in the Keyword section) does not show up when I open the file up in Wave Agent, or when just using the standard Windows file browser window. Likewise the descriptive metadata I embed using Sound Forge (i.e. So it's being embedded, just not in a way that the other program can see or display. It only appears when I reopen the file in Wave Agent. But the info seems to be stored in a program specific way so that when I add the metadata in Wave Agent, it does not appear under the file's Properties when I open the file up in Sound Forge. I can add descriptive keywords there as well under various titles, including one called Keywords. There are more field choices for Metadata in Sound Forge - especially when you open up the Extended Summary window for a file under Properties, but I don't see one titled Description. Using Wave Agent I can embed descriptive keywords for the sound file using the "Notes" section, but there does not appear to be a "Description" section. As metadata appears to be handled differently by different software, I'm really confused as to what is the best/industry standard tool for embedding metadata into an audio file that will be used by professionals in their work. Up until now, I've been naming my files using a category based naming system and then adding additional descriptive information to my file metadata with Sound Devices' free Wave Agent. I'm more confused now then I was before as to what product I need. I've looked at Soundminer, Basehead and Netmix for working with metadata.
#SONY SOUND FORGE 9.0 METADATA PRO#
I also use Vegas Pro 12 and Ableton Live.
I'm on a PC and I use Sony's Sound Forge 9.0 to edit my sound fx files.
#SONY SOUND FORGE 9.0 METADATA SOFTWARE#
Before I get too far along with this project, I'm wondering what you professionals use to embed searchable metadata in your sound fx files? At some point in the future, I'm thinking I may want to put together a sound library for sale and I would like to have sound files that are readily searchable by metadata in the software sound/video/film professionals are using. I've been working on building up my personal sound fx library with material I've recorded over the last few months.