KVR Audio

metalsvinet · Post by **metalsvinet** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 1:29 pm

Is there some kind of consensus about how to name samples in sets (pitch and maybe velocity)?

Going to share some samples, and I want to make them easy to use.

Sascha Franck · Post by **Sascha Franck** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 1:46 pm

THE most important thing: Proper notenames, somewhat divided to the rest of your filename (easier to view, plus, some samplers have automapping features). Also, use sharps (#) instead of flats (b), as the latter can be confused with (who would've guessed...) with letters. So "FatPad_D#1.wav" would be a proper name.
Regarding intended velocities, I'd probably index the top velocity of the sample.
"FatPad_D#1_127.wav" should do the job.

Indexing pitches by MIDI note numbers (which is what some people seem to do) could interfere with the velocity numbers, so IMO that's not a good idea.
You also better use underscores than empty spaces - from my experiences, free spaces still have a potential to confuse some programs.

hollowsun · Post by **hollowsun** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 2:35 pm

What Sascha said!

Also, resist the urge to use long filenames (like "Ambient_Stereo_Steinway_Bright_C3.wav") coz whilst it might look great on your desktop, the sampler itself may only be able to display a limited number of characters and so the above might show up there as "Ambient_Stereo_Stein" (whatever) - tricky when you come to assign samples to the keyboard coz you've lost the unique numeric identifier (although you could put the numeric identifier at the beginning ofthe name : "C3_Ambient_Stereo_Steinway_Bright.wav").

Best, in other words, to keep names short ("AmbSt_Stein_Br_C3.wav")

See my next instalment on sampling in Sound On Sound for further details

Steve

tee boy · Post by **tee boy** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 3:11 pm

Yeah, and if your doing loops include the tempo! I hate it when I have to piss about finding tempos.

metalsvinet · Post by **metalsvinet** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:05 pm

Got it. Thanks.

hollowsun · Post by **hollowsun** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 11:45 pm

tee boy wrote:Yeah, and if your doing loops include the tempo! I hate it when I have to piss about finding tempos.

Yes... but watch out for fractional tempos (like 120.5)...

Including that in the name (e.g. "drumloop 120.5.wav") is likely to confuse a PC. Best, perhaps, to use an underscore (e.g. "drumloop 120_5.wav") or somesuch.

Steve

Bassballjg · Post by **Bassballjg** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 11:51 pm

hollowsun wrote:
tee boy wrote:Yeah, and if your doing loops include the tempo! I hate it when I have to piss about finding tempos.
Yes... but watch out for fractional tempos (like 120.5)...

Including that in the name (e.g. "drumloop 120.5.wav") is likely to confuse a PC. Best, perhaps, to use an underscore (e.g. "drumloop 120_5.wav") or somesuch.

Steve

I usually round up or down to the nearest bpm, actually. It doesn't make any audible difference to load a 119.6 bpm loop as 120, or a 119.4 as 119.0. This practice saves characters.

SleepyP · Post by **SleepyP** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 11:57 pm

how is that "likely to confuse a PC"? by PC i assume you mean Windows. in Windows the last . in the filename is the point at which the file extension begins. thus you can have a filename like this: "super.crazy.file.naming.!!!holy.crap!.wave.wav" and it'll still be recognized by windows as a .wav file. where can confusion enter into this?

SampleScience · Post by **SampleScience** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 12:01 am

If you're pc is set to not show the filetype (.wav) & you rename the file it might confuse (maybe, I think.)...

How to name samples?