Wwise Help

The Media Pool is where you can search, organize, audition, and select your audio files to import into Wwise. This is invaluable if you have downloaded Strata libraries or are working with third-party sound libraries. These libraries often contain large numbers of files, which can make it time-consuming to find what you want. You can add these library folders to Media Pool databases to search for and audition your files directly in Wwise.

When you create a database and point to a path on your local or network drive, the Media Pool extracts the metadata for each file, such as duration, bit depth, and sample rate. The Media Pool caches the metadata so you can quickly search your libraries and filter the results to get the files you want.

The databases you create in the Media Pool are not project-specific. You can open a different project in Wwise and the databases you created persist. The databases are created locally. If someone else opens the same project on their computer, they do not have access to your databases.

You can access the Media Pool through the following menus or by pressing Ctrl+P:

	Databases pane lists the Project Originals folder and the User Databases folder where you can create databases and Virtual Folders to organize your databases. From here you can: Rename and organize your folders and databases. Open the Database Settings dialog.
	Filters pane where you can add, modify, and delete filters that can be included or excluded when searching for audio files.
	Search area is where you can enter text strings to populate the Results area dynamically with the best matches. Note Only text strings are supported.
	Results area displays the list of audio files based on your search and filter criteria. From here you can: View the audio files resulting in your search and filter criteria. Right-click a file or files to import them into your project. Configure the columns.
	Metadata area includes the metadata information for a selected file by which you can search and filter your audio files. Right-click on the metadata field and select to either add it as a column in the Results pane or add it as filter in the Filters pane.
	Transport area where can playback your audio file and audition the following: Volume Pitch LPF HPF Loop
	Audio Preview/Region Selector where you can: Select playback with a cursor. Skip to next and previous regions using the arrow keys. View audio file markers that you can use to select regions. Select Auto Select Detected Regions to enable the Media Pool to automatically select regions. Manually select regions. Select markers as regions. View the file path. Add files or regions to the Audio File Importer.