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The MediaBay
Previewing MIDI loops
• To preview a MIDI loop file, click the Start button.
• Auto Play works as for audio files, see above.
MIDI Loops are always played in the project context.
Previewing track and instrument presets
The Scope section for a MIDI track preset.
Track presets for MIDI or Instrument tracks and VST plug-
in presets require MIDI notes for previewing. There are
two ways these notes can be sent to the track template:
• Click the “MIDI Input” button and play MIDI notes on a
MIDI keyboard connected to your system.
• Clicking “Choose MIDI File” will open a file dialog where
you can navigate to a MIDI file. When you now click “Play”,
the notes received from the MIDI file will be played with
the settings of the track preset applied.
• You can also set the preview level.
Track presets for audio tracks cannot be previewed in the
MediaBay. You can do this in the Apply Track Template
dialog (for further information, see “Previewing track or
VST presets before applying” on page 309).
The Tag Editor (Cubase only)
When a file is selected in the Viewer section, the Tag Editor
shows a two-column list of tags and tag values for this file.
Tags for media files (also called “attributes”) are sets of
metadata providing additional information on the file. The
different types of media files have different tags: for exam-
ple, for .wav audio files you will find standard tags like
name, length, size, sample rate, etc., while for .mp3 files,
additional tags such as “Artist” or “Genre” are available.
The Media Management System provides further tags,
such as “Category” or “Character”.
You have access not only to the standard tags and the
preconfigured tags provided by Cubase, but you can also
define your own tags and add these to your files (Cubase
only).
The following sections describe how to set up the various
tag lists, how to edit tags in the Tag Editor, and how to de-
fine user tags.
MIDI In activity
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When you are using Cubase Studio, tags can be ed-
ited only in the Viewer.