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
.................................................................................................Lyrics 14
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” file 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 field 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 first 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
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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
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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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