Just to let you all know, one of the main features that I want to implement is that users should be able to configure the categories and wotnot.  This is potentially a lot of work but I think it's an absolutely crucial feature.  Needs some planning however ... :)

It's good you have an exclusion list for directories to scan, but I suspect for most users an inclusion list might be more convenient. All my libraries are under just 3 top-level directories, but they are on 3 different disk drives.

Well the scanning thing worked and I've sent another e-mail off to support but I will repost here just in case anyone else is wondering the same thing as me:-

Thanks for getting back to me. It seems to have worked and all my samples have been scanned. There is one problem with the search though in that it is context sensitive, for example if I type in "bell" it will pull out all files containing "bell" but not the ones containing "Bell".

"Problem" may be too strong a word looking back, maybe its more of a feature request as I use another sample tagger program and it can be changed from being case sensitive to not.

Adrian

I'll be addressing the case sensitivity in the next release.

I was also thinking of installing this software....
David & Adrian,
How is this sorter working out for you?

Thanks,

I am waiting for the next release as the only way I can make a full search is by putting the word in both search fields, one with an upper case and one with a lower case start. Apart from that it's not a bad start and looks very promising, it is a bit flaky sometimes on windows 7 - 64 bit but if findjammer pulls off the search issue then I can live with it.

Adrian

Hi Biodiode,

I have made a note of this issue and will be adding this to the list of things to fix for the next version.

Regards,

Jammer

Hi Findjammer. Congratulations on your app. Nice GUI too. 

But I must admit that seeing it is bittersweet, because I think I will now abandon my Loop Librarian project. 

Hi RogerS,

Thanks for the kind comments, much appreciated.  What were you working on in particular?  Any links or owt?

Regards,

findjammer - Thanks for asking. I've been fiddling around with my LoopLibrarian project for about 5 years and I use it constantly. Others have suggested that I turn it into a product I can sell and I spent a lot of time this year preparing for that.

It resembles a Windows Explorer View, but it provides full control over the data in the file view, such as sample rate, bit depth, duration, BPM, pitch, etc, and can sort by any of those columns. It performs bit depth conversions with dither, sample rate conversions, and manages ACID properties (I managed to reverse-engineer the ACID chunk). It supports and converts WAV, MP3, OGG, AIF, FLAC, WMA, etc. It also shows MIDI details for each channel, and manages MP3 and manages metadata on audio files.

I just finished support for drag and drop to and from the program (had to learn to use COM objects), and a new on-screen keyboard that helps with setting the pitch when acidizing files. It outputs MIDI to any device, or uses soundfonts. I'm still working on some ASIO issues.

So it tries to do a lot, but it becomes a bit disheartening when seeing other products that do much more, and have cool interfaces for so little money. So it will probably continue to be a hobby. Fortunately, I make a living developing other software.

But again, congratulations to you on your samplesort project, and good luck.