Song Mixer

Song details

To bring up a song's details double click on the song from the list.   Editing song details is an important part of organizing your library.

Lets go through each field one by one:

• Song title:
  The title of the song, originally obtained from the ID3 tag.  You can click guess to have Song Mixer guess the song title (taking it from the filename) or just type in the name.
• Filename (long): [read-only]
  The filename
• Filename (short): [read-only]
  Similar to Filename (long), but files with more than 8 characters in their name, more than 3 characters in their extention (file type), or with spaces, foreign, or otherwise invalid characters will also have a short filename which is used to access the file.  It may not make much sense to the user but it's a detail Song Mixer needs to know.
• Folder: [read-only]
  Also known as Path, or Directory.  This is the location where the file is.
• Filename (copy): [read-only]
  Applies only to items on the MP3 list, or the Mix Disc list.
  This is what the filename of the copy of this file will be on the mp3 player, or in the mix disc folder.
• Artist:
  The Artist, band, musician.  Originally obtained from the ID3 tag.  You can click guess to have Song Mixer guess the artist (taking it either from the filename or the folder depending on settings) or just type in the artist name.
  NOTE: The 3 blue icons to the right of this field allow you to copy this field to all other songs that are A) on the same album, B) in the same folder, or C) checkmarked
• Album:
  The Album name.  Originally obtained from the ID3 tag.  You can click guess to have Song Mixer guess the album (taking it either from the filename or the folder depending on settings) or just type in the album name.
  NOTE: The 2 blue icons to the right of this field allow you to copy this field to all other songs that are A) in the same folder, or B) checkmarked
• Genre:
  Genre (type of music).  Originally obtained from the ID3 tag.  You can either type in the genre or click the button labeled "..." which will bring up the genre manager and you can select from the list.  This is probably the most important detail to set for each song as without it, you cannot accuratly use the mood ring.
  NOTE: The 4 blue icons to the right of this field allow you to copy this field to all other songs that are A) by the same artist, B) on the same album, C) in the same folder, or D) checkmarked
• Volume Label:
  This is the name of the disc this song is on.  Song Mixer will use this to ask you for the disc when it needs it.
  You can also select Offline or Online here.  Online should only be used for songs on your hard drive that are always available to Song Mixer, whereas Offline should be used for songs that are on a cd or dvd, or some type of removeable media.  When you select either online or offline you will be asked if you want to copy that setting to all songs on this volume.
  NOTE: The 4 blue icons to the right of this field allow you to copy this field to all other songs that are A) by the same artist, B) on the same album, C) in the same folder, or D) checkmarked
• Rating:
  A slider that starts out neutral (0%) and can be moved down as far as -50%, and as far up as 50%.  Use this to select how well you like this song.  It's purpose is that when songs are being randomly chosen by Song Mixer it will look at this rating.  Songs with a high rating will have a high probability of acceptance whereas songs with a low rating with have a low probability of acceptance.   There are other factors that affect this probability however.
  NOTE: The 4 blue icons to the right of this field allow you to copy this field to all other songs that are A) by the same artist, B) on the same album, C) in the same folder, or D) checkmarked

Below these fields are read-only fields from the song's ID3 tag, some of them can be copied back to this song's main fields by clicking the "Copy" button to the right of the field.

The Play button allows you to listen to this song.  You can listen to a song even if it's defined as Offline, as long as you insert the disc before you click this button.

When using the Copy to checkmarked commands, it is helpful to note there is a shortcut to checkmarking certain songs. From the main list, right click to bring up this menu.   This will allow you to select all songs in the same folder, by the same artist, or in the same album as the song you right clicked on

See Also

Organizing your Library

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