How is everyone organizing/purging/deciding which samples to keep or ditch? – Samplers, Sampling & Sample Libraries Forum

Like many folks – I have collected a ton of packs over the years and quite frankly the thought of having to plow through each, deciding what’s good and what’s not etc – does not represent the best use of my time.

While I am certain there are a nice stash of “go-to” sounds intermingled into all these packs – what’s your general vibe on this?

Do you have 144 folders on some drive – each representing a specific pack as originally received (stuffed with tons of stuff)? Or do you hack and slash aggressively keeping just the sweet stuff?

Would love to know what others are doing (or have done) to build out a decent sample library you actually use vs say hoarding every little sample you have ever come across (where 99.99% of stuff has never actually use in a typical project)?

Cheers