[ARSCLIST] Managing project data for digital audio preservation work using Wavelab and FileMaker

[Aurora Perez <aperez@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm interested in exploring how others manage project data for digital 
audio preservation work, and more specifically, if anyone is using 
Wavelab 6 to create the preservation masters and then managing their 
project data in a FileMaker Pro database?  I'm considering FileMaker Pro 
for its search capability, total size capacity, and flexibility with 
regard to handling other aspects of the workflow including tracking, 
invoicing, and statistics. 

I have been using an Excel spreadsheet to collect much of the project 
data from every stage of the project, and have recently discovered a way 
to export  digital filenames as text to an Excel spreadsheet using the 
Audio db feature in Wavelab but haven't been able to export the file 
attributes including engineer's notes and other important technical data 
into Excel, and Excel is limited with regard to other processes.

I would like to know if there is a direct way to export not just the 
digital filenames as text, but also the file attributes data into 
FileMaker Pro, without having to export to Excel, then from Excel to 
FileMaker Pro.  If there are alternative methods available I would 
appreciate information about them.

Thanks,
-Aurora

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Aurora Perez
Operations Manager
Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound
Braun Music Center
541 Lasuen Mall
Stanford, CA  94305-3077

aperez@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Phone: (650) 723-9312
Fax: (650) 725-1145