Search Mask and Results List - Padshop - 2.3

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

Activate the Factory button to search for presets that are part of commercial or free libraries and that are installed on your system as VST Sound libraries.

Activate the User button to search for presets that you have created and saved on the Load panel.

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 the following attributes for your search:

• 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 options are shown and can be selected from the list. When you add multiple Properties attributes, you can change their order using drag and drop.

  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 options are shown and can be selected from the list. When you add multiple Moods attributes, you can change their order using drag and drop.

  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 options are shown and can be selected from the list. When you add multiple Articulations attributes, you can change their order using drag and drop.

  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 twice the tempo.

The list of suggested filter tags above the results list allows you to quickly filter the list based on the most frequently used tags. To use a suggested tag as a filter tag, click it. You can activate several filter tags simultaneously.

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

The 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.

Set up Result Columns allows you to select which attribute columns to display in the results list.

The value field on the right above the results list shows the total number of files in the list. To stop an active scanning process, click in the value field.

The maximum number of files that can be shown in the results list depends on the Maximum MediaBay Results value that is selected on the Options pop-up menu.