Renaming Operation Categories and Types

On the second page of the Batch Renaming dialog, you set up the renaming operation that you want to perform for clips, files, or markers.

The Category pop-up menu lists the renaming operation categories. The Type pop-up menu lists the various types of renaming operations. When you select a type, the related controls are displayed. The types depend on the selected category.

Remove

All

Removes all characters from the selected range.

Spaces

Removes all spaces from the selected range.

Spaces at Start/End

Removes all spaces at start and end of the selected range.

Duplicate

Replaces two consecutive identical characters by one. Specify the character to remove in the Character field.

Specific Characters

Removes all instances of one or more characters. Specify the characters to remove in the Character field.

Surrounded Text

Removes all instances of one or more characters. In the Left Character field, specify the characters from which on the text is removed. In the Right Character field, specify the last character to remove.

Then specify in the Occurrence pop-up menu which character to remove if several are found.

Convert

To Lower Case: Sets all characters in the selected range to lower case.
To Upper Case: Sets all characters in the selected range to upper case.
Capitalize: Sets the first character to upper case, and the rest to lower case. On the menu, you can specify whether only the first word or all words should be capitalized.
Initials to Upper Case: Sets only isolated letters to upper case. For example, u.s.a to U.S.A.
Specific Character to Text: Replaces each instance of a specific character with a custom string. In the Character to Replace field, enter the character you want to replace. In the Replacement field, enter the replacement string.
Pad Number with Zeros: Pads a number present in the selected range with zeros at the left side. On the menu below, specify how many digits the number should consist of.
Invert Character Order: Inverts the order of the characters in the selected range.
Replace with New Text: Replaces the selected range by a specific text string. In the text field below, enter this string.

Insert

Nothing

Inserts nothing.

Counter

Inserts a number at the selected position, and updates its value with each insertion. Set up the counter with the additional options.

Specific Text

Inserts a string at the selected position. In the text field below, enter the text to be inserted.

Part of Original Name

Inserts a part of the original name (before the first operation was performed) at the selected position. In the text field below, enter the regular expressions. Clicking the asterisk opens a menu with shortcuts for several regular expressions.

Pair of Characters around Text

Inserts specific characters before and after the selected range. In the Left Character field, specify the characters to insert before the selected range. In the Right Character field, specify the characters to insert after the selected range.

Spaces around Text

Inserts a space before and after the selected range.

Space after Specific Characters

Inserts a space after specific characters. In the field below, enter the characters that should be followed by a space.

Space before Each Capitalized Word

Inserts a space before each word starting with an upper case letter. For example, this changes MyNicePiano to My Nice Piano.

If Only Capitalize First Word is activated, only the first word is capitalized.

Today’s Date/Time

Inserts the current date and time.

Universal Unique Identifier

Inserts a unique identifier. This is useful for recordings, for example.

Random Word

Inserts a random pronounceable word.

Import and Insert External Data

This category allows you to insert information taken from a file or current context. This is mostly audio-oriented as some features analyze the audio file headers. The available options differ depending on the selected Batch Renaming dialog.

Sample Rate: Inserts the sample rate of the file. In the fields below, enter a prefix and suffix, and select how to format the imported data.
Number of Channels: Inserts the number of channels of the file. In the fields below, enter a prefix and suffix, and select how to format the imported data.
Bit Depth: Inserts the bit depth of the file. In the fields below, enter a prefix and suffix, and select how to format the imported data.
Bit Rate: Inserts the bit rate of the file if the file is encoded. In the fields below, enter a prefix and suffix, and select how to format the imported data.
Variable/Constant Bit Rate: Inserts the tag VBR or CBR if the file is encoded. In the fields below, enter a prefix and suffix.
File Length: Inserts the length of the file. In the fields below, enter a prefix and suffix.
File Extension: Inserts the extension of the file. In the fields below, enter a prefix and suffix.
Date/Time: Inserts the date/time of the file at the selected position. In the Format field below, enter a date.
Folder Name: Inserts the name of the folder containing the file. In the fields below, enter a prefix and suffix.
Folder Name (2 Positions Up): Inserts the name of the folder located two positions higher up in the hierarchy. In the fields below, enter a prefix and suffix.
Folder Name (3 Positions Up): Inserts the name of the folder located three positions higher up in the hierarchy. In the fields below, enter a prefix and suffix.
Sample: MIDI Note: Inserts the sample note of the file, if available. In the fields below, enter a prefix and suffix, and select how to format the imported data.
Sample: Detune: Inserts the detune information for the sample, if available. In the fields below, enter a prefix and suffix.
Sample: Key Range: Inserts the key range of the sample, if available. In the fields below, enter a prefix, suffix, and separator, and select how to format the imported data.
Sample: Velocity Range: Inserts the velocity range of the sample, if available. In the fields below, enter a prefix, suffix, and separator, and select how to format the imported data.
Metadata: Title: Inserts the title if this information is present in the metadata of the file. In the fields below, enter a prefix and suffix.
Metadata: Artist: Inserts the artist if this information is present in the metadata of the file. In the fields below, enter a prefix and suffix.
Metadata: Genre: Inserts the genre if this information is present in the metadata of the file. In the fields below, enter a prefix and suffix.
Metadata: Album: Inserts the album if this information is present in the metadata of the file. In the fields below, enter a prefix and suffix.
Metadata: BWF description: Inserts the corresponding metadata. You can insert the title, artist, genre, album, and BWF description.
Timeline Position: Inserts the position of the file in the timeline. In the fields below, enter a prefix and suffix.
Variable: Inserts the value of a variable. The value of the variable is retrieved from the corresponding source audio file. In the field below, enter the variable name.
Line [x] from Text File: Inserts the specified line from a text file to the specified renaming operation. In the field below, specify the location of the text file (UTF-8) from which the strings should be collected.

Find and Replace from Table

This category allows you to define a table of words and to associate each word with a replacement. This feature is useful to reformat a text according to a new style. For example, it can be used to map a series of numbers to a series of tags, to change a numerical sequence like 000 – 127 to C-2 – G8 (MIDI notes).

Find Anywhere in Text: Replaces the words in the table with their specified replacement if they can be found anywhere in the selected range.
Find Exact Text: Replaces a word of the table with its specified replacement if it is identical to the word in the selected range.

In the table below these types, you can define a list of strings to find, and define a replacement for each one. Double-click the cells to edit the list. If a file cell is empty, it is ignored.

If Case Sensitive Search is activated, the search takes the letter cases into account. If Keep Letter Case is activated, the case of the replacement text is adapted to the case of the found text.