Naming Things - Do you have a system?

[jabney]

Recording:

You have at least one method for naming things, right. What best works for you? How consistent are you for sticking with your scheme?

[brucerothwell]

If you mean track names, I learned a long time ago that many tracks can be abbreviated to 3 or 4 characters, such as:

Kik
Snr
Hat
Tom1
Tom2
Tom3
OhL
OhR
RmL
RmR
Bass
aGtr
eGtr
aPno
ePno
OrgL
OrgR
OrgB
Lvox
BgvL
BgvR

[jabney]

Thanks. I use the same type of individual track naming.

What names do you use to save under if you have two or three bands on the same date? The date? The name of the band? Both? And what happens if some of the bands start after midnight?

best, john

[tunca]

For my own songs mostly like this...

AL(Ambiance Left)
AR(Ambiance Right)
Kickin
Kickout
Snrtop
Snrbot
OL(Overheads Left)
OR(Overhead Right)
T1,T2,T3,Flr(Toms)
Hat
eRhtGtr87
eRhtGtr121
eRhtGtr87Room
(Any guitar with three mics,mostly three or four guitars)
AgtrDI
Agtr87
Agtr87room
BassDI
BassAmp
Synth
Keyb
Piano
ePiano
Organ
Strings
FX
MainVox
MainVox Dub
BackVox1
BackVox2
(Any back vocals,mostly two or three back vocals)

Aux & Bus

VoxBus
DrumBus
eGtrBus
aGtrBus
BassBus
OtherBus

MainRoom(Sending all channels to this aux to hear all of them in same room)
DrPlate
VoxDly
VoxSpring
SpclFX

Of course it depends session.But mostly i'm naming like this.

[Klaus]

BTW
Can the actual audio files recorded be named automatically by the track name - and take number ?
( couldn't find it in the manual )
Thanks, best regards

Klaus

[Ben@Harrison]

@Klaus: yes, the audio files are named using the track name and the take number.

[Klaus]

Thank you Ben !
Best luck

Klaus