New Music into Computer Library - Process

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Please describe how you do this.

My process is:

1. Rip from Audio Grabber into an Updates Folder on the drive.
2. Load the new folder into Media Monkey and fix the tags if necessary including getting the genre right.
3. Run folder through MP3 Gain.
4. Move each album to the appropriate folder on the master drive.
5. File Synch the drive with backups.
 
1) rip using EAC + LAme
2) Run MP3Gain at 92
3) Fix Tags with Tag & Rename......don't do genres
4) Listen to a few - just spot checking to ensure no glitches in the rip (never an issue with EAC)
5) Move them to the appropriate folders on the main pc, performance lappys and archive drives (3)
 
Steve LeBlanc said:
4) Listen to a few - just spot checking to ensure no glitches in the rip (never an issue with EAC)
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Good point! I should add this step and not be so confident in Audiograbber. Do you listen with the software you play it with? That might make a difference.
 
Tom, don't forget with Audiograbber, you can click on the far right column after any track is ripped and see if there were any speed or sync problems.

But yea, rip w/AG into a "new since backup" folder, mp3 gain, double check tags, back up to a CD or thumb drive, and place tracks into their proper permanent folder.

Finally, run a library update on RockIt.

Use the CD/thumb drive to update both laptops and all three external HD backups...not much on those sync programs....rather update using ME.
 
RIP to WAV using Sound Forge and make necessary adjustments.
Save as WAV 24 BIT 44100 Hz and save to archive HD
WAV to mp3 320 kbps
mp3 Gain @92 and run the mp3 files to the BPM ProScan (Thank you Rick ;) )
Save to mp3 HD in their proper folder and DVD-R as more back up.
Sync HD's and that's it.

All the tags are also done through Tag & Rename
 
1) Rip via EAC to FLAC. EAC applies normalization to 98% if less than 97 or greater than 99.
2) Correct tags via T&R.
3) Encode to MP3 (alt preset extreme) or V=0. Setting gain to 89% (MP3s can clip if higher).
4) Place the FLAC rips onto the backup drive for safe keeping.
5) Place new MP3s into a temp folder and use an MP3 duplicate checker and compare against what is currently in it's respective folder. Delete ones of less quality bit rate wise but auditioning as needed.
6) Move the remaining from the temp folder to their respective places.
7) Have VDJ check, clean, fix and then add to search DB followed by a scan of new tracks.
8) Clone the library to external drive and laptop (plus backup rigs).
 
SoftJock Rick said:
Most important part for me, is listen to every song in its entirety, that will be moved to the working library (I cherry pick).
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Yep, takes time but it's the way to do it.
 
Oh, as a fresh start to 2010, I used MP3TAG to correct almost 1/2 of my tags.

Took all the f, f/, ft. ft. Ft F/...... and replaced with Feat.
Did same for w/ and all it's versions and replaced with With.
Took all the & (artist only) and made replaced with And.
Tried to standardize many artist group names and look for obvious misspellings.
Tracks that had same exact name but from different sources, either got deleted or annotated the tag (extend versions, etc).

Not that it matters, but took care of the 'The...' in both artist and track.

Makes searching so much easier now.

Next attempt will be fixing tags and years of songs - when I get really bored. :)
 
dunlopj said:
Rick, care to elaborate? What the hey is a "watch folder"?

Is that something you use to move the blinds whilst spying on the widow next door in the shower?
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If there was a widow next door (and half way decent looking/smelling), she would have already cleaned MY shower... :sqcool:


Watch folders, are folders you designate to be watched -- when something new is added, Rockit updates its library. It is recursive, meaning that any folder below the watch folder, is watched too. Meaning, you no longer have to add tracks to the library.

I have it set to manual at the moment, which means you click on the Watch Folder item in the menu, and it does its thing. It's very resource intensive (depending on the size of your library currently), so I find it better to be run at a time where it will not interfere with playback (like at a gig).

Every drive I have, has a root MP3 folder, and then I just dump other folders underneath it. So, I just set X:\MP3 as the watch folder, and let it do its thing whenever I add new files anywhere underneath it :)

You can have as many watch folders as you like.
 
I open my 'My Music' folder. Then I open the 'iTunes' folder. Then I open the 'Compilations' folder. Then I create a new folder there (ex. HP201014). I then insert my Primecuts MP3 disc into my computer. I open up the disc and then drag and drop the MP3's into the newly created folder. Done.
 
DJ Wes said:
I open my 'My Music' folder. Then I open the 'iTunes' folder. Then I open the 'Compilations' folder. Then I create a new folder there (ex. HP201014). I then insert my Primecuts MP3 disc into my computer. I open up the disc and then drag and drop the MP3's into the newly created folder. Done.
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Just a word to the wise...

My Music is a virtual Windows folder -- it does not really exist, and can become lost quite easily. Anything under it follows.

My experience, is that using a real folder under your drive letter, allows for better management of what is in, and underneath it.

You can easily point any software, to place it's music under the folder of your choice, and not have to worry about Window's misplacing one of your virtual folders, which is tied to your user account. Also, much easier to back up or sync :)
 
DJ Wes said:
Thanks Rick,

But I do keep three back-ups of my music. I have two internal HDs and two external HDs. l have my complete music library on all four. Yes, I'm a little paranoid about loosing my music.
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Good to hear about the backups, but I would still stay away from virtual folders, because they are tied to the hive (registry), and user accounts. If anything happens to either, then you have to restore stuff that is still actually there, but you can no longer see it. If it's in a REAL folder in the file system, then it can't be affected by user accounts, etc.

The first thing I do when I get or add a new drive, is create a root folder called MP3, then just copy everything into it. It becomes so simple, because every drive, on every computer, has the same paths, and backup and syncing is super easy and fast. The reason it's faster, is because the OS does not have to resolve a virtual folder (some GUID in the hive), for each file it copies or syncs.
 
SoftJock Rick said:
Good to hear about the backups, but I would still stay away from virtual folders, because they are tied to the hive (registry), and user accounts. If anything happens to either, then you have to restore stuff that is still actually there, but you can no longer see it. If it's in a REAL folder in the file system, then it can't be affected by user accounts, etc.

The first thing I do when I get or add a new drive, is create a root folder called MP3, then just copy everything into it. It becomes so simple, because every drive, on every computer, has the same paths, and backup and syncing is super easy and fast. The reason it's faster, is because the OS does not have to resolve a virtual folder (some GUID in the hive), for each file it copies or syncs.
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I utilze my C: drive, creating a folder called Music. Does that count?
 
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