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The MediaBay
• To delete a file, right-click on it in the Viewer and select
“Delete” from the context menu.
A warning message is displayed, asking you to confirm that you really
want to move this file to the operating system’s trash folder.
• Cubase only: When the option “Allow Editing in Viewer”
is activated in the Preferences dialog–MediaBay page,
you can also edit tags in the Viewer.
Otherwise this is possible only in the Tag Editor.
Tagging media files
The search functions, especially the Category search
mode, become a truly powerful media management tool
when making extensive use of tagging.
Media files are usually organized in complex folder struc-
tures to provide a logical way of guiding the user to the
desired files, with the folder and/or file names indicating
the instrument, style, tempo etc.
To find a particular sound or loop in such a folder structure
can be very time consuming – tagging is the answer! To
assign a number of meaningful tags, e.g. to a library of
loop files, proceed as follows:
1. Copy the loop files to your hard disk.
Tagging means editing the files, so you need them on your system.
2. Open the MediaBay and browse to where the new
loops are located.
3. Navigate to a folder containing loops.
For example, you might have a folder containing Metal style drum loops,
at 120bpm.
4. In the Viewer, select all files contained in this folder.
Make sure that the Deep Results button is deactivated, so that only files
contained in this folder are displayed.
5. Assign tags that reflect the information indicated by
the folder structure.
In the above example, you would put “Metal” as a value for the Style tag,
and “Drums” for the Instrument tag. The Tag Editor also allows you to
display a “Tempo” tag, for which you could specify a value of “120”.
You can now use the Category search mode to find quickly
all Metal style drum loops at 120bpm, without the need to
navigate through a large number of folders and subfolders.