Metadata Initiative – What is it?
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1. Tempo 62 TrackTitle 128 TrackYear 62 Usage 62 UserComments 255 Version 62 ixmlCurrentSpeed 31 ixmlFileUID 31 ixmIMasterSpeed 31 ixmINote 64 ixmlOriginalFilename 64 ixm ParentFilename 64 ixmlParentUID 64 ixm Project 64 ixmlSpeedNote 31 ixmlTimeCodeFlag 31 ixmlTimeCodeRate 31 ixmlTrackLayout 256 URL 255 _FlatCategory 512 Below is an explanation of the important fields and how best to use them Please keep in mind this is a dynamic standard and with each version we revise based on input from users Not modifiable fields hard attributes derived from the files themselves Filename 255 characters Both V3 and V4 Pathname limited only by system File size in bytes File type 4 character creator signature ie aif wav mp3 Duration minutes and seconds Channels mono 1 stereo 2 3 8 channel surround Creation Date date format Modification Date date format Bit Depth 16 or 24 bits Sampling Rate 44khz up to 192khz Original time Stamp allotted for future User Time Stamp allotted for future Master Modifiable V4 metadata fields these are the main fields which pertain to searchable metadata for most users Description 1000 characters 255 characters under V3 Notes 255 characters under V3 and V4 Category 62 characters 31 characters under V3 used for OBJECTIVE Musical category See accompanying addendum on Categories SubCategory 62 characters additional2. Fast Full Mix Fast Full Mix Fast Full Mix Medium Fast Medium Fast Medium Fast Medium Fast TrackTitle Full Mix Full Mix Full Mix Full Mix Fastball Rap 1 Fastball Rap 2 Fastball Rap 3 Fastball Rap 4 Fastball Rap 5 Fastball Rap 6 Medium Fast Coconut Groove 1 Medium Fast Coconut Groove 2 Medium Fast Coconut Groove 3 Medium Fast Coconut Groove 4 Publisher Hot Salsa Brass Percussion Piano Hot Salsa Brass Percussion Piano Hot Salsa Brass Percussion Piano Hot Salsa Brass Percussion Piano CDTitle Rap Pop amp Dance Rap Pop amp Dance Rap Pop amp Dance Rap Pop amp Dance Rap Pop amp Dance Rap Pop amp Dance Rap Pop amp Dance Rap Pop amp Dance Rap Pop amp Dance Rap Pop amp Dance Abaco Music Library ASCAP Abaco Music Library ASCAP Abaco Music Library ASCAP Abaco Music Library ASCAP Abaco Music Library ASCAP Abaco Music Library ASCAP Abaco Music Library ASCAP Abaco Music Library ASCAP Abaco Music Library ASCAP Abaco Music Library ASCAP Composer Bob ASCAP Bob ASCAP Bob ASCAP Bob ASCAP Bob ASCAP Bob ASCAP Bob ASCAP Shawe Doug BMI Bob ASCAP Shawe Doug BMI Bob ASCAP Shawe Doug BMI Bob ASCAP Shawe Doug BMI Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Grand Cypress Publishing BMI Grand Cypress Publishing BMI Grand Cypress Publishing BMI Grand Cypress Pu
3. IDM Techo Trance Drone Garage Euro Ethnic Singer Songwriter Folk Acoustic Electric Roots Solo instrument Dance Acapella Barbershop FX Vocal Terms like Sports Corporate Financial Documentary Travel Fashion Technology News Human Interest Nature Science Space Pastoral Fashion Ecology Environment Leisure TV Spots and Promos Romance Game Show Burlesque Animation Broadway Spy Film Noir are all valid but seem to be more a suggested usage or subjective definition These can be incorporated with the main categories or separated into their own categorical field this latter option would allow users to define a search by strict musical styles or usage categories depending on the user And keep in mind the further you attempt to subcategorize the more the term may be better suited for a description The ideal use of categories is to parse a large library down to something more manageable The user would then employ a more restrictive search methodology to refine their returns All of this is possible within the Soundminer environment We d like to hear what you think as well please feel free to contact us sales soundminer com
4. Publisher gt gt gt ID3 Publisher also copy it into the iTunes grouping field as iTunes does not support the publisher id3 tag Source gt gt gt ID3 OrigAlbum TrackTitle gt gt gt ID3 Title SM TRACK to ID3 Track numeric value Category Category field gets mapped to Genre ID3 tag if it matches case sensitive otherwise creates a custom tag that shows up in iTunes Publisher no such field exists in Itunes so our mp3converter places this in the Grouping field PLEASE NOTE This also happens Example Source field SS01_01_01 Look at Source field for or _ character Everything before the or _ goes into ID3FID_CONTENTGROUP It then looks up the next 2 characters and uses that for Track field and copies that to that respective Id3 tag See mapping below Summary Info Video Sorting Options Lyrics Artwork Name Tracktile Artist Year library Album Artist Track Number i 4 tof Album Disc Number CD title Toff Grouping BPM publisher 120 Composer Composer j Comments Desc ri ption Genre Category B _l Part of a compilation Mp3Converter has a fair bit of sophistication in gathering up the Soundminer metadata and converting it into id3 tags seen in applications like iTunes Recently we ve added a feature in the mp3converter that also looks at the new V4pro Artist field and if filled will transfer that to the ID3 ARTIST field instead of what is in the
5. layout D E Category Subcategory lL Urban Dance Rap L Urban Dance Rap L Urban Dance Rap lL Urban Dance Rap L Urban Dance Rap L Urban Dance Rap L Urban Dance Latin lL Urban Dance Latin L Urban Dance Latin L Urban Dance Latin G H funufacturer Library Pro Music Abaco Music Pro Music Abaco Music Pro Music Abaco Music Pro Music Abaco Music Pro Music Abaco Music Pro Music Abaco Music Pro Music Abaco Music Pro Music Abaco Music Pro Music Abaco Music Pro Music Abaco Music k Composer Taylor Bob ASCAP Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Bob ASCAP Bob ASCdh Bob ASCAP Bob ASCAP Bob ASCAP Bob ASCAP Shawe Bob ASCAP Shawe Bob ASCAP Shawe Bob ASCAP Shawe Rock Pop Rock Pop Rock Pop Rock Pop Rock Pop Rock Pop Bpm Fast Fast Fast Fast Fast Fast Doug BMI Doug BMI Doug BMI Doug BMI Description F Fast Full Mix Ebullient House Rap Brass Electric Guitar Keyboard Percussion Rhythm Section Fast Underscore Ebullient House Rap Electric Guitar Keyboard Percussion Rhythm Section Ebullient House Rap Brass Electric Guitar Keyboard Percussion Rhythm Section Ebullient HousefRap Brass Electric Guitar Keyboard Percussion Rhythm Section Ebullient House Rap Brass Electric Guitar Keyboard Percussion Rhythm Section Ebullient House Rap Brass Electric Guitar Keyboard Percussion Rhythm Section Fast Full Mix
6. Performer and or Composer Designer 62 characters 31 characters under V3 name of the creator as in Sound Designer Source 62 characters 31 characters under V3 original CD source as in CD001_01 01 CD Track Index This field is critical to having your TRACK field filled out in iTunes if using the mp3converter and it is the source of the VOLUME field used by our web portal system If not using CD then enter in a unique numerical identifier With version 4 3 of v4pro it now is imperative this field be filled out correctly as it isused to automatically populate the Volume and TRACK fields It MUST be formatted as VOLUME_TRACK In other words some identifying CD or collection ID then an underscore and then the track number from that collection Show 62 characters 31 characters under V3 usually the name of the Project for which the sound was designed LongID 62 characters 31 characters under V3 usually reserved alternate ID or as alternate for V3 systems that have no field dedicated for Track Title It can also be used for ISRC or other id numbers Short ID 31 characters 10 characters under V3 reserved for shortened Category denominations as per our Music Categorization document Record Medium 62 characters 16 characters in V3 Originating Medium DVD CD VHS etc Record Type 62 characters 16 characters usually used for type of file ie Full Mix Narration Underscore etc Or used for original format recor
7. Selected Relink Selected Tag Selected This will write all the information in your Browser back into any file that has been resolved by the system You must have read write access to those files to write metadata back to the file Be aware that on a Macintosh system you often cannot change the write permissions of a DOS formatted disk You would have to re connect that drive to a DOS system and enable everyone on it first To now store a picture select all the files you want associated with the picture V4pro allows you to continuously and discontinuously select multiple files and then control right click on one of the grouped records to expose the contextual menu ACYTCAI JCICELCU Relink Selected Tag Selected Spot Selected Search in Field Paste Into Field Assign Artwork to Selection Edit Field Field Build Find and Replace Selection Selecting this option in the menu will bring up a window that allows you to find the artwork on your drive Best picture size is 512 pixels x 512 pixels Again this process will load it into the Database but you need to run the EMBED routine for this artwork to be placed inside the actual file Once you have master WAV and AIF files you can use Soundminer s mp3Converter to make ITunes WMP friendly mp3 files by simply dragging and dropping those files onto mp3Converter See the user manual with the utility to get for exact details This is a brief explanation of the process but a
8. Soundminer Library field Different content creators have different criteria in regards to this Some many deem it VERY important to have Library mapped to iTunes Artist as it gives an indication as to who should get paid But to another content creator publisher may be representing bands and feel artist is more important VERSION 4 5pro Scripting Engine One touch export to CWR Sub publishers or anyone This new feature offers a myriad of metadata features It is a totally customizable engine that can be programmed to do a myriad of things like rename files using a set of rules fix or adjust incoming metadata export text in various formats validate field content just about any time consuming advanced metadata operation can now be scripted in v4 5pro Specifically many publishers have the time consuming task of providing metadata text exports in several different formats each with different column requirements All of that can be scripted to be a one button export For example we could create custom exports for Soundmouse Tunesat various different sub publishers and various different clients so that each option appears as a one touch export like here Discovery Assign artwork m romantic reflective sensitive warm A ExecuteTest ExpandSMMusic der calm romantic reflective sensitive M452 Export Artwork Export CAE Numbers ting calm romantic reflective sensitiv Export CAE NumbersSplitFiles Expor
9. added both a Usage and Mood field to allow publishers to expand their categories in a more coherent manner Perhaps it may be either better to use a separate field for Usage categories or employ them as part of this table We re open to hearing suggestions from content creators as there appears to be a divide between musical categories and usage categories To make things simpler we ve only addressed a suggested musical category definition Objective Musical CATEGORIES Rock Blues Jazz Latin Classical Orchestral Country World RnB Subcategory Musical Options Hard Metal Classic Rock and Roll Progressive Alternative Adult Contemporary Blues Southern Jazz Funk Folk Latin New Age Psychedelic Punk Boogie Woogie Chicago Texas Shuffle Traditional Delta Chicago Bebop Dixieland Fusion Hot Club Latin Funk Lounge Modern New Orleans Ragtime Swing Traditional Mashup Avante Garde Bossa Nova Flamenco Mariachi Merengue Salsa Samba Tango Rumba Son Cumbia Further Options 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 2000 Surf Speed Grunge Corporate Singer Songwriter Hits Stings Bumpers Light Texas Shuffle Ska Hits Stings Bumpers Light Solo instrument Singer Songwriter Hits Stings Bumpers Light Hits Stings Bumpers Light Solo instrument Baroque Chamber Classical Composer s name aka Bach Brahms Symphony Modern Romantic Medieval
10. category or genre information See addendum for more info Composer 255 characters 31 characters under V3 name of the Composer s and should contain affiliation and percentage information and if available the IPI CAE number It should follow a consistant format throughout your set of files One proposed formatting standard is as follows Composer name AFFILIATION Percentage IPI CAE and every Composer would be then separated by a comma or pipe ie Johan P Smith ASCAP 50 123456789 John G Doe BMI 50 098765432 pipe character located just above the RETURN key on any MAC keyboard Publisher 255 characters name of the Publisher and should contain affiliation and percentage information It should follow a consistent format See Composer above for suggested formatting ie MyMusicCo ASCAP 50 YourMusicCo BMI 50 FeaturedInstrument 128 characters a list of the main instruments featured in the piece of music CDTitle 62 characters title of the CD CDDescription 128 characters a description of the contents or theme of the CD if applicable TrackTitle 128 characters name of the piece of music Library 62 characters 31 characters under V3 name of the Library Manufacturer 62 characters 31 characters under V3 name of the Manufacturer or Distributor or Author Library Manufacturer are critical fields to be filled out as they impact the search engine ability to split up catalogs and sub catalogues
11. file types Soundminer metadata however is visible only to Soundminer products HOWEVER we copy as much of that data over to the open containers depending on the formats So if an end user does not have Soundminer products the following rules apply with metadata BWAV WAV If you give the client a BWAV that file will have SMv4 metadata and BEXT metadata an open container with limited information and if the client has an application that reads BEXT pro Tools they will see those few fields BWAV description BWAV originator BWAV originator reference Itunes or the MAC OS for example cannot see ANY BWAV or WAVE metadata This isn t an issue with Soundminer It is a limitation of iTunes iTunes actually only supports the id3 tag standard for mp3 files We guess this is Apple s way of giving their preferred file format AIFF a boost AIFF If you give the client an AIFF file the file will contain SM metadata and information in the iTunes container such as it is so Itunes will see the data description artist CDtitle source Composer If the person has an id3 importer installed the OS will also show this data MP3 If you give them mp3 files created by our mp3converter the file will contain SM metadata and information in the iTunes container such as it is so Itunes and other mp3 clients will see the data The data is copied into the id3 tag area so it is industry standard and visible to the MACOS as well in most cases This is also the ca
12. in version 4 5 and what order and importance you wish to give each field designated by the numbers It is mandatory to format each field with both the field name and priority number In addition you can utilize the many text routines outlined in the V4pro programme manual to take out spaces remove non ascii characters or add other delimiters For example let s look briefly at the Soundminer naming algorithm lt Source 1 gt lt Composer 2 gt lt Publisher 3 gt lt Description 4 gt This means I want the target container to show all this info in this order and if anything gets truncated the order of importance shows that Description will be truncated first I have not altered any of the spacing removed any characters or added any further delimiters between the fields ie Forward slashes or underscores However if I wanted each field separated by a couple of spaces the routine would look like this lt Source 1 gt lt Composer 2 gt lt Publisher 3 gt lt Description 4 gt As you can see the naming routine is very powerful in V4pro and allows for a great deal of customization For more information on the power of the Soundminer file naming algorithm refer to the v4pro manual Once you have all the Soundminer and Broadcast Wave containers as you would like them click on EMBED FILES from the contextual menu or use the option in the Database menu Of 01 Embed Browsed Records Embed Selected Records Rescan Selected Reveal
13. publishers both first and last the affiliation information as well as the percentage split Here is a suggested layout Composer 255 characters 31 characters under V3 name of the Composer s and should contain affiliation and percentage information and if available the IPI CAE number It should follow a consistant format throughout your set of files One proposed formatting standard is as follows Composer name AFFILIATION Percentage IPI CAE and every Composer would be then separated by a or pipe ie Johan P Smith ASCAP 50 123456789 John G Doe BMI 50 098765432 pipe character located just above the RETURN key on any MAC keyboard Publisher 255 characters name of the Publisher and should contain affiliation and percentage information It should follow a consistent format See Composer above for suggested formatting ie MyMusicCo ASCAP 50 YourMusicCo BMI 50 In most cases you will have this information but not exactly as Soundminer needs to see it You will need to rename and or combine your standard column structure to match this standard TextWrangler is ideally suited for this The basic Find and Replace functions in TextWrangler are very good for combining columns and or modifying them to suit the needs of our column structure Keeping a standard column structure ensures that the user experience Here s an example of a good is unified but the toolset allows you to control the content
14. s advanced search options the ability to customize the look and graphic content protected user log in valuable usage information who downloaded what when what they searched most often etc as well as total control over your own metadata Contact sales soundminer com for more info Overview of the Soundminer Embedding Process If you are going to take it upon yourself to learn and embed your files you must become conversant with the process the standard the field structure and have a good grasp of databasing tools Soundminer is a complete asset manager it not only databases and searches but it provides high resolution playback and conversion options inter application features DSP processing and multiple field metadata support In most cases as a Music or SFX Library you will simply wish to export your internal database information and align it with digitized assets on your existing drives However a good knowledge of our system will give added options should clients call with specific need for uncompressed formats complete with metadata As of the writing of this document Soundminer toolset will embed in the following metadata Soundminer 4 multi field wrapper a more advanced and music friendly extension of the original Soundminer wrapper Broadcast WAVE BEXT containers this includes the BWAV Description container 255 characters BWAV OriginatorRef 31 characters BWAV Originator 31 characters BWAV time date and times
15. 5pro automatic BPM detection has been added Select your files and engage the auto detection and these metadata fields will be filled in Key detection And in addition automatic key detection has been added When set to analyze any file both BPM and key will be extracted directly out of the files Description Source BPM Key View Transfer History View Artwork Window Scan finder comment for selection Scan mTools for selection Scan for Legacy metadata Install Scripts Analyse Tempo amp Pitch h Scan Date Searches Touched Date Searches Mirror output in any format and apply any structure to the folders The new Mirror pane allows for Nis Settings support of the new formats with the E Transfer Preferences publisher addition In addition new folder structures can be built using Oo E the expanded options here More can OO O N be added with input from users You can also determine to make copies B lthat strip all metadata as well And you can use the Mirror feature to update an existing set of files metadata without having to make new copies For those not familiar with V4pro s Mirror feature its an advanced batch converter that allows one to create a duplicate set of files in E Filenaming IW Sanands Rack Bx Darth any of the supported formats while keeping all the metadata and either Not Applicable using the existing folder structure of Not Applicable the original set or creating a new structure from t
16. Renaissance 2oth Century Contemporary Soundtrack Percussion FX Drones Rock Electronic Bluegrass Cajun Zydeco Honky Tonk Jugband Nashville New Country Western Swing Modern Traditional Ambient Country Specific Caribbean New Age Reggae Reggaeton Fusion Klezmer Gypsy Celtic Soul Motown Adult Contemporary Dance Debussy etc Solo instrument Fuge Minuet Waltz Minimalist 12 Tone Opera Bolero March Score Marching Band Drama Epic Romance Western Action Mystery Emotive Adventure Horror Suspense Motivational Hits Stings Bumpers Light Anthem Fanfare Solo instrument Hits Stings Bumpers Light Hits Stings Bumpers Light Solo instrument 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 2000 Singer Songwriter Hits Stings Bumpers Light Solo instrument Urban Hip hop Rap House Hits Stings Bumpers Light Solo Dance instrument Holidays Christmas Birthday Well Known Kitch Childrens Holiday Tunes Religious Massage Lounge Hits Specialty Inspirational Comedy Stings Bumpers Light Solo instrument Archival Lullaby Nursery Rhymes Video Arcade Gaming gospel Gregorian Top 40 Easy Listening Pop Singer Songwriter Torch Song Ballad Dance 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 2000 Hits Stings Bumpers Light Solo instrument Ambient Chill Trip Hop Electronica Dance Break Beats Drum and Bass Electronic Goa Lounge HardCore Solo instrument House
17. SOUNDMINER Vy Metadata Initiative What is it Soundminer in concert with its user base has spearheaded an effort to further advance a standard metadata digital delivery system for content creators of both sound effects and music We have long realized that sending a digital file isn t enough In today s environments you need all the search and licensing information as well To that end we have designed and offered software solutions that allow both end users and production libraries to control and embed their important information in the files they distribute Metadata is a key component for both the user who needs to manage and search the assets as well as the libraries that need to document manage and collect licensing information The MI is comprised of a suggested format and set of guidelines for metadata delivery when using the Soundminer Metawrapper The Metawrapper is a robust extensible chunk developed and used by Soundminer to allow critical data to travel with the file Where possible the Metawrapper also uses open non proprietary industry containers like the Broadcast Wave BEXT and mp3 ID3 tag Standardized metadata means better searches for your end user It also means lower costs for production libraries instant delivery and a very happy user base Many music and sound effect libraries already deliver their assets using these software tools Filename 5A056A_01 HotHotClub wav Pathname Volumes filer discmkt com 1 5 Ala
18. Soundminer V4pro allows you to work with your own existing uncompressed BWAV WAVE or AIFF files so they can be optimized for metadata delivery The mp3Converter is a utility that then takes your master uncompressed files and converts them to your preferred mp3 format complete with all your master data copied into the id3 containers used by programmes like Itunes It also allows you to embed and copy your CD artwork or branding info Apart from managing your internal files making sure they appear correctly and periodically updating them the v4pro application allows you to batch convert any of your uncompressed files to another format while retaining the valuable metadata attached including image artwork For example let s say a client calls saying they need 16bit 48k AIFFs for their Final Cut Pro suite but all your files are mastered at 24bit 44khz Broadcast Wave V4pro will allow you to wholesale convert the files keeping the folder structure and retaining all embedded metadata Files created by our system are Safe to use in all environments and can be also used by your website programmers New options now exist to also support AAF MXF see later in the document 3 If you do not have a web site or wish to have control over your own web site you can license Soundminer s Web Portal Musicminer package which will allow you to serve log and offer up for download your files to any of your users The package gives you access to Soundminer
19. The Manufacturer field should always be the main agent representative or owner of the material and the Library needs to be the name of the catalog Mood 62 255 v45 characters An alternate field to place Mood specific descriptors Suggested place these kinds of adjectives in your main Description field as well Usage 62 characters An alternate field to place categoric usage like sports documentary human interest Suggested place these kinds of adjectives in your main Description field as well Version 31 characters An field to place version identifier For example you may have 4 versions of a track with the same name but in here you could add things like underscore alt mix 1 etc Volume Internal field that is derived from a properly formatted SOURCE field Do not fill this in but instead be careful to properly format your SOURCE field See Source field below Track Internal field that is derived from a properly formatted SOURCE field You do not enter this here but it is auto filled from proper formatting of the Source field Lyrics 1000 characters Here you can add your lyrics Use the pipe character to separate your lines so it can be reformatted better for display inside the web portal or in the v4pro metadata pane A movie detailing this exists contact steve soundminer com Artist 62 characters Use this field if using band material where the artist may be someone other than the
20. anned Since Touched Date Searches Column Display Waveforms inline For those times when you need to see all the waveforms at one time the inline view gives you the ability to not only see them all in the returns field but clicking begins playback right from the click point For more info contact steve soundminer com Some IMPORTANT things to note about the Soundminer fields SOURCE field This is where you put your collection information For example as in the original CD source CD001_01 01 CD Track Index underscores as delimiters are the safest This field is critical to having your TRACK field filled out in iTunes if using the mp3converter Mp3converter reads this field and parses it to extract the TRACK number to put in the itunes track field Source This references the CDtitle or Collection ID For those who do not use CDs to group their tracks You can create your own collection identifiers and put an underscore and then the track number Libraries at the very least should fill in this field with the library name then either an underscore or forward slash then a unique number afterwards Any artwork supplied in the same folder be a jpg case sensitive if the artwork is to be auto assigned MANUFACTURER field This field is very important in identifying the main agent owner of the library There can be man libraries represented by an agent manufacturer publisher owner but this is wher
21. blishing BMI Rhythm Section Rhythm Section Rhythm Section Rhythm Section M Publisher Abaco Music Library ASCAP Abaco Music Library ASCAP Abaco Music Library ASCAP Abaco Music Library ASCAP Abaco Music Library ASCAP Abaco Music Library ASCAP Abaco Music Library ASCAP Abaco Music Library ASCAP Abaco Music Library ASCAP Abaco Music Library ASCAP OP Filename FastballRapi way FastballRap2 wav FastballRap3 wav FastballRap4 way FastballRapS wav FastballRap6 way CoconutGroovel way CoconutGroove2 way CoconutGroove3 way CoconutGrooved way Grand Cyp Grand Cyp Grand Cyp Grand Cyp You need only add the minimum fields but of course you can use the full compliment of fields in Soundminer to include any other information you deem appropriate Once you have this wrangled you must save it as tab separated text or CSV format Make sure you have a proper Filename column that contains the filenames of all the files you wish to enrich on your drive Filenames must be unique or embedding problems will occur If you do not have unique filenames you have to go back and establish unique filenames using any of the renaming utilities available on the internet versiontracker com is an invaluable source V4pro allows you to batch re name files as well but you must have relevant data in the meta set from which to create a new name NOTE You must remove carriage returns and trailing white spaces from text sh
22. ding type room tone wild track Location 128 characters 62 characters originator reference number Perhaps a serial number or name that associates the file with a master file on your hard drive Microphone 62 characters 31 characters under V3 usually reserved for sound designers who like to note what microphone they used when recording a sound effect Arranger 128 characters 31 characters under V3 Conductor 128 characters 31 characters under V3 Performer 128 characters 31 characters under V3 Rating 3 characters 0 255 max numerical values Usually used to denote preferred files BPM 31 characters 4 numeric characters under V3 used for numeric tempo information Now auto detected in v4 5pro Tempo 62 characters used for text description of the tempo of music as in Fast Slow Medium and so on Editor comment 255 characters leave blank as it is used by the end user Keywords 255 characters Soundminer will auto break apart a filename if this field is left empty you can however add your most salient keywords here as needed FXName 128 characters name of effect if applicable Key 15 characters Musical key of file if applicable now auto detected in 4 5pro Scene 31 characters Project or Production specific information Take 31 characters Project or Production specific information Tape 31 characters Project or Production specific information Release Date added in 4 3v39 When a f
23. e you put in the name of the Main company as in 5 Alarm Music their library field will then contain the name of the libraries they represent LIBRARY field as noted above please use this field to store the name of the particular library In cases where the agent is the library but that name in both fields FILENAMES Avoid using illegal characters in names This will only make compatibility an issue across platforms and Operating systems It is best to name using only alpha numeric characters Long filenames have a negative impact on Windows based systems which have a limit based on the folder nestings If your folders are deeply nested and your folder and filenames are long you risk the file not properly being identified by the system Best practice is to keep filenames free of non alpha numeric characters and under 40 characters TRACKTITLES the best way for Soundminer to group versions is to make sure the Tracktitle field is the same and the Version field is what differentiates it the Web system will them auto group those tracks so when a user finds the fullmix the alternate versions will be right there at hand _ Play Orchestral Film TV Film TV Horror Film TV Mystery Film TV Suspense Dramatic Action Add Orchestral Shadow Suspenseful Mysterious Horror Urgent Tense Ominous Intense Orchestra Choir Strings Full SS 001 Download Sassins Percussion Brass A swirling mist of FX choir and percussion hits ex
24. eets Some older Excel sheets have these properties They will cause problems when exporting to tab separated formats Before going to the next step it is probably a good idea to clean your text MS Excel and Access have a nasty habit of adding quotes in addition to tabs as delimiters between fields Text wrangler can open the file and you can perform a quick find and replace on all records look for quotes and replace with a blank V4pro is programmed to deal with this but it is always better to clean text Now launch V4pro and use the Import Text tab to find and import your tab separated text file l Create a new database l Delete current database Scan Sounds into Database Delete All Records Backup current database T amp Import iTunes into database Dump Query To Text File Import text into database rof import Encrypted Text D e 6 O A Te o we od pa V4pro will ask you to find the txt file remember it must have this extension to be valid and the line breaks must be in Macintosh format Open it and you will then be asked to show V4pro where those filenames can be found Select the drive and V4pro will re link the files to the dataset It is critical that the Filename field be accurate or you will get errors Avoid illegal characters in any portion of the path i Soundminer v4Pro File Edit Database Window Layout Debug e O0 Sour Bis Boa en ta oe W
25. embedded into the files so that the information travels with the file throughout the process The original wrapper was designed primarily with Sound Designers in mind But many music users have adopted the paradigm and have requested changes to address their needs This is accomplished in version 4 0 of the software Music specific fields are added as well as expanded character limits to accommodate the longer descriptions categories composer information and titles used in the Music world In addition specific formatting is required for the Composer and Publisher fields that will help make the content fully compatible with other systems Character limitation list version 4 5 Arranger 128 Artist 128 BPM 31 BWSMPTEOutStamp 31 BWSMPTEStamp 31 CDDescription 512 CDTitle 62 Category 62 Composer 255 Conductor 128 Description 1000 Designer 62 FXName 128 FeaturedInstrument 128 ID3_ALBUM 255 ID3_BPM 255 ID3_COMMENT 1000 ID3_COMPOSER 255 ID3_CONTENTGROUP 255 ID3_LEADARTIST 255 ID3_ORIGALBUM 255 ID3_ORIGARTIST 255 ID3_PUBLISHER 255 ID3_SUBTITLE 255 ID3_TITLE 255 ID3_TRACKNUM 255 ISRC 16 Key 15 Keywords 255 Library 62 Location 128 LongID 128 Lyrics 0 Manufacturer 62 Microphone 62 Mood 128 Notes 255 Performer 128 Publisher 255 RecMedium 62 RecType 62 Scene 31 ShortID 31 Show 62 ShowCategory 128 ShowSubCategory 31 Source 62 SubCategory 128 Style 62 Take 31 Tape 31
26. ethod Files on a hard drive or hard drives that are in WAV or AIF format uncompressed A text sheet if you have MS Access or Excel you can work in this format and then save as a tab separated text file e Text Wrangler this is a free text utility for Macintosh systems barebones com e Pictures of your artwork in jpeg gif png or tiff format Ideal size is 512 x 512 pixels PNGs are preferred flattened with no alpha channels Be careful to make sure your artwork is not too big or this will significantly alter your file s size The first thing you will need to do is to review your text sheet to make sure you have the minimum information required Disk Track Index which when combined will be your SOURCE info Category Description Library Manufacturer Filename Composer and Publisher If you do not have this information you must create a text sheet with this information For further clarity Disk refers to the disk code as in CDO01 Track refers to the track number on the CD Index refers to the sub index within a track If there are no sub indexes simply fill this column with 1 The current toolset only allows for tracks with no sub indexes We suggest that Category and SubCategory are to be filled using a standardized musical category system You can use your own or review the addendum for our take on this rather controversial aspect of metadata embedding Do not fill this column with wild incong
27. he metadata Garice 4 gt Mirror Source Folder Structure k Build Using Category Build Using Category then optional SubCategory E Filenaming Build Using Category then SubCategory Build Using ChannelLayout Build Using Designer then Category then SubCategory Build Using Library then Category Build Using Library then Volume Mirror Source Folder Structure E Sample Rate Bit Depth a There is an yearly add on extra designed for Publishers of content to add Mp3 with customized id3 mapping as well as batch AAF MXF formats to the mirror list plus music specific text outputs for most major formats x mirror file naming algorithm now has been changed so that previous lt gt character have been replaced by the pipe character ie Source 1 _ Category 2 We will change transfer area to this new format for release as well Import Export Excel Special option add on option for importing and exporting directly Excel format and bypassing any of the trapping of common text formatting Search by Date New search routine allows librarians to better manage items by scan date or when modified You even have a calendar view to see what you changed and when 2013 November Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu 1 a s amp f 10 11 12 13 14 18 19 20 21 25 26 27 28 View Transfer History 9 View Artwork Window Scan finder comment for selection Install Scripts Analyse Tampo amp Pitch Sounds scanned today Scan Date Searches Sc
28. iese ee SA Sop UN pea A f il x N f E Qy Search Database SoundFxill B E iv Back Lock Search Database ColumnView When imported and resolved correctly you should be able to play any of the files If the waveform is built it will be displayed in the V4pro main page To embed this merged information back into the file use the similarly named routine in the contextual menu or use the EMBED BROWSED RECORDS option in the Database menu The contextual menu is exposed by control right clicking on selected records in the v4pro browser refer to the v4pro manual for more detail The whole Soundminer paradigm counts on the embedding process to marry the file s information with the actual audio data so in effect the database always travels with the file Other options in V4pro include the Field Build option This feature allows you to combine metadata fields in order to build content in any other field including filename In addition V4pro includes a Find and Replace functionality and advanced administrative options like copy paste remove spaces numeralize and many more text options uur Soundmint Field Filename B RegEx Datal Find ee ee eee Replace Original Preview AH 1RocketFireStrik PE615201 wav AH 1RocketFireStrik PE615301 wav 0 AH 1RocketFireStrik PE615401 wav Bell206ApprchLandl PE611601 A Bell206StrtidliAwy PE611401 wav MINCE atA RIAR anma a The above pict
29. ile is first scanned and the embedded metadata doesn t have ReleaseDate it ll default to picking up the creation date from the file But once assigned and embedded it ll always use that value The enforced format is YYYY MM DD filling this out is critical if you want your cuts included in New Releases searches ISRC add in 4 3v88 dedicated field to add your ISRC numbers Project level Metadata In the Soundminer system users can add a secondary level of data to copied files that contain Project specific notes and information This level is purely for the copied file and does not reside in the original file Region Clip Name EDIT In time EDIT Out time Reel 10 characters Footage time specific Scene 10 characters Scene Description 31 characters Supervisor Notes 512 characters Spot Date date specific FFOA first frame of action Version version of the edit list Title Transfer path Status Type Perspective all film specific metadata used by the supervisor Destination filename 255 characters BWAV specific to the BWAV BEXT standard Description 255 characters OriginatorRef 31 characters Originator 31 characters Date specific date format Time 00 00 00 Timestamp numerical Understanding the wrapper will help you maximize your metadata presence and use V4pro allows you to combine different fields so you could maximize the limited space provided by the BWAV description container t
30. lsets as well but you may have to read a few manuals 6 SOUNDMINER ALREADY PROVEN With several thousands systems already in the field Soundminer is fast becoming the de facto standard Soundminer is a robust database r system that can be used by any of your internal people to find files for clients The files you create are completely compatible with your existing website In addition Soundminer s Web Portal dubbed Musicminer can be employed by a library to serve up content easily to end users Now they can search your library and download what they want directly and you control it all The library has complete metrics so they can see what was downloaded by whom and when You can even track what is being searched the most by users And if your clients are on Soundminer they can connect directly to your main server and get updates and new releases easily EASY UPDATES by following the standard new releases can be posted on the web sites or ftpserver to clients quickly and easily The files are already prepared in the format needed by the end user and complete with the metadata that is so critical to usage and tracking The end user needs only drag and drop the files onto their Soundminer Itunes or other aggregator to see the data immediately and begin using it Making it easier for the end user to incorporate and track the files means you have a better chance of making money with an immediate reduction in overhead and c
31. main metadata from the master file to the appropriate containers in the copied mp3 files including your CD artwork Mp3 files created by this application are compatible with ITunes and Window Media Player Relevant information from the main Soundminer wrapper will be copied into the ensuing mp3 s ID3 containers We also recommend the free text utility Text Wrangler barebones com If you wish to database your own files or convert your files complete with metadata embedded then you will have to also purchase a copy of Soundminer V4pro As an added bonus we make a special version of Soundminer for OEM distribution on a content creator publisher s hard drive This very light version cannot modify any of the data and cannot do inter application specific transferring but it will database search browse and drag and drop transfer to any application This product is licensed based on a yearly fee to the publisher and can be branded with the publishers logo and colours Contact steve soundminer com for more information or on how you can bundle this product with all your drives The following is what it might look like in V4 product 008 Soundminer Q s Soundminer_DB F M J gt 2 E Search Preferences Customize Database ColumnView Back Same Folder MetaBrowser Spot To ProTools VST Plugins Soundminer Multi field Wrapper version 4 The Multi field wrapper is a Soundminer specific set of metadata containers that are
32. o hold composer publisher CD source and a shortened description while naming the copied file by track title for example iXML This standard was created primarily for field recording It is useful however in that many applications are now adopting it and it can be used in a very modified way to hold information that is relevant to music as well although it is not designed for such Version lists the version of iXML the file used Project name of the project Scene film project specific Take film project specific Tape refers to the tape the file was originally recorded to but could be used for the CD source for example Note Here is a good place for the description or combination of fields as in category description composer Publisher UID special unique identification number Mp3 ID3 Tags This is a standard created and used primarily by mp3 applications like ITunes The following Soundminer fields get copied into the cross referenced ID 3 tag containers when exporting from our MP3Converter products Description gt gt gt ID 3 Comment amp WMPSubtitle Library gt gt gt ID3 Lead Artist mp3converter intelligently looks at the content from the SM artist field and if populated will copy that content instead of what is in Library to the id3 Artist field BPM gt gt gt ID3 Tempo CDTitle gt gt gt ID3 Album Composer gt gt gt ID3 Composer Original Artist FeaturedInstrument gt gt gt ID3 instrument
33. ost SUPPORTED Soundminer s extensive user base the established toolset and support is already in place Soundminer s extensive user base now demands it Major Music libraries are already on board and both Sound Ideas and Hollywood Edge now distribute their sound effect DVDs using this system It is easy cost effective and already in use by some of the largest companies in the world My categories are part of my branding and I don t want to change them The MI is a suggested solution to a problem in this industry It is not mandatory And we remain open to suggestions and open to a community approach to providing a solution industry wide Ultimately our users will let us know if they like what we are giving them but continue to have control over what you embed Moreover we continue to support the PMA s effort for standardization What does it cost Apart from the software there is no cost other than your time which ultimately will benefit you and your assets What do you need T 2 We recommend you purchase two critical Macintosh tools within our toolset Soundminer v4pro 899US and Mp3converter 199US These require the Apple OSX 10 6 operating system These can be purchased directly from the Soundminer web site Files modified by this system are cross platform compatible In addition we recommend you have a good text utility like TextWrangler free at barebones com and a good knowledge regarding manipulating text
34. p3s simply rerunning the process between the two will update existing mp3 files AVID and AAF MXF files Soundminer offers both a and AVID AAF MXF conversion service where you send us the files to convert and we so for a per file rate or there is a yearly add on module one can add to any license of 4 5pro that will allow support and creation of this format within our application Contact steve soundminer com reatin r Direct embedding this process assumes the music fx library already has their files digitized in a supported format and only wishes to merge their database information with the files This approach is less time consuming but requires a good knowledge of text wrangling and our Soundminer v4pro software Do not use Soundminer version 3 to accomplish this unless you are aware of the following limitations Some of the music specific fields are not as yet visible in version 3 of Soundminer those bolded above Provisions would need to be made to store that other info in existing fields until such time that 4 0 is delivered You are better off using Soundminer v4pro as it can see and store all the data as well as CD artwork Let s look at the Direct embedding process more closely as it is the most desired path apart from having Digital Music consulting prepare the files for you Using V4pro for Direct Embedding V4pro can both read and embed the above field structure as well as images Here s what you need if you want to use this m
35. plode into a whirlwind of Mix Mystery brass and drums with a full orchestral and epic choir ending other fields can be used but best use the fields made for this purpose V4pro versus mp3Converter V4pro does not export to mp3 but does embed back to existing mp3s However v4pro does not contain that extra layer of sophistication that allows the mp3Converter to intelligently map Library and Artist fields based on the content in the original master files In the case of v4pro SM Library field is always mapped to ID3 Artist In mp3Converter it looks to see if the Soundminer Artist field is populated and if so sends that to the ID3 Artist field otherwise it uses the content of the SM Library field V4pro and AIFF Itunes support V4pro when making new AIFF files will also copy the data into the Itunes metadata containers in the same way it does for the mp3 mapping V4pro is a full featured batch converter capable of converting to any wave or aif format while keeping all the original folder structure intact Mp3Converter is a full featured batch converter that is capable of converting all master Soundminer wave or aiff files into an exact mirror mp3 copy all folder intact Mp3Converter has a further sophisticated feature allowing you to update the mp3 tags on existing mp3s fields without having to reconvert them As long as a user maintains a master set of BWAV or AIFFS and uses the mp3Converter to generate the m
36. r of Babel now in the end user s hands If everyone used their own categories subcats and search engines trying to search across libraries has and will continue to be cumbersome The MI encourages a standardized methodology that ensures you will be properly grouped and viewed in the most widely used environments 4 DO IT ONCE DO IT RIGHT Consider this So one customer wants 16 44 wave files and another customer wants it 24 48 AIFF files and you have to micro manage 8 different layouts you can see where this is going NOWHERE The MI brings it all into one standardized architecture and provides one toolset that will ensure the end results will work in various formats ITunes Pro Tools and Soundminer and any application that supports the Apple and BWF standards Moreover the toolset allows you to batch convert any and all of your files to any compressed or un compressed format Your clients need 16bit 48khz Apple Final Cut Pro compatible files No problem with the Soundminer toolset Do it once do it right and save yourself hours and hours of technical time and labour 5 MANAGE YOUR OWN FILES OR HAVE EXPERTS AT THE READY Don t have anyone who is technically proficient to handle these library duties No problem Digital Music Consulting is at the ready and fully experienced with the Soundminer toolset Call Doug Bossi at 818 620 8835 or visit digitalmusicconsulting com Of course you can manage all this yourself with the too
37. rm Soundminer WAV 44 1 5 Alarm 5A 5A056a Description Jazz Hot Club Violin with Stephane Grappelli type flair spirit of Django Reinhardt shines in extended guitar solo short walking bass Catchy Hooky 1920s 1930s 1940s Guitar Bass Violin Period 20 s Style 30 s Style 40 s Style Up beat Cheer Source 5A056a 01 01 Category Jazz Library 5 Alarm Music 5A series Manufacturer 5 Alarm Music Show Hot Club Disc One LongiD Hot Hot Club Composer Tuttle Larry ASCAP 100 BPM 170 CDtTitle Hot Club Disc One Publisher Engine Co 35 Music Publishing ASCAP 100 TrackTitle Hot Hot Club BWDescription Jazz_Jazz Hot Club Violin With Stephane Grappelli Type Flair Spirit Of Django Reinhardt Shines In Extended Guitar Solo Short Walking Bass Catchy Hooky 1920S 1930S 1940_Tuttie Larry ASCAP 100_Engine Co 35 Music Publishing ASCAP 100_5A056a 01 01 Duration 02 50 794 Metadata as it might appear in Soundminer s V4 products The MI is comprised of a toolset to manage and embed metadata in as many containers a possible ensuring the widest compatibility and a suggested preset categorization and sub categorization for all musical styles and sound effect categories a format for all composer and publisher data and a guideline for all content and field architecture The standard encompasses also the Broadcast Wave iXML and Mp3 ID3 NOTE REGARDING Compatibility Soundminer can embed metadata back into all supported
38. ruent custom definitions as it will only mess things up in any aggregator All search engines will benefit from some standardization within your set of files In addition Soundminer has the ability to parse category and all subcategories along a tree hierarchy One needs to simply place the pipe delimiter between the terms in the order they wish them to expand in the SubCategory field Using the Category Tree option Category Rock SubCat Classic Hard 70s No space in between sub cats Description is as it would seem a description of the track this would include columns like comments description Keywords In short anything subjective could be placed in this column Library denotes the name of the collection of CDs some of you represent many libraries and this column distinguishes between them Manufacturer is used to denote the owner of the Library in the case of smaller libraries these two columns may contain the same information In larger libraries this may be used to denote the name of the library and the local distributor Filename refers to the fixed filename used to find the file on your hard drive ie MyTrackO1 wav And Publisher and composer obviously contain critical cuesheet information that should include the name of all composer publishers their affiliation and percentages The formatting of these last two fields is critical Both fields should contain the names of the composers
39. s on CD manufacturing This is now fast disappearing making metadata that much more important as you distribute your file electronically Adopting one standard that can deal with multiple types of metadata makes sense and at Soundminer we are committed to solutions across the industry 2 CONTENT and TRACKING Adopting metadata standards creates easy digital deliveries with embedded standardized metadata and ensures control over content for use in the most popular aggregators ITunes Pro tools third party aggregators and Soundminer 3 CLEAN THAT AGGREGATOR MESS Even those libraries that have adopted digital solutions run the risk of having their data always appear differently because no standardized category sub category composer and publisher specifications have been followed Or they have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on a proprietary system that can only search one library Perhaps this is desirable but in the real world few users operate with only one library and no user wants to do separate searches on multiple proprietary search engine in order to complete a project The proliferation of Itunes is proof that in the absence of standards users have adopted whatever they could Itunes however was never designed for this function and while it is a great free product it fails to do what professionals really need or provide a fast robust search engine While all of this may have sped up delivery it has only added to the Towe
40. se if embedding mp3s using v4pro Soundminer ALL SOURCES 0 24 1 21 0144 2 amp Aik S All Sources 0 dD Project Metadata Fitar 7 0 E oos 4 Prytiate Cosahesta Saved Sources History jami Artwork Catogory Version Track Tite Track Deseripton Drama Gettar Ambient n a Tast Heamaarming Biteraweat So A quick view of Soundminer s Mminer Web Portal It should be noted however that the above listed applications are only capable of seeing and using their respective supported metadata containers and only Soundminer applications can read and use ALL the containers Soundminer products bridge these open container limitations and provide compatibility across the widest range of products and aggregators from one software toolset Using one product to supply files to many environments can save you time reduce your shipping over head CD manufacturing and media management and ensure the widest possible support In addition following the standardized category denominations will ensure that sound effects and music is properly laid out and comes up correctly when combined with other music libraries The end user experience is improved and it streamlines searching A word about standardization in general The Benefits of Supporting the MI for the Production Music Library and Effects 1 REDUCED CD MANUFACTURING COSTS Content Creators have traditionally spent hundreds of thousands of dollar
41. t Excel Bo timental calm romantic reflective sen M452 Export Excel CWR Export Excel Export Music Fields Change Metadata Script Export Split Excel Files Bo Extract logroll Filename to TrackTitle Fix APM Source Process Script Embed Browsed Records Fix VideoHelper Embed Selected Records FixupFields Rescan Selected jsontest Output to BMI Relink Selected Output to CWR Tag Selected Output to Soundmatiee 2 Output to Tunesat 2 Search in Field Output to Turner Paste Into Field Parse BWDescription 4 Cosmi Assign Artwork to Selection Ags gual ee Edit Field Sgt bes Prepare For Avid Prepend to FXName Remove Metadata Explicit Field Build Find and Replace Selection Edit Matadata Clicking the CWR output option produces a Microsoft EXCEL sheet according to the template provided by ASCAP e900 CWRtest xis HOGS whe ae rA E OO ds oO as f Home Layout Tables Charts SmartArt Formulas Data Review Edit Font Alignment Number Format c EFI gt Arial 10 A A aber 29 Wrap Text General ae Normal Bad Good Neutral Calculation oa Bo mare Ca ders Raa Or Ae SS CEARC Conditional SPT Linked cen Note Output Warning Tet Heading Heading 2 a bes D E F G H Alternate Title 1 Altomate Title 2 Alternate Tite3 __bbmission Type NWR RE tended Purpos Chain of Title GEN It automatically splits out all the separated Composer information creates the necessary field col
42. tamp encoded based on the date and time of creation e iXML standard this standard is being adopted by Digidesign and many field recorders and systems mp3 ID3 containers are written by our programme mp3Converter and used by systems like Itunes Each metadata container has its strengths depending on the file type And not all metadata is the same or readable by all applications For example ID3 tags are used only in mp3 files with one exception ITunes Apple also uses its own version of the ID3 standard to store that same information in AIFF files Only other ITunes systems can see this V4pro now supports reading this container and writing to it as well The BEXT standard is applicable only to Broadcast Wave files Don t drag a BWAV BEXT file onto ITunes as it will not read the data However BEXT can be seen by applications like Pro Tools Workspace In most cases you will want to keep an uncompressed version of your master file BWAV or AIFF as well as a compressed lo resolution version in mp3 We suggest you begin with the best copy of the file and draw your mp3s from those file masters Soundminer supports resolutions higher than the CD standard of 16bit 44khz So your master files can arrive directly from your recording studio or mastering house as high resolution AIFF or WAV files You can then embed or enrich those files using Soundminer v4pro and from there draw your mp3s using our mp3Converter This application will copy the
43. ters in any of the file names Illegal characters are any non alphanumeric symbols 9 lt gt I I Underscores and dashes are web safe Alpha numeric letters and numbers are safe and if your file names use spaces the spaces must be represented with an underscore Example of a good file name AMG_EXT_CD01_RockMe01 wav Example of a bad file name OMG C D 1 ver soul wav Should the process of embedding be beyond your capabilities you can outsource the work at our recommended supplier Digital Music consulting Contact Doug Bossi at 818 620 8835 or visit digitalmusicconsulting com http digitalmusicconsulting com main tag soundminer Category Layout a final thought It is important to note that the following is merely suggestive and not exhaustive We use this as a springboard for better future discussions given that our efforts have resulted in more and more libraries delivering digital files instead of hard media CDs more than one term can be placed in the subcategory field as long as it is separated by a comma or use the pipe delimiter to create a proper tree Guitar Heavy Metal No space in between sub cats Only ONE Category field can be chosen to be most representative of a piece of music The table only shows objective musical categories Things like Documentary News Human Interest Corporate Sots Leisure seem to be more suggested usage Soundminer v4pro has now
44. tever the owner wishes a collection TrackTitle title of the track remember if you want things grouped keep the library name the same and use the Version field to denote what is different about it as in underscore 15s sting version alternate mix etc Source Format important Volume_Track This references the CDtitle or Collection ID or Volume number You can create your own collection identifiers and put an underscore and then the track number Libraries at the very least should fill in this field with the library name then either an underscore or forward slash then a unique number afterwards Some publishers have used this to put in the IRSC or ISWC code This is not the place for it It should go in LongID or the dedicated IRSC field Any artwork supplied separately must be named using this field Artwork embedded is preferred 512 x 512 px jpeg gif or png Filenames must contain the Library or Manufacturer_CDtitle or Collection_Tracktitle ie LIB_CD101_HappyGoLuckyFullMix wav If you need greater clarity please contact support soundminer com DELIVERY FORMATS Primary file formats must be WAVE 16 bit 48khz and for auditioning purposes a mirror image directory copy in mp3 128k 44khz format the files must be enriched with Soundminer v4 metadata Additional formats can be supplied at the discretion of the receiving facility Because web formats require this your files must not contain any of the following illegal charac
45. umns and draws content from the ASCAP preset list of PRO identifiers and in Excel format if desired All with one touch Any such process can be scripted inside of v4 5pro MP3 Mapping make your own It is now possible to have more control over which mp3 id3 fields are supported and how they are mapped in v4 5pro Extended id3 fields can be supported so if you wish to customize how SM Wrapper fields are mapped to id3 tags you can request a custom mapping and create mp3s that carry the metadata in the open containers as you desire Customizing fees apply FLAC Mp4 MXF support more files with metadata FLAC file is a Free Lossless Audio Codec file It is a codec compressor decompressor or coder decoder which allows digital audio to be losslessly compressed such that file size is reduced without any information being lost Digital audio compressed by FLAC s algorithm can typically be reduced to 50 60 of its original size and decompressed into an identical copy of the original audio data AAC or mp4 has been supported for playback for some time in V4 but now it has been updated to hold our metadata wrapper and support any custom id3 tags you wish MXF the preferred Avid file format has been added for audio playback MXF can be converted to WAV or AIF from within V4pro But with a new publisher module can be exported from any Soundminer database back to AVID with metadata intact BPM detection As part of the growing DSP built into v4
46. ure shows you the window that allows you to find and replace elements from any field preview the change before committing and even use RegEx expressions to get advanced control over the process NOTE You cannot embed the new additional fields into SD2 files SD2 is a legacy file format and can only accept the original V3 fields As an example here is how you can build new content for the Broadcast Wave description field Use the FIELD BUILD pane in the contextual menu remember this is different than the Soundminer description field and is the field that Pro Tools and many other applications will see if there is no Soundminer present You can combine multiple fields as in this example to create a custom BWAV description field Use cmd J to bring back all your records Select all records cmd A and then control right click on any record PVs ee Se Search in Field Paste Into Field Assign Artwork to Selection Edit Field Field Build Find and Replace Selection Sr Edit Metadata 3D101 rhe When you select the Field Build option this window will appear Soundminer gt lt Library 4 gt _ lt Sou rce 3 gt _ lt Category 1 gt _ lt Description 2 gt ae o l ee TINT Length 255 Destination Field BWDescription E Sonic Quiver_SQFX001_131_01_Explosion_Explosion Hit Distortion Low You need only select which fields you want combined separated by lt gt markers or the pipe markers
47. user can do much more including batch transfers to and from any uncompressed format copy and paste batch lines from any spreadsheet into Soundminer and much more NEW NOTES New in V4pro is the ability to copy directly to from a spreadsheet See the v4pro manual for details on this feature Quicktime movies exist that show the many Metadata tool tips in v4pro Contact steve soundminer com for access V4pro is also smart enough now to look for a PNG file in the same folder and auto assign to the files in that folder when scanning Specifications for providing Music files to Soundminer facilities Music files supplied to Soundminer Web Portal systems must contain v4 format Soundminer metadata All files MUST contain the following minimum v4 field information Composer format is important Format First Name Middle Name Last Name AFFILIATION Percentage next composer etc IPI numbers can be added after percentage and separated by a comma Publisher format is important Format Publisher 1 AFFILIATION Percentage Publisher 2 AFFILIATION Percentage etc ie MYPublishing Inc BMI 100 Artist if agency represents bands or artists if not applicable then you need not fill it out Manufacturer the Owner Representative Agency name goes here Library name of the catalogue or sub catalogue CDTitle This must be filled in even if CDs are not used This could be used a a grouping of tracks by wha
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