A Bash Script to organize Audio One-Shot Samples into subfolders based on file-name, or merge several sample packs into one.
Scenario: You have tons of ones-shot samples mixed together but the file names are somewhat descriptive, something like bla_bla_Kick014.wav or bla_HAT234.wav.
-
Makes a bunch of subfolders for the most common one-shots (Kick, Snare, Hats, Clap, etc..)
-
Searches in the folder and recursively in all other sub-folders inside it for matching filenames, for Kicks for example it searches for Kick, BassDrum, BD or KIK, whatever text comes before or after the match string is ignored.
-
Moves found files to their respective new subfolder.
-
Leaves anything that does not match in place.
-
Deletes all empty folders (including the ones created in step-1 if no matches are found)
- The folders the script creates start with an underscore, this is in case we already have sub-folders with typical names such as "Kick" or "Snare".
- It asks if we also want to move any "808" matches, this is mostly for 808 Kick/Bass but if your main folder also has claps, snares, etc with the word 808 in the file-name it might cause issues, this is why it's optional, most modern kit's only have kicks and bass with 808 in the name, older kits not really, it depends.
- Download the SampleSort.command script, open the Terminal and type
chmod u+x(including a space) drag and drop the script into the terminal and press enter (this makes the script executable).
-
For the first run right-click the script and select "Open", MacOS will tell you it cannot veryfy the Developer, thats OK becase I am not a developer 😜. After the first run you're able to just double click the excript to launch it.
-
Drag and drop the folder you want to sort into the script when asked.
-
The script will tell yout the full path of the folder, confirm it is indeed correct. ⚠ Pay attention to this step, you really dont to accidentally run the script in the root folder of your drive and move all Kick named files... that could be a disaster:heavy_exclamation_mark:⚠ If it looks good type "y" for yes. ---- I advise copying a few samples to a temporary folder and testing it out first.
-
The script will also ask if you also want to move any files with 808 in their name to a the sub folder, as previously explained if this is usefull or not depends on your samples, if unsure type "n" for no.
-
Done
. . .
Extra Notes:
If having underscores before the sub folder names bothers you remmeber it's super fast and easy to batch rename in MacOS, as such:
