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Copy clip "Sound 1" to "Sound 2"
Rename clip
Cut and Paste clip
Trim clip
Change level or EQ
Dispose, Commit or Pack project
Publishing with a Text File
AudioBase can work with text files in two ways:
1.
During publication it can take data from a text file and place it into editable fields in the database. The
fields into which data can be placed are Name, Category, Description and User fields.
2.
It can output, as part of the publication process, a text file containing all the editable information about the
clips from the project that was just published. This file can be written to your Prodigy Engine hard disk, or
can be exported via the Modem Port to another computer.
The Text File Format
When AudioBase outputs a file as part of the publication, the format of the first line is as follows:
"Project:"
Number
Between each entry there is a tab, and at the end of the line there is a carriage return. This line is used during
subsequent republication to identify the Project to which the Text File refers.
Each subsequent line represents one clip in the Project. It is set out as follows:
~AudioBase
Number
1...User
4
Between each entry there is a tab, and at the end of the line there is a carriage return. The AudioBase Number is
written with a tilde (~) at the beginning to distinguish it from other text. It is used to identify a clip in the Project
(see below: How AudioBase Recognises Text).
When you make your own Text Files, you can omit the first line, or just the Project identification number, and still
publish using this file.
The AudioBase number at the begining of each line (and the tab separating it from the next part) is also optional.
You can still use the data without this identification.
How AudioBase Recognises Text
When you tell AudioBase to publish a Text File, it must match up the file and its contents correctly with a Project.
It will do this automatically if the information is correct.
The File
For AudioBase to recognise a text file, it must have a name of the format XXX.txt
to 15 characters, not including illegal ones (space = & | ? / \ ^ ~ [N.B. an underscore is shown as a space on the
video screen]). The system recognises no difference between upper and lower case.
AudioBase has three ways to associate a particular text file with a particular Project. Here they are, in order of
priority:
•
Project Identification number matches the one in the Project
•
Project Name on the first line matches the Project Name (this is unreliable if there is more than one Project in
your system with that name - AudioBase will choose the first one it finds).
•
The name of the Text File is the same as that of the Project, not counting the suffixes (ditto).
If none of these conditions is true, AudioBase will ask you to choose which Project goes with this text file at the
time you start publication.
Clips
AudioBase has two ways to associate the text describing a particular clip with the same clip in the Project. Here
they are in order of priority.
The AudioBase number in the Text File matches one in the Project File.
User Manual
Two Clip Records with the same editable data except for their
names, same automatic data.
Clip Record gets new name, otherwise the same.
Clip Record unchanged
Clip Record unchanged, except for duration
Clip Record will audition or paste with new values
No visible or audible effect (clip pointers may have changed)
Project
Name
Clip Name
Category
Project
Identification
Description
User
where XXX is any string of up
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