Discuss the various methods you use in music production, from compressor settings to equipment type.
By Korzo Sat Jan 11, 2020 5:22 pm
Hi !

I'm having a lot of samples on my mpc live and I would like to have everything easy to find and easy to use. For example, I have a folder with "Joe samples", other called "reggae" and other call "Jim samples" all of them have a folder full of snares. Should I forget the name of the folders and just having a snare folder ? How is your organisation?
If I create a drum program, every sample on it will be duplicated, any suggestion?
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By NearTao Sat Jan 11, 2020 10:17 pm
Akai file management isn't really the best.

Personally... I copy over sample sets or whatever into a folder, and then as I make patches from them, I have a Program folder that I'll save drum kits, instruments, etc... into... it looks like like this
Drive/Programs/Instruments/Piano/Fluttered Old Piano
Drive/Programs/Instruments/Acoustic Bass/Chord Strums
Drive/Programs/Drum Kits/Hip Hop/Smokey Drum Chop
Drive/Programs/Drum Kits/Kicks/DnB Kicks

This is one way, the folders can get a bit deep, but when I'm looking something specific I can generally find it pretty quickly.