> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.samplevault.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# File Browser

> Navigate, manage, and control your sample directories

## Overview

The File Browser gives you a DAW-style view of your sample directories. Navigate your folder structure, manage which samples get analyzed and uploaded, and control your library directly from the file tree.

## Navigating the Tree

Directories collapse and expand just like in your DAW. Click any folder to expand it and reveal its contents, click again to collapse it.

* **Search bar**: Filter the file tree by filename to quickly locate a specific sample or folder
* **Collapse All**: Fold the entire tree in one click to get back to a clean top-level view

<Tip>
  The file browser uses virtualized rendering, so it stays fast and smooth even with tens of thousands of samples across deeply nested directories.
</Tip>

## Adding Samples

Click the **Add Samples** button at the top of the file browser to add a new directory. You'll be prompted to choose a folder and configure analysis and upload settings before the scan begins.

See [Adding Samples](/get-started/adding-samples) for a full walkthrough.

## Right-Click Actions

Right-clicking gives you contextual actions for both directories and individual samples.

### On a Directory

* **Key** / **Scale** / **Type** — set the value on every sample under this directory (confirms before applying)
* **Tempo** — pick a common tempo or type a custom BPM; applied to every sample under this directory
* **Creator** / **Sample pack** — search existing values or type a new one; applied to every sample under this directory
* **Category** — assign a category to every sample under this directory
* **Tags → Add tags / Remove tags** — stage tags and apply to all samples. Remove shows only tags that already exist in this directory
* **Genres → Add genres / Remove genres** — same but for genres
* **Analyze samples** — queue every sample in this directory (and subdirectories) for audio processing
* **Classify samples** — re-run AI audio tagging on every sample under this directory without redoing local analysis
* **Upload samples to the cloud** — sync samples to cloud storage for backup and cross-device access
* **Enrich samples** — match AI-generated labels from Deep Tagging to individual samples in the directory
* **Deep-tag directory** — run Deep Tagging to generate genre, tag, creator, and sample pack labels (counts against your monthly Library coverage, per deep-tagged sample). See [Sample Enrichment](/core-features/sample-enrichment)
* **Delete all samples** — remove all samples in this directory from your library

### On a Sample

* **Analyze sample** — process this sample individually
* **Classify sample** — re-run AI audio tagging without redoing local analysis
* **Upload to cloud** — sync this sample to cloud storage
* All standard [sample context menu](/reference/ui-reference#sample-context-menu) actions are also available

## Multi-select

`Cmd/Ctrl + click` toggles, `Shift + click` ranges across the visible tree, and `Cmd/Ctrl + A` grabs every sample in the expanded folders. Selection feeds the same bar — and the same batch actions — used everywhere else. See [Multi-select & batch actions](/core-features/sample-browser#multi-select-batch-actions) in the Library docs.

## Controlling Analysis, Deep Tagging, and Enrichment

When you add a new directory, you choose whether its samples get analyzed automatically. You can also control deep-tagging and enrichment per directory via the right-click menu. See [Adding & Managing Samples](/get-started/adding-samples) for the full processing pipeline.