Instrument Manager™ just doesn't organize and manage your Sound Objects. If your software sampler allows the ability to drop objects on it in order to load, Instrument Manager™ can serve as a Super Browser of sorts.

Just as you can add entries into a Database by dragging into a Main Screen, you can copy, move, or load entries by dragging out of them.

For example, you can view a certain set of Sound Objects on a Main Screen, and drag them out in order to copy or move them to another area on your hard drive. Dragging copies a file, SHIFT-dropping moves a file. This is handy for collecting a set of files in one certain area to, for example, put them on an external drive to take to another location.

There are several subtleties to copying/moving Sound Objects, and Instrument Manager™ takes care of all of them. Any copy/move operation updates the database automatically. Also, any copying operation will prompt you IF you want to add the new files to the Database (you may not want to). You can turn the prompt off in Preferences. Also, Instrument Manager™ will update the sample links in the new files if needed.

Communication with proprietary disks (Akai, Roland, etc.) is done with the Proprietary Dialog. You can drag and drop both ways between the list on a Main Screen and the Proprietary Dialog. For more information on proprietary disks and the Proprietary Dialog, see the Proprietary Dialog section in this document.