equinux SongGenie 2.2.7 User Manual

Version 2.1
Contents
...................................................................SongGenie at a Glance 3
............................................................Installation and Activation 4
Installation 4 Purchasing SongGenie 4
Activating your software 5 Moving SongGenie to a different computer 5
.................................................Getting Started with SongGenie 6
Loading your music library 6 A first look at SongGenie 7
The Genie 8 Guitar ratings 8 Prioritizing your songs 8
Filtering songs by search term 9
.................................................................Identifying your Music 10
Identifying individual songs 10 Identifying multiple songs 10
Applying results 10 Working with multiple album results 12
Editing song information manually 12 Manually applying genres 12
Adding additional song information 13 Convert Information encoding 13
...................................................................................What’s next? 16
Viewing song information 16 iTunes Genius Playlists 16
Viewing lyrics in iTunes 16 Viewing lyrics on your iPhone or iPod 16
Getting cover art in iTunes 17
..........................................Finding Cover Art with CoverScout 18
Viewing cover art quality within SongGenie 18 Searching with CoverScout 18
..............................................................Customizing SongGenie 19
Specifying music library locations 19 Synchronizing changes with your iTunes library 19
Finding specific song information 19 Specifying capitalization rules 20
Defining genres 20 Web Search 20
.........................................................................The Nitty Gritty 22
Song analysis 22 Lyrics search 22
Writing information to your music 22 Determining tag quality 22
Supported file types 22 Supported music locations 22
..................................................Appendix: Keyboard Shortcuts 23
Finding lyrics after identification 14 Searching just for lyrics 14
Manually finding lyrics with Web Search 14 Manually editing lyrics 15
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SongGenie at a Glance
Take your music library to the next level with SongGenie’s song info completion and lyrics search. Your digital music experience will never be the same again.
NEW Genie Analysis
Genie keeps an eye on your music library’s song information, lyrics and cover art to determine areas that need the most attention. Let her guitar ratings show you the way.
Improved Intelligent Filters
Intelligent filters group your music into manageable categories, al­lowing you to focus on the areas that you want to work on. Sort your music by guitar rating to make sure no song misses out.
Improved Acoustic Fingerprinting
SongGenie listens to your music to create an acoustic fingerprint of every song. Using this data, it compares your song’s information against a database and suggests missing or incorrect song info.
NEW Lyrics Search
NEW Instant Playback
Not sure which song “untitled” is? Instant Playback allows you to play the song directly in SongGenie without the need to switch back and forth to iTunes.
Improved iTunes Integration
Tight iTunes integration means you are never out of sync with your current music library. New music shows up instantly in SongGenie so you can get working on it straight away.
Improved CoverScout Integration
Switch to CoverScout with just one click to make your music shine with high-quality cover art. Songs will be updated auto­matically in SongGenie without interrupting your workflow.
Improved Music Experience
SongGenie takes your music to a whole new level by adding lyrics to your songs so you can sing along on the move with your iPhone or iPod touch.
Wasting time flicking through “Title 01” and “Unknown Album” on your iPhone, iPod or in iTunes is a thing of the past. Find your favorite song in an instant and get improved iTunes' Genius results with complete song information.
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Installation and Activation
3 Double-click “SongGenie 2” and follow the onscreen
instructions.
Installing SongGenie is a breeze and can be done in just a few simple steps.
Installation
Before you can start naming your songs, SongGenie needs to be installed on your computer.
If you downloaded SongGenie from our website
1 Double-click the “SongGenie_2.dmg” le in your downloads folder.
2 A new window will open: Double-click the “SongGenie 2” installer and
follow the onscreen instructions.
Purchasing SongGenie
If you have not already done so, you can buy SongGenie directly within the application. All you need is a connection to the Internet and your payment details to hand.
To purchase SongGenie
1 Open SongGenie, and choose SongGenie > Buy SongGenie… from the
menu bar.
2 A window will appear showing our online store. Add the SongGenie Edi-
tion of your choice to the cart and proceed to checkout.
If you paid by credit card your license will be added to your equinux ID as soon as 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. You’ll then be able to activate SongGenie using the very same equinux ID and password you created at our Online Store.
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.
Your equinux ID
Store all your software licenses under one roof with a handy equinux ID and stop worrying about keeping those long, unsightly activation codes safe. Create your very own free equinux ID during the check­out process or, if you are a first-time retail box buyer, during the software activation process and start reaping the benefits today.
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Activating your software
If you bought SongGenie at our Online Store, you can activate it using just your equinux ID and password. You will have created an equinux ID during the checkout process.
To activate using your equinux ID
1 Open SongGenie, and choose SongGenie > Activate SongGenie… from
the menu bar.
2 Enter your equinux ID and password and press Login.
To activate a boxed version
If you bought SongGenie as a Retail Box, you will find an “Activation Code” on the front of the Quick Start Booklet. Using this code you can activate SongGe­nie on your computer.
To activate using an Activation Code
1 Open SongGenie, and choose SongGenie > Activate SongGenie… from
the menu bar.
2 If you already have an equinux ID, please log in using this ID. Otherwise,
click “Create equinux ID” and enter the required information.
To transfer a license to another computer
1 Open SongGenie on your old computer, and select SongGenie > Deacti-
vate SongGenie… from the menu bar. The license is now available and you can activate the software on another Mac.
2 Install SongGenie on your new Mac.
3 Choose SongGenie > Activate SongGenie… on your new Mac and hey
presto!
(If you no longer have access to your old Mac, you can also visit
http://my.equinux.com to reset your license.)
Family Edition
If you would like to use SongGenie on multiple Macs, you can up­grade to the Family Edition at any time. This will allow you to use SongGenie on up to 5 Macs at the same time.
Visit http://my.equinux.com for more details.
3 Finally, enter your Activation Code in the eld provided.
The next time you need to install SongGenie you can simply do so with your equinux ID and password – you won‘t need the Activation Code any longer. Please store your equinux ID and password in a safe place.
Moving SongGenie to a different computer
In order to activate SongGenie on another Mac, you’ll first need to deactivate your license on the previous computer. As equinux licenses are bound to your hardware, they first need to be reset.
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Getting Started with SongGenie
SongGenie’s advanced analysis is managed through a clear, easy-to-use interface. In this chapter we acquaint you with SongGenie’s feature set so you start getting the most out of your music library today.
Loading your music library
Before you can start cleaning up your music library, SongGenie will need to know where your music files are stored.
Where SongGenie checks for music
By default, SongGenie will check your iTunes database and use the default iTunes Media folder. This will automatically detect your music whether it is stored locally or on an external drive.
If you don’t use iTunes to manage your music library or have additional music folders located elsewhere, you’ll need to let SongGenie know where they are in SongGenie Preferences. For more information, see the chapter Customizing SongGenie.
Don’t worry though: SongGenie remembers your music library, so things will go much faster after the first run is complete. The next time you open Song­Genie it should be more or less instant.
Adding music to your library
SongGenie will keep tabs on the state of your music library. If you add music via iTunes or manually in the Finder, SongGenie will automatically index and show your latest songs in the song list.
SongGenie’s rst scan
A lot of us have fairly large music libraries, so SongGenie may need a little time to add all your music the first time it indexes your library.
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A first look at SongGenie
Use the filter menu to choo­se which songs are displayed in the Song List.
Click the arrows to flip to the next or previous song.
Click the Genie to get an intelli­gent overview of your Music Libr­ary. Click again to hide her.
Check your cover art or jump right into CoverScout to add high-quality cover art.
Use the song card to see existing information. Identifi­cation results also show here.
Navigate through your music using the Song List.
Check whether a song needs work with this handy guitar rating guide.
Sort your songs using a varie­ty of different options.
Search for a specific song using the search field. You can also choose to search within lyrics by clicking the pop-up menu.
Instant Playback allows you to listen to the song so you can be sure SongGenie has got it right.
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The Genie
Say hello to The Genie! With just one quick look, she’ll let you know the status of your music library and which areas need the most attention.
As well as an overall status of your music library, you can get more specific information about missing items from The Genie too. She’ll let you know whether it’s predominantly song information (such as Artist, Album and Genre), lyrics or cover art that are missing, so you can direct your attention where it’s most needed.
Getting your status report from The Genie
Click The Genie
Check out the status of your library
Guitar ratings
The Genie is music crazy and loves to use her favorite guitars to rate your songs. Guitar ratings represent three aspects that make your songs more complete: song information, cover art and lyrics.
The first guitar is awarded if your song has information such as title, artist and album name. Adding lyrics using SongGenie will award it another guitar. The final guitar will appear if the song has cover art. This can be applied using SongGenie’s companion software CoverScout. So go on, be kind to your music library and challenge yourself to get all three!
Prioritizing your songs
SongGenie makes identifying your music easier by helping you focus on the songs you want to work on. For example, you may want to concentrate on adding just lyrics to your music. You can do this by selecting the “Songs with­out Lyrics” filter in SongGenie.
To select a filter
Select the pop-up menu from the top left corner of the window
Select the filter of your choice
SongGenie will then find songs on-the-fly that match the filter’s criteria.
The Genie keeps a constant eye on your music, so she’ll update her status whenever you make changes. The overall status bar combines the individual aspects of your music library to give you a complete score and also tells you how far away you are from that “Perfect!” library you’ve always dreamed of.
Tip Already a SongGenie user or are happy with your song information?
Choose a filter so you can just work on the information or lyrics your are miss­ing.
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