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Wow, this is great! A radical approach: ask others who do it! Will check it out. Thanks. L Sent from Lou Judson's 🍎ipad Mobile 415-271-8070 On Mar 16, 2014, at 2:21 PM, Thom <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Lou, > > I don't have a simple answer. But I hope some of my thoughts will help. > > You can intuit a lot by looking at the PBCore metadata standard, > especially in the technical metadata for instantiations. Any system > made for the broadcast industry should at least minimally comply with > PBCore. Look at the elements under PBCoreInstantiation. PBCore is the > standard for the American Archive. Another project set up to help > independent audio producers and stations in a digital cloud format is > the Pop Up Archive, which is working with the Internet Archive for > public collections of audio. > > You should join and ask people on the AIR listserv [The Association of > Independents in Radio], where there are lots of audio producers. They > have more definite thoughts if they're working in the public radio > ecosystem. http://www.airmedia.org/ > > A lot of new producers rely on essays and resources provided by Transom. > > The style manual for public radio, which includes common practices for > logging, editing, and managing audio files is found in the latest > edition of Sound Reporting by Jonathan Kern (Chicago: The University > of Chicago Press, 2008). > > Hope that helps some. > > Best, > Thom > > Thomas Pease > Library of Congress > (not speaking for it, though) > & Volunteer Classical Music Host/Producer, WTJU (Charlottesville, VA) > > On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 5:05 PM, Lou Judson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> Hi. I joined in this list as part of my work is transferring tapes to digital for occasional clients, and lots of you do this. I have no big record collections, just too many CDs of music overflowing! and my old collection of a few hundred Lps. :-) >> >> I also work with an independent radio interview program, post-producing remote raw interviews into formatted hour long programs, and we are seeking a way of archiving the digital files for the future. We have a person who is a very good organizer, and he is designing (and constantly re-designing!) a file system to our various levels of materials. I'd like to find some industry guidelines so that I do not keep feeling I am bowing to his nitzy detailed systems. It seems to be so quirky that I would like something to compare it with. >> >> We have: >> - raw original recordings, split for the 2 or more voices, >> - intermediate edited versions, basically cleaned up, >> - Masters, mixed and processed for broadcast, >> - and various delivery files: WAVs for retail CDs, MP3s for buyers and radio and MP2s for network radio distribution. >> >> Is there a system that is industry standard for organizing digital audio files? >> >> Thanks for any pointers or advice! >> >> <L> >> Lou Judson >> Intuitive Audio >> 415-883-2689 >