MediaBay - HALion - 7.1

In the top section of the page, you can specify which sounds to look for. The lower section displays the corresponding results.

• To adjust the size of the two sections, drag the divider at the top of the results list.

Reset Filter

Resets all filter settings.

Synchronize Filter Settings with Selected Slot

• If this button is activated, selecting a program from the Slot Rack automatically sets the MediaBay search filters to the state they were in when the program was loaded. This makes it easier to replace a program with a similar program.

  If you select an empty slot, all search filters are reset.

  If no program, layer, or multi was loaded because you loaded the program via the Browser or via drag and drop from the File Explorer/macOS Finder, the search settings do not change when you select this slot.

• If this button is deactivated, the filter settings are global for all slots.

Import FXP/FXB/HSB VST Sound

Allows you to register HSB or VST Sound files and import FXP/FXB files. This enables you to load HALion 3 presets from HSB container files, VST Sound files, or FXP/FXB files.

Presets

You can save, load, and delete the settings of a MediaBay search, which includes both the search mask at the top and the results list. This allows you to create search templates for different search scenarios, for example.

Saving the MediaBay with active search filters allows you to create different preset collections that can be recalled very quickly. These collections are dynamic, that is, any new presets added to your system at a later time also appear in the results list when a new search is performed.

Search Mask and Results List

Select Library

Click the library icon on the left to open the library selector, where you can specify which library to search for content.

Factory

Activate this button to search for presets that are part of commercial or free libraries and that are installed on your system as VST Sound libraries. These libraries can be part of HALion or HALion Sonic, for example, or they can be included in expansion libraries.

User

Activate this button to search for presets that you have created and saved in the MediaBay.

Filter Text

In the text search field, you can enter text that is part of the name or an attribute of a preset that you are looking for. For example, if you enter Piano, the results list displays all presets whose name contains “Piano”, or presets for which the term “Piano” is used in one of the attributes, such as the Category attribute Piano or the Subcategory attribute Keyboard | E.Piano.

Configure Attribute Menus

Allows you to add attribute menus, where you can specify attributes for your search.

The following attribute menus are available:

• Category opens a tree view that allows you to select a Category or a Subcategory. Subcategory tags are shown together with the corresponding Category, in the following way: (Category | Subcategory).

• Style opens a tree view which allows to select a Style or a Substyle. Substyle tags are shown together with the corresponding Style, in the following way: (Style | Substyle).

• Properties opens the Properties dialog, where you can add one or multiple Properties attributes.

  To search for a Properties attribute, enter a text string in the text field, such as warm, for example. When you start typing, the available properties are shown and can be selected from the list. By adding multiple properties, you can narrow down the results to the ones that match both properties.

  You can also search for matching attributes by scrolling the list. Select an attribute to add it.

• Moods opens the Moods dialog, where you can add one or more Moods attributes.

  To search for an attribute, enter a text string in the text field, such as energetic, for example. When you start typing, the available properties are shown and can be selected from the list. By adding multiple properties, you can narrow down the results to the ones that match both properties.

  You can also search for matching attributes by scrolling the list. Select an attribute to add it.

• Articulations opens the Articulations dialog, where you can add one or more Articulations attributes.

  To search for an attribute, enter a text string in the text field, such as Decrescendo, for example. When you start typing, the available articulations are shown and can be selected from the list. By adding multiple articulations, you can narrow down the results to the ones that match both articulations.

  You can also search for matching attributes by scrolling the list. Select an attribute to add it.

• Author opens a list with all available authors.

• Key opens a list with all available keys.

• Signature opens a list with common signatures.

  To use a different signature, enter it in the text field and click Return.

• Tempo opens the Tempo dialog, where you can select a Tempo and specify a Range in which the tempo of the result can deviate from the set tempo. Activate the Half-Time or Double-Time buttons to include presets that use half or double the tempo.

Preset Type Menu

On the Preset Type menu, you can specify whether to show all presets in the results list, or whether to display only layers, programs, or multi-programs.

Rating Filter

Allows you to limit the results list according to the rating of the presets. Use the rating slider to define the minimum rating.

Show Program Structure

Allows you to see the contents of multis, programs, and layers.

Set up Result Columns

Allows you to select which attribute columns to display in the results list.