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NOTE 1: In order to tag files, if you are using an MO hard disk or removable cartridge, the
write protect tab must be off as the tagging process requires writing to disk.
NOTE 2: Because CD-ROMs are a read-only medium, you cannot tag files on a CD-ROM.
To select a tag for loading, press the
key to display this screen:
Here we can see that the first set of files tagged BASS are in volume 2 and are those shown
with the alongside them. Pressing
allows you to scroll through the tagged files in the
BASS tag sequentially. As you do so, the volumes they are in will be shown at the top right of
the screen. When you come to the end of the tagged files, successive pressing of the
key will cause the scrolling to ‘wrap around’ and you will be taken back to the first files tagged. If
you are happy with the selection, press
and/or
to load the sounds. You will
receive the usual displays for loading. If the sounds you want are not to be found in this tag,
select another tag in the
field. When you press
, you will be taken to the
first file(s) in this tag.
You may select different types of tag loads. The default is
and this will
load any tagged programs and the samples associated with them. Selecting
will simply load any items in the current tag. Selecting
will only load the tagged programs and
will load only
samples that have been tagged.
NAMING TAGS
You may also name a tag simply by pressing NAME, typing in a suitable name followed by ENT.
It is worth giving your tags useful names to avoid confusion at a later date.
NOTES ON USING THE TAGGING SYSTEM
The tagging system is very powerful and can save you a lot of time searching for files and this is
especially useful if you have a busy deadline to meet or are working in an expensive studio or
whatever.
For example, you may tag all orchestral sounds including strings, brass, woodwind, orchestral
percussion, choir and so forth into one tag TAG A (which, of course, you should subsequently
name ORCHESTRA or something similar). You could then tag all your strings (which could also
include, say, synth strings, etc.) in TAG B (renamed STRINGS) and your brass (including synth
brass, ‘pop’ brass, etc.) in another tag called BRASS. All your orchestral percussion could also
be in another tag that also includes your powerhouse rock drums and percussion and synth
drums, etc.. Bass sounds could be in one big tag that contains ALL your bass sounds whilst
synth bass sounds could also be in a separate tag for synth basses as well as in a general
purpose SYNTH tag.
In this way, depending on the project you are working on, you may select sounds far more
quickly. For example, if you are working on an orchestral piece, you would probably use the
ORCHESTRA tag as this would give you all the sounds suitable for creating an orchestral effect
but, if you were working on a ballad that requires a strings pad, maybe it would be better to use
the STRING tag because, although the ORCHESTRA tag has strings in it, you wouldn’t have to
be distracted by orchestral brass, percussion, etc.. Similarly for bass. In a rock track, you would
probably use your BASS tag that contains electric basses but, in a dance track, you may head