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Post by trakworxmastering on Jun 30, 2018 11:56:56 GMT -6
Hey all,
Just thought I'd check and see if you engineers, artists and producers have any preferences as to how your mastered tracks are labeled when sent to you? Also if any MEs want to chime in that would be welcome.
For example, a mastered 16 bit 44.1kHz stereo interleaved wave of a song titled "Example Song" by "Example Band" that is song number 1 on "Example Album". Would you want the wave filename to be:
Example Song
01 Example Song
1. Example Song
01 Example Band - Example Song
01 Example Band - Example Album - Example Song - 16-44 Wave
Or any combination of the above?
Or something that I omitted?
I've been sending mastered tracks for decades using the first two minimalist approaches with no complaints. Just curious about some opinions or experiences from you all.
Thanks!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2018 14:53:05 GMT -6
Most clients send your first or second example and that's always been fine for me. There's usually a few emails worth of notes to go with them anyway, that I put together in a text file with the files in the project folder.
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Post by trakworxmastering on Jun 30, 2018 16:51:32 GMT -6
Thanks for the response HM! I read your post several times and I'm not clear from the way you worded it that you're talking about mastered files that are being sent from you to your clients and not files sent from them to you. The former - delivery of mastered tracks - is what I'm asking about. Thanks,
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2018 2:21:51 GMT -6
Sorry for the confusion, was talking about how clients send files to me. When I send files back to them after mastering it's usually like this: 01TrackName.wav
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Post by drbill on Jul 1, 2018 10:24:43 GMT -6
How to name files..... Always a challenge. That's why I bought this coffee cup......  (replace "Audio Mix" with name of song...)  |
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Post by stormymondays on Jul 1, 2018 10:34:09 GMT -6
My preference is for as much information as possible. That’s also how I usually get files from one of the top mastering houses in Europe.
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Post by stormymondays on Jul 1, 2018 10:36:15 GMT -6
Ok I just checked and I got: 01 Track Artist MASTERED 16.wav
That’s pretty useful I think.
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Post by trakworxmastering on Jul 1, 2018 11:09:12 GMT -6
Yeah, I've been thinking about including more information in the filenames of mastered tracks.
Like "01 ExampleSong mastered 16-44.wav".
I hesitate because it seems some clients lack the computer skills to rename them when they post them online. And these days some people are doing everything from their smartphone so their options are limited. Maybe it's not an issue though.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2018 11:24:00 GMT -6
I have a long string of anagrams for my own use, but usually truncate them before sending to clients. A recent example:
03RiverWosDubRev1AC15NL2444.wav
03 = Album track number 03
RiverWosDubRev1 = Track name and mix revision
A = Has been through the digi/analogue/digi chain/loop
C15 = Then had 1.5dB of clipping applied
N = Was then normalised
L24 = Was then limited and dithered down to 24 bit
44 = 44kHz
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Post by trakworxmastering on Jul 1, 2018 11:30:21 GMT -6
I have a long string of anagrams for my own use, but usually truncate them before sending to clients. A recent example: 03RiverWosDubRev1AC15NL2444.wav 03 = Album track number 03 RiverWosDubRev1 = Track name and mix revision A = Has been through the digi/analogue/digi chain/loop C15 = Then had 1.5dB of clipping applied N = Was then normalised L = Was then limited and dithered down to 24 bit 44 = 44kHz Wow, that's a lot of info to fit in a filename! I'm impressed.
I keep such notes in text documents in a folder inside the project folder, including my analog settings for doing recalls.
Thanks for the insight!
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Post by notneeson on Jul 1, 2018 11:45:37 GMT -6
I like the simpler approach, e.g. the first two.
Merely adding the sequence number alerts me that it's a master, and that's really all I need to know.
Also, the folder view in a lot of file transfer sites will truncate the song name, which means the more straight up it is, the better I can tell what's what without having to re-download etc.
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Post by trakworxmastering on Jul 1, 2018 11:49:20 GMT -6
Good points!
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Post by drbill on Jul 1, 2018 12:02:10 GMT -6
If a client can't rename a file....well.....I don't know what to say. I find the 16/44.1 thing redundant. The file itself gives that information - no need to clog the filename IMO. If mastered for youtube or spotify or CD, I'd prefer that in the title. |
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Post by trakworxmastering on Jul 1, 2018 13:00:21 GMT -6
Thanks drbill! That's good input.
You might be surprised at some of the things I hear from clients. Some don't own a computer, just a phone for everything. Some only ever listen to their own songs by streaming them from my upload link until it expires, then they ask - what happened? It's nothing against them, it's a result of the current state of tech. The concept of a file on a drive is foreign to people who only know the cloud and streaming. Renaming a wave file is nothing to you and me, but not for everyone...
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Post by bram on Jul 2, 2018 0:47:06 GMT -6
How to name files..... Always a challenge. That's why I bought this coffee cup...... View Attachment(replace "Audio Mix" with name of song...) Brilliant. That mug knows me too well. On topic: I’m not sure if I’ve developed a preference yet as my naming schemes seems to fluctuate. Here’s another option, keep the names simple [01 Title Final] for the (hopefully) few clients that might lack the ability to rename files, and provide a text document with the file format details including bit rate, depth, version, date, any other pertinent info. Rational being, there have been plenty of times I’ve renamed a song without duplicating it, and then forgotten what revision it was. |
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Post by massivemastering on Jul 2, 2018 20:27:17 GMT -6
My usual is "01 Example Song" but it's wrapped in a "date stamped" folder (or ZIP) with the date and the letter of what project that was for the day -- MM20180702C for example, would be the third project I worked on for the day on July 7, 2018. Makes them easy to search for and easy to tell which version you're looking at if there are more than one. If a non audio tweak (typically, spacing or sequence) is made later, then a number is added to indicate a non-audio change (MM20180702C2).
It's more for my own reference than the client's -- But they get it pretty quick. Now, a good bunch of them use the same manner when they're sending me their mixes.
Re: the mug -- Actually had a file last month that was labeled "final" or something so many times that the last one was labeled "[whatever the title was]_Im_really_sorry_About_all_this.wav"
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