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File destination in VM Recorder

Posted: Sat May 17, 2025 5:22 pm
by Schville
Hello folks,

is there any way to define a specific folder where all the recordings are saved? Per default it's "C:\Users\{PC NAME}" and slowly the folder gets messier and messier if I don't move all the recordings manually, especially if I bulk record.
Would be awesome to set a default folder for quality of life.

Re: File destination in VM Recorder

Posted: Mon May 19, 2025 5:14 pm
by seal58
Hi,
left beside REC button there is a button named FOLDER. Here you can set a folder of your choice.

Re: File destination in VM Recorder

Posted: Mon May 19, 2025 7:01 pm
by utdgrant
seal58 wrote: Mon May 19, 2025 5:14 pm Hi,
left beside REC button there is a button named FOLDER. Here you can set a folder of your choice.
That's what I thought, too. But Schville was talking about the Monkey Business VM Recorder module.

Re: File destination in VM Recorder

Posted: Tue May 20, 2025 6:43 pm
by Schville
Hi,
left beside REC button there is a button named FOLDER. Here you can set a folder of your choice.
Yeah, that's the Voltage Modular built-in recorder. Thought it was clear since it's in the Monkey Business sub-topic, sorry for the misunderstanding

That's what I thought, too. But Schville was talking about the Monkey Business VM Recorder module.
Yes you're right. Not sure though which recorder suits my needs best. At least the built-in recorder allows to specify a folder.
Best work-around I can think of is to configure the recorder as needed, save the recorder into a cabinet preset and load the module from there instead of the module library. Works but it's not that elegenat, so I wondered if there might be a better way

Re: File destination in VM Recorder

Posted: Tue May 20, 2025 8:53 pm
by Steve W
MeldaProduction has MRecorder. It's part of their free bundle. When I was working on some things I wanted to preserve with audio files, I used MRecorder and it met my needs. Since it's free, you can give it a try.

Re: File destination in VM Recorder

Posted: Thu May 22, 2025 6:36 am
by honki-bobo
Schville wrote: Sat May 17, 2025 5:22 pm is there any way to define a specific folder where all the recordings are saved?
Hi Schville,

yes, there is. Click on the "Select File" button (bottom right), then navigate to the folder where you want your recordings to be saved, enter a file name (use the % character to add numbering to your files, e.g. "my recording %.wav") the click "Save". VM Recorder will then record files to the selected folder and number the audio files continuously. Hope this helps.

Best regards,
Martin

Re: File destination in VM Recorder

Posted: Mon May 26, 2025 4:31 pm
by Schville
Hi Schville,

yes, there is. Click on the "Select File" button (bottom right), then navigate to the folder where you want your recordings to be saved, enter a file name (use the % character to add numbering to your files, e.g. "my recording %.wav") the click "Save". VM Recorder will then record files to the selected folder and number the audio files continuously. Hope this helps.
Hey Honki,
if I understand you right this doesn't work as a default folder. Like when I set it up in a patch, I need to do this in another patch as well. Guess the workaround to save one recorder in an empty cabinet works best for now.
Or maybe I understood you wrong?


MeldaProduction has MRecorder. It's part of their free bundle. When I was working on some things I wanted to preserve with audio files, I used MRecorder and it met my needs. Since it's free, you can give it a try.
Hey Steve,
that sounds nice. Gonna give it a shot, thank you for the suggestion

Re: File destination in VM Recorder

Posted: Mon May 26, 2025 4:54 pm
by honki-bobo
Schville wrote: Mon May 26, 2025 4:31 pm Hey Honki,
if I understand you right this doesn't work as a default folder. Like when I set it up in a patch, I need to do this in another patch as well. Guess the workaround to save one recorder in an empty cabinet works best for now.
Or maybe I understood you wrong?
You've got it right. VM Recorders default location is the users home directory and at the moment there is no way to change the default. But, since the last selected directory is part of the preset, you could store module presets for your most used output directories and then easily recall them.

Best regards,
Martin

Re: File destination in VM Recorder

Posted: Wed May 28, 2025 5:41 pm
by Schville
Ah yes, that's a smart idea! Tried it and it worked, thanks a lot for that input :)