At 10:55 PM -0400 8/19/09, Hector Centeno wrote:
> Hello,
>
>I was wondering about exactly the same a few weeks ago when I decided
>to organize my field recordings and also looked around in this list
>archives and couldn't find a definitive answer (beside the overpriced,
>from my perspective, SoundMiner).
>
>At the end I purchased AudioFinder
><http://www.icedaudio.com/>http://www.icedaudio.com/
>and found
>it very helpful. The only downside is that AFAIK there is no way of
>editing metadata but sorting recordings using folders can help. I will
>be also using the file's comments section as someone already
>mentioned. The editing features of AudioFinder are also a great plus
>as well as the fact of being able to quickly look at the waveforms.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Hector Centeno
><http://www.hcenteno.net>http://www.hcenteno.net
>
>2009/8/17 Juan Carlos Blancas Avil=E9s
><<cjitter%40wanadoo.es>>:
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>><http://www.soundminer.com/SM_Site/Products.html>http://www.soundminer.co=
m/SM_Site/Products.html
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>> <http://www.icedaudio.com/>http://www.icedaudio.com/
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>>
>><http://www.monkey-tools.com/librarymonkey/>http://www.monkey-tools.com/l=
ibrarymonkey/
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>><http://www.gallery.co.uk/mtools/mtoolsmainframe2.html>http://www.gallery=
.co.uk/mtools/mtoolsmainframe2.html
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>> ______________________
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>> i made a homemade max/msp patch that uses a mysql database;
>> it=B4s a little bit tricky, unstable and it doesn=B4t work with metadat=
a...
>> i still have to work a lot on it...
>>
>> at the end i use the typical finder/folder workflow on mac.
>>
>> best
>> jc
>>
>> El 17/08/2009, a las 22:16, Steve Duncan escribi=F3:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I've been looking through the archives, but I haven't found much.
>>> If a great
>>> thread is out there already, please point me to it, as I may just
>>> be using
>>> bad search terms.
>>>
>>> I'm looking for the equivalent of iphoto for sounds. I don't need
>>> editing
>>> capability, although it would be nice. I could make something on my
>>> own, but
>>> I was hoping _someone_ made a package to do this. Looking at Full
>>> Compass
>>> and B&H turned up nothing, so I fear there isn't anything out there.
>>>
>>> I've been using iTunes, but it doesn't really work very well. The
>>> fields
>>> available are really focused on music.
>>>
>>> So aside form commercial software and itunes, does anyone have an
>>> approach/workflow they'd be willing to share?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Steve Duncan | www.swduncan.com
>>>
Hector et al--
Interesting find. Did you try using the Loop
metadata function? Looks to me like AudioFinder
is geared mostly as a loop library. It adds some
useful features like atch processing that one
might not have in one's editing app already. As
you point-out, its main "Library" functions are
also provided with Spotlight and Finder (Mac).
I'm curious to learn about what Greg has learned working with Filemaker Pro=
.
As we have discussed a few times before, there
seems to be an important difference between
personal solutions that one realizes for one's
personal computer and an overarching
logging/database "system" that PC, Mac and Linux
users alike can use. The "system" would allow
one to create sound files and associated data in
a powerful database that is generated and
accessed with free, cross-platform software. The
"system" could allow data to be stored anywhere
and EASILY dumped into a master archive or
archives any time the recordist or designated
inheritors want to. Folks need to be able to
retain profit-making potentials _and_ have their
work become part of a larger "world," when the
proper time comes.
Much will change over time but updates can be
made compatible and special apps can be made to
convert existing logging systems/files, but we
need a standard first.
As-is, I'm certain that no one is going to be
able to untangle my mess _ever_. I would like to
see it evolve into less of a mess before I die.
I'm very flexible about what shape the "system"
assumes as long as it has long-term focus and
some flexibility for unique interests. I've been
told by folks who contacted me after the previous
discussions that a small team of software
developers could produce something for recordists
in a fairly short time. I'm confident that a
resource like this will eventually emerge. Rob D.
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