by Paul Mac » Fri Sep 17, 2021 4:51 pm
I'd just like to write in support of Lowlander's comment, different people use MM in different ways.
I have over 36k tracks in my classical music library. Sometimes I will be interested not just in a particular piece of music but how it was performed by different artists e.g. compare Glenn Gould and Angela Hewitt's way of playing Bach's keyboard music, it is like chalk and cheese and interesting to explore.
I came across this post because I was seeking help to improve how I use MM5. It is a good program and I can get to where I want most of the time but my plea to the programmers was going to be to make the interface with the database a bit more granular. For example I could make a whole new collection of "Box Sets" and select on one of custom fields that are provided but I would prefer to be able to display such a custom view within the views provided under the heading "Classical Music".
One trick I have used to make some of my searches quicker is that I have already put my albums into Windows sub-folders, mostly named by composer e.g. Composer_A-C or Choral_D-G. Otherwise if I click on Composers in MM5 the list becomes unmanageable.
I'd just like to write in support of Lowlander's comment, different people use MM in different ways.
I have over 36k tracks in my classical music library. Sometimes I will be interested not just in a particular piece of music but how it was performed by different artists e.g. compare Glenn Gould and Angela Hewitt's way of playing Bach's keyboard music, it is like chalk and cheese and interesting to explore.
I came across this post because I was seeking help to improve how I use MM5. It is a good program and I can get to where I want most of the time but my plea to the programmers was going to be to make the interface with the database a bit more granular. For example I could make a whole new collection of "Box Sets" and select on one of custom fields that are provided but I would prefer to be able to display such a custom view within the views provided under the heading "Classical Music".
One trick I have used to make some of my searches quicker is that I have already put my albums into Windows sub-folders, mostly named by composer e.g. Composer_A-C or Choral_D-G. Otherwise if I click on Composers in MM5 the list becomes unmanageable.