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WAVELAB
29 – 704 Audio Databases
• To completely turn off the filtering, open the Global Filter dialog, click the
Reset button and click OK.
Finding files
WaveLab’s Find feature allows you to find all files in the Audio Database
that match certain criteria.
Please note that the Find function only searches among files already added to
the Database (which is different from how Scan folder works, see “Using
Scan folder” on page 687).
There are four ways to invoke the Find function:
• If you want to search among all files in the Audio Database, select “Global
Find…” from the Audio Database menu.
• If you want to search in a folder and its subfolders, right-click on that folder and
select “Find…”.
• If you want to search among files in one category and its subcategories, right-
click on that category and select “Find…”.
• If you only want to search among the files currently in the list, click on the right
mouse button in the list and select “Find…”.
Regardless of which method you use, a Search dialog will appear. This is
similar to the one used for filtering and for Scan folder (see “Using Scan
folder” on page 687). Use the tabs to specify different types of criteria
for
the search (or select a preset) and click Search. The files found
appear in
the Audio Database.
• If you have selected Global Find, you can activate “Keep open”. This al-
lows you to redo the search without closing the dialog.
• Note that the filter setting applies.
For example, you might have set up a filter which ensures that only stereo files are shown in
the list. When you perform a Find operation, you will still only get stereo files in the list.
Please note that this might result in no files at all being shown. An example of this would be
that you try to find only mono files and have a filter that only displays stereo files.