You could even add details of the author, genre or sample library to the name if that would be useful to you. The suggested application here would be to add a prefix to the file name - a typical use would be a single command that would rename all files in the kick drum folder to something like 'kick_drum_0001.wav', 'kick_drum_0002.wav', etc. The GUI might seem a bit intimidating - but only because it's so powerful. So I would suggest that - preferably prior to installing ADSR Sample Manager - you identify 'problem' folders like this one and use the Bulk Rename Utility to sort these potential problems.
#Adsr sample manager Pc#
There's a great utility (available at least for PC Users) called Bulk Rename Utility. Overall, this is the most exciting and useful plugin I've added to my arsenal in months, and the workflow benefits are immediately obvious. The basic functionality seems rock solid, but it could use some more convenience features, especially the ability to manually bulk tag a group of samples. This is a 1.0 release, so it's a little rough around the edges. This has already inspired some new musical ideas that I otherwise would not have stumbled upon. It's great fun to audition samples and be able to instantly play them pitched on my MIDI keyboard. During this time, not all of the previously imported samples may be accessible, but they'll become available as soon as the current import is processed. But there's a simple workaround - just close the plugin and open it again and you'll see a progress counter by the folder being imported. It takes a few minutes to process the samples being imported, but the UI doesn't do a good job of refreshing itself to indicate its busy. Once I figured that out - no more crashes. This seems to happen if it's playing a sound when I start to import a new folder. The plugin has locked up on me a couple of times during the import process.
So it's not difficult to zero in on samples that have obscure or untaggable names. The search feature applies to both tags and filenames. The vast majority of samples get auto-tagged, so if a few slip thru the cracks, it's really not a big deal, and I will eventually get around to tagging them over time. Scrolling thru the samples (or browsing via the Random button) it's easy to spot ones that haven't been tagged (they're often grouped together), and if I'm inclined, I can spend a couple of minutes to manually tag them. At first I thought this would be a big problem, but it's not so bad. As I mentioned earlier, samples won't get auto-tagged if there's no information in their file name.
Incredibly useful! I agree with a previous poster, a feature like this should be built into Reason by default, especially because so many Reason samples are sequestered inside Refills. This is such an obvious tool that should be built into Reason - rather than as a plugin.Īfter spending several hours with this utility, here are some impressions: you wonder how you managed all these years without it. You don't realise how much you need it until you try it.
The plugin contains a link to give feedback and feature suggestions to ADSR, so it seems they may be willing to add improvements over time. It's not a big deal, you can easily mark the sample as a one-shot after it's been imported, but it's just one more thing you need to do.īut this is still an incredibly useful, and much-needed, utility. Once they're imported, I need to manually apply a tag to each sample individually - there's no bulk tagging feature Also, it would be nice to have an option where you could tell the utility to use the folder name as the tag for the current import.Īlso, it tends to play it safe and categorize any sample that has variations in the waveform over time as a loop, instead of a one-shot.
#Adsr sample manager full#
the auto-tagging system does a good job of parsing file names to derive appropriate tags for each sample, but I've got folders full of kick drum samples, for example, that are named 0001.wav, 0002.wav, etc. This tool gives me instant categorized access to my entire sample collection, which can still be overwhelming, but at least it exposes me to samples I would've typically ignored.īut it's not all sunshine and smiles. But when it actually comes down to hunting for a sample to insert into a production, I typically stick to a handful of folders that I'm most familiar with, just to save time and not lose momentum. I've collected an enormous amount of samples over the years and have done my best to organize them into categorized folders and sub-folders.
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