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File list & reports

The file list shows every audio file in the folder, one per row. Sort, filter and search it to find what you need — and export it as a report.

Columns

Right-click any column header to show or hide columns. Drag headers to reorder them and drag their edges to resize. The Media Manager remembers your layout.

Column	Shows	Default
Name	File name	shown
Folder	Subfolder, relative to the chosen folder	shown
Modified	Last modification date	hidden
Duration	Length of the audio	shown
Sample rate	e.g. 48 kHz — see sample rate	shown
Bit depth	e.g. 24 — see bit depth	shown
Channels	1 = mono, 2 = stereo, more for multichannel files	shown
Dual mono	Result of the dual-mono analysis (see below)	shown
Tags	Finder tags of the file	shown
Format	WAV, BWF, RF64, BW64, AIFF, AIFC, CAF, MP3, …	shown
Size	File size	hidden
Title, Artist	From the file's metadata	shown
Album, Description	Album from the metadata; Description from Broadcast Wave	hidden
LUFS, True peak	Integrated loudness and maximum true peak, once measured	shown
LRA, Max M, Max S	Loudness range, max momentary and max short-term loudness	hidden

Values in the Dual mono column

Yes: Left and right are identical — the file is dual mono and can be converted.
Yes (silent): Both channels are completely silent. Technically dual mono; often an empty track worth checking.
No: Left and right differ — a real stereo file.
?: Not analyzed yet. Run Actions › Analyze Dual Mono.
…: Analysis in progress.
–: Doesn't apply: the file isn't stereo, or its format can't be compared (MP3, AAC, …).
!: The file couldn't be read. Hover for details.

Sort, filter and search

Sort — click a column header; click again to reverse the order.
Filter — the Show menu in the toolbar shows All files, only Stereo files, only Dual mono files or files that are Not dual mono.
Search — type in the search field to narrow the list down. It matches the file name, folder, Finder tags, title and artist. Press Return or Esc to go back to the list.

Actions with no files selected apply to all listed files — so filtering is also a way to choose what an action works on.

Selecting files

Click to select a file, ⌘-click to add files, ⇧-click to select a range, and ⌘A to select all. The inspector then shows the selection: for several files, the total duration and size, and metadata fields you can edit for all of them at once.

Right-click a selection for Show in Finder and the Dual Mono and Loudness actions.

Right-click menu with Show in Finder, Dual Mono and Loudness actions for three selected files

Keeping the list up to date

The list is a snapshot of the folder. After recording, bouncing or copying files, click ↻ (Rescan). Files the Media Manager itself converts or edits are updated automatically.

Backup folders created by the Media Manager (see backups) are skipped when scanning, so originals don't show up twice.

Video Studio takes

Requires StudioTools 2.4.0 or later. Coming soon to the Mac App Store — beta testers have it now.

Open a folder that holds Video Studio takes, and the Media Manager lists them next to the audio files. Each take is one row — a .stvideo take or a plain take folder — with its name, modified date, duration, the sample rate and channels of its sound, size and Finder tags.

Watch a take — double-click it, or choose Open in Takes Player in the inspector or the right-click menu. All cameras play in sync in the Takes player.
Get the camera files — Show Camera Files opens a Finder window inside the take with the movies selected, ready to drag into your video editor.
Show only takes — choose Video takes in the Show menu.

Select a take to see its details in the Video Take section of the inspector:

name, folder, when it was recorded, duration, size, and whether it's stored as a .stvideo take or a plain folder;
the Pro Tools session it was recorded in, when there was one — see Take names;
each camera with its resolution, frame rate and codec — and Lost at m:ss or No video if a camera had trouble;
the sound: audio device, inputs and sample rate;
the StudioTools version the take was recorded with.

The audio tools — dual mono, loudness and metadata editing — and the CSV/TSV report skip takes. Select everything you like: only your audio files are changed.

Export a report (CSV / TSV)

Export the list as a text file that opens in Numbers, Excel or Google Sheets — useful as a delivery report for a client, or to document an archive.

Optionally filter or search, so the list shows the files you want in the report.
Click the share button in the toolbar.
Choose the options and click Export…, then choose where to save the file.

Export options: format, duration format and optional columns

Option	Choices
Format	CSV (comma-separated) or TSV (tab-separated — easiest to paste into a spreadsheet)
Duration	Seconds (6 decimals), Milliseconds, or HH:MM:SS.mmm
Include “Modified” column	Adds the modification date of each file
Include “GeneratedAt” column	Adds the time the report was created, on every row

The report always contains File, the duration, Samplerate, BitDepth, Channels and DualMono. Metadata and loudness columns are included when they are visible in the list — show the columns you want in the report before exporting.

"File","Duration(hms)","Samplerate","BitDepth","Channels","DualMono","Title","Integrated (LUFS)"
"Audio Files/Kick.wav","00:03:12.480","48000","24","1","-","","-18.3"
"Audio Files/Synth Pad.wav","00:03:12.480","48000","24","2","Yes","Pad","-21.7"

In the DualMono column, Yes and No are analysis results; - means not analyzed or not applicable.