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will be 1, 2, 3, 4 etc. If you enter 2 (for 2 digits), you get a leading ‘0’, so the take numbers go 01,
02, 03, 04 etc. The leading ‘0’ makes listing files alphanumerically much cleaner. If you expect more
than 100 takes, set it to 3 (for two leading zeros), set to 4 for a thousand takes, etc. The brackets
don’t get typed in, just the dot and the number. For example, if you are at take #4 and you had
entered
$take.2$
in your template, the template script would insert
Take 04
in the folder name.
$date$
says: look up the current date and paste it in the folder name. The ‘date’ format is year-
month-day, so July 22, 2019 would appear in the folder name as “2019-7-22”.
$tod$
says: paste the current Time Of Day into the folder name. The ‘time’ format is hours-min-
utes-seconds using a 24-hour clock, so 4:28 and 17 seconds in the afternoon would appear in the
folder name as “16-28-17”.
$todsamplenum$
will insert the number of audio samples counted from midnight to the start of
the recording. This is essentially just a hyper-accurate measure of the ‘Time Of Day’ the take was
initiated. This feature is mostly used when providing files to automated media ingestion systems.
$timecode$
will insert the SMPTE timestamp at the start of the recorded file.
$tcsamplenum$
will insert the number of audio samples calculated from a linear time code reference.
(Note: if the LTC is locked to ‘Time Of Day’, this will be the same as
$todsamplenum$
). This is
essentially just a hyper-accurate measure of the time of day the take was initiated. This feature is
mostly used when providing files to automated media ingestion systems.
•
Audio File Name Template
is similar to
Take Folder Name Template
, but as one might expect, it is for
audio file names rather than take folders. Here is the tooltip pop-up:
Figure 12.51:
Take Folder Name Template
tooltip pop-up:
The syntax for file naming is the same as for folder naming, although there are some extra “tokens”
specifically for use in audio file names. Here’s the step-by-step breakdown:
$project$
copies the text from the
“Project”
field and pastes it in the file name.
$engineer$
copies the text from the
“Engineer”
field and pastes it in the file name.
$takename$
copies the text from the
“Take Name”
field and pastes it into the file name.
$take$
copies the ‘Next Take’ number and pastes in into the file name. The [.n] sets the number
of digits used to represent the take number. If you don’t specify a number here, the take numbers
will be 1, 2, 3, 4 etc. If you enter 2 (for 2 digits), you get a leading ‘0’, so the take numbers go 01,
02, 03, 04 etc.
