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Tutorial 9: Media management
Scanning with the browser
When you open the MediaBay, the Loop Browser or the
Sound Browser, a scan for the media files is performed.
Specify which folders or directories should be included in
the scan by activating their checkboxes to the left of the
name. The result of the scan is saved in the MediaBay
database.
Physical and virtual scanning locations
There are 2 different locations that you can scan for media
files on your computer. The File system location and the
VST Sound location.
File System
The File system locations are the physical or actual loca-
tions on your computer. These locations include local and
removable disks such as hard drives, external drives, CD
or DVD-ROM drives, etc.
By default “File system” is checked, however, it contains
many locations you would not want scanned. Be sure to
check which areas/folders you want MediaBay to manage.
The areas/folders that you pick will automatically be
scanned and the result of that scan can be seen in the
Viewer section.
VST Sound
The VST Sound locations are the virtual locations on your
computer to any factory content or user presets created
for plug-ins, instruments or MIDI loops. Make sure that this
is not turned off.
Choosing scanning locations
Generally you’ll want to make sure that VST Sound is al-
ways checked since this is the factory content or content
that either came with Cubase or other compatible product
such as Steinberg’s Sequel. This is also the location of
any user presets that were created.
1. Click the plus symbol on File system to reveal its scan-
ning locations.
These are the physical locations on your computer that you can specify
so that MediaBay will search for media content. Be sure to check the ar-
eas/folders that you want the MediaBay to scan.
2. Click the plus symbol on VST Sound to reveal the
scanning locations found there.
There are many locations that do not need to be checked.
Spend the time un-checking the locations you feel do not
need to be searched. By doing this the MediaBay is kept
clean of any useless information which speeds up searches
and general handling.
If you are in doubt about any of the locations, don’t worry
– just leave them checked.
Selecting a location (folder) automatically initiates a scan
and updates the database.
Deep Results
Before we begin the scan of all our media on the com-
puter, make sure the “Deep Results” button is activated.
Deep Results