How do I organize my samples? I don't... I got one zip of just drum hits and tiny stabs and sounds, one zip of sequences and incomplete beats/samples/sounds, and one zip of vocal samples, skits, movie snippets. Then I got one zip for finished beats, and the beats that I'm trying to shop to artists are on my external scsi hard drive. No files/folders/etc. They arent' organized in files or folders, but on separate zip disks. If this sounds organized to you, try cycling thru 85mb of kicks and snares to find that snare you named but forgot where it's from but had that dirty feel that you need for this track you're working on... but I don't mind the time it takes, since I make beats in the late night/early am when everyone's sleeping and I take my time with it.
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