Specifications

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Workspace Browser
The Workspace browser provides access to all
your mounted volumes, as well as the folders and
files they contain.
Using the Workspace browser, you can:
• Access all mounted volumes.
• Access all Catalogs.
• Search across multiple volumes and Catalogs si-
multaneously.
• Designate volumes for Record and Playback,
Playback Only, or Transfer.
• Unmount volumes.
• View, manage, audition, and import individual
items in any catalog or mounted volume.
• Update databases for entire volumes.
Volume Browsers
Volume browsers provide file management for lo-
cal and network volumes. Volumes are formatted
partitions on a physical drive (hard drive). Open a
Volume browser by double-clicking a volume in
the Workspace browser. Any changes made in
Volume browsers (such as copying, deleting, or
moving files and folders) is mirrored on the vol-
umes themselves. Volumes include mounted hard
drives, network storage, and CD/DVD-ROMs.
Using Volume browsers you can:
• View, manage, audition, and import
individual items on the volume.
• Update a database for contents of the
volume.
Project Browser
The Project browser provides powerful search and
management tools for the files referenced in your
current session, regardless of where they are
stored. Using the Project browser, you can:
• Show all the media files associated with the cur-
rent session, including any missing files.
• View, manage, audition, and spot individual
items.
Catalogs
Catalogs provide the highest level of Pro Tools file
management. Catalogs make it easy to organize
files from multiple sources into libraries of favorite
files. Catalogs can be sorted and searched, even
when the files they reference are offline. Catalogs
can also be shared.
Using Catalogs, you can:
• Collect and organize files from any combination
of volumes.
• Create catalogs of complete volumes to view
and search even if a volume is offline.
• View, manage, audition, and import individual
items in the catalog.
• Update a database for contents of catalog.
For more information about the Workspace
browser, see “Workspace Browser” on
page 321.
For detailed information about the Project
browser, see “Project Browser” on
page 324.
For detailed information about Catalogs, see
“Catalogs” on page 326.