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The MediaBay
The Loop Browser, Sound Browser, and Mini Browser windows
5. When you have set up the attributes for all the media types you are working with,
exit the Configuration mode by clicking the “Configure Defined Attributes” button
again.
Defining user attributes
If you find that the available attributes are not suitable for your work, you can define
your own attributes and save these in the MediaBay database and the corresponding
media files.
Proceed as follows:
1. In the Attribute Inspector, activate the Defined button and click the “Configure
Defined Attributes” button to enter configuration mode.
A number of controls are displayed.
2. Click the “Add User Attribute” button (the “+” sign).
A dialog opens.
3. Specify the type of the attribute.
Attributes can be of the types “Text”, “Number” or “Yes/No” switch. For “Number”
attributes, you can specify how many decimals are displayed, by entering the
corresponding value in the Precision field.
4. In the text field below, enter the name for the new attribute.
Note that this is the name as it will be displayed in the program. Below the text
field, you will see the name as it will be used internally (e.
g. in the MediaBay
database). This way, you will see immediately if a certain name is invalid and
cannot be used.
5. Click OK.
The new attribute is added to the list of available attributes and will be displayed in
the Attribute Inspector and the Results list.
• To remove a user attribute, select it in the attribute list and click the “Remove User
Attribute” button (the “-” sign).
The attribute is removed from any attribute list.
• Cubase recognizes all user attributes that are included in media files. For example,
if you load content from another user, who has assigned his own user tags to the
files, these tags are also shown in the MediaBay.
The Loop Browser, Sound Browser, and Mini Browser windows
The Loop Browser, Sound Browser, and Mini Browser items on the Media menu open
different “views” of the MediaBay. The Loop Browser is preconfigured for quickly
browsing your “loops”, i.
e. audio files, MIDI loops, and pattern banks. Similarly, the
Sound Browser is set up for you to be able to quickly search the desired sound,
without having to configure the window. By default, it is set to display track presets
and plug-in presets. The Mini Browser is very small, which makes it perfect to be
placed along instruments like LoopMash or Groove Agent One.
These Browser windows offer the same functions as the MediaBay, i. e. you can
specify different browse locations, define searches, set up the available panes, etc.,
as described previously in this chapter.