equinux SongGenie 1.2.1 User Manual
Version 1.1
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Contents
............................................................SongGenie at a Glance 4
.....................................................Installation and Activation 5
Installing SongGenie 5
Activating SongGenie 5
Purchasing SongGenie 5
Activate SongGenie with your equinux ID (Online Store) 6
Moving a license to another computer 6
Your Music Collection 7
........................................................Working with SongGenie 8
A first look at SongGenie 8
Applying the song filter 8
Song identification 9
Identifying multiple songs 9
Song identification results 9
Applying results 10
Applying results from multiple searches 10
Multiple album results 11
Filter songs by search terms 11
Manual adjustments 11
...........................................Appendix: Keyboard Shortcuts 15
..........................Finding album artwork with CoverScout 12
Launching CoverScout searches 12
....................................................................Technical Details 13
Supported file types 13
Storing Song Information 13
.............................................................................Preferences 14
Determining where to Look for Music Files 14
Applying Automatically 14
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SongGenie at a Glance
Untitled and incorrect music titles in your iTunes library are
now history. SongGenie analyzes, identifies and completes
your music library.
Acoustic Fingerprinting
SongGenie creates an acoustic fingerprint of every track. Using
this data, it compares your song’s information to that in the database and suggests missing information. Whether the music is in
MP3, (unprotected) AAC/M4A or Apple Lossless format, SongGenie
can handle all typical iTunes formats and detects more than 80
per cent of the songs in an average music library.
Intelligent Filters
SongGenie will go through your library and find any songs that have
missing incomplete or incorrectly formatted information. That way,
you can focus on songs that need to be worked on.
iTunes integration
Changes you make with SongGenie will show up in iTunes and
SongGenie can also display your iTunes covers as well.
CoverScout Integration
Once SongGenie has completed your song information, CoverScout can really complete your collection and find cover artwork
for all your songs. Complete covers make browsing your collection with Cover Flow on your iPhone, iPod or in iTunes a dream.
Better track information for better listening
Music descriptions such as "title 01", "unknown album" or other
missing title information are history. The best advantage to having
a complete music library: Easily find your favorite song on your
iPhone, iPod or in iTunes and get better right track suggestions via
iTunes' Genius feature.
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Installation and Activation
This chapter explains all steps necessary to start using
SongGenie.
Installing SongGenie
Before you can start naming your songs, SongGenie must be installed on your
computer.
If yyou downloaded SongGenie from our website:
1 Double-click the “SongGenie.dmg” file.
2 A new window will open: Double-click “Install SongGenie” and follow the
onscreen instructions.
Activating SongGenie
Before you can use all of SongGenie’s features, you have to activate the program on your computer. If you have already purchased a license in our Online
Store or as a Retail box, you can skip ahead to the next section
Your equinux ID
Your equinux ID will be used to store and manage your equinux
products. If you don’t yet have an equinux ID yet, the following section will explain how to create one. Please keep your equinux ID
and password in a safe place as you’ll need this information again
to use your equinux products.
If you bought a boxed version of SongGenie:
1 Insert the SongGenie CD into your Mac’s CD/DVD drive.
2 Double-click the SongGenie CD icon on your Desktop.
3 Double-click “Install SongGenie” and follow the onscreen
instructions.
Purchasing SongGenie
You can buy online directly within SongGenie. All you need is a connection to
the Internet.
To purchase SongGenie:
1 Open SongGenie, and select SongGenie > Buy SongGenie… from the
menu bar.
2 A Window will appear and you can order your copy of SongGenie.
If you paid via credit card, your license will then be added to your equinux ID
and SongGenie will be activated on your Mac, once your card details have
been verified
If you paid via bank transfer or PayPal, we will send you an email as soon as
we receive your payment. Afterwards, you’ll be able to activate SongGenie
using the equinux ID and password you created in our Online Store.
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