AF / Resources

Resources.

Practical references for organizing, describing and managing professional sound files.

UCS, metadata, naming systems and workflows designed to keep sound libraries searchable, consistent and useful.

02 departments

01 / UCS

The Universal Category System: the standardized structure for naming and categorizing sound files, and how Audio Field applies it.

02 / Metadata

What sound metadata is, how Audio Field organizes it, and the software used to manage it.

AF / Resources / Selected

Essential
Resources

01 / UCS / Reference
UCS – Universal Category System
A guide to the standardized category and naming structure used to organize sound effects.
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02 / Metadata / Fundamentals
Sound Metadata
An introduction to describing, classifying and finding professional sound files.
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03 / Metadata / Tools
Tools for Audio Metadata
A practical overview of software used to manage and prepare audio metadata.
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AF / Field Recording

Explore microphones, recorders and techniques for capturing sound in real environments.

AF / Sound Libraries

Explore professionally recorded and metadata-rich sound collections from Audio Field.