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• Selected attribute values in the same column form an
OR condition.
This means that files must be tagged according to either one or the other
attribute value to be displayed in the Results list.
Ö Note that this is not true for the Character attribute,
which always forms an AND condition, see below.
• Attribute values in different columns form an AND
condition.
This means that files must be tagged according to all these attribute
values to be shown in the Results list.
Assigning attribute values to your files makes it easy to or-
ganize the media files.
Further search options
• You can select an attribute value, by clicking on it. To
deselect it, click the value again.
Note that you can select more than one value in each attribute column.
• You can clear all settings in the attribute columns by
clicking the Reset Filter button at the top right of the Fil
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ters section.
Clicking this button also resets the Results list.
Editing attributes (tagging)
The search functions become a truly powerful media man-
agement tool when making extensive use of tagging, i. e.
when adding and editing attributes.
To find a particular sound or loop in such a folder structure
can be very time consuming – tagging is the answer!
Editing attributes in the Results list
You can also edit attributes directly in the Results list. This
allows you for example to assign tags to a number of loop
files.
Proceed as follows:
1. In the Results list, select the file(s) for which you want
to change an attribute value.
2. Click in the column for the tag value you want to as-
sign. You can choose any of the selected loops for this.
Depending on the attribute type, a pop-up menu with tag values orga-
nized in submenus will show or, in the case of numeric values, you will be
able to enter the value directly into the corresponding field.
3. Choose values from the pop-up menus and/or enter
the desired numeric values.
For example, you could choose the Sub Category “Snare Drum” from the
“DrumPerc” menu, choose “Hard Rock” as a Sub Style from the “Rock/
Metal Style” category and enter 125.00 in the Tempo field.
Editing the attributes of multiple files simultaneously
There is no limit as to how many files can be tagged at the
same time, but you need to be aware that the tagging of a
large amount of files in one go may take quite a while. This
operation is executed in the background, so that you can
continue with your work as usual. By looking at the Attri
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bute Counter above the Results list, you can see how
many files still have to be updated.
• If you close Cubase before the Attribute Counter has
gone down to zero, a dialog with a progress bar is dis
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played, indicating how long the updating process will take.
You can choose to abort this process.
In this case only the files that were updated before you clicked “Abort”
will have the new attribute values.
!
Each attribute column displays only the attribute val-
ues found in the currently selected location! This
means that selecting another location may lead to
the display of different attributes.