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Underneath, a text field lets you enter search terms, while a drop-down menu to the right lets
you choose whether to search the current database for sound effects by name, description
metadata, or all.
The Search field and Filter By menu
To search for a specific sound effect and edit it into the Timeline:
 Type a search term into the Search field. The case of search terms is ignored, except
for boolean operators.
To help you to eliminate false positives, the search field supports different kinds of searches,
such as literal searches, and/or/not boolean searches, wildcard searches, and ranges of
characters.
NOTE: If you want to perform boolean searches, the boolean operators must be typed
in all upper caps, such as AND, OR, and NOT. In lower caps, and, or, and not will be
treated as search terms.
Or/And/Not Searches
Simply typing words separated by a space is treated as a series of OR searches for each word
independently of one another, either literally or as part of another word. For example, if you
type either of the following:
car door
car OR door
both yield the same results. Every sound effect in your library containing either the
letters “car” or “door” (or both) will appear, whether these letters appear independently,
or within other words. Results will include files such as “CarExDoorClose,”
“Doormouse_Squeak,” “Carburetor dropped on cement,” and “Carpet Shake.”
Using AND (it must be upper caps) lets you specify multiple criteria for a search, when
each file that’s returned should contain every word you type somewhere within, in any
order. For example, if you type:
car AND door
every sound effect in your library containing both the strings “car” and “door” will
appear, even if these words appear either singly, in combination, or within other words,
such as “NewCarDoorSlam” and “Carpet_Footsteps_Indoors,” and
“GarageDoorHitsCar.”
Using NOT lets you omit sound effects that have a particular word. For example,
if you type:
car NOT door
only sound effects with “car” will appear, and all sound effects with “door” will
be omitted.
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