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1) Tags Pane:

The Tag Pane is divided into four sections:

Property Tags – File Info – Search Tags - Descriptors

a) File Info:

This section should list just the info of the plain audio file and has

nothing to do with the tags:

Kind

: AIFF or WAV

Length

the length of the audio file

Date Modified:

Bit Depth:

8bit, 16bit, etc

Sample Rate:

44.1kHz, 48kHz, etc

Channel:

Mono, Stereo

File Location:

Tempo:

this item should be listed under the Property tag, because

it is not a regular audio file value. The value depends on the

setting of two tags:

• N/A: If the File Type (under the Property Tags section) is

set to “

one-shot”

(which is the same as “

non-looped”

then the audio file will not follow any tempo matching

and therefore has no valid tempo value

• xxx BPM: if the File Type is set to “

Loop”

then the Tempo

value is based on the “

Number of Beats”

value and the

“

Time Signature”

value

b) Property Tags:

These are the main tags, describing the behavior in regards to

Tempo and Key matching:

Number of Beats

AUL analyses the added audio file and sets the

Beat value automatically. It calculates the Tempo

based on the beat value and the length of the

audio file. You can double the Tempo or set it to

half tempo by setting the beat value to double

or half the value

File Type:

Selecting “

Loop”

will set the tempo matching tag.

Selecting “

One-Shot”

(in Soundtrack Loop Utility) ore

“

non-looping”

(in Apple Loops Utility) disables the

tempo matching tag. AUL sets the tag automatically to

“Loop” if the file is between 0.5s and 30s long when

you add a new audio file.

The label for the two options of File Type has changed in Apple Loops Utility:

Key:

This tag sets the key matching tag. Select any of the keys from the popup menu that matches the root note of the audio file. Selecting the

hyphen from the popup menu disables key matching.

Scale Type:

If you set that tag (i.e. Minor) then you can search later in the Loop browser only for loops in the minor key

Time Signature:

The popup menu is grouped into signature with the beat value /4 and the beat value /8. This will also affect the tempo value:

double or half tempo.

Author, Copyright,

Comment:

These fields can not be searched in the Loop Browser, unfortunately. At least having a comments field as a search

able tag in the Loop Browser would add an enormous power to the Browser.

c) Search Tags:

To group the two tags under the section “Search Tags” doesn’t make much sense, because technically you have to include other tags here too,

because they are also searchable tags.

Genre:

You can select one of the 10 Genre tags (or “

Not Specified”

) to search for you Apple Loop

Instrument:

Select one of the main 13 Instrument tags in the first column or if the instrument has submenu listed in the second column, you

select the tag from there

d) Descriptors:

This is another of the bad name choices. First of all, the tags are called “Descriptors” but the Loop Browser calls them “Mood” and some times

they are labeled “Mood Descriptors”.

This is list of 9 pairs of opposite Moods. Select either the left or the right radio button. When you leave the radio button in the center then, no tag

will be set.

File Type in Soundtrack Loop Utility

File Type in Apple Loops Utility

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