THE USER DATABASE

The second of the two main databases at the core of the Harbor Audio Manager is the custom user database. This database is where you can store your own personalized information on any or all of the audio files in your inventory.

This information can be used to keep information regarding each audio file that is unavailable in either the name and attributes of the file or in the embedded chunk information contained within the audio file itself. This information is not only handy for reference purposes when looking at a File Detail view of the audio file, but is an excellent way of indexing your inventory for powerful keyword searches via Harbor’s database search engine.

The user database contains records of five data fields each per audio file. These fields can contain any combination of text or alphanumeric characters you wish.

The User Database Fields
The editable entry fields for these data records allow you to type in as many characters as you wish, but there are limitations to the size of each of these fields when they are stored in the database. The maximum record size roughly corresponds to the width in characters of the field as displayed in the File Detail view. See the help section entitled "Editing Your User Database" for instruction on how to enter and edit data in these fields, save the data to the database, or delete records from the database:

“Caption” (15 characters) – Use this field to store a name, nickname or caption you would like to give the file.

“Subject” (44 characters) – Use this field to type in a description of the subjects or topics of the audio file. Example: “Public service message ‘Save the Wombat’”

“Project” (15 characters) – Use this field for identifying any project(s) that the file might be associated with.

“Keywords” (44 characters) – Use this field for any miscellaneous keywords, key phrases or flags that you may want to index your files. Very useful for use with the search engine.  For example, the PSA for “Save the Wombat” may benefit from the keywords “PSA”, “wildlife” and “charity”.

“Players” (70 characters) – Use this field to identify any actors, artists, characters, personalities, etc. whose voice or artistry appears in the sound file, or who originally created or published the file.  For example, you may want to identify the narrator of a commercial, the name of the characters or actors appearing in a trailer or clip, or the artists performing the song.