User Manual

WAVELAB
29 – 692 Audio Databases
Limitations
• Windows puts a limitation on how many files can actually be shown in the File List
at one time (roughly 1500).
• Normally you don’t want too many files in the list anyway, since it only makes it
harder to organize them and some Audio Database operations will take longer to
finish. Use the “Maximum size of result list” setting in the Preferences–Audio Da-
tabase tab to set a limit on how many files will be added in one go.
• If you have specified a limit, as described above, it might happen that the list can’t
show all the files you expect. If this is the case, the status bar will indicate this by
displaying the number of files in red.
• If too many files are added at the same time, this is probably an indication that you
should narrow your search criteria.
Using a temporary Database
If you are worried that your “Scan folder” operation will add more files to
the Audio Database than you actually desire (which means you will have
to spend time removing them), you can use a temporary Audio Database
instead.
1. Create an empty Audio Database.
2. Use Scan folder to add files to this Database.
3. Drag files from this temporary Database to the other.
See “Drag & Drop between Audio Databases and Workspaces” on page 697 for details
about dragging.
Volume name
If you try to add files from a volume (hard disk or similar) that hasn’t been
given any name, the program will prompt you for such a name. This is re-
quired for WaveLab so that it can keep track of which files are on which
disk (for example with removable hard disks).
The volume name you specify will appear in all programs that display de-
tailed disk information (like for example the Explorer).
When this is shown in red,
not all files are displayed.