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File Names For BIAB Individual Tracks. #790987 12/20/23 09:08 PM Beginners Forum
Joined: Nov 2023 Posts: 33 Fern Heaven Vancouver Island B... Banj O’Lover OP Enthusiast
OP Banj O’Lover Enthusiast Joined: Nov 2023 Posts: 33 Fern Heaven Vancouver Island B...	Hello again everyone. Something I've noticed that would be nice to change globally instead of changing each individual exported track name The default filenames of a given track when importing into my DAW (Logic Pro X) tend to be quite long and overly descriptive. Is there a way to set BIAB more globally to favour a shorter file name when exporting tracks? For example here's a typical BIAB exported Wav File Name. Untitled BBDrums_RealDrums BodhranCelticReelFast8ths^1-Wood_SingleRender_DragDrop_2.8 Which I would normally change (manually) to "Untitled Bodhran" (Where untitled would be the name of the song). Just the song title and instrument is what I'm after here Thanks in advance! Stefan MacBook Pro M3 Max Sonoma 14.1.2, BIAB Audiophile Edition 2023, Logic ProX 10.8.1, Focusrite 8PreX Interface.

Re: File Names For BIAB Individual Tracks. Banj O’Lover #791012 12/21/23 01:09 AM Beginners Forum
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TRYUK Apprentice Joined: Jul 2019 Posts: 277 Worcester, United Kingdom	If you click on the instrument name in the Inspector in Logic and right click it is simple to shorten the name of the Instrument. I think if the name was shortened leaving BiaB, sometime in the future it might make things tricky knowing exactly which instrument you originally started with.

Re: File Names For BIAB Individual Tracks. TRYUK #791126 12/21/23 12:36 PM Beginners Forum
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OP Banj O’Lover Enthusiast Joined: Nov 2023 Posts: 33 Fern Heaven Vancouver Island B...	Thanks! Yes, I agree and in addition to your insight, it's not specifically the instrument name in Logic that I am talking about ... it's the actual filename of the track as imported from BIAB. With these automatically generated long filenames it's taking additional steps to identify and manage the tracks quickly in a given folder on the computer which is why I prefer to rename the files with only "song name & instrument" . In the case of instruments filling multiple roles I may have multiple tracks of the same instrument recorded or generated so in that case I would rename as follows: "song name/ instrument /soloist" Or "song, name/ instrument/ background/" This keeps it nice and short for de-cluttering the desktop as well as the DAW workspace especially when working with multiple windows. Also: I'm seeing that the BIAB filenames don't alway make sense ... for example when I use a cello real track I'm getting "piano" or "strings" or both in the now incredibly long filename. If there was a setting for automated abbreviated or shortened file names when exporting It would be nice. Last edited by Banj O’Lover; 12/21/23 12:42 PM. Reason: spelling MacBook Pro M3 Max Sonoma 14.1.2, BIAB Audiophile Edition 2023, Logic ProX 10.8.1, Focusrite 8PreX Interface.

Re: File Names For BIAB Individual Tracks. Banj O’Lover #791128 12/21/23 12:41 PM Beginners Forum
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AudioTrack Veteran Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 18,571 Melbourne, Australia	The unnecessary long naming convention has been raised a few times now, especially recently. Hopefully we will see this corrected. BIAB & RB2024 Win.(Audiophile), Sonar Platinum, Cakewalk by Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M Monitors, Pioneer Active Monitors, AKG K271 Studio H'phones

Re: File Names For BIAB Individual Tracks. AudioTrack #791130 12/21/23 12:45 PM Beginners Forum
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OP Banj O’Lover Enthusiast Joined: Nov 2023 Posts: 33 Fern Heaven Vancouver Island B...	I can certainly see why from a software development and database management point of view!!! MacBook Pro M3 Max Sonoma 14.1.2, BIAB Audiophile Edition 2023, Logic ProX 10.8.1, Focusrite 8PreX Interface.

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