newbie quest. wav. files

[fhinspectit]

how/where do i save my samples,drum loops,instruments,etc? Is it possible to save my drum sounds,etxc as a whole or must i save them one by one? when I load my cd it opens as folders and i have to save each one in my documents. is this the way or is there a better way. I know this is a simple procedure but could someone give a step by step procedural to how they do it. thanks

[rogerperrin]

I can't help you on where to put your samples, as I don't use samplers, BUT: To bulk copy from a CD, close the CD if it starts and opens automatically. Then open MY COMPUTER, and SINGLE RIGHT CLICK on your CD icon, and scroll to and click on EXPLORE. Then you could click on edit and select all and do a paste into whatever folder you want to on your harddrive. If you see that you don't want all the folders that you see when you click on explore then you could press and hold CONTROL and left click and highlight the ones you do want to transfer, and then do a copy and paste. Maybe this helps.

[lawapa]

For ease of access I'd do a folder. Name it content/samples what ever. Then make a folder for audio loops, SoundFonts, Drum samples, FX, Why? Since you have FL's/Reason seperating your sample content makes grabing a sample from within your apps easy. You don't normally need a loop in a font player and the same goes for the other sample using synths you have. But to have everything in one location does help the process of locating what you need when you need it. Using explorer just like Roger explained you can add a folder to your drive. then add folders to that folder just to keep it neat and tidy for fast access to those things you'll need when you need it.

[stephenpaulharper]

I'm not really sure what you're asking, and I'm not familiar with your gear, but here goes:

You should always copy the folders on your disc to your computer if you intend to manipulate them at all. Also, you don't wanna pull out a disc everytime your gonna use your samples, I wouldn't think.

You don't have to save them in Documents - I make different folders for different types of sounds - C:\Samples\Percussion\Bells, for instance. As a matter of fact, there are several software programs that will organize the stuff for you. Back it all up at least once a week if you change lots of stuff.

You want to save your drum sounds separately, again so you can alter them as needed. You may find that although you've got a good kick sound on a kit, you need it louder for a certain song. If you've saved the whole kit as one wav file, you can't do this.

Hope this helps.

Stephen

[fhinspectit]

thanks for all the input.

[bro. miles]

Nothing wrong with wav samples and you can use any sort of scheme to organize them, including folders, renaming, etc. However at some point you are going to want to have drum kits, and instrument multisamples with keymaps and velocity splits. At that point you will want to pick a sampler format. You peobably will want one that you can manipulate and that is based on wavs. Personally I use the soundfont format which has the advantage of being an open format - anyone can create programs that use it. It won't limit you much in terms of what you can do if you get into creating drum kits, instruments etc. The other best choice IMO would be Kontakt. Hope this helps.