SoundLog Pro 2 > The Buttons

The button layout as seen on the Browser page.

Most of the referenced settings (in the descriptions below), to the preferences, are fully explained on the preference pages in SoundLog Pro itself.

Create Sound File Name - Use these buttons to create new sound file names using SoundLog Pro, and then launch your main audio application (where you paste the newly created name onto your sound file). The Green one is for Multichannel files, and the Blue one for Mono files (works the same as MultiChannel, just adds a ".M" to the end of the file name.)

The 2 smaller buttons are new to SLP2, and launch a secondary application to paste the name into (selectable in the preferences tab.)

Click HERE for the SLP1 tutorial on creating new sound file names. It's still the same procedure.

Import files into Pro Tools (or your main audio app) - Import a single audio file with the large button, or the checkbox button on top, will find all the tagged records in your database, and import those audio files into your audio app.


There are 2 modes for importing:

1) Reference original - if the buttons are YELLOW, as you see here, you're in reference original mode. Your audio app will attempt to open the files from their current location on disk.
2) Copy Files and import - if the buttons are RED, then SoundLog Pro will copy the audio files to your "Target folder", selectable on the preferences tab, "Import" page.

Duplicate Record - Simply duplicates the current record, with an empty file name, so you can use SoundLog Pro to make a new file name for another file.


TIP - Hold down <Command> when you click this, to link the new record to the original one. You can then easily find records that are linked together, simply by clicking the link icon you see in the record.

Fix Path - Use this to repair the path for the current record. (Similar to Cataloging, but only for one record.)

Alt Apps - Simply click one of these buttons to open the current record's file in an app of your choice.

To set up your apps, click in the "Creator Type" field above the button, then navigate to the application, or to a file SAVED BY that application, to set it.

*Note - the icons you see here are just an example, you can customize these icons yourself on the preferences page/tab. Selecting the application does NOT import that application's icon. This must be done manually.

Reveal File in Finder - Click this button to select & show the current file in the Finder.

*Note - In SLP2, there is a better way to do this, which is to click on the Online, or Server indicator, directly.

Copy Sound File Name - Copies the current record's Sound File Name to the clipboard.

Rename Sound File - Renames the current file (even Multichannel), in the Finder, and updates SoundLog Pro.

You can select whether this will use the SoundLog Pro naming scheme, or not, at the preferences tab.

*IMPORTANT - You MUST use SoundLog Pro to rename your files at the FInder level, or your records will no longer be catalogable. SoundLog Pro is File Name based, so if you change the file's name in the Finder, but don't update SoundLog Pro with that name, it won't be able to update the path in a Catalog.

Copy Files - Copies the current record's audio file(s), to a folder. the Check box button on top, finds all the tagged records in your database, and copies those files to a folder.

There are 2 modes (selectable in the preferences tab):

1) If the button shows a question mark (as above), then you will be prompted for the folder to copy to.
2) If the buttons shows a folder instead of the question mark, the files will be copied to the folder you have chosen in the Finder Copy preferences.