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Using The SP-12 Librarian SP-12 Librarian User’s Manual

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Water’s Edge Software

Catalog menu: Add Sounds To

Catalog

Add Sounds To Catalog

is used to add the active window’s sample

information (but not the actual samples) to the Sound Catalog. The

Sound Catalog is updated with RAM sample information only (not

ROM). This command is dimmed and cannot be selected if the active

window is not a sound file.

If the Sound Catalog is not already open,

Add Sounds To Catalog

attempts to locate and open the Sound Catalog. The SP-12 Librarian

remembers the location (disk and folder) and file name of the

catalog, from the last time it was used. If the Sound Catalog can’t be

found, the following dialog is displayed:

The Find button displays an Open dialog which lets you check other

disks and folders for the Sound Catalog. Only folders and Sound

Catalogs are displayed in the Open dialog.

The New button displays a dialog asking for a “New Catalog Name.”

If you want to create a new Sound Catalog, do the following:

1. SP-12 Librarian assumes that the catalog will be named “SP-12

Catalog”, but you can rename it if you wish.

2. Select the disk and folder (if necessary) where you want the

catalog to be located. The SP-12 Librarian remembers the

name and location of the catalog for future reference.

3. Click the Save button to create the new Sound Catalog.

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Tips

…

• If you are using floppy disks and you don’t have a hard disk, place

the Sound Catalog on your startup disk. That way, the SP-12

Librarian will be able to find the Sound Catalog automatically next

time you select

Show Catalog

Add Sounds To Catalog

• If you make any changes to the sound file (renaming the file,

adding or deleting samples, renaming samples, changing sample

categories, or changing sample locations), use

Add Sounds To

Catalog

to update the Sound Catalog with the new information.

• If you rename a sound file that has been previously added to the

Sound Catalog, the catalog will still contain sample information

referring to the old file name. You must delete the individual

samples referencing the old file name from the Sound Catalog, as

described in

Using The Sound Catalog

Catalog menu: Define Category

Define Category

maintains a list of categories that can be used to

classify your sounds. Although you can categorize sounds without

first defining the category, this list helps you standardize your

categories. The

Define Category

dialog is illustrated below:

To add a new category, type the category and click the Add button.

The category can be up to 12 characters long, including spaces.

To delete a category, click the required category then click the

Delete button. This only deletes the category from the SP-12

Librarian’s category list. It does

not

delete each occurrence of that

category from sound files or the Sound Catalog.

To change a category, first delete the old category as described

above, then add the new category.

The category list is always sorted alphabetically, and is not case

sensitive (ie: it treats upper and lower case letters the same way).

Any changes made to the category list are saved automatically. The

category list is available each time you use the SP-12 Librarian.

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Tips

…

• For consistency, make sure each entry in the list is typed the same

way. Use either upper case (HI-HAT) or mixed case (Hi-Hat)

letters.

• You can use the up arrow and down arrow to scroll through the list.

Catalog menu: Set Category

Set Category

uses the category list maintained by the

Define

Category

command. If your insertion point is in the category field of a

sound window (the sound window must be set to “View All” by the

Windows menu),

Set Category

is enabled. Otherwise, it is dimmed

and cannot be selected.

Using

Set Category

is the same as typing the category yourself,

except that it’s much quicker and it ensures that you don’t make

typographical errors. The

Set Category

dialog is illustrated below:

To select a category, click the category in the list then click the OK

button, or you can just double-click the selection in the list.

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Tips

…

• The

Set Category

dialog remembers its position on the screen. You

may want to move it out of the way to see the sound’s name and

category columns.

• The

Set Category

dialog also remembers the last item selected, so

you can choose the previously selected category by just pressing

Enter or Return.

• You can use the up arrow and down arrow to scroll through the list.

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