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Best apps to organize samples?
As described elsewhere, I’d like to make podcasts that layer music and sound effects. I’ve downloaded several free sample collections — now which app should I use to store and organize them? I was thinking GoodReader or AudioShare, but you never know how things are going to scale.
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AudioShare is essential IMHO
+1
For now I just keep an extra somewhat organized folder with sub folders directly under Files.app and use Auditor to edit my files when needed.
For me AudioShare is no longer an 'essential' app.
I keep it around just to manage the recordings from AUM since AUM can't save any audio files to it's folder under Files.app it only saves the sessions there...
Agree with @Samu on using Audioshare for AUM recordings. Best use for it and it works well.
For samples, I use Documents by Readdle for on iPad samples and iCloud/Dropbox for rest that's not local.
Basically exactly this.
Maybe as an addition, I have an USBC Hub with Micro SD slot. I have a 200GB card inserted. It almost slips completely into the housing and as soon as I insert my HuB I have access to all my samples and a bunch of stuff more - this is really cool, since you can access the files app from many different app (more and more drag and drop are coming which is awesome). Dream would be drag and drop into Cubasis one day 👊🏼🙃
Agreed, please do let @LFS and his team know about this Cubasis feature request too
Being able to drag audio to the Cubasis time-line from Files.app pop-over would be a bit faster than first having to import it to the Cubasis mediabay and then do another drag from there to the time-line...
Once/if Apple eases the sandboxing restrictions for AUv3's we might get a direct Drag'n'Drop from the host to an AUv3 plug-in.
(Think for example using sEGments and dragging audio from the Cubasis time line directly to the plug-in).
Currently the fastest way to get audio from Cubasis to an AUv3 plug-in is to save the audio-event to the media bay, bring up the files.app pop-over, navigate to Cubasis folder and drag the file from there to the Plug-in.
Then again the need for 3rd party samplers would go down a ton if/when we get a Sampler Track in Cubasis...
Cheers!
I'd love to see an app like Sononym, Atlas, or even XO on iOS.
Oooh. I wouldn't have thought to try this. A few years ago, when I put iOS recording on hold, iPads couldn't read USB files. I guess they can now! That solves my other problem, which is where to store all this stuff...
Good grief that would be amazing
Definitely Audioshare - if your talking on iOS... Audioshare is a must have audio and midi file manager, to store you’re samples, loops, one shots, midi files, as well as all your own notes, recordings and creations. It also has many great features like trim, crop, fade in/out, it records audio as well so you can just record anything and add AUv3 & IAA effects right inside it, if you like, it works in tandem with AUM, etc...
About where I’m at. Would be nice to see an sample focused app that allowed for easy tagging and renaming.
Even better, particularly for drum sample collections: something that could search and catalog a set of folders for everything with, for example “kick” or “bd” or “bassd” in the name and magically present them as “kick”. Same for “snare” and “sn” and “snr”, etc.
I loooooovvvvve the ability to create custom drum kits in so many apps/devices these days. I basically hate making them though! Just want apps, anything, to make that whole process easier/faster.
AudioShare could use a facelift imo. Its still an essential app but it is severely outdated.
AudioShare & Documents.
AudioShare.
Fight me.
I store and organize samples on desktop and then copy entire trees to the pertinent apps on iPad in one shot. Organizing anything sizeable on iOS is a waste of time.
My iPad Air 1 is stuck on iOS v12.x, so it turns out I can't access samples on a USB drive after all.
However, I've been exploring another app, Documents, by Readdle. It's free unless you buy the PDF editor, and you can use it to browse samples on various cloud services, including OneDrive.
I know this is an old post but I am kinda new at this. What exactly is files.app? I've downloaded Documents by Readdle but not sure how to view internal iOS files in it as opposed to it switching to the native files viewer.
I also have Audioshare but could use some tips on the best organization techniques.
The "the native files viewer" is files.app
In a nutshell iOS file management is a nut sack. Whatever doesn't drive you nuts is the best method for you and to each their own.
btw, what hosts / apps do you see yourself using? That has a lot to do with it. There are no universal standards and some approaches/options work for some apps and not others. This whole thing evolved over a few years and there are different options/approaches to the nightmare, err situation.
I generally use Garageband but have really started to get into Loopy Pro. I guess I'm not really looking for a standard,per se, more just something that isn't a confusing mess and I can find the appropriate loops and such without a ton of searching.
Thanks for the suggesting. I'll check it out.
Lol.
Probably audioshare and samplecrate.
Oh hey, I snoozed on Sample Crate, thanks for the reminder! Does work well. Man I wish it could display a waveform and let you extract a range ala Resonic Pro on desktop. that would next level it for me.
If you haven't already reached out, @alecsbuga - the dev - is typically active/present around these here parts AND has been very responsive to feature ideas.
I have not yet, as I just installed it an hour ago heh, but thanks!
I’d use Files (it’s much better than some would have you believe), Sample Crate or AudioShare. The organization part of it is not the app but rather what makes sense to you. Each app has its strengths. Sample Crate has some nice features (batch renaming being one) that the others don’t have. I think the only thing I really miss in SC a zip/unzip function.