When OLTK parses instrumentation code to generate file names, it looks at the detail field and makes replacements. Here is what is happening under the hood, in each case using the clarinet section as the example.

Information sources

OLTK maintains two database tables which are used when naming files:

• Sections – used when expanding numbers in instrumentation code e.g. 1.2.3 => Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Clarinet 3
• Instruments – used to look up abbreviations in instrumentation code. e.g. bcl => Bass Clarinet

For both sections and instruments, you can choose the default name and abbreviation. This is the name or abbreviation that OLTK will use when naming files.

To edit the default name or abbreviation of a Section, navigate to Settings>Sections and press the edit button on the section you wish to edit.

To edit the default name or abbreviation of am Instrument, navigate to Settings>Instruments and press the edit button on the section you wish to edit.

Empty details field

If the details field is empty, the number of parts field is used to generate the number of parts.

• For PartInstruments, a 3 in the number of parts field gets extrapolated out to Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, and Clarinet 3. The word Clarinet comes from the default name of the Section (Not the Clarinet instrument) – in this case, the Clarinet Section.
• For PartAbbreviations, a 3 in the number of parts field gets extrapolated out to Cl 1, Cl 2, and Cl 3. The abbreviation Cl comes from the default name of the Section (Not the Clarinet instrument) – in this case, the Clarinet Section.

Details field containing 1.2.3

The details field is split based on the . character. Each resulting item is considered a new part. The numbers get expanded out to Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2 and Clarinet 3 or Cl 1, Cl 2 or Cl 3 in the same manner as for the Empty Details field.

Details field containing 1.2.3/bcl

As with 1.2.3, the details field is split based on the . character. 1.2 is handled in the same way as 1.2.3 yielding Clarinet 1 and Clarinet 2 or Cl 1 and Cl 2. The third item from this split (3/bcl) goes through an additional split based on the / character. The 3 then gets treated in the same manner as we have seen previously yielding Clarinet 3 or Cl 3. The bcl gets looked up in the database of instruments. If it is found:

• For PartInstruments, bcl is replaced with the default name of the found instrument. In this case, the replacement is Bass Clarinet by default.
• For PartAbbreviations, bcl is replaced with the default abbreviation of the found instrument. In this case, the replacement is BCl by default. (Instruments with more than one abbreviation see benefit from standardisation here. e.g. the instrumentation code might contain pno or pf to represent piano. If your default abbreviation for piano is Pf, you get consistent use of Pf to represent piano parts.)

If the abbreviation is not found, no replacement occurs and bcl is used as is. Finally, Clarinet 3 (Cl 3) gets combined with Bass Clarinet (BCl) along with Doubling Text (e.g. ” & ” or ” Doubing “) from Settings>FileNaming>Doubling Text to yield Clarinet 3 & Bass Clarinet or Cl 3 & BCl.