I'll admit I am a bit anal on being organized. I am finding it a pain to keep all my samples and loops that I use on my computer in check. How do you guys do it? Do you group by instrument, style, tempo, manufacturer(in case of purchased loops), one hits, etc.
As I anticipate getting a hardware sampler soon this seems more necessary as file naming on the hardware units usually consist of a minimum of alpha-numerics. I am seriously considering wiping out my ipod, installing rockbox on it so I can store the wav files there and thus access them quicker.
i've come to a point that i try to store all reusable stuff (mostly all my drums, some vocal samples, and maybe simple melodic lines that i could lay over different stuff possibly, mostly just drums though) on my cf cards (i got a 404) and then i use the 2 internal banks and one bank i kept free on each card to cut up a sample off a record, then i can go through all my cards, find the right drums, resample em onto the internal too and do the beat on the spot, then when i export i wipe it all off and go forward, onward and upward, if your tryin to save all your loops your gonna end up loosing track off stuff
i would say maybe try naming them by the song and record they are sampled from (assuming you sample records) if its a loop, and then drum hits organize by what they are, and then maybe keep them organized by when you did them, like every week or month has a different folder
if you are working on a project in a bank or two make up a name describing the feel then you can go
crazyshit1, crazyshit2 etc.
that way if you put it on your computer you have a song's amount of samples ready to go. also makes using the wave converter a bit faster because you only need to change the number at the end.
have a folder for dry drums
then one for processed ones (if you make glitchy noises)
