Production Music and Sound Organizer Programs

OVERNIGHT · 14th November 2009, 04:41 AM

I'm forgetting the name of the program that most people use for organizing sound and music files on their systems. Wondering what other programs or personal systems people use for keep track of music and sounds on their systems and do you have any additional system for keeping track of the history of use, license terms etc?

Thanks in advance

celticrogues · 14th November 2009, 05:26 AM

Soundminer is the one thats most commonly used to keep track of Sound FX, etc. files. Filemaker Pro is a database program that can help you keep track of the other stuff.

Cheers!
-Mike

eoats · 14th November 2009, 11:08 PM

I'd have to agree on Soundminer. There's a list of the various versions so you'll have to sort through to see what's important to you.
V4 for Mac

Though a lower cost (about $200) is Monkey Tools' Llibrary Monkey.

Library Monkey -- Audio File Management and Batch Processing

sonnykeyes · 16th November 2009, 08:07 PM

I looked at Soundminer, but the guy who helped me set up my Pro Tools system showed me how to use the Workspace Window very effectively to search my SFX drive. I used iTunes to transcribe all my SFX CDs and allowed it to Find Track Names on its CD database - someone at each SFX supplier has typed in detailed information about every track in every library. Once Pro Tools had catalogued the drive, the Search (magnifying glass) function finds pretty much anything on the drive by name instantly, and brings it up in a window that allows auditioning and dragging. Cost? $0.

This may not be an effective solution for searching music databases, but it's a treat for SFX.

Sonny Keyes
Ricochet Audio
Toronto

14th November 2009, 04:41 AM	#1
OVERNIGHT Gear addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 380	Production Music and Sound Organizer Programs I'm forgetting the name of the program that most people use for organizing sound and music files on their systems. Wondering what other programs or personal systems people use for keep track of music and sounds on their systems and do you have any additional system for keeping track of the history of use, license terms etc? Thanks in advance __________________ 47.6% of all statistics on the internet are made up on the spot.

14th November 2009, 05:26 AM	#2
celticrogues Lives for gear Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 621	Soundminer is the one thats most commonly used to keep track of Sound FX, etc. files. Filemaker Pro is a database program that can help you keep track of the other stuff. Cheers! -Mike __________________ "And now," cried Max, "let the wild rumpus start!" Mike Fowler http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3451358 reverbrecording@gmail.com www.myspace.com/reverbrecording

16th November 2009, 08:07 PM	#4
sonnykeyes Gear interested Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Toronto Posts: 28	Organizing files I looked at Soundminer, but the guy who helped me set up my Pro Tools system showed me how to use the Workspace Window very effectively to search my SFX drive. I used iTunes to transcribe all my SFX CDs and allowed it to Find Track Names on its CD database - someone at each SFX supplier has typed in detailed information about every track in every library. Once Pro Tools had catalogued the drive, the Search (magnifying glass) function finds pretty much anything on the drive by name instantly, and brings it up in a window that allows auditioning and dragging. Cost? $0. This may not be an effective solution for searching music databases, but it's a treat for SFX. Sonny Keyes Ricochet Audio Toronto

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14th November 2009, 11:08 PM	#3
eoats Gear Head Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: San Francisco Posts: 46	I'd have to agree on Soundminer. There's a list of the various versions so you'll have to sort through to see what's important to you. V4 for Mac Though a lower cost (about $200) is Monkey Tools' Llibrary Monkey. Library Monkey -- Audio File Management and Batch Processing