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The MediaBay
Scanning operations
When you open the MediaBay, the Loop Browser or the
Sound Browser for the first time, a scan for the media files
needs to be performed. Specify which folders or directories
should be included in the scan by activating the check
boxes to the left of their name. Depending on the amount of
media files on your computer, the scan may take a while.
The scan result is saved in the MediaBay database.
• To include a folder, activate its check box.
These folders will be scanned for files.
• You can also only scan individual subfolders.
This will be reflected in the icon for the folder the subfolder resides in.
Only the VST3 Presets subfolder of the Factory Content folder will be
scanned for files. The Track presets folder will not be searched.
When you select a folder in the Browser display, the
MediaBay will scan this folder and all its subfolders for
media files, even if they have been scanned before (unless
“Rescan on select” is deactivated, see below).
• When “Stop scanning folders when closing MediaBay”
is activated in the Preferences dialog (MediaBay page),
Cubase will scan for media files only when the MediaBay
window is open. When this is deactivated, the folders will
be scanned in the background, even when the MediaBay
window is not open.
Even if scanning in the background is activated, Cubase will not scan
folders while playing back or recording.
Scanning indicator and status
At the top right in the in the Viewer section, you will find
the scanning indicator, which shows whether the Media-
Bay is scanning for files or whether the scan is complete.
• When the folders specified in the Browser section are
being scanned, the scanning indicator appears.
• When the scan is complete, the scanning indicator will
not be shown.
The scanning status for the individual folders in the
Browser section is indicated by the color of the icons:
• A red icon means that this folder is currently being scanned.
• A light blue icon means this folder has been scanned.
• Orange folder icons are displayed when a scanning process
was interrupted.
• Yellow icons are displayed for folders that have not been
scanned.
Deep Results
Clicking the “Deep Results” button switches the Viewer
display between showing only the folders and files con-
tained in the selected folder, and showing the files con-
tained in the selected folder and in any subfolders (without
showing the subfolders).
The Deep Results button
About “Rescan on Select”
The “Rescan on Select” button
• When this button is activated, selecting a folder in the
Browser section will always cause this folder to be re-
scanned. This ensures that the MediaBay will always dis-
play the current content of a folder.
• When “Rescan on Select” is deactivated, you can always
right-click in the Browser section and select “Refresh” from
the context menu to force a rescan of the currently selected
folder.
When this indicator ap-
pears, a scan is performed.
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When a folder contains a large number of media files,
the scanning process may take some time – you may
want to deactivate “Rescan on Select”, if you know
that you haven’t made any changes to the content of
your media folders since they were last scanned.