendo Expansion 
Kit only)
Pattern banks containing drum patterns can be created 
with the MIDI plug-in Beat Designer. Detailed information 
on the Beat Designer and its functions can be found in the 
chapter “MIDI effects” in the separate PDF document 
“Plug-in Reference”. One pattern bank contains 4 sub
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banks which in turn contain 12 patterns each. In the Pre-
viewer section for a pattern bank file, a keyboard-style 
display allows you to select a subbank (click on a number 
at the top) and a pattern (click on a key).
•To preview a pattern, select the pattern bank in the Re-
sults list. In the Previewer section, choose a subbank and 
pattern. Then click the Play button.
Note that subbanks can contain empty patterns. Selecting an empty pat-
tern in the Previewer section will have no effect. Patterns containing data 
are indicated by a circle in the upper part of the key in the display. 
•“Auto Play New Results Selection” works as for audio 
files, see above.
Previewing clip packages
For clip packages, the same options as for audio files are 
available (except the selection ranges), see above. The 
preview of clip packages has however certain limitations. 
For detailed information, see 
“Previewing clip packages” 
on page 567.
!When you activate the “Computer Keyboard Input” 
button, the computer keyboard is used exclusively for 
the Previewer sections, i.
 e. the usual key commands 
are blocked. The only exceptions are: 
 
[Ctrl]/[Command]-[S] (Save), Num [*] (Start/Stop 
Record), [Space] (Start/Stop Playback), Num
 [1] 
(Jump to left locator), [Delete] or [Backspace] 
(Delete), Num [/] (Cycle on/off), and [F2] (Show/
Hide Transport panel).
Transport 
controlsPreview 
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The Filters section
With the MediaBay, you can perform very refined file 
searches. You have two possibilities: Logical or Attribute 
Filtering.
ÖYou can also save your filter settings in a MediaBay 
Aspect, allowing for a quick recall of particular searches, 
see 
“MediaBay aspects” on page 351.
Applying a logical filter
Logical filtering is similar to working with the Logical Edi-
tor, see the chapter “The Logical Editor, Transformer, and 
Input Transformer” on page 431.
If you click the Logical button in the Filters section, you 
can set up complex conditions that must be met for files to 
be found. Here, you can search for a specific file attribute 
value, for example.
Proceed as follows:
1.In the Locations section, select the Location in which 
you want to search for files.
2.Activate the Logical search mode by clicking on the 
Logical button in the Filters section.
A condition line appears.
3.Click in the leftmost field, to open the Select Filter At-
tributes dialog.
The dialog shows an alphabetical list of file attributes you can choose 
from. At the top of the list, the MediaBay maintains an automatically gen-
erated list of the last 5 attributes selected during previous searches.
4.Select the attribute(s) you want to use, and click OK.
•Note that you can select more than one attribute. This 
creates an OR condition: the files found will match either 
one or the other attribute.
5.Click OK to set the attribute(s) to search for.
6.On the Condition pop-up menu next to the Attribute 
pop-up menu, select the desired option.
The following options are available:
7.Enter the text or number you are looking for in the field 
to the right.
The Results list is automatically updated, showing only the files that cor-
respond to your search conditions.
ÖFor all conditions except “range”, you can enter more 
than one string in the text field (separate the different 
search strings with a space). These strings form an AND 
condition, i.
 e. the files that are found will match all the 
strings entered in the field.
•To add another filter line, click the “+” button to the right 
of the text field.
This way, you can add up to five filter lines in which you can define further 
search conditions. Note that two or more filter lines form an AND condi
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tion, i. e. the files searched for must match the conditions defined in all fil-ter lines. Click the “-” button for a filter line to remove it.
•To reset all search fields to their default settings, click 
the Reset Filter button in the top right corner of the Filters 
section.
OptionDescription
containsThe search result must contain the text or number specified in 
the text field to the right.
omitsThe search result must not contain the text or number specified 
in the text field to the right.
equalsThe search result must correspond exactly to the text or number 
specified in the text field to the right, including any file extension. 
Text searches are not case-sensitive.
>=The search result must be higher than or equal to the number 
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Advanced text search
You can also perform very advanced text searches using 
boolean operators. Proceed as follows:
1.Select the desired location.
2.Activate Logical filtering by clicking on the Logical but-
ton at the top of the Filters section.
A condition line appears.
3.Select the desired attribute on the Attributes pop-up 
menu, or leave the setting on “Any Attribute”.
4.Make sure that the condition is set to “matches”.
5.Specify the desired text in the field to the right using 
boolean operators.
The available options are described in the section “Performing a text 
search” on page 340.
Performing a context menu search
If you have selected a file in the Results list or the Attribute 
Inspector, which contains an attribute you are interested 
in, there is a very fast way to look for other files with the 
same attribute.
Right-click the selected file to open the context menu and 
select the attribute value from the “Search for…” sub
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menu. This way you can easily find all the files that have 
this value in common, for example if you want to view all 
files that were created on the same day.
ÖThis is the same as specifying a logical search string, 
see above. When you select any of the “Search for…” op
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tions, the Filters section automatically switches to Logical 
filtering and the corresponding filter condition line is dis
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played. To return to the previous settings, click the Go 
Back button in the Filters section.
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, see 
“The At-
tribute Inspector” on page 347.
If you click the Attribute button, the Filters section displays 
all values found for a specific attribute. Selecting one of 
these values will result in a list of files all showing this par
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ticular attribute value. For example, you could look for sam-
ple rates and pick 44.1 kHz to give you a list of all files with 
that particular sample rate.
The advantages of the use of attributes become obvious 
when having to find a specific file in a large database, 
without knowing the name of that file.
When you activate Attribute filtering, the Filters section 
shows attribute columns, each with its own list of attribute 
values. If the columns are wide enough, the number of files 
that match this criteria is displayed to the right of the filter 
name.
You define an Attribute filter by clicking on the values in an 
attribute column: only the files that match the selected at
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tribute values are then shown in the Results list. Select 
more attribute values from other columns to further refine 
your filter.
!Some attributes are directly linked to each other (e. g. 
for each Category value, there are certain Sub Cate
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gory values available). Changing the value in one of 
these attribute column will give you different values in 
the other column!
!Each attribute column displays only the attribute val-
ues found in the currently selected location! This 
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•Selected attribute values in the same column form an 
OR condition.
This means that files must be tagged according to either one or the other 
attribute value to be displayed in the Results list.
ÖNote that this is not true for the Character attribute, 
which always forms an AND condition, see below.
•Attribute values in different columns form an AND con-
dition.
This means that files must be tagged according to all these attribute val-
ues to be shown in the Results list.
Assigning attribute values to your files makes it easy to or-
ganize the media files. This is described in detail in the 
section 
“The Attribute Inspector” on page 347.
ÖYou can also create user attributes (see “Defining user 
attributes” on page 350) to create your own categories.
Further options for Attribute searches
•You can change which attribute type is displayed in 
each column by clicking on the column title and selecting 
another attribute from the context menu.
•You can select an attribute value, by clicking on it. To 
deselect it, click the value again.
Note that you can select more than one value in each attribute column.
•You can clear all settings in the attribute columns by 
clicking the Reset Filter button at the top right of the Fil
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ters section.
Clicking this button also resets the Results list.
The Attribute Inspector
Attributes (or “tags”) for media files are sets of metadata 
providing additional information on the file.
When you have selected one or more files in the Results 
list, the Attribute Inspector shows a two-column list of at
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tributes and their values. This is very handy to get a quick 
overview of a selected file (for example when you are step
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ping through the files in the Results list).
The different types of media files have different attributes: 
For example, for .wav audio files you will find attributes like 
name, length, size, sample rate, etc., while for .mp3 files, 
additional attributes such as artist or genre are available. 
In postproduction contexts, you would use attributes like 
Actor’s Text, Episode, Pull Factor, etc.
In this section, you can also edit the attribute values of 
files or enter new attribute values, see below.
The available attributes are divided into several groups 
(Media, Audio, Staff, etc.), so as to keep the list manage
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able and make it easy to find the desired element quickly.
You have access to the standard attributes and the pre-
configured attributes provided by Nuendo. Additionally 
you can define your own attributes and add these to your 
files.
Attributes can be shown in the Attribute Inspector in two 
different ways:
•Click the Dynamic button to show all available attribute 
values.
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•Click the Defined button to show a configured set of at-
tributes for the selected media type.
In this mode, you can choose which attributes are displayed (regardless 
of whether corresponding values are available for the selected files). For 
more information on how to set up the list of displayed attributes, see 
“Managing the attribute lists” on page 350.
Editing attributes (tagging)
The search functions, especially the Attribute filter, become 
a truly powerful media management tool when making ex
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tensive use of tagging, i. e. when adding and editing at-
tributes.
Media files are usually organized in complex folder struc-
tures to provide a logical way of guiding the user to the 
desired files, with the folder and/or file names indicating 
the sound, recording location, etc.
To find a particular sound or loop in such a folder structure 
can be very time consuming – tagging is the answer! 
Editing attributes in the Attribute Inspector
In the Attribute Inspector, you can edit attribute values of 
the various media files. Attribute values can be chosen 
from pop-up lists, entered as text or numbers, or set to 
Yes or No.
ÖNote that changing an attribute value in the Attribute 
Inspector will permanently change the corresponding file 
(unless the file is write-protected or part of a VST Sound 
archive).
You can edit attributes in the following way:
1.Select the file that you want to make settings for in the 
Results list.
The corresponding attribute values are displayed in the Attribute Inspector.
2.Click in the Value column for the attribute.
Depending on the selected attribute, the following hap-
pens:
•For most of the attributes, a pop-up menu opens from 
which you can choose a value. This can be a name, a 
number and an on/off state. For example, this is the case 
for the attributes Name, Family Name, or Author.
Some of the pop-up menus also have a “more…” entry to open a window 
with more attribute values. These attribute selection windows also fea
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ture a Text Search button that you can use to find specific values more 
quickly.
•For the Rating attribute, you can click in the Value col-
umn and drag left or right to modify the setting.
•For the Character attribute (Musical group), the Edit 
Character dialog opens.
Click a radio button on the left or the right side and then click OK to de-
fine values for the Character attribute.
3.Set the attribute to the desired value.
•Many attribute values can also be edited by double-
clicking in the Value column of the Attribute Inspector.
Simply enter/change the text or number setting in the field displayed for a 
value.
•To remove the attribute value from the selected files, 
right-click in the corresponding Value column and select 
“Remove Attribute” from the context menu.
•“Display only” attributes cannot be edited.
If this is the case, the file format probably does not permit changing this 
value, or changing a particular value makes no sense (e.
 g. you cannot 
change the file size in the MediaBay).
ÖYou can also select several files and make settings for 
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About the color scheme used in the Attribute Inspector
The colors used for the displayed values in the Attributes 
Inspector have the following meaning:
Information on the meaning of the colors used in the At-
tribute Inspector are also displayed in a tooltip when you 
move the mouse pointer over one of the color icons below 
the Attribute Inspector.
Editing attributes in the Results list
You can also edit attributes directly in the Results list. This 
allows 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 value you want to change 
and make the desired settings.
As in the Attribute Inspector, you can choose a value from a pop-up 
menu, enter the new value directly, etc.
Editing the attributes of multiple files simultaneously
There is no limit as to how many files can be tagged at the 
same time, but you need to be aware that the tagging of a 
large amount of files in one go may take quite a while. This 
operation is executed in the background, so that you can 
continue with your work as usual. By looking at the At
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tribute Counter above the Results list, you can see how 
many files still have to be updated.
•If you close Nuendo before the Attribute Counter has 
gone down to zero, a dialog with a progress bar is dis
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played, indicating how long the updating process will take. 
You can choose to abort this process.
In this case only the files that were updated before you clicked “Abort” 
will have the new attribute values.
Editing the attributes of write-protected files
Media files may be write-protected due to a number of rea-
sons: They may belong to content that was provided by 
someone else who write-protected the files, you may have 
write-protected them yourself in order not to overwrite them 
accidentally, or the file format could restrict write operations 
by the MediaBay.
In the MediaBay, the write protection status of files is 
shown as an attribute in the Attribute Inspector and in the 
Write Protection column in the Results list.
However, there may be cases when you want to define at-
tributes for write-protected files. For example, you might 
want to apply attributes to the content files that came with 
Nuendo or you are working on the same files with several 
people and cannot modify these files. In these scenarios, 
you still want to be able to find files quickly and improve 
your workflow.
Therefore, it is possible to change the attribute values of 
write-protected files in the MediaBay. These changes are 
not written to disk though and occur in the MediaBay only.
ColorDescription
WhiteThis represents a “normal” attribute: One or more files are se-lected in the Results list, and they have the same values.
YellowYellow color stands for an “ambiguous” attribute: Multiple files 
are selected in the Results list, and their values differ.
OrangeThis stands for an “ambiguous static attribute”: Multiple files 
are selected in the Results list, with differing values, and which 
cannot be edited.
RedRed values are displayed for a “static attribute”: One or more 
files are selected in the Results list, whose values cannot be 
edited.
!This is only possible if “Allow Editing in Results List” 
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•When you specify attribute values for a file that is write-
protected, this is reflected in the Pending Tags column 
next to the Write Protection column in the Results list.
Note that if you rescan the MediaBay content and a media file on your 
hard disk has changed since the last scan, all pending tags for this file 
will be lost.
•If a file has pending tags, and you want to write the cor-
responding attributes to the file, you need to remove the 
write protection first, and then select the “Write Tags to 
File” command from the context menu.
ÖIf the Write Protection and/or the Pending Tags col-
umn are not visible, you may have to enable the corre-
sponding attributes for the file type in question in the 
Attribute Inspector.
•You can change the write-protection status of your me-
dia files, provided that the file type allows write operations 
and you have the necessary operation system permis
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sions: To set or remove the write protection attribute for a 
file, simply select the file in the Results list and select 
“Set/Remove Write Protection” from the context menu.
ÖIf you use other programs than Nuendo to change the 
write-protection status of a file, this will not be reflected in 
the MediaBay until you rescan the files!
Managing the attribute lists
In the Attribute Inspector, you can define which attributes 
are shown in the Results list and in the Attribute Inspector 
itself. For different media types, individual “attribute sets” 
can be configured.
Proceed as follows:
1.In the Attribute Inspector, click the Defined button.
2.Click the “Configure Defined Attributes” button to the 
right of the Defined button.
A number of controls are displayed.
3.Click the leftmost button below the Defined/Dynamic 
buttons to open the “Select Media Types” dialog, activate 
one or more of the media types, and click OK.
The Attribute Inspector now shows a list of all attributes available for 
these media types.
•If you have activated more than one media type, your 
settings affect all selected types. 
An orange checkmark indicates that the current display settings for an 
attribute differ for the selected media types.
•The display settings made for the Mixed Media Type op-
tion are applied whenever you select files of different me-
dia types (for example audio and MIDI files) in the Results 
list or the Attribute Inspector.
4.To select a certain attribute, activate the correspond-
ing checkbox.
•You can also select several attributes and activate/de-
activate their checkboxes in one go.
•You can reset the display settings you made by clicking 
the “Reset to Default” button in the top right corner.
This will reset the display settings for all media types to their default set-
tings.
ÖTo make settings for another media type, make sure to 
only select this type in the list in the dialog.
5.When you have set up the attributes for all the media 
types you are working with, exit the Configuration mode by 
clicking the “Configure Defined Attributes” button again.
Defining user attributes
If you find that the available attributes are not suitable for 
your work, you can define your own attributes and save 
these in the MediaBay database and the corresponding 
media files.
Proceed as follows:
1.In the Attribute Inspector, activate the Defined button 
and click the “Configure Defined Attributes” button to en
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ter configuration mode.
A number of controls are displayed.
2.Click the “Add User Attribute” button (the “+” sign).
A dialog opens.
The Type column shows 
whether the value for an 
attribute is a number, 
text, or a Yes/No switch.
The Precision column 
shows the number of 
decimals displayed for 
number attributes.