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Audio Smart Folder

Experimental Feature

This is an experimental feature. To enable, check Enable Experimental Features in Preferences. Experimental features are only available as part of a Professional licence.

Intro​

Audio Smart Folders can be used to import a folder containing audio assets which can then be referenced via external data or connections.

To import an Audio Smart Folder:

  1. Right click in the Assets Window and choose Import Audio Smart Folder...
  2. Navigate to a directory on your file system and hit OK.

Once you have a folder imported it can then be used in combination with an Asset from Smart Folder Utility.

Example
  1. Import an Audio Smart Folder containing the files beep.wav, bloop.wav and whoosh.wav.
  2. Drag that Audio Smart Folder from the Assets Window into the Attribute Editor or Viewport.
  3. Create a String Array.
  4. Add two more indices using the +Add button and enter beep.wav, bloop.wav and whoosh.wav into each.
  5. Connect the String Array to the Asset from Smart Folder's Path attribute.
  6. Uncheck Auto Index on the Asset Array and enter 1 into the Index.

During playback, bloop.wav will be audible.

Try swapping the String Array for a Spreadsheet and connecting the Render Manager's Dynamic Index to its Index.