Software for organising and naming an archive of sounds

Question

I travelled by bike through India, and made audio recording. They range hugely in quality of content and sound. Unfortunately they were only recorded on an olympus digital voice recorder. However, many of them are only voice and the sound is fine, if a little compressed. I need to be able to listen through these tracks and edit the name, arrange into folders, and make notes on the decent ones, in order that I can create a compilation that I can release and the good stuff can be made public.

I'm on a mac.

Answer 1

You can also try out sample organisation software. Below I have listed several free sample organisers, it's directly taken from this page on an audio forum.

Windows:
- Aural Probe
- JamSoft SampleSort
- SoundManager

Mac:
- Sonicwire Mutant

You can find more similar programs in the linked forum page.

Answer 2

Honestly, using iTunes or Windows Media Player and updating ID3 tags as you go is probably the easiest (assuming you are using Mp3 as your format). Then you can simply use one of the many tools that can separate files out based on their ID3 info.