Early on, someone convinced me to organize my Giga samples by orchestra family instead of by manufacturer, which is how most people do it since it's the default. My main heading (under Tascam/Gigs) is something like: Strings, Brass, Woodwind, Percussion, Ethnic, Synth, Piano, Keyboard (electric piano, etc), Harp, drums, bass, voices, etc. Under brass would be Trumpet, French Horn, Tuba... Inside that might be solo and ensemble, and inside there would be every Trumpet I own, with the file name reflecting who recorded it.
It's MUCH easier to work this way. Especially since it's the way I write: I need a solo trumpet for this line that carries the harmony, etc.
The drag is that you need to duplicate this on multiple machines. So I've thought about moving to a network file server for all of the computers. Perhaps someday.
It's MUCH easier to work this way. Especially since it's the way I write: I need a solo trumpet for this line that carries the harmony, etc.
The drag is that you need to duplicate this on multiple machines. So I've thought about moving to a network file server for all of the computers. Perhaps someday.