Apple Soundtrack Pro 2 - Manual (Page 88)

88 Chapter 3 Setting Up Soundtrack Pro
The Bin Hierarchy
The items in the Bin are organized by project. In this hierarchy, projects contain media
files, and media files contain clips.
To add a file to the Bin, do one of the following:
m Drag the file from the Finder to the Bin.
m Drag the file from the Browser, Favorites, or Search tab to the Bin.
Viewing and Editing Projects in the Bin
The Bin can display the following categories of information: audio clip information
(looping, transposition, and so on), file information (timecode, sample rate, file size, and
so on), Timeline information (duration, position, and so on), metadata tags (author,
copyright, and so on) and music information (beats, key, and so on).
To control the display of information categories in the Bin:
m Choose a category from the Columns pop-up menu.
Searching Bin Information
You can search across all information displayed in the Bin. Matching text and numbers
from any of the fields causes that item to appear in the list.
To search information categories in the Bin:
1 Click the Bin’s Search field.
2 Enter the search text.
3 Press Return.
Objects Description Contents
Projects Projects make up the top level
of the hierarchy. You can view
multiple projects at once. Media files
Project markers
Media files Audio and video source files Clips
Markers (File Editor only)
Clips If the source media file is used
ten different times in the
Timeline, it will have ten clips
nested in the Bin. None