User manual APPLE LOOPS UTILITY

[. . . ] http://www. refugefilms. com Other company and product names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective companies. Mention of third-party products is for informational purposes only and constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation. Apple assumes no responsibility with regard to the performance or use of these products. 1 Using Apple Loops Utility Some audio files you use in Soundtrack Pro can include metadata called tags. Soundtrack Pro uses tags in one of two ways:  To help locate files using the Search feature in Soundtrack Pro  To provide information that Soundtrack Pro uses when matching the file's tempo and key to the project tempo and key, for the best possible playback quality Both AIFF and WAV file formats can include tags. [. . . ] There are two additional buttons at the bottom of the window, the Assets button and the Save button.  Save button: Saves your changes to the currently selected files in the Assets drawer. 8 Opening Files in Apple Loops Utility You can open audio files from within Apple Loops Utility, or directly from a Soundtrack Pro project. When you open files in Apple Loops Utility, the files are displayed in the File list of the Assets drawer. To open an audio file in Apple Loops Utility, do one of the following: m Choose File > Open, then select the file in the Open dialog. To open an audio file from Soundtrack Pro into Apple Loops Utility: m Control-click the file in Soundtrack Pro, then choose Open in Apple Loops Utility from the shortcut menu. To open multiple files in Apple Loops Utility, do one of the following: m Choose File > Open, then Shift-click the files in the Open dialog. m Drag the volume or folder containing the files from the Finder to the Assets drawer. You can have multiple Apple Loops Utility windows open at the same time so that you can compare different files. Each time you open an Apple Loops Utility window, an Open dialog appears, letting you choose the file or files to open in that window. You can change the open window behavior in the Apple Loops Utility Preferences window. See "Apple Loops Utility Preferences" on page 14 for more information. 9 Tagging Files in Apple Loops Utility To tag files, you select the files in the Assets drawer, and then make changes to the selected files' tags in the Tags tab. When you change the settings in the Tags tab, the changes are applied only to the currently selected files. When you make changes to a file's tags, a dot appears in the Changes column next to the filename to indicate that the file has been changed. You can select a file or group of files and make one or several changes, and then select another file or group of files and make different changes. Apple Loops Utility remembers all the changes you make as you work with different files. When you finish making changes, you can save changes to only the currently selected files, or save changes to all files marked in the Changes column of the Assets drawer. Note: Changing a file's tags has no effect on the actual audio data recorded in the file. Changing the tag for the number of beats, for example, only changes the information used when Soundtrack Pro searches for files, not the actual number of beats recorded in the audio file. Similarly, changing the tag for key has no effect on the actual musical key of the audio file. (If the drawer is closed, click the Assets button to open it. ) Note: When a single file is selected, you can use the Up and Down Arrow keys to move up and down the files in the Assets drawer. See "Tags Tab" on page 5 for information about the options in the Tags tab. 3 Click Save to save changes to the selected file, or click Save All to save all changes. 10 Tagging Multiple Files When multiple files are selected, only the tags that apply to all the selected files can be changed. [. . . ]  Close WAV and Edit AIFF: Automatically converts the WAV to an AIFF, closes the WAV file, and opens the AIFF for editing.  Keep Working in WAV: Leaves the WAV file open. 14 Apple Loops Utility Keyboard Shortcuts General and File Key command x Function Creates a new, blank Apple Loops Utility window and opens the Open dialog. Opens the Open dialog, from which you open files in Apple Loops Utility. If any of the files are WAV files, a dialog appears asking if you want to continue editing the files as WAV files or save them as AIFF files. +N +O +W + shift x x x +W x +S x + shift +S Opens the Save As dialog to save the currently selected file with a new name. [. . . ]