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Subject:Organizing Loops Posted by: 12StringDreams Date:9/11/2001 9:07:29 AM I am working on a collection of Songwriting loops and have ran into a strange problem. I've sold quite a few and sent out some free copies, all of the feedbacks I've received point out one problem. Organization. How do you organize 1600 drum loops so everyone can find what they're looking for. I assumed everyone would use my technique, which is to rename and organize them myself by what songs I've used them for. I guess because I have limit knowledge of music theory and have played by ear for so long, this is the natural way. I'm sure most everyone in this forum has lots of loops on their harddrive. How do you find what your looking for, when you look... Thanks Tracy www.12StringDreams.com
Subject:RE: Organizing Loops Reply by: Iacobus Date:9/11/2001 11:00:53 AM I definitely organize them by genre. (Techno, Industrial, Ambient etc.) Usually, if the loop collection is from Sonic Foundry, the collection is already organized nicely, so I can just copy the whole folder containing just the loops to my hard drive partition that's earmarked just for loops. Typically, SF's own collections start out with a root folder that's named after the collection, e.g., "Industrial Toolkit." From that folder, it's broken down into several folders like, "Analog," "Beats" and "Nasty." The folder tree usually stops there to keep things simple. Some collections that are multi-genre have just one or two more folder levels down. My own custom loop collections also are organized in the same way. HTH, Iacobus
Subject:RE: Organizing Loops Reply by: Rockitglider Date:9/13/2001 6:24:40 AM Hello, If you can check out how the Acid Loops Library "RADS" is organized, it's a pretty good method for drums. Like if you have a kick on the second and forth counts then the file would be named K-2-4 and so on there is much more to it than that but it's a good way to organize drums. See ya, Rockit

Subject:Organizing Loops

Date:9/11/2001 9:07:29 AM

I am working on a collection of Songwriting loops and have ran into a strange problem. I've sold quite a few and sent out some free copies, all of the feedbacks I've received point out one problem. Organization.
How do you organize 1600 drum loops so everyone can find what they're looking for.
I assumed everyone would use my technique, which is to rename and organize them myself by what songs I've used them for. I guess because I have limit knowledge of music theory and have played by ear for so long, this is the natural way.
I'm sure most everyone in this forum has lots of loops on their harddrive. How do you find what your looking for, when you look...
Thanks

Tracy
www.12StringDreams.com

Subject:RE: Organizing Loops

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:9/11/2001 11:00:53 AM

I definitely organize them by genre. (Techno, Industrial, Ambient etc.)

Usually, if the loop collection is from Sonic Foundry, the collection is already organized nicely, so I can just copy the whole folder containing just the loops to my hard drive partition that's earmarked just for loops.

Typically, SF's own collections start out with a root folder that's named after the collection, e.g., "Industrial Toolkit." From that folder, it's broken down into several folders like, "Analog," "Beats" and "Nasty." The folder tree usually stops there to keep things simple. Some collections that are multi-genre have just one or two more folder levels down.

My own custom loop collections also are organized in the same way.

HTH,
Iacobus

Subject:RE: Organizing Loops

Reply by: Rockitglider

Date:9/13/2001 6:24:40 AM

Hello,

If you can check out how the Acid Loops Library "RADS" is organized, it's a pretty good method for drums. Like if you have a kick on the second and forth counts then the file would be named K-2-4 and so on there is much more to it than that but it's a good way to organize drums.

See ya, Rockit