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here's another one:
freeSFX
+ Easy to navigate thematic organization
+ Curated generally useful incidental sounds
+ Free commercial use, provided not main focus (full license)
- relatively small collection (a couple of thousand sounds in my estimation)
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I haven't tried their VSTs so can't guarantee they work in Logic but in theory they should work in any VST host (any DAW that supports VST)
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Found a solution:
I located the ~/Library/Application Support/Soundminer/Spotting folder and replaced all the OLD FX DRIVE PATHS with "NEW DRIVE NAME" with textwrangler on all relevant smpotting.xxx files. My lists with all relevant selections are back!
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For lower budgets, Soundminer do the HD range, which works on both Mac and PC.
It's a fraction of the cost of the full Soundminer v4, and I highly recommend it if it's within your price range.
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This is a Community Wiki answer, feel free to add your finds...
Field Recording Databases
Freesound >> http://freesound.org/ (added by yunque)
+ Search by license, format, bitrate, sample rate, tags, etc.
+ Open project, user-based (can search similar sounds recorded by the same person).
- Variable quality.
British Library ...
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Export Soundminer Metadata fields to text. Import in Excel, copy paste columns.
Save as txt and import back into Soundminer database. Then right click and embed metadata.
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Remove from database doesn't delete the file from your hard drive it simply excludes it from its library. I'd recommend Mac Paw Gemini:http://macpaw.com/gemini
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I bought AudioFinder for the meagre price of $70. It appears to do most of what SM does and is far far cheaper. I've found most useful and would happily recommend it.
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you can use the finder and spotlight to do a lot of databasing.
The idea would be to put your metadata in the spotlight comment window - which spotlight can read in its searches. There are automator scripts out there that can take metadata from spreadsheets and embed them into the spotlight comment fields as a batch process. I'd imagine you can get good ...
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I think for sound design elements (very basic things like a low thud, tool clutter, cork pop) it is good to give files a rudimentary searchable name. For finished sound effects with many elements you might want to add terms to the name or give it tags. Personally I would love to be independent of metadata. My library is still a work in progress. The most ...
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