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Re: Archive software

Subject: Re: Archive software
From: "Emanuele" lamacchiacosta
Date: Mon Sep 23, 2013 1:43 am ((PDT))
I would highly recommend to transfom every sound file in Broadcast Wave
Format with .wav estension (not .BWF).
It means you can rename the file with a proper description of what it is
and have a very comprehensive amount of data you can add in the metadata.

BWF Metaedit is the perfect software for this purpose.

Just browse and search for it and you will be able to download it from
surceforge.

You can follow this guideline on how and what you can embed in your
metadata:

http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov/audio-visual/documents/core_doc_help.=
html


You then don't really need printuots of your files names to keep track
of them, as you can search them through the OS finder and specific
software for it like:

Soundminer
Nuendo MediaBay

or similar.

Thanks.

Ema


On 23/09/2013 00:55, Magnus Bergsson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My recording collection is getting bigger almost every day, so I=B4d
> like to know what software is most popular to archive recorded sound
> material?
> For about three decades ago I wrote everything in a notbook. When I
> got a PC I archived all my recordings in MS Excell and now for some
> yerars I have use Wave agent. For several reasons it works fine for
> me. But sadly it is impossible to customize the setup and/or PDF
> printout into my requirements. Also, it looks like Sound devices will
> not develop Wave Agent anymore.
>
> I am now looking for some suitable software to archive all my
> collection. It includes anything between nature sound, spoken word and
> music.
> Any recommendation?
> OS type does not matter. It may be works as well for Windows, MacOS or
> Linux.
>
>
> Bestu kve=F0jur / Best regards
> *Magn=FAs Bergsson
> *Tel: + 354 6162904*
> *
> http://fieldrecording.net
>






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