Populating the music database
For several hours now I have been trying to populate the database with mp3 files. I cannot figure out how to do it. Can you give me some help. I have used Goldwave as the music mgt. tool to get the files from vinyl to the hard drive. Drag and drop doesn't work nor does copy.
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If you haven't already done so, move your mp3 files
into a folder on the computer where you'd like them to reside.
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Start CSDS
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From the main menu, select 'Music | Edit Music Database'.
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From the Edit Music Database menu, select 'Edit | Add New Music Files from Folder'.
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Select the types of files to add (e.g., mp3), and browse to the
folder containing the music files (use the Browse button).
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Press the 'OK' button to add all mp3 files in the folder to the
music database.
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A 'Genre Flags' box appears that allows you to set flags for all
music files to be imported. For example, if you keep all your patter music in the folder that you're processing, select the 'Patter' flag. Press the 'OK' button to exit this box.
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The music database should now be populated with all mp3 files from the selected folder.
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Review each entry, edit the name, label, label number, and genre
flag fields as necessary. To edit a single entry, highlight it then press the 'pencil' toolbar button or from the menu select 'Edit | Edit highlighted item'.
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This should get you started. Other important things are to set
the Beats per Minute (bpm), and Loop markers for patter music.
