Your sample collection - How to organise

[Robot Rod]

I have a few sample packs and what not now and find it hard to find what i want quickly.
At the moment i have them in their kits ie : Smokers Delight, Jay Dee collection, Drum Machines etc etc. But i find this way a little hard get around.

I was thinking about placing all my kicks together, snares, fx and so on.
How does everyone else arrange their collections, their has to be an more organised way.

Cheers
RR

[Direkt]

Have tried putting all kicks together before etc... can be good, can also be a pain in the ass when you're looking for a specific one shot.

Now I've just got them organised a little more randomly... I.e. kick folder, with subfolders of different samples...

End of the day - whatever works for you I guess.

[a1studmuffin]

I wrote a Windows tool to non-destructively categorize + sort huge sample libraries into categories based on filename/path search criteria (eg. "kick", "bd", "kd"):

http://auralprobe.sourceforge.net

Now all I do when I buy a sample CD is copy it to my HDD under C:\Samples\<name of CD> and Aural Probe automatically picks it up and indexes the samples in the appropriate categories so I can audition them easily later on.

[Robot Rod]

I wrote a Windows tool to non-destructively categorize + sort huge sample libraries into categories based on filename/path search criteria (eg. "kick", "bd", "kd"):

http://auralprobe.sourceforge.net

Now all I do when I buy a sample CD is copy it to my HDD under C:\Samples\<name of CD> and Aural Probe automatically picks it up and indexes the samples in the appropriate categories so I can audition them easily later on.

Nice one, im on the download now............1.5kB/sec ????????

[mrj]

fuck A1, thats a wicked tool.

[deviant]

I wrote a Windows tool to non-destructively categorize + sort huge sample libraries into categories based on filename/path search criteria (eg. "kick", "bd", "kd"):

http://auralprobe.sourceforge.net

Now all I do when I buy a sample CD is copy it to my HDD under C:\Samples\<name of CD> and Aural Probe automatically picks it up and indexes the samples in the appropriate categories so I can audition them easily later on.

that's pretty much the best answer to a question on a forum I've ever seen.

[a1studmuffin]

LOL... just glad other people are enjoying it.

[fresh mess]

simplify maaan! Keep the good ones you actually use, chuck the rest, then it'll be quick & easy to find the perfect ones for your tune. Yes you'll get an uneasy "oh god maybe i could've used that snare" feeling at first but it'll pass i promise.

[flippo]

no such thing as a bad sample imo!