File name Changer (Windows)

Music Production Music Tech Discussion
1

So decided this week to sort out all my samples so for ex. Bdrm 01, Bdrm 02 or Percussion Loop 01, Percussion Loop 02 and obviously putting them in appropiate named folders. It should have been something I should have done ages ago, and probably have more than 1000 samples.



My question though has anyone come across a program where I can simply remame all the files in a folder and give them sequential numbers.



Hope that make sense

2

That would be far to easy. Let me know if you find this program :slight_smile:

3

i actually have a java program which i wrote for work that does this lol, i dont have it in an executable (exe) format though lol, i know there are some out there though let me try and look around

4

I found this which seems to do the trick Bulk Rename Utility - Free File Renaming Software a couple of IT folks also reced it to me and its free :smiley:



Now all I need is a program to listen and catogrise for me :stuck_out_tongue:

5

[quote]slender (27/04/2010)[hr]

Now all I need is a program to listen and catogrise for me :P[/quote]



haha if only there was! haha

6

If you are a PC user, you can try with a batch command… but all your samples must be in .wav format. If you have multiple formats (wav, aiff, …), you will have to finish the work by yourself for the samples which are not .wav !



If you are not sure about what you do, do not MOVE the samples in the directory but COPY them until you get what you want.



Ok… let’s say you have 342 kick samples and all of them are in .wav format.



First, create a new directory somewhere. Copy all the kick samples in the directory. Then, create a new file in the directory and rename it something like “renseq.bat”. Edit the file with the notepad and copy/paste this code :



________________________________________


@echo off<br> :init1<br> set /a count=0<br> :tmp<br> set /a count=%count%+1<br> if %count% == 343 (goto :init2) else (ren *.wav "Kick_%count%.tmp") <br> goto :tmp<br> :init2<br> set /a count=0<br> :wav<br> set /a count=%count%+1<br> if %count% == 343 (goto :eof) else (ren "Kick_%count%.tmp" "Kick_%count%.wav")<br> goto :wav<br> ________________________________________



Basically, this code is going to :


  • Declare a variable (count) to the value 0.
  • Increment the variable to the value 1.
  • Rename the first .wav file found in the directory to a file named “Kick_1.tmp”.
  • Go back to the second step and increment the value by 1 → 2.
  • Rename the second .wav file found in the directory to a file named “Kick_2.tmp”.
  • Go back to the second step and increment the value by 1 → 3.



    And it continues until the value of the variable is 343 which means 342 files are renamed. Then, the code is going to :


  • Declare again the variable to the value 0.
  • Increment the variable to the value 1.
  • Rename the “Kick_1.tmp” file found in the directory to a file named “Kick_1.wav”.
  • Go back to the second step and increment the value by 1 → 2.
  • Rename the “Kick_2.tmp” file found in the directory to a file named “Kick_2.wav”.
  • Go back to the second step and increment the value by 1 → 3.



    And again, it continues until the value of the variable is 343 which means 342 files are renamed.



    When it’s done, save the file and execute it by double-click… and voila. All the samples in the directory are renamed with a sequencial number and you should have something like :



    Kick_1.wav

    Kick_2.wav

    Kick_3.wav

    Kick_4.wav

    …

    …

    …

    Kick_342.wav



    Then, you can do the same for your snare samples. Let’s say all of them are .wav :


  • Create a new directory.
  • Copy all the snares samples to the directory.
  • Count how many are them (let’s say 244).
  • Create the “renseq.bat” file. Edit it with notepad and copy/paste the code again…
  • Change both values of the variable (count) from 343 to 245.
  • Change all Kick_ to Snare_ in the code.
  • Save the file. Execute it. You should now have something like this in the directory :



    Snare_1.wav

    Snare_2.wav

    Snare_3.wav

    Snare_4.wav

    …

    …

    …

    Snare_244.wav



    I’m aware this is not the most easy technique but it should works if you follow every step…



    Good luck… and if you try, don’t forget to COPY the samples in the directory so you keep the original files until it works… do not MOVE them because if you do a mistake in the code of the batch command while editing it, you may lose all your samples ! :wink:
7

8

i think that describes it pretty well phil :w00t:

9

LOL - and there will be tests at the end of the week ladies and gentleman



…and thanks Mike I think I will stick to Bulk Rename Utility oh BTW when are you going to write us a perfect DAW :slight_smile:

10

The perfect DAW already exists… it’s Ableton Live ! :smiley:



Phil, that’s pretty much what i feel when I watch you tweaking cutoff enveloppes… btw, this picture is coming from the Scanner movie with Jack Nicholson, right ? :w00t: