Gagarin Project 400 Report post Posted April 12, 2016 which software you recommend to manage samples (i am starting to preoduce, but i already find it pretty difficult to look inside my library, i am thinking there shall be something to so add tags, to sort and pre-listen them) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iacchus 25 Report post Posted April 12, 2016 I just maintain a good folder structure, when i get new samples i put them in a sensible place with a descriptive folder.. It Bitwig you can browse folders and everything is indexed so you can eg search for 'snare' within your 'drums' folder or your root, then you get a list of search results, you can go through them and it plays them as you click on them Most DAWs have this kind of functionality If you want to start tagging every single file you have you might never get round to even making any music Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andorra 117 Report post Posted April 12, 2016 Yeah, good folder structure from the beginning It's really pain in the *** to start re-arrange samples from mixed folders. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lorn 74 Report post Posted April 12, 2016 Ditto the first two! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Freak Flag 33 Report post Posted April 12, 2016 Yeah, good folder structure from the beginning It's really pain in the *** to start re-arrange samples from mixed folders. From the beginning, you say ? Well, it's hopeless for me, then. I treat my sample library like I treat the rest of my stuff: sorted into messy piles that I know the layout of quite well... and if anyone were to ever clean them up, I'd be completely lost. So: I have terrible advice, and nobody should ever do what I do. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gagarin Project 400 Report post Posted April 12, 2016 folder structure is of course nice, but software can be nice also.... renaming samples is not very good idea, and finding them using only name can be tricky. i tag all my music in itunes with "comments" id3 field and with this i can easily find "that ethnic track from androcell" or that "techy track from aes dana". but as WAVE files don't support tags that may be done only via external "database" software. I am sure it exist but i am not sure if is really working well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iacchus 25 Report post Posted April 13, 2016 From the beginning, you say ? Well, it's hopeless for me, then. I treat my sample library like I treat the rest of my stuff: sorted into messy piles that I know the layout of quite well... and if anyone were to ever clean them up, I'd be completely lost. So: I have terrible advice, and nobody should ever do what I do. Stick all that in a folder called 'older samples' and just organise new files you get as they come in...i ended up doing this... i find i tend to want to use new stuff rather than keep going back to the same old sample packs anyway so your current collection may well be long forgotten one day. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Advanced Suite 7 Report post Posted December 4, 2016 I have done and incredible amount of research on this subject. Organization is becoming super important to me since I am growing my library everyday. From what I have found the best solution for me has been organizing by years. For example: Production folder - 2016 ---samples and loops ---vst and fx ---originals songs ---remixes songs Then next year I will start a new 2017 folder with all the Same information in it. That way when I want to find a particular sound I only have to remember a timeframe in my life. Instead of folder titles and locations. I am still trying to work out some details so if you have any input I would love to hear it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lorn 74 Report post Posted December 4, 2016 As I've gotten more into my productions I find making my own instrument racks for specific purposes helps me quickly get to the samples I prefer. A kick rack for drums. Hihat rack and noises rack, etc. I've also started a favorites folder where I drag samples to I know I'll use. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gagarin Project 400 Report post Posted April 6, 2017 i have been advised to use software "MetaDigger" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites