by Beagslife » Mon Feb 27, 2012 1:55 pm
Hi,
I already posted this as a new thread. I hadn't seen this one. I just want to add my voice. Thanks.
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I'm new here. I've recently converted to MM, after years of storing my music on SonicStage. I have found MM very useful, if a little daunting to begin with.
My biggest gripe so far, is with the options for sorting by artist/band name. I like to store all my music with the full name ie. The Waterboys, Tom Waits, An Emotional Fish, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds etc. Using MM settings, I can sort the Waterboys under W (ignore the The). I can also use a script to change my names, to show surname first (Waits, Tom). However, I don't want to do that. I prefer to see the name Tom Waits but I would like to sort it under Waits. Similarly, I might want to sort An Emotional Fish under E.
SonicStage allowed me achieve this, simply by giving an option in the properties box for the album, to sort under a letter, number or character. So, even if I wanted to store Bruce Springsteen under B (for Boss), I could do it. I would hope that this feature could be built into MM in the near future.
Another feature of SonicStage which I miss, is the ability with Gracenote, to search and add all missing album info/artwork. It didn't always find everything but it was a help when dealing with a large db.
I hope the above is taken as constructive and I look forward to using MM for the lifetime I've signed up for!
Thanks again.
Beagslife
Hi,
I already posted this as a new thread. I hadn't seen this one. I just want to add my voice. Thanks.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I'm new here. I've recently converted to MM, after years of storing my music on SonicStage. I have found MM very useful, if a little daunting to begin with.
My biggest gripe so far, is with the options for sorting by artist/band name. I like to store all my music with the full name ie. The Waterboys, Tom Waits, An Emotional Fish, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds etc. Using MM settings, I can sort the Waterboys under W (ignore the The). I can also use a script to change my names, to show surname first (Waits, Tom). However, I don't want to do that. I prefer to see the name Tom Waits but I would like to sort it under Waits. Similarly, I might want to sort An Emotional Fish under E.
SonicStage allowed me achieve this, simply by giving an option in the properties box for the album, to sort under a letter, number or character. So, even if I wanted to store Bruce Springsteen under B (for Boss), I could do it. I would hope that this feature could be built into MM in the near future.
Another feature of SonicStage which I miss, is the ability with Gracenote, to search and add all missing album info/artwork. It didn't always find everything but it was a help when dealing with a large db.
I hope the above is taken as constructive and I look forward to using MM for the lifetime I've signed up for!
Thanks again.
Beagslife