BROWSER – Filters (Attributes & File Directory)

 

Using Attributes Mode, filtering is achieved by selecting Categories or Projects and additional Attributes to refine the list of sounds. The first column drop-down menu allows you to select between “Category” and “Project” (if you have created any Projects), while the remaining Attribute columns may change their labels depending on the Category selection.

There are two browsing modes available, Attributes Mode and File Directory Mode. These are selected using the Attributes and File Directory Buttons, which will toggle between modes.

 

Attributes Mode

Using Attributes Mode, filtering is achieved by selecting Categories and Attributes to refine the list of sounds. The first column will always be labeled “Category”, while the remaining Attribute columns may change their labels depending on the Category selection.

For example, in the Soundsource Browser, if the Category “Psychoacoustic” is selected, then the Attribute columns will automatically display Type, Source and Timbre.

If the Category “Human Voices” is then selected, the Attribute columns will change to Type, Gender and Technique.

 

These changes are intended to reflect Attributes that make more sense in context to the Category selection. These are recommended Attributes, but you can still manually select different Attributes from the column drop-down menus.

NOTE: This behavior is dependent on the setting “Category Sensitive Attributes” in the Browser Settings. Automatic Attributes changes will only occur if this setting is enabled (the default state). If the setting is disabled, the labels will remain static when changing Categories.

 

File Directory Mode

Using File Directory Mode, the Browser Filters display a File Folder hierarchy that matches how they are stored on your computer’s hard drive.

 

 

When you select a Folder in a column, the list of sounds will be filtered to include only the sounds that exist in the Folders below it in the file hierarchy.

This traditional method of file browsing may be more natural to some Users, and is useful when creating a large custom collection of Multis and Patches. You can create a custom file directory hierarchy inside the STEAM folder, and organize your custom Patches to suit your own needs. That hierarchy can then be directly browsed using the File Directory mode of the Browser.

 

NOTE – Most of the Factory Library in Omnisphere does not use folders or sub-directories, so File Directory mode is not particularly useful for browsing Factory sounds.