Searching for Files on Your System
Instead of searching the current results list, you can also use the text search to look for
files on your hard disks or in VST Sound archives.
Search Location
Content
Proceed as follows:
1. Select the location that you want to use as the starting point for the search.
2. In the top left corner of the results list, click the "Search Location Content" button
(the magnifying glass icon) and enter the search text in the text field.
3. To start the search, press [Return] or click the "Search/Stop Search" button to the
right of the search text.
The files that match the search criteria are listed in the results list. Note that only
the first 10000 search results are displayed.
4. Double-click a result to show it in the location tree.
The higher up in the hierarchy the location, the longer the search will take. Therefore,
it is not recommended to search entire hard drives.
Searching for Specific File Types
• Click the button to the right of the search field to specify whether you want to
search for samples, layers, programs, multis, or all types.
You can also use this function to search for the corresponding file types from third-
party samplers.
When you close HALion, the search results are not saved.
Configuring the Results List
• To configure which attributes are shown in the results list, click the "Set up Result
Columns" button in the upper right corner of the results list and activate the
corresponding entries.
• To sort a column in ascending or descending order, click the column header.
Search/
Stop Search
Search Text
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Using the Browser
The Results List
Search for
File Type