Being a programmer I was going to write an application to do this.
I found a reference in some other thread here to 'Bulk Rename Utility.exe'.
So:
http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/Download.php
- Download the 'Bulk Rename Utility, version 3.0.0.1 "No-Installer'.
- Open the BRU_NopInstall.zip in Explorer and copy the appropriate (x86 or x64) Bulk Rename Utility.exe
to some other directory where you can run it from.
Copy the .wav files out of one of the Celestion zip files into an empty directory. Do not copy the Celestion.zip
directories (I.e. Shure SM57), but rather copy the individual .wav filed out of the directories. One should have 33 files
for a closed back configuration, and 34 files for an open back configuration.
I am using Celestion_G12M_Greenback_1x12_Open-Back_44-1kHz_200ms.zip as an example.
Create a .txt file.
The format of the file is OriginalFileName|NewFileName
Note: If you cut and paste me example GreenBack1X12Open.txt into something like Notepad.exe
make sure it is in fact ANSI as I do not know if the Bulk Rename Utility.exe will accept Unicode,UTF-8,..
it does accept ANSI:
- File->Save As
- The 'Encoding' at the bottom of the 'Save As' dialog needs to say ANSI. If it does not
then change it to ANSI and save the file.
As an example here is the contents of my GreenBack1X12Open.txt:
G12M Greenbk 112 O Hi-Gn 121+57 Celestion.wav|G12M Gr 1O Hi 121+57.wav
G12M Greenbk 112 O Hi-Gn 421+121 Celestion.wav|G12M Gr 1O Hi 421+121.wav
G12M Greenbk 112 O Hi-Gn 421+57 Celestion.wav|G12M Gr 1O Hi 421+57.wav
G12M Greenbk 112 O Hi-Gn All Celestion.wav|G12M Gr 1O Hi All.wav
G12M Greenbk 112 O Hi-Gn All+Room Mono Celestion.wav|G12M Gr 1O Hi All+Rm Mono.wav
G12M Greenbk 112 O Hi-Gn All+Room Stereo Celestion.wav|G12M Gr 1O Hi All+Rm Stereo.wav
G12M Greenbk 112 O Lo-Gn 121+57 Celestion.wav|G12M Gr 1O Lo 121+57.wav
G12M Greenbk 112 O Lo-Gn 421+121 Celestion.wav|G12M Gr 1O Lo 421+121.wav
G12M Greenbk 112 O Lo-Gn 421+57 Celestion.wav|G12M Gr 1O Lo 421+57.wav
G12M Greenbk 112 O Lo-Gn All Celestion.wav|G12M Gr 1O Lo All.wav
G12M Greenbk 112 O Lo-Gn All+Room Mono Celestion.wav|G12M Gr 1O Lo All+Rm Mono.wav
G12M Greenbk 112 O Lo-Gn All+Room Stereo Celestion.wav|G12M Gr 1O Lo All+Rm Stereo.wav
G12M Greenbk 112 O MD421 Balanced Celestion.wav|G12M Gr 1O MD421 Balanced.wav
G12M Greenbk 112 O MD421 Bright Celestion.wav|G12M Gr 1O MD421 Bright.wav
G12M Greenbk 112 O MD421 Dark Celestion.wav|G12M Gr 1O MD421 Dark.wav
G12M Greenbk 112 O MD421 Dark2 Celestion.wav|G12M Gr 1O MD421 Dark2.wav
G12M Greenbk 112 O MD421 Fat Celestion.wav|G12M Gr 1O MD421 Fat.wav
G12M Greenbk 112 O MD421 Thin Celestion.wav|G12M Gr 1O MD421 Thin.wav
G12M Greenbk 112 O R-121 Balanced Celestion.wav|G12M Gr 1O R-121 Balanced.wav
G12M Greenbk 112 O R-121 Bright Celestion.wav|G12M Gr 1O R-121 Bright.wav
G12M Greenbk 112 O R-121 Dark Celestion.wav|G12M Gr 1O R-121 Dark.wav
G12M Greenbk 112 O R-121 Dark2 Celestion.wav|G12M Gr 1O R-121 Dark2.wav
G12M Greenbk 112 O R-121 Fat Celestion.wav|G12M Gr 1O R-121 Fat.wav
G12M Greenbk 112 O R-121 Thin Celestion.wav|G12M Gr 1O R-121 Thin.wav
G12M Greenbk 112 O SM57 Balanced Celestion.wav|G12M Gr 1O SM57 Balanced.wav
G12M Greenbk 112 O SM57 Bright Celestion.wav|G12M Gr 1O SM57 Bright.wav
G12M Greenbk 112 O SM57 Dark Celestion.wav|G12M Gr 1O SM57 Dark.wav
G12M Greenbk 112 O SM57 Dark2 Celestion.wav|G12M Gr 1O SM57 Dark2.wav
G12M Greenbk 112 O SM57 Fat Celestion.wav|G12M Gr 1O SM57 Fat.wav
G12M Greenbk 112 O SM57 Rear Celestion.wav|G12M Gr 1O SM57 Rear.wav
G12M Greenbk 112 O SM57 Thin Celestion.wav|G12M Gr 1O SM57 Thin.wav
G12M Greenbk 112 O TLM 107 Room Stereo Celestion.wav|G12M Gr 1O TLM107 Rm Stereo.wav
G12M Greenbk 112 O TLM 107 RoomL Celestion.wav|G12M Gr 1O TLM107 RmL.wav
G12M Greenbk 112 O TLM 107 RoomR Celestion.wav|G12M Gr 1O TLM107 RmR.wav
Double click on 'Bulk Rename Utility.exe' to start it.
1. Select the 'folder' where you un-ziped the IR's to (From the 'This PC' tree control)
2. Actions->Select All
3. Note the Name and New Name are identical.
4. Actions->Import Rename Pairs. Navigate to and select your .txt file (GreenBack1X12Open.txt)
5. Note the Name and New Name for the files noted in the text file are now different.
6. Click on the 'Rename' button (lower left corner).
Done.
Do yourself a favor:
- Zip up all of the newly named IR's into another zip file for back up purposes. That
way you will never need to do this again.
Different Celestion IR .zips.
Example: Celestion_G12M_Greenback_2x12_Closed-Back_44-1kHz_200ms.zip
- Save your GreenBack1X12Open.txt to another file name ('Save As', Mine is GreenBack2X12Closed.txt)
- I am assuming you are using Notepad.exe
- Edit->Replace:
-- Find what: 112
-- Replace with: 212
-- Click on 'Replace all.
- The'O' in 1O below is an O (for open) not a zero.
- Edit->Replace:
-- Find what: 1O
-- Replace with: 2C
-- Click on 'Replace all.
- We now want to replace the [Space]O[Space] in the original file names with [Space]C[Space].
The [Space] I am talking about is the actual space bar. So [Space]O[Space} is hit the space bar,
hit the O, hit the space bar.
- Edit->Replace:
-- Find what: [Space]O[Space]
-- Replace with: [Space]C[Space]
-- Click on 'Replace all.
- Closed back IR's do not have a rear SM57, so delete the line
'G12M Greenbk 212 C SM57 Rear Celestion.wav|G12M Gr 2C SM57 Rear.wav'
- Save the file.
Repeat the process 'Double click on 'Bulk Rename Utility.exe' to start it.' above but this
time use the GreenBack2X12Closed.txt for the Rename Pairs file.
Once I had created my original file (GreenBack1X12Open.txt) I renamed the contents of the entire Greenback
collection (1x12 Closed, 1X12 Open, 2x12 Closed, 2X12 Open and 4x12 Closed) in less than 15 minutes.
Good luck.
