[LAU] I need to catalogue wave file regions.

[Joel Roth]

Hi John,

Welcome, and I hope you can find some software to solve
your issues.

John Murphy wrote:
> As far as I know there isn't anything available for Linux which has
> the sole purpose of marking and cataloguing (.wav) sound file regions.
 
> I don't know of anything on another platform which does it either.
> 
> I need to:
> 
> 1) Look at and zoom in on mostly quite big wav files circa 1.3GB,
>    to find sections/regions which are particularly musical,
>    or informative, and mark and name them for later access.
>    Only a few fields of information would be necessary.

> 2) Compile a 'play list' of regions to be played, while displaying
>    configurable fields of the details entered.

IIUC, you want a simple database with a few fields or tags for each
region, and the database would cover multiple large WAV files.

And then to be able to search on certain fields, and combine the results
into a playlist.

> That's it really, although I have some particular demands for controls
> which would aid my work-flow. I've got used to using a really old Windows
> program, which isn't really suitable for the job, but I manage. No JACK
> ability there though of course.

Well, you might as well mention these requirements, too.
Otherwise how will your angel coder know to whip them up for you!
 
> I think it needs writing, if it is not already written. Anyone know
> something like that?

Depends, how user friendly are you expecting this software
to be?

> Functionally; it would be a bit like a DVD authoring application and
> I wondered if I should contact the authors of Bonobo or similar. Main
> difference being source material could be anywhere on the file system.
> Compilations could be prepared for writing to CD perhaps, but mainly -
> it would be used to create compilations to play on the computer. Perhaps
> Version 2 could even generate pleasant musical programs with just a few
> hints from user. ;)

> I don't have time to learn programming, but I do try to support those
> who can write, and I'd do so if someone was willing to write it for me/us.

Learning to program doesn't take long, but actually writing
the stuff you want written and then getting it to work as
expected may take a while. :-)
 
> Any advice would be most appreciated, thanks.

How many WAV files and how many regions are you
talking about? Some UIs will have limitations
on how much can be easily displayed or browsed.

Finally, I think it will make a difference whether you
have a budget, or you are looking for an entirely
"free software" solution.

Cheers,

> -- 
> John.

-- 
Joel Roth