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Navigation / Favorites
The file manager works in a similar way to Windows Explorer; directories and files are displayed with
directory and file symbols in list form.
Navigation is achieved with the mouse or keyboard. A drive selection menu found in the toolbar lets you
quickly switch between all data storage devices connected to the workstation.
A display filter located in the toolbar lets you limit the display to certain media types, e.g. .wave, MIDI
, or project files, only. "All media files" is the default display.
The "Search" option lets you search the current window for directories or files. Enter a search item into
the input box and click "Enter". Found directories or files are highlighted. You can find and highlight
several entries that meet your search criterion by entering one or several first letters.
The file browser opens as a tiled window by default. The right box hosts the favorites list, which you can
fade out using the "Options" toolbar. Use "Add" or "Remove" to add and remove directories from the list
of favorites.
There is a combo box below the favorite list displaying the last used paths and which lets you change the
current project directory.
Preview audio files
You can use the "Play" icon in the toolbar to preview a marked audio file, and every highlighted audio
file is played immediately if the "Autoplay" box is checked. This way you can listen to a complete list
using the cursor keys only. Clicking on the play button again stops continuous playback again.
Hint:
During playback the transport console controls are allocated to the media file. Playback and positioning
functions are fully available.
Playback is not routed through the mixer or internal effects. In contrast to the playback features of the
"Load" window, which uses routines of the operating system, playback uses the audio device selected in
the "Play" parameters ("P"), usually an MME, WDM, or ASIO device. If no playback occurs, first check
that the settings and routing of this device is correct.
Note: To preview certain media data, e.g. in WMA
format, you have to convert these files to wave format. Conversion is done automatically in the
background.
Load files from the browser into projects
Some media files can be inserted from the browser into an opened project at the desired time position
via drag & drop. If the file browser list is in the foreground, pressing "Enter" has the same result.
If an audio file is dragged from the clip list and dropped into an empty space or into the title bar of the
program window, it is opened in wave editing mode.
If several files are selected in the list, all files will be inserted at the current cursor position as new objects,
and loading options ("Options") will be applied. This way you can specify whether all files should be
inserted into the current project one after the other, one underneath the other, alphabetically, or
according to their time stamp positions. The load option settings are valid also for files loaded via the load
dialog of the program.
There are further options in the context menu of a media file (right click):
Load file
Delete file: Physically removes file from storage device. This process cannot be reversed!
Highlight all files
Open via standard link: The file is opened in the Windows application that is linked to this file
type. This can be an MP3 player or some other wave editor.
Open in Windows™ Explorer: Opens the current directory as a new Windows Explorer™
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