File formats / Save

• Formats: Uncompressed (PCM, eg in aiff or wav container), lossless (eg in flac, apple & wma lossless) / lossy Compressed (eg as mp3, ogg, wma, mp4)
• Sample rates: 8 - 192khz -> Nyquist-Shannon Theorem, anti-alias filtering, sample rate compatibility for programs, sample rate conversion
• Bit rates & their dynamics:
  
  • 8-bit integer: 45 dB
  • 16-bit integer: 90 dB
  • 24-bit integer: 135 dB
  • 32-bit floating point: near-infinite dB

• 192khz 

Tips for naming files

For a soundlibrary, terms make sense that characterize the sound in general, eg. according to material and "morphology" of the sound. So you can find the sounds again. Examples:

• “beer_can_metal_impact_sharp_long_resonance”
• “fingernails_scratching_wood_dull”
• “small_tonal_ding_glass_repeated”

If you have a concrete, known process, e.g. a coffee machine or a kitchen blender, etc. then it is worth saving the whole noise under this name, and adding any qualities (eg coffe_maker_steamy_sharp_hiss ")

If you have a sound that is (kind of) similar to the sound of a motor or something else concrete, so where a "purpose" is audible, then that could also be in the name, but not only.

Sometimes it makes sense to make a note about the recording technique, especially when creating variants, eg:

• _closeup
• _distant
• _stereo
• _….

It also makes sense to create folders for:

• materials
• progression (impact - repetitive pattern - long - lasting sounds
• tonal sounds (as opposed to noises - although "tonal" belongs in the file name anyway, if that is)
• recordings of concrete objects and devices
• vocal sounds also deserve a folder
• the default is to sort the sounds by "Atmos" and "SFX" as well as "Voices" and "Music".
• in general, the more abstract a sound is (the less the original source can be heard) the more the abstract qualities should be emphasized, and vice versa.