You can mass-change a variety of fields in a list of loaded tracks - this is
useful if you have imported an album that has identical attributes (like
Year, Style etc) that you wish to apply to all tracks. The Mass Change window can
be called from a right-click inside the main file list or by selecting
(using CTRL or SHIFT) and pressing CTRL-R. Tip : You can mass-change properties of the selected items
without making permanent changes using this window - if you need to re-assign
Cart Numbers, Start/End Dates etc - you can do this without losing your
original data. If you want to keep the new data, remember to save/export (APE,
CartChunk, ID3, JMD etc). As you can
see from the screenshot - a wide range of fields can be manipulated and
this makes MyLibrary quite a powerful tool when you need to set specific details
on a number of tracks. Many of these options should be self-explanatory,
but a few are explained here: End Auto-Detect : Will scan audio (with a valid
Segue point) and set as
End or
Fade if there is more than 8 seconds between the Segue
and the end of file, eg: <8sec=End , >8sec=Fade ... Accurate 99% of the
time! Intro Time : Sets the Intro Point of all selected
files to the value (milliseconds) in this textbox Interpret Filenames from delimiter : attempts to
populate the Artist+Title fields from the filename using the ARTIST - TITLE.ext
principle. Get
AutoCue-In Point : Scans each file and places the CueIn marker where
the audio threshold is met. Get AutoCue-Segue Point : Scans each file, gets
the duration and populates the Segue and Duration fields with these
values. Useful if you need to import tracks into a playout system with an
"end-point" segue marker to ensure smooth automation without manually marking
them. Auto-Find Additional Artists : Auto-populates the
Artists
field with matching results. The routine
looks for the following naming conventions: Artist1
featuring Artist2
The lowercase
and is interpreted as an Artist delimeter, but
AND is not. eg: YEARS AND YEARS is a single
artist, but YEARS and YEARS would be treated (and split) as separate
artists.
This multiple-artists
feature can be useful when you export to a music scheduler via CSV which may
require separate artists for rotation/rule purposes. Categories /
Carts Add this Category (do not
delete existing) : When checked, the selected Category/s will be
ADDED to the existing Category/s of each track. This would be useful in
adding a 80S Category to songs that already has DISCO or GOLD Categories.
If you do not enable this checkbox, the Categories will be replaced with
whatever ones you have checked in the main Category box. Replace Category x with
x : Allows you to change one Category to another, eg: change JAZZY
to JAZZ Set Sweeper Property:
This will place a 0 or 1 in the Sweeper column to denote if the file is
a dry/voice sweeper item (added to aid JockMaster/Meridian
compatibility). Pad Cart values to 5 digits :
You may prefer to use a 5-character Cart number for your tracks - Be
warned that some playout systems (such as Dalet) will treat 01000 and 1000 as
different files and may cause problems. EncoDAD and Myriad are happy to
use a mix of these formats. Related
Artists Find /
Replace
Segue Time :
Sets the Segue Point of all
selected files to the value (in milliseconds) in this dropdown box (some
popular values are provided)
Artist1 feat Artist2
Artist1 feat. Artist2
Artist1
and Artist2
Artist1 with Artist2
Artist1 with
Artist2
Artist1 aka Artist2
Artist1 x Artist2
Artist1 X Artist2
This also allows for
scenarios like: Artist1 vs Artist2 with Artist3 and Artist4 - Song
Title
You can (de)assign Categories as
well as set Start/End dates.
Artist relationships are defined
here - In this example we are adding Artists that are related to the band
"Genesis" and, subject to scheduling rules, will keep these Artists apart.
eg: Genesis will not be scheduled to play near Phil Collins.
If you need to change a piece of
text in the Artist or Title field, this tab will let you do it.