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Rules
There are some rules built in which may not be obvious at first. Here are some exam-
ple searches and how QuickSound interprets them. Each of these examples begin with
user input following the word Type: in the QuickSearch field. In the text following the
QS: is the interpreted command. This is the actual search that QuickSound performs.
Type: strings violin
QS: strings AND violin
Comment: default search is AND
Type: strings violin tremolo
QS: strings AND violin AND tremolo
Comment: meaning only those words which match all three
Type: strings not violin tremolo
QS: strings NOT(violin OR tremolo)
Comment: all words after a control word are collected together onto that control
word’s list. While AND is default, the nature of NOT effectively ORs it’s wordlist together.
Authors Note: After months of wrestling with these issues I will warn the casual reader
that pondering the nature of NOT and other language related logic questions can lead
to insomnia and mental instability which if left untreated can lead to considering a de-
gree in Linguistics.
Type: strings NOT (violin tremolo)
QS: strings NOT (violin AND tremolo)
Comment: parentheses change everything. They collect the bits of the query together
in an ordered manner and allow very complex searching. By parenthesizing the last
two words they are on their own “level” and no longer “follow” the NOT. therefore, since
there is no instruction given to them about their relationship they use the default rela-
tionship AND.
Type: *.gig
QS: .GIG
Comment: the star is ignored as what you are really asking for is not a wildcard
search but to see all .GIG files
Type: drum not .wav
QS: “all files with drum as a keyword that are not .wav files”
Comment: a NOT preceding a file operator changes it’s meaning from “only return
files of type .wav” to “only return files that are not .wavs” .