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Using the Sony Sound Series Loops & Samples reference library

If you have the Sony Sound Series Loops & Samples reference library loaded when you search your computer for media, media from existing Sony Loops and Samples or Loops for ACID collections will inherit tags and custom properties from the reference library.

The Sony Sound Series Loops & Samples reference library is not installed by default, but you can install it from the Vegas CD or download it from the Sony Media Software Web site (http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.com/reference). After installing the library, go to the Media Manager

Options dialog (click the Media Library Actions button and choose Options from the menu) and choose the reference library from the Reference library drop-down list.

Searching for media files

You can use the Media Manager tool to search the current media library for media files using keywords or tags.

Tips: You can use the Search results limit box in the Media Manager Options dialog to determine the maximum number of media files you’d like to have returned in the results of your searches. Increasing the Search results limit setting increases the amount of time required to search a library and can significantly decrease performance if set excessively high. When performing complex searches, consider creating temporary tags to classify the results. If you apply a tag to the files found by a complex search, you can return to those files easily by searching on the tag. The Media Manager tool can search for tags more quickly than it can perform keyword or advanced searches.

Searching using a keyword

1.Select the Quick text search check box in the Search pane and type a keyword (or keywords) in the edit box.

Tip: You can separate search terms using quotation marks and other operators. If quotes or wildcard characters are not applied, an * is automatically added before and after each search term.

2.Press Enter .

The Media Manager tool searches your media files and displays the results in the Search Results pane on the right side of the window. Any file that contains your keywords in the file name or attributes is displayed (tags are not searched as keywords).

USING THE MEDIA MANAGER

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