Mounting and unmounting volumes, Catalogs in the workspace browser, Searching in the workspace browser – M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio User Manual

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To change a volume designator:

1

Open the Workspace browser.

2

Click and select the appropriate Audio and/or

Video designator for the volume.

Mounting and Unmounting
Volumes

The Workspace browser lets you unmount vol-
umes while Pro Tools is running, and shows
newly mounted volumes as they come online.

To unmount a volume from within the Workspace
browser:

1

Select a volume in the Workspace browser.

2

Choose Unmount Volumes from the Browser

menu.

The Workspace browser closes the database file
for the selected online volume and removes it
from the Workspace browser, and unmounts
the disk from the computer.

Pro Tools alerts you if the volume being un-
mounted has files referenced in the Timeline.

Catalogs in the Workspace
Browser

(DigiBase Pro Only)

With DigiBase Pro, the Workspace browser pro-
vides special tools for creating and accessing
Catalogs. Once Catalogs have been created, they
appear in the Workspace browser in the Cata-
logs folder.

To show all Catalogs:

1

Open the Workspace browser.

2

Click the Expand/Collapse icon next to the

Catalogs folder.

To open an individual Catalog:

„

Double-clicking a catalog opens a Browser

window for that catalog.

Searching in the Workspace
Browser

The Workspace browser provides the most com-
prehensive DigiBase search capabilities. The
Workspace browser lets you perform searches
across a single volumes, multiple volumes, or
across any combination of volumes, folders, and
Catalogs. You select which volumes to include

Designating a volume in the Workspace

Always use the Unmount command in the
Workspace browser menu to unmount vol-
umes, or quit Pro Tools and then unmount
the volume. Do not use any other method to
unmount a volume while Pro Tools is run-
ning.

Viewing Catalogs in the Workspace.

For complete instructions on creating and
working with Catalogs, see “DigiBase Pro
Catalogs” on page 265.

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