Overview
Enrichment is the pass that assigns labels — genres, tags, creators, sample packs — onto each individual sample by matching them against the facets available in your library. It’s always free, runs automatically as needed, and you almost never have to trigger it by hand.
Enrichment is independent from Deep Tagging, which is a separate AI pass that builds the directory-level catalog of allowed facets. The two are often discussed together because most users deep-tag a directory and then let enrichment fill samples in afterwards, but enrichment can also run on its own — for example, after you add or rename a tag, or after a sample’s metadata changes.
Enrichment vs. Deep Tagging
| Enrichment | Deep Tagging |
|---|
| What it does | Assigns existing facets (genres, tags, creators, sample packs) to individual samples | Generates the catalog of facets available in a directory |
| Cost | Free | Counts against Library coverage, per deep-tagged sample |
| When it runs | Automatically, as needed (after deep-tagging, after edits, after new samples appear) | When you choose to deep-tag a directory |
| Triggered by | The app, almost always automatically | Right-click → Deep-tag directory, or the Add Directory dialog |
How Enrichment Runs
Enrichment is automatic. You don’t normally need to think about it:
- After you deep-tag a directory, enrichment runs across its samples to match the new facets.
- When new samples are added to an already-deep-tagged directory, enrichment picks them up.
- When you rename or delete a facet library-wide, enrichment reconciles affected samples.
If you ever want to re-run it manually — for instance, after disabling a label in Enrichment Labels — right-click a directory in the File Browser and choose Enrich Samples. This is rarely necessary.
As it runs, enrichment also prepares each sample for two kinds of matching: the sound-alike matching behind Similar Samples, and the describe-it matching behind Deep Search. These appear in the Library status panel as the Classified and Embedded stages.
Deep Tagging a Directory
To create the facet catalog that enrichment matches against, right-click any directory in the File Browser and select Deep-tag directory. The AI scans the folder’s contents and generates labels from filenames, folder structure, and audio content. The Add Directory dialog shows how many samples a folder will draw from your Library coverage before you commit.
Managing Enrichment Labels
Control which labels are allowed to be assigned to your samples in Settings > Processing > Enrichment Labels.
From here you can manage four label categories:
- Genres — AI-detected genre classifications
- Tags — Descriptive labels (e.g., “dark”, “punchy”, “ambient”)
- Creators — Detected sample pack creators or artists
- Sample Packs — Detected sample pack names
Toggle individual labels on or off to control what gets assigned. Disabled labels won’t appear on any samples, even if Deep Tagging detected them.
If labels are getting assigned that don’t match your library, disable them in Enrichment Labels rather than manually editing each sample. Enrichment will reconcile your library on the next pass.
Organizing Your Library
As your library grows, Sample Vault keeps it organized for you. A single pass tends three things together: it corrects and discovers categories by how samples sound, tidies your genre and tag lists, and assembles live collections. It runs on its own in the background, and you can start it on demand from Settings (see Processing settings). Anything you’ve made or named by hand is left untouched, and the whole pass is available on paid plans — see Plans & Usage for what each plan includes.
Categories by sound
Sample Vault groups samples that sound alike and uses those groups to put each one in the right category: a sample whose category doesn’t match how it sounds moves to the one its neighbours share, and a distinct kind of sound with no existing home — like hardstyle kicks or reverse cymbals — becomes its own category. Categories you’ve created yourself are never changed.
As you deep-tag more folders the genre and tag lists grow, and left alone they sprawl into near-duplicates, one-off labels, and tags that only repeat something you can already filter by. Sample Vault merges duplicates, groups specific values under broader families, and drops tags that only echo another filter like a category, key, or tempo. The result is the family grouping you browse in the filter sidebar. Tags you’ve created or renamed yourself are never deleted — organizing can only nest or relabel them, so your own vocabulary stays intact.
Cost Summary
- Enrichment is always free.
- Deep Tagging draws from your plan’s Library coverage pool, measured per deep-tagged sample. If a batch fails, every sample in that batch is refunded in full.
- Organizing your library runs free in the background on paid plans; running it on demand from Settings uses some premium requests.
See Plans & Usage for how much coverage each plan includes and how the pool works, including monthly rollover and add-on top-ups.