lawsonpd Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Hi fellow 'Blueroomers', Forgive me if this is covered elsewhere but I have checked the FAQs and it wasn't apparent. Currently I have a few CDs worth of Sound effects and am looking for an alternative way of storing and finding the effect that I require. So I'm looking for suggestions, from the experts here, of windows based software to allow me to catalogue and if possible store and audition sound effects (usually WAV files but occasionally MP3 - if I can get away with it) Ideally the software needs to be at the free / cheap end of the market. Over to you.....! Regards Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalljoshua Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Windows Media Player? Put the Artist or Genre as "Sound Effect". Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boswell Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 I have a large collection of SFX all stored on a HDD under a directory called "SFX", each cd is then ripped & stored in its own subdir with its title eg BBC SFX37 Guns and stored in track format not an ISO or other image. I then just need go to the root "SFX" dir and use the windows search function to pull up all SFX that match.It is important that each wave file has a descriptive title!Simple, fast and free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoLiEn Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 iTunes + boswell*. I use adobe audition to edit. *I mean +1 for boswell's suggestion, not suggesting I actually have a boswell that hands me the correct cd when I provide a beer or something! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonic222 Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 I simply have a folder on my computer which then has subfolders of a type of sound effect (bells, guns, animals etc...). These then have further sub-folders with more refined descriptions (so in animals you might have birds, dogs, cats etc. or in bells you might have alarm, church, doorbell etc.). Then make sure each sound effect is named accurately (rather than Bell1, have electric fire alarm). For the number of SFX I have it's really easy to find things by this system, but if I have more I can just use the Windows search function. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbuckley Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 In a previous thread (which I cannot find) someone had found a database for sound effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 Could have been CATraxx from http://www.fnprg.com/Never used it but their SOFTcat, for cataloguing software, is excellent. CheersGerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawsonpd Posted September 5, 2010 Author Share Posted September 5, 2010 Hi All, Many thanks for your suggestions. Just thought you'd like to know that I'm in the early stages of experimenting with MediaMonkey. Not sure if it meets my needs yet. But it'll be fun finding out! Thanks again Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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