How Do You Catalog Your Park Music?

[eyore]

I do quite a bit of video editing and photo editing on my CPU. I have 2 TB and 650 GB in the actual CPU. I have an external 500 GB and an external 300 GB hard drive as well. I just bought a 2 TB drive to back up some of the stuff on the 2 TB in my CPU, and I am using the 500 to back up the 650 GB in the CPU as well. I don't intend to ever let the main one get above 500 GB. It makes the computer run too slow when it starts getting that full.

Anyway, As you can see, I have quite a few hard drives already. I am only about 100 GB away one each of the TB drives in my CPU from filling them up. Crazy amounts of data, I know. I am glad they are starting to make bigger hard drives cheaper now. Otherwise, I am going to look like I have a library shelf of externals on my desk!

Yes externals are pretty cheap now. I've been getting bigger ones each time I buy one (one 40Gb, one 120Gb, one 300Gb, one 500Gb and one 1Tb). They fill at an alarming rate, don't they? My PC only has a 30Gb hard drive :blink:
I have had one 200Gb one go on me but I think 90% was backed up elsewhere so no major losses.
Unfortunately the TV and Hi-Fi don't take USB HDs
Nice to watch/listen to things in the comfort of the living room rather than the tiny spare bedroom (where the PC is kept).
Of course, all this depends on me finding the things to catalog/organize first :lol:

 

[Emcduck]

I use a combination of Tannerman and EMCDuck's methods (with slight variations) but I have found that utilizing the track and disc numbers as well helps keep things in even more precise order. I'll use the Haunted Mansion as an example: I mark all ride throughs and remixes as Disc 1, and just let them sort alphabetically. Then starting with Disc 2, I organize everything in order of the attraction. So Disc 2 is exterior - only have Howling Dog there. Disc 3 is Foyer music, so Track 1 is the complete scene put together. Track 2 is just Paul Frees spiels, Track 3 is all of the pipe organ variations. Moving on through the Mansion, Seance Circle is Disc 8 with Track 1 being the complete track, Track 2 being just Madame Leota spiels, track 3 being all the individual instruments, Track 4 being the spirit sound effects. You get the idea. After going through the ride, then I start with other related materials - Disc 18 is outakes and alternates. Disc 19 are the HM radio spots from Disneyland. Disc 20, I have all of the Grin Grinning Ghost variations, etc

Completely anal, I know, but it helps me find things even faster

Ximagineer,


I was re-reading your post, and noticing that this may help in some situations that I have, I am curious, how do you handle things like area music? For example, Main Street, USA or Epcot's Innoventions areas?

 

[Ximagineer]

I usually make it a separate thing, and label is as such in the Album Category - like "Main Street BGM" or "Wonders of Life BGM".