201: 04: Session Management

Question 0

Which browser quickly shows a consolidated view of all the files currently used in the session, even if they reside in different locations or span multiple drives?

Answer 0

Project browser

Question 1

What types of browsers are included with DigiBase?

Answer 1

Workspace, volume, project, catalog browsers

Question 2

What is the difference between quick search mode and advanced search mode in DigiBase browsers?

Answer 2

Quick search adds wildcard tags, advanced search does not. Advanced search recognizes underscores, hyphens, capitals as word breaks. Advanced is more precise.

Question 3

How would you go about manually indexing a folder on a drive?

Answer 3

Select the folder in a workspace or volume browser items list.
Choose update database for selected from the browser menu.

Question 4

Which column in the workspace browser shows whether an audio file has been analyzed for elastic audio? What icon is used to denote that the file has been analyzed?

Answer 4

Status column
Tick symbol (metronome) in the kind column

Question 5

What condition would cause the timeline data online indicator to turn red? How is this indicator different from the session data online indicator?

Answer 5

If files used in active playlists are offline. Session data online status indicator indicates status of all files referenced by the session.

Question 6

What key commands are available for selecting options in the missing files dialog box?

Answer 6

Cmd s - skip all
Cmd m - manually find and relinking
Cmd a - automatically find and relinking
Cmd d - regenerate missing render files

Question 7

When is the find all candidates method for relinking more useful? When is the find links method for relinking preferred?

Answer 7

Find links works for multiple missing files

Question 8

What are some of the options available in the duplicate tracks dialog box? Name a few scenarios where duplicate tracks might be useful.

Answer 8

Active playlists
Alternate playlists
Automation
Inserts
Sends
Group assignments
Insert after last selected track

Question 9

How would you go about splitting off certain tracks in a session for a collaborator to work on while you continue to work on the main session?

Answer 9

Export selected tracks at new session

Save session copy
Ensure that selected tracks only is enabled