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The Pool
Searching for audio files
The search functions can help you locate audio files in the
Pool, on your hard disk or on other media. This works much
like the regular file search, but with a couple of extra fea-
tures:
1. Click the Search button on the toolbar.
A search pane appears at the bottom of the window, displaying the
search functions.
By default, the search parameters available in the search
pane are “Name” and “Location”. For using other filter cri-
teria, see “Extended Search functionality” on page 304.
2. Specify the name of the file(s) to search for in the
Name field.
You can use partial names or wildcards (*). Note that only audio files of
the supported formats will be found.
3. Use the Location pop-up menu to specify where to
search.
The pop-up menu will list all your local drives and removable media.
• If you want to limit the search to certain folders, choose
“Select Search Path” and select the desired folder in the
dialog that opens.
The search will include the selected folder and all subfolders. Note also
that folders you have recently selected using the “Select Search Path”
function will appear on the pop-up menu, allowing you to quickly select
them again.
4. Click the Search button.
The search is started and the Search button is labeled Stop – click this
to cancel the search if needed.
When the search is finished, the files found are listed to
the right.
• To audition a file, select it in the list and use the play-
back controls to the left (Play, Stop, Pause, and Loop).
If Auto Play is activated, selected files are automatically played back.
• To import a file into the Pool, double-click on it in the list
or select it and click the Import button.
5. To close the search pane, click the Search button on
the toolbar again.
Extended Search functionality
Apart from the search criterion Name, additional search fil-
ters are available. The Extended Search options allows for
a very detailed search, helping you to master even the
largest sound database.
To use them, proceed as follows:
1. Click the Search button on the toolbar.
The Search pane is displayed in the lower part of the Pool window.
2. Move the mouse pointer over the “Name” text to the
right of the name field and click on the arrow that appears.
3. The extended search pop-up menu opens.
It contains six options determining which search criterion is displayed
above the Location field (Name, Size, Bitsize, Channels, Sample Rate, or
Date), as well as the Add Filter and Presets submenus.
The search criteria have the following parameters:
• Name: partial names or wildcards (*)
• Size: Less than, More than, Equal, Between (two values), in
seconds, minutes, hours and bytes
• Bitsize (resolution): 8, 16, 24, 32
• Channels: Mono, Stereo and from 3 to 16
• Sample Rate: various values, choose “Other” for free setting
• Date: various search ranges
4. Select one of the search criteria in the pop-up menu to
change the search option above the Location pop-up
menu.
Move the mouse pointer over
the “Name” text to the right of
the name field and click…
…to show the extended search pop-up menu.