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MediaBay
Working With Volume Databases
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Presets
Presets contain the settings of the entire plug-in. For multi-timbral instruments,
this means the settings for all sound slots as well as the global settings.
Programs
Programs contain only the settings for one program. For multi-timbral
instruments, this means only the settings for one sound slot.
Working With Volume Databases
Cubase stores all media file information used in the MediaBay, such as paths and attributes,
in a local database file on your computer. However, in some cases, it might be necessary to
browse and manage this kind of metadata on an external volume.
For example, a sound editor might have to work both at home and in a studio, on two
different computers. Therefore, the sound effects are stored on an external storage medium.
To be able to connect the external device and directly browse its contents in the MediaBay
without having to scan the device, you have to create a volume database for the external
device.
Volume databases can be created for drives of your computer or for external storage media.
They contain the same kind of information about the media files on these drives as the
regular MediaBay database.
NOTE
When you launch Cubase, all available volume databases are automatically mounted.
Databases that are made available while the program is running have to be mounted
manually.
Rescanning and Refreshing Volume Databases
If you have modified the scan settings on a different system, you must rescan or refresh the
MediaBay.
RELATED LINKS
Updating the MediaBay on page 380
Creating a Volume Database
PROCEDURE
In the Define Locations section, right-click the external storage medium, drive, or
partition of your computer system that you want to create a database for, and select
Create Volume Database.