Anders Madsen Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 I could never find a good habit of giving descriptive names to project where: -I just wanted to record a chord progression/idea to develop. -I tested a new synth, and like the result, and save it for later. -Other various reasons. I therefore have quite a few projects called "test" and other non-informative titles, because I trusted my memory to be more precise and vivid than it is. Any of yous have a good practice in such cases? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesh Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 I think we all suffer from that and until that initial idea/progression evolves into something more meaningful, it stays with the initial name. I generally use the name of a patch or preset when starting off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitflipper Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 I name such projects with the date they were started, sometimes appending the key, e.g. 8-14-2019 Am. If the test project is to explore a new soft synth, I'll name it accordingly, such as "Amadeus" or "Synthmaster". That's usually enough of a memory jog to find them later. It's also helpful to separate "real" projects from test projects in the file system. I create a lot of temporary projects for the articles I write, projects that may not even be songs, just tracks that demonstrate the features of a plugin or instrument, or to take screenshots from. Those live in a separate folder called \projects\tests, so that they don't clutter up my actual music projects. Another subfolder is called "Ideas", where I keep song ideas and chord progressions. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhonoBrainer Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Or you could just stack 'em up like cordwood. Starting a new "unfinished song no. 456" is a lot more fun than actually finishing an old one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 LOL! My folders are filled with files starting with "WIP-" (which stood for "Work in progress"). Oh well... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chulaivet1966 Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, bitflipper said: I name such projects with the date they were started, sometimes appending the key, e.g. 8-14-2019 Am. If the test project is to explore a new soft synth, I'll name it accordingly, such as "Amadeus" or "Synthmaster". That's how I've always done it.....I always reference the date and adhere to the same naming convention. IE:...."Rock guitar chord progression_081419"......."Organ riff for new song_081419" A good day to all.... Edited August 14, 2019 by chulaivet1966 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 Bapu doesn't need to append the key since everything is Am... ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synkrotron Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 (edited) I keep things "reasonably" simple. Edited August 17, 2019 by synkrotron too much information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synkrotron Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 Oh... I should have mentioned that I do everything in C Major, at 80 beats per minute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesh Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 1 hour ago, synkrotron said: I keep things "reasonably" simple. All I know is everyone's definition of reasonable is not exactly the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Morgon-Shaw Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 Easy Start Track...Name Track....Work To Deadline ( i.e. 1 week )...Finish it...Move On To The Next No folder full of ideas...just finished tracks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.L.I.P. Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 I use the .Bapu extension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmu2002 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 On 8/17/2019 at 1:08 AM, CosmicDolphin said: Easy Start Track...Name Track....Work To Deadline ( i.e. 1 week )...Finish it...Move On To The Next No folder full of ideas...just finished tracks I used to have my folders full of 'test' and 'newtest' type of stuff. Until I just stopped doing that and decided to finish what I start. Now I work with one at a time and get finished products. Works for me. But titling is a mess. I name a song only when it's near finished. So a working title is always something else. Looking back and trying to remember what was what is an adventure. I never get to deleting the working title and only keeping the actual one. One must have something to stay away from perfection ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vernon Barnes Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 On 8/14/2019 at 6:21 PM, chulaivet1966 said: That's how I've always done it.....I always reference the date and adhere to the same naming convention. IE:...."Rock guitar chord progression_081419"......."Organ riff for new song_081419" A good day to all.... But use 20190814 instead and the names can then be sorted so the most recent is on top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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