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title: How Kit Maker sorts your samples
description: "Kit Maker needs some organization to work with: category folders (\"Kicks\", \"Snares\"), descriptive filenames (\"Heavy kick.wav\", \"Trap snare.wav\"), or kit folders. Most packs have at least one of these. ## Packs organized by category folders Most packs have folders named…"
url: "https://www.kit-maker.com/docs/km3-how-kit-maker-sorts-your-samples/"
updated: "2026-10-19"
category: Processing Modes
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# How Kit Maker sorts your samples

Kit Maker needs some organization to work with: category folders ("Kicks", "Snares"), descriptive filenames ("Heavy kick.wav", "Trap snare.wav"), or kit folders. Most packs have at least one of these.

## Packs organized by category folders

Most packs have folders named by category. Samples in a folder with "kick" in its name (or another kick keyword, such as "kik") go on the Kick pads, and so on.

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## Packs sorted by filenames

Samples that aren't in a category folder are sorted by their filenames instead. If neither matches, the sample goes to Misc.

To sort every sample by filename and ignore the folders, turn on **Force Sorting By Filename**. See [Sample Pack Mode Options](/docs/km3-sample-pack-mode-options/).

## Packs organized into kit folders

If a pack is already grouped into folders per kit, rather than collections of drum categories, you can process them as kit folders. See [Process Kit Folders](/docs/km3-processing-methods/#process-kit-folders) in the Processing Methods section.