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The Pool
5. If you want to display more search options, select the
desired element from the “Add filter” submenu.
This allows you, for example, to add the Size or the Sample Rate parame-
ters to the already displayed Name and Location parameters.
• You can save presets of your search filter settings. To
do this, click Save Preset on the Presets submenu and
enter a name for the preset.
Existing presets can be found at the bottom of the list. To remove a pre-
set, click on the preset to activate it, then select Remove Preset.
The Find Media window
Alternatively to the search pane in the Pool, you can open a
stand-alone Find Media window by selecting the “Search
Media…” option from the Media or context menu (also
available from the Project window). This offers the same
functionality as the search pane.
• To insert a clip or region directly into the project from
the Find Media window, select it in the list and choose one
of the “Insert into Project” options from the Media menu.
The options are described in the section “Inserting clips into a project”
on page 302.
About missing files
When you open a project, the Resolve Missing Files dia-
log (see below) may open, warning you that one or more
files are “missing”. If you click Close, the project will open
anyway, without the missing files. In the Pool, you can
check which files are considered missing. This is indi
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cated by a question mark in the Status column.
A file is considered missing under one of the following
conditions:
• The file has been moved or renamed outside the pro-
gram since the last time you worked with the project, and
you ignored the Resolve Missing Files dialog when you
opened the project for the current session.
• You have moved or renamed the file outside the pro-
gram during the current session.
• You have moved or renamed the folder in which the
missing files are located.
Locate missing files
1. Select “Find Missing Files…” from the Media or con-
text menu.
The Resolve Missing Files dialog opens.
2. Decide if you want the program to try to find the file for
you (Search), if you want to do it yourself (Locate) or if you
want to specify in which directory the program will search
for the file (Folder).
• If you select Locate, a file dialog opens, allowing you to
locate the file manually.
Select the file and click “Open”.
• If you select Folder, a dialog opens to let you specify the
directory in which the missing file can be found.
This might be the preferred method if you have renamed or moved the
folder containing the missing file, but the file still has the same name. Once
you select the correct folder, the program finds the file and you can close
the dialog.
• If you select Search, a dialog opens to let you specify
which folder or disk will be scanned by the program.
Click the Search Folder button, select a directory or a disk and click the
Start button. If found, select the file from the list and click “Accept”.
Afterwards Cubase tries to map all other missing files automatically.
Reconstructing missing edit files
If a missing file cannot be found (e. g. if you have acciden-
tally deleted it from the hard disk), it will normally be indi-
cated with a question mark in the Status column in the
Pool. However, if the missing file is an edit file (a file cre-
ated when you process audio, stored in the Edits folder
within the project folder), it may be possible for the pro
-
gram to reconstruct it by recreating the editing to the orig-
inal audio file.