-as of [19 JUNE 2024]–
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*REFERENCE GUIDE* —>
-CHAPTER 18-
(WORKSPACE BROWSERS)
*PAGES 355 – 406*
*52 PAGES LONG*
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*COMMANDS* —>
-CREATE NEW [DEFAULT WORKSPACE]-
-CREATE NEW [(TRACK PRE-SETS) WORKSPACE]-
-CYCLE THROUGH OPEN [WORKSPACES]-
-BRING ALL [WORKSPACES] TO [FRONT]-
-SEND ALL [WORKSPACES] TO [BACK]-
-NAVIGATE TO [ENCLOSING FOLDER]-
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*AFTER CREATING A [WORKSPACE], YOU CAN ACCESS THIS [DROPDOWN SUB-MENU] IN [WINDOWS MENU] IN [TOP MENU BAR] —>
*your new [default workspace] listed as “workspace: volumes” in ‘top menu bar’ dropdown* –>
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*YOU CAN MAKE [WORKSPACES] AS LARGE AS YOU WANT BY CLICK-DRAGGING ANY CORNER* —>
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*LOCATIONS* –>
(left column)
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*if you option-click 1 of the ‘equi-lateral tri-aingle ar-row left butt-ons…*
*ALL the ‘sub-folders’ open up as a ‘list’*
(so try not to use this feature of your ‘user folder’ because it has thousands of ‘sub-folders’)
(quick way to find all files)
(but because of the limitations of our eyes/screen, we have to do lots of scrolling to ge to the end)
(although it ‘bulk drop-downed’ impressively quickly without ‘memory hogging’)
(i panicked for a split second thinking i may have triggered some sort of ‘fatal error’ with this unusual command to open all folders on a ‘computer hard drive’)
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*there are 6 default locations* –>
*SOUND LIBRARIES*
*VOLUMES*
*PRO TOOLS SESSIONS*
*TRACK PRE-SETS*
*CATALOGS*
*USER*
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*use ‘up/down arrow keys’ to navigate through the list*
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*LOCATE YOUR ‘GOOGLE VIRTUAL DRIVES’ UNDER ‘VOLUMES’* —>
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*SELECT [FILE/FOLDER] BY CLICKING ITS NAME* —>
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*TO OPEN FOLDER* —>
[COMMAND] + [DOWN ARROW]
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*TO NAVIGATE TO ENCLOSING FOLDER* —>
[COMMAND] + [UP ARROW]
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*NAVIGATE TO YOUR [TRAX FOLDER]* —>
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*YOUR NEW WORKSPACE WILL APPEAR IN THE [WORKSPACES SUB-MENU] IN [WINDOWS MENU] OF [TOP MENU BAR]* —>
(it is named after the [filepath])
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*RIGHT-CLICK [TRAX FOLDER]* —>
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*SELECT ‘OPEN IN NEW WORKSPACE’*
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*A NEW ‘WORKSPACES PANEL’ IS CREATED*
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*NEW [WORKSPACE[ IS LISTED HERE* —>
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*RIGHT-CLICK ANY [COLUMN HEADER] TO CHOOSE WHICH [METADATA CATEGORIES] WILL BE DISPLAYED* —>
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*CHANGE ORDER OF [CATEGORY COLUMNS] BY [DRAGGING/DROPPING]* —>
(move ‘sample rate’ to the left)
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*TOP RIGHT CORNER* —>
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*SELECT “AUDIO FILES CONFORM TO SESSION TEMPO”*
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*when you select ‘sound libraries’ or ‘track pre-sets’, the ‘tag menu’ automatically appears at the top of the panel* –>
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*if you ‘right-click’ ‘sound libraries’ or ‘track pre-sets’, you get this ‘context menu’* –>
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*’VOLUMES’ LISTS YOUR ‘MACINTOSH HD’*
(the ‘google virtual drives’ aren’t listed)
(you’re supposed to work locally anyway)
(most producers seem to be opposed to working from the cloud)
(although some think that ‘google drive for desktop’ can/should be incorporated)
(with a few tweaks, i could probably get them to show up on the ‘volumes list’ in ‘pro tools’)
(but i’m saving to a local folder synced with the ‘josephjgatti’ google drive account)
(so it’s backing up everything automatically)
(until i run out of space)
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*when you right-click on ‘volumes folder’, you get this ‘context menu’* –>
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*here’s list of ‘offline volumes’* –>
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*MAIN WINDOW* –>
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*click on ‘square button’ in ‘bottom left corner’ to show/hide the ‘left locations column’* –>
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*bottom right corner* –>
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*use ‘left/right arrows’ to horizontally scroll*
(or just use the ‘bottom scrollbar’)
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(the grey square in the corner isn’t assigned a ‘click command’)
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*’right-click any empty space in the ‘main window’* –>
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(or just use | [COMMAND] + [a] |)
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*right-click any ‘column header’ to show all available categories* –>
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*in the first vertical section, there are 2 ‘built-in arrangements’ of column headers* –>
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*default headers* –>
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*soundbase headers* –>
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*top left corner* –>
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*command-click 1-5 on ‘presets row’*
(it will double-flash to indicate that your ‘column header’ settings are being saved in that preset #)
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*click any # to recall that ‘pre-set’*
(or use KS || [CONTROL] + [1/2/3/4/5] || ]
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*top right corner* –>
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*the “# of items” indicates how many ‘sub-folders’ are in the currently selected item in your ‘locations list’*
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*when you click on the first ‘magnifying glass’, a ‘checkbox’ appears to the left of the “locations header”* –>
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*for each location, ALL the files/folders are now listed*
*they are now ‘results’ instead of ‘items’*
*clicking on a location will list the ‘search results’ for that location*
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*to filter results, click on the ‘checkbox’ to left of the ‘locations header’ and it will turn ‘green’* –>
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*now you can choose which folders to apply the search to*
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*to return to the main screen, click the ‘X button’ which has replaced the first ‘magnifying glass button’*
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*click the ‘plus magnifying glass button’ to perform ‘advanced search’*
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*this row now appears above your ‘search results’* –>
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*now you can filter by ‘text column’* –>
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*you can specify the criteria associated with the ‘search term’* –>
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*click the ‘plus button’ to the right to add that ‘advanced search criteria’ to your search*
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*select a file and hit ‘space bar’ to audition it*
(it should start playing through your headphones)
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*hitting this button in ‘top left corner’ also makes track play/stop* –>
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*you can also adjust volume from ‘top left corner’* –>
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(‘negative infinity’ – 12)
(the lowest number it shows is -87)
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*right drop-down menu* –>
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*when you right-click a file* –>
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*WHEN YOU [RIGHT-CLICK] A [FOLDER] IN [“SOUND LIBRARIES” LOCATION]* —>
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*REVEAL IN FINDER*
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*FIND + RE-LINK FILES*
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*CHANGE SAMPLE RATE*
(via the built-in pro tools feature ‘digibase’)
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*THE [CURRENTLY SELECTED LOCATION] IS DISPLAYED IN THE [TOP CENTER] OF THE [WORKSPACE BROWSER]* —>
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*THE [# OF RESULTS] IS DISPLAYED IN THE [TOP RIGHT CORNER]* —>
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*TYPE IN [SEARCH TERMS] IN [TOP RIGHT CORNER]* —>
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(you don’t have to hit [RETURN] to search)
(the search starts automatically)
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*AS THE “SEARCH” PROGRESSES, THIS ICON WILL BE SPINNING* —>
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-CLICK IT TO STOP THE “SEARCH”-
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*THE ICON CHANGES TO THIS* —>
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-CLICK IT TO “CLEAR” THE “SEARCH RESULTS” + START AGAIN-
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*TOP RIGHT CORNER* —>
*advanced search ON* —>
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*advanced search OFF* —>
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*👨🔬🕵️♀️🙇♀️*SKETCHES*🙇♂️👩🔬🕵️♂️*
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