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Re: Archive software

Subject: Re: Archive software
From: "Arn=FE=F3r Helgason"
Date: Tue Sep 24, 2013 11:29 pm ((PDT))
Quite interesting. Maybe this is a solution to our storage of soundfiles.

Many thanks.

Arnthor Helgason

=DEann 25.9.2013 01:30, skrifa=F0i Magnus Bergsson:
> Thanks Emanuale
> This BWF metaedit looks interesting.
>
> Regards
> Magn=FAs
>
> Bestu kve=F0jur / Best regards
> *Magn=FAs Bergsson
> *Tel: + 354 6162904*
> *
> http://fieldrecording.net
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 8:43 AM, Emanuele <
> <>> wrote:
>
>     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 <tel:%2B%20354%206162904>*
>>     *
>>     http://fieldrecording.net
>
>
>









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sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause.



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