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The MediaBay
Managing the tag lists (Cubase only)
Lists of tags and tag values are used in various places in
the MediaBay window. You can configure these lists and
define certain tag properties in the Manage Tags dialog.
Proceed as follows:
1. Open the Manage Tags dialog by clicking on the Man-
age Tags button in the lower right corner of the MediaBay
window.
2. Click one of the filter buttons at the top of the Manage
Tags dialog to select the file type for which you want to
configure the tag lists.
The Manage Tags dialog shows a list of all tags available for the media
files supported by the MediaBay, and three columns of checkboxes, one
for the Filter section, one for the Viewer and one for the Tag Editor.
3. To display a certain tag in the Filter tag lists, the Viewer
or the Tag Editor, activate the corresponding checkbox for
this tag:
4. Close the Manage Tags dialog by clicking its close box.
Your settings will be applied.
• The Type column shows whether the value for a tag is a
number, text or a Yes/No-type switch. The Precision col-
umn shows the number of decimals displayed after a point
for number tags.
• Click and drag in the tag display to select several tags
(click somewhere outside the selected area to deselect).
This way, you can activate/deactivate all selected check boxes in one go.
• To return to the default tag display settings for the Filter,
Viewer and Tag Editor sections, click the “Reset to Default”
button (above the tag display) in the Manage Tags dialog.
Displaying tags in the Tag Editor
You can switch the tag display in the Tag Editor:
• Click on “Managed” to show only the tags activated for
display in the Manage Tags dialog.
Use this view to limit the tag display to only those tags that are of interest
to you.
• Click on “All” to show all tags for the file selected in the
Viewer for which values are available.
Use this display if you wish to see all tags, including standard file at-
tributes such as Name, Size or Date Modified.
Displaying tags in the Viewer
Most of the time, tags displayed in the MediaBay are
sorted alphabetically. Only in the Viewer can you change
the tag display order:
• Move the mouse pointer to a column heading, click and
drag that heading to a different position in the display.
Editing tags in the Tag Editor
You can use the Tag Editor to edit tag values of the vari-
ous media files.
Ö Note that changing a tag value in the Tag Editor may
permanently change the corresponding file.
When it comes to editing, you will notice that there are dif-
ferent types of tags:
• “Display only” tags cannot be edited. Their values are
displayed in a slightly lighter color.
In this case, the file format probably doesn’t permit changing this value,
or changing a particular value makes no sense (e.g. you cannot change
the file size in the MediaBay, because you have no way of adding or re-
moving media information).
• Most tag values can be edited by double-clicking in the
Value column of the Tag Editor.
Tag values can be text, numbers or yes/no switches. Simply enter/change
the text, number or Yes/No setting in the field displayed for a value.
Renaming a file in the Tag Editor
The “Category” tag
is selected for dis-
play in the Filter tag
lists, the Viewer and
in the Tag Editor.
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When you are using Cubase Studio, tags can be ed-
ited only in the Viewer.