The forward slash is pretty much standard for this kind of thing, but if you like the backslash, use it. Another possibility is the pipe, e.g., Sony | Jazz Legends. As garym said, you can use anything you want; it boils down to what looks right to you.
There's no reason you can't use both single and double entries depending on the information available. It's your call.
Hi JH,
I always wondered what that '|' line was called?! I have seen it before on occasion. Does it serves the same function - grammatically speaking - as the fwd-slash?
I don't really like the comma for this purpose. So it's a toss-up between the 'pipe' and the 'fwd-slash' I guess.
Cheers,
Paul
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Hi,
I wanted to double-check on something, please, before making any adjustments to my files:
For instances where there is more than one PRODUCER, should I use:
PRODUCER = Bill Bruford / Jeff Berlin
or
PRODUCER = Bill Bruford; Jeff Berlin
Apologies for this being similar to my earlier Q.
Thanks in advance for any kind clarification.
Cheers
Paul
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Grammatically, it's meaningless; I just like the way it looks. It's mainly used in math and computing. See this Wikipedia article.
Hi JH,
Well, after a couple of weeks of testing out different INSTRUMENTS and BAND SIZES, I have decided that I am actually better off without them! The main issue was that their usage, in Foobar, turned out to be counter-productive. The scheme did not narrow down my searches as I had hoped. In fact it was confusing them!
And so, I pose a question which I feel may offer a halfway-house:
If I wanted to tag all albums which contained VOCALS, and to be able to differentiate between those that contained none, then could I create a tag that exclusively used a YES/NO factor? I am thinking - on every album - of creating a tag called: VOCALS, and then simply stating either YES or NO in the data field. I think it would be a little like COMPILATION in the way that you only have two choices?
Many thanks,
Paul
Last edited by monsterjazzlick; 10-22-2017 at 02:41 PM. Reason: spelling
Ah, simplification. I smile.
I don't how you would limit the choices in a custom tag (I haven't needed one yet). If that's not possible, you would have to stick to your choices. With Y/N, that shouldn't be much of a problem. Incidentally, I would use Y and N rather than Yes and No; single letters are easier to type. Your taggage may vary.If I wanted to tag all albums which contained VOCALS, and to be able to differentiate between those that contained none, then could I create a tag that exclusively used a YES/NO factor? I am thinking - on every album - of creating a tag called: VOCALS, and then simply stating either YES or NO in the data field. I think it would be a little like COMPILATION in the way that you only have two choices?
Keep in mind that tags are track-based. The Compilation tag will be the same for all tracks on an album, which either is, or is not, a compilation. But if you're proposing tagging all tracks as Vocals=Yes on albums which also have instrumental-only tracks, you're risking confusion. I'm all for a Vocals track tag--I've toyed with using one myself--but if you want a tag to tell you whether an album does or does not have one or more vocal tracks, I advise a different tag name. AlbumHasVocals, perhaps.
On the other hand, it's your library, so as long as you know what a Vocals tag means in your context, who am I to argue?
Hi JH,
Regarding the COMPILATION tag, this is how it (ie. my two comp. albums) appears in Foobar:
As you state, you can use a Y/N comment for COMPILATION. But I am not sure if this would work, or how it would work, for a self created VOCALS tag? I was thinking was possible, with COMPILATION, because such albums are placed in a dedicated folder of their own:
Taking into consideration your kindly suggested AlbumHasVocals tag, then this might be a good solution for the latter-mentioned.
Many thanks,
Paul
COMPILATION tag should not have yes,no or Y/N. It should have a value of either 1, or the tag should not exist at all. Paul, you may be confused because the Foobar2000 setup I gave you displays a YES or NO in the compilation column. But this is just how I set up foobar2000 to read the "1' in the COMPILATION tag. If it sees the value of 1, it assigns YES to the track/album. Otherwise it assigns NO. This is all related to a setting within foobar2000 and has nothing to do with the tag itself.
Hi Gary,
OK, thanks a lot for explaining Foobar.
Regarding 'dBpa', YES (wording) appears alongside the COMPILATION tag when the album has been categorised as being a 'compilation'; as per (eg.) 'Stan Getz & Colleagues':
Cheers,
Paul
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