Are you using Soundminer to manage your sound effects or dialog rushes? Not sure you are getting the most from Soundminer? Then this extended video tutorial series from Tim Nielsen is for you. We will let Tim explain…

Why Create A Tutorial Series?

Soundminer is a powerful program for organizing your sound library, be it dialog, music or sound effects. It has become widely adopted by users and facilities around the world.

However, many users may only be scratching the surface of what this program is capable of. Over the years, as the program has grown, many new features have been added. As a user of Soundminer of many years, and also a Sound Librarian, it was always interesting to me to learn how many of the advanced features were often missed, even by users who use the program daily.

15 Hours Of Tutorials Across 51 Videos

I have wanted to do a set of video tutorials on Soundminer from back when the program was at v4.5, but until COVID gave us the gift of time at home, I simply never found the time. So this year I fired up the screen capture software and got to work. Little did I know how much time this would take and the end result would be over 15 hours of tutorial in 51 videos.

For Both The Beginner And Advanced User

I have tried to structure the videos in order for someone completely new to Soundminer, but have also created each video to be relatively stand alone so an advanced user could simply watch the videos that interested them.

In my experience, many features in Soundminer, such as the Meta-Tags, the Spotting Panel, Tag to Database, Composite Audio Files, are often overlooked and missed. Even the act of 'finding' things needed its own video, as, like so many things in Soundminer, there are multiple ways to accomplish it.

Useful For Sound Effects Vendors Too

There is also a whole set of videos on the Workflow Window and creating advanced Metadata. Bad Metadata is a bit of a pet peeve with me (so much that myself and a few others start the Universal Category System to try and combat it), and this tutorial series would be quite useful for many vendors who are selling their sound effects, to help them sculpt proper metadata, or anyone trying to organize a library.

Keyboard Maestro Macros Included

Included with the video set is a folder of bonus files that include my entire Keyboard Maestro set of macros, that some find useful, along with some other useful files.

First 6 Videos Available Free On YouTube

I have put up the first six videos in a playlist on YouTube, which will allow people to preview the series and see if they are interested in purchasing it. These videos cover the scope of the tutorials and then give an overview and quick crash course of Soundminer.

Radium Will Have Its Own Tutorial Series

One thing that is not covered in this set of videos is Radium. While I know that will be disappointing to some, there are two reasons.

1. Radium is such an advanced addition to the program, that it will need its entire own set of tutorial videos, something I hope to make at some point.

2. Radium is still growing in leaps and bounds, and both Justin at Soundminer and myself realized we should let the latest additions and ideas evolve into the program before we tackle a series of videos on it.

Updates For Tutorial Series Owners

Over time, as new features are added, my intention is to create ‘update’ videos that will be sent to all purchasers of the series.

Full List Of Videos In The Series

Here is a full list of all topics included in the course:

00 Introduction - 04:58

00 Overview of the Tutorials - 10:51

00 The Included Bonus Files - 11:37

01a Overview of the Soundminer Window - 04:03

01b Auditioning Options - 05:01

01c The Quick Crash Course - 23:24

01d Customizing the Look of Soundminer - 10:23

02a Working with Records - 11:14

02b Working with Databases - 15:12

02c Working with Columns - 25:24

02d Common Metadata Fields - 20:46

03a Application Support Folder - 06:15

03b Freelance Mode - 05:10

04a How to Find Things - 23:27

04b The Left and Right Panels - 26:49

05a Relinking, Watched Folders and Live Relink - 18:10

05b Right Click Menu and Embedding Metadata - 26:07

06a The Waveform Browser - 36:29

06b Spotting to a DAW - 46:19

07a Other Soundminer Windows - 08:15

07b MetaTags and MultiMetaTags - 15:56

07c The Spellchecker - 16:02

07d The Mirror Function - 17:45

07e Composite Audio Files - 08:03

08a Spotting Strategies - 03:45

08b The Spotting Panel - 33:19

08c Tag to Database - 16:28

09a The General Preferences - 25:29

09b The Rest of the Preferences - 12:24

10a The Edit Menu Items - 27:39

10b The Database Menu Items - 11:43

10c The Rest of the Menus - 12:11

11a Editing Metadata - 12:41

11b The Workflow Window - 10:31

11c The Workflow Actions - 1:14:03

11d Using Field Build - 25:26

11e Additional Workflow Actions - 12:53

11f Compound Workflow Examples - 20:19

12 The DSP (VST) Rack - 35:13

13a Import and Export and Remerge - 22:17

13b Audition Level - 02:09

13c The Hammer and Wrench Menu- 02:09

13d Process Scripts - 11:32

13e Channel Layout and iXML Track Layout - 40:34

13f Using M/S Files in Soundminer - 08:47

13g Metadata Lookup from the Cloud - 06:59

13h The New OpenTier Field- 06:54

13i Auto Suggest and Auto Complete - 11:30

14 UCS in Soundminer - 37:24

15 The Things I Missed - 21:13

16 Keyboard Maestro and Metagrid Bonus Files - 11:51

Where To Buy The Soundminer Tutorial Series

The video tutorial series can be purchased for $79 as a single download, and more information and links to purchase. Use the button below…