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The NodeTree

The far-left sidebar — your command center for organizing, filtering, and recalling everything in your library. Each section is a “node,” and most have right-click and ⋯ menus full of options.

The NodeTree is split across several dedicated articles so each one stays scannable. Pick the node you’re after:

Library nodes

  • Imports — each Imports node is a folder watched/scanned into your database. Includes Folder Blocks, Auto-Rescan with the Watcher, Watch Levels, and the deletion-cap safety net.
  • Groups Standard+ — color-coded, user-defined sound groups spanning the whole database.
  • CloudPacks — licensed cloud sound packs streamed/downloaded from BaseHead.
  • Collections Ultra — virtual folders for the SFX you reach for constantly; stay visible across DB switches.
  • Stores — PSE / SES integrations for browsing external sound libraries. (Covered below.)

Recall & navigation nodes

  • Favorite & Recent Searches — saved go-to searches plus MRU history.
  • Play History — recently auditioned files, click to jump back. (Brief, see below.)
  • Paths — hot-swap folder shortcuts for transfer destinations. (Brief, see below.)
  • Xfers — recent and pending transfer jobs. (Brief, see below.)
  • UCS Categories Standard+ — the Universal Category System metadata tree.

Modules & integrations

  • Modules → TWEAKER — the built-in 8-slot MIDI sampler.
  • Wwise — recently used Wwise project references.
  • Browser — direct filesystem browse tree (folders/files). Minimal but useful.

Play History

Play History node

Shows recently auditioned files so you can quickly jump back to the ones you liked.

Paths

Paths node

Hot-swap and add common transfer destinations. Turn on Follow Session Folder to auto-switch the active path to the open DAW project’s audio folder.

Xfers

Xfers node

Lists every file recently transferred — both source and destination. Useful when your DAW crashes before saving and you need to retrace which sounds you sent.

The orange target icon plays the destination file (where it was transferred), if it still exists. Useful since transfers often go to a temp path.

Stores Non-FREE editions

Stores node

Browse 3rd-party SFX stores from inside basehead. The first integration is with Pro Sound Effects.

Log into your PSE account and you can search, browse, and transfer your purchased PSE libraries and subscriptions. Files stream from PSE’s servers, similar to how CloudPacks work.

Bonus: after logging in once, the PSE FREE Library appears in your CloudPacks node — adds 1,500 SFX (~30GB) to your collection.

Toggling a store on/off

Each store row has two icons. Once you’re logged in, they have different jobs — clicking them no longer means the same thing.

  • Left-side store-logo icon — toggles Exclude from Search for that store. Click it once and the store stays signed in but its results are skipped during searches; click again to fold it back in. No more “DEACTIVATED” label, no more cleared library list, no more Store Connected toast on toggle-back.
  • Right-side activate icon (visible only while logged in) — full sign-out. This is the only way to actually log out of the store account.

The exclude state is persisted and shared with the search bar’s Exclude PSE / SES from Search toggle — flip it in either place and both stay in sync.

Not logged in yet? Clicking the left-side icon still starts the login flow, same as before. The Store Connected toast now only appears on a real reconnect (saved API key or a fresh browser auth) — not on a re-enable.

Walkthrough video

Older video, but still relevant — importing UCS-tagged files, auto-populating category info, and re-tagging existing files.