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By: Gabriel Guy

Gabriel Guy — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 22:49:47 +0000

In reply to Andres Duarte. Andres, you are correct that you could choose not to embed, close and reopen Soundminer later and the metadata will still be there. However I believe the reason Frank mentioned embedding as important, is that without doing it, the metadata only lives in your local database file and if the files are ever transferred to someone else (or your database is lost or corrupted) the metadata will be lost. Embedding is your best friend to save your work, I recommend making a habit of embedding all the files you've been working on when you finish for the day.

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By: Andres Duarte

Andres Duarte — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 05:15:56 +0000

Hey there, thanks for the articles! :)

quick question: when you say we should embed, does it matter when you do it? I mean, if I change metadata and do not embed and close soundminer, could i still embed it the next day? or will it be lost at that point? thanks, cheers!

By: Denis

Denis — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:33:26 +0000

Thanks for the second part of the article.I am looking for an application to recognize words, phrases in an audio file.
From what I read there are several techniques for communications companies desrrolladas.This type of process is called: word spotting, phonetic search, speech recognition, audio mining, find phrase, audio transcription, audio indexing.
Media Composer recently included a search tool called Phrasefinder, it works within Media Composer, and do what I need.
Is there any SoundMinner version that includes this type of search?Do you know of another application that is not to make Media Composer search for words or phrases in audio files?
Thank you very much.

By: Frank Bry

Frank Bry — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 05:49:20 +0000

I’m constantly reworking my meta data. When I do game audio is when I find if it all works the way it should. I try and keep it simple but at times it gets out of hand. I’m constantly re-tagging other libraries as well as I work on projects so something can be easier to find the next time. Something I do also is have separate databases. I pretty much know by memory whats in my libraries. Example: I keep all the older stuff like Universal, Turner, WB, Hanna Barbera separate. I have a cartoon database also. I have a custom project stem/comp SFX database as well. I go to the database I think I need when needed and look around. Keeps the amount of returns to a nice size.

By: Adam Glazier

Adam Glazier — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:24:09 +0000

Thanks for the great articles on metadata and Soundminer. I’ve been cataloging various types of content for years and always get hung up on one thing: How do prevent an overwhelming amount of tags or keywords?

I find that after a few years of tagging, the way I describe things changes as well as gets more detailed. By that point, I have hundreds of tags and have a hard time making sense of all the work I have put in.

Can you or anyone else reading this article suggested a limited vocabulary of tags to help manage metadata paralysis? Or perhaps some other tricks?