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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.

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Enrichment vs. Deep Tagging

For local audio processing — BPM, key, spectral features, and sound characteristics — see the Analyzed stage in Adding & Managing Samples. That’s a separate, fully local, deterministic step.

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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.

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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 in a folder will be deep-tagged before you commit.

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Managing Enrichment Labels

Control which labels are allowed to be assigned to your samples from the taxonomy controls in Settings. From here you can manage the label categories enrichment draws on:
  • 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.

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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 Organization 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.

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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.

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Genres and tags

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.

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Reviewing what changed

Because these passes run on their own, Sample Vault keeps a record of the recent ones so you’re never left guessing what moved. Each entry shows when the pass ran, whether it was automatic or one you started by hand, and exactly what it changed — the categories it named, the genres and tags it merged or grouped, and the collections it built. You’ll find this history alongside the organization controls in Settings.

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Cost Summary

  • Enrichment is always free.
  • Deep Tagging runs across your whole library on any paid plan, with no cap on size or count. On Demo Room you can deep-tag one folder to try it.
  • Organizing your library is a paid-plan feature with no monthly allowance — you can start a full pass on demand from Settings.
See Plans & Usage for what each plan includes.