File Browser

The File Browser makes it easy to navigate through files on your computer or through your custom collections.

Built-in file browser

Bookmarks

The Bookmarks section contains a list of bookmarked directories. Double-clicking on a directory will show its contents in the file list at the bottom.

Predefined Bookmarks

Zrythm provides a predefined bookmark for the user’s Home directory.

Custom Bookmarks

Custom bookmarks can be added by right-clicking on a directory in the file list and selecting Add Bookmark.

Similarly, custom bookmarks can be removed by right-clicking on the bookmark and selecting Delete.

Filtering

Filter Buttons

Similarly to the plugin browser, files can be filtered based on their type.

Filtering by audio files

The following toggles are available.

Audio

Only show audio files.

MIDI

Only show MIDI files.

Presets

Only show preset files (currently unused/unimplemented).

Searching

Files can be filtered by a search term from the provided search box.

Auditioning

Audio and MIDI files can be auditioned by making use of the auditioning controls at the bottom of the file list.

File auditioning controls

Play

Trigger playback of the selected file.

Stop

Stop playback of the selected file.

Volume

Control the loudness of the output audio.

Instrument

The selected instrument will be used for playing back MIDI files. In the above example, the amsynth instrument is selected.

Preferences

Clicking the cog button on the right side of the auditioning controls will bring up the file browser preferences screen. The following settings are available.

Autoplay

Automatically play back the selected file when the selection changes

Show Unsupported Files

By default, only supported files will be shown in the file list. Enabling this option will also show unsupported files.

Show Hidden Files

By default, only files that are not hidden will be shown in the file list. Enabling this option will also show hidden files.

File Info

Information, such as metadata, for the selected file is always shown at the bottom of the file panel.

Information about the selected audio file

Importing Files

There are various ways to import MIDI and audio files into a project.

Drag and Drop From a File Browser

You can drag one or more files from your system’s file browser or from the built-in file browser into a track (if applicable), into empty space in the timeline or into empty space in the tracklist or mixer.

Droping onto an existing track will import the file on that track (if possible), and dropping onto empty space will create one or more new tracks (depending on the number of dropped files, or number of tracks contained in Type 1 MIDI files).

Tipp

You can adjust the location where the dropped file will be inserted in the project by dropping at an appropriate spot

Dropping one or more audio files into an existing audio track

Dropping a file at a specific location in a new track

Dropping a file at empty space in the tracklist

Activating a File From the Built-in File Browser

A file (row) can be activated by selecting a row and pressing the return key or double-clicking it.

Tracklist/Mixer Context Menu

Files can also be imported by right-clicking in empty space in the tracklist or mixer and selecting Import File…

Importing a file via the tracklist context menu