Avid Technology : Pro Tools Workspace and Soundbase for Sound Effects Editors

For a sound effects editor, there are many creative benefits to tagging your files and browsing by category. Instead of a search that is limited to the terminology you can think of in the moment, browsing will present you with sounds that you would have otherwise not found with specific search terms.

Some sound effects libraries, including libraries from Pro Sound Effects, will import with the Soundbase tags already populated with categories.

Now let's look at a few of the keyboard shortcuts that will speed up your workflow using these new features:

Ctrl + Alt + T: Brings up the assign tags popup window. This also works when you have multiple sounds selected allowing you to add tags to large groups of sounds. This is very helpful when categorizing larger libraries.

Ctrl + Alt + Cmd + T: Shows/hides the Tags Pane. If you are only doing simple searches, use this shortcut to hide the Tags pane, then bring it back quickly when you want to browse by category.

Ctrl + S: Once you've found the sound you're looking for, use this to instantly spot the sound to edit insertion. This one is very handy and typically a lot faster than dragging and dropping.

These new Workspace and Soundbase features are sure to help sound editors finish projects faster and with better quality by staying organized, efficient, and in the creative zone.