After MusicFrame has finished the loading process klick File/Open Database. This loads the record database. The record list is shown in the main window.
Klick on File/List of Labels. The Window opened shows the current available Record labels. The numbers are the labels label numbers. We'll use this numbers later. After you've take a look on the list, close the list via the system menu (doubleclick the icon in the left upper corner).
Klick on File/List of Labels again. The same list is showing. Then Klick on
File/List of instruments.
The list shown will show you the current available instruments played by
musicians. Now if the list of instruments isn't selected, select it by klick on
its titlebar. Press the End key on your keyboard. The end of the list is
selected.
Press Home on your keyboard will select the first item.
Now press letter 'h' on your keyboard. The first item beginning with the letter
'h' is selected.<>
On this way all lists in the whole program are working.
Close both windows by doubbleclicking on their system menu.
MusicFrame for Java work with 2 different main lists. The first we see is the record list. The other is the musician list. Klick on File/Change list to view it now. You can toggle between the two lists by clicking File/Change list.
Now we want to give in some data.
Our example cd is: Going for the one - Yes, from 1977.
In the record list we' ve seen that this record isn't available in the
database. In the musician list we see that some of the musicians are in the
database, while other don't. Klick Edit/New to see the musician input dialog.
The most left tab in the notebook should read Musicians.
If this is not the case close the dialog with the system menu and toggle the
main list. Then reopen the Edit dialog with Edit/New.
Now we wish to enter a new musician. Fill out the fields.
I type:
first name: Jon
last name: Anderson
I leave the pseudonym field blank, because we have a real name.
I select those instruments: vocals, percussion
If you want to select more than one instrument in the list you've to press
the ctrl key on your keyboard while selecting in the list.
After selection verify the string labeled Instruments.
If you're sure the information is right, klick the button in the lower right
corner to save the data to disk.
In this way proceed for all musicians, you wish to give in.
I proceed this way to give in all musician on the CD not available in the
database.
Now we want to give in the cd itself. Toggle the main list to the record
list, then klick on Edit/New. In the dialog the most left tab in the notebook
should read Record.
If this is not the case close the dialog, toggle the main list and klick on
Edit/New again. Select the tab Record, if it's not selected.
Fill out the fields and/or select the right data.
I type:
Interpret : Yes
Title : Going For The One
P-Year : 1977 (This is the original release year)
Collection: marked
PP : 15.95 (This is the price you've payed)
Rec.Proc : AAD (I recomend AAD, ADD, or DDD for CDs)
If you don't know what AAD,ADD,DDD is, please read this.
If all information is right, then klick the save button, to save this page to disk.
Go to the Identity page.
Every CD has a hidden cdhex number on disk. Insert the CD in question in your
cd-rom drive then klick on the CD button to read it direct from the media. If
reading was successful the number is shown in the box labeled CD Hex.
Look for the barcode on the CDs inlay or on the CD itself. The barcode should
look like
0 111111 111111 6 | 12-Numbers (counting only the 2 groups in the middle)- are a valid character here |
or | |
---|---|
0 11111 11111 6 | 10-Numbers |
I type this informatiom:
Type : 12-Numbers
Barcode : 0 7567-8 1510-2 6
Label : Atlantic
Order-Nr: 81510-2
When ready klick on save to save this page.
Go to the Tracks page.
The information here are related to Songs on a media. If you've read the CD
successfully on the previous page, then the track times are already inserted
in the times list. Otherwise you must type it in here. Write a song title in
the title field then write the time in the time field and klick on the plus
button.
Proceed in this way for all songs included on your media.
In the Program field you can store a program for a cd-player. Just type the
track numbers seperated by spaces like this '7 4 2 11 17'.
When ready klick on save to save this page.
Go to the Links page.
On this page you can link musicians with the media. First klick one of the
buttons A-H, I-P, Q-Z. If you do so, all available musicians will be loaded
into the musician list, shown on this page. Moving the selected musician from
the list to the list on the right will create the link.
You can separate main musicians from studio musicians by setting a Separator
with the separator button.
If you want change the order, select a musician and remove him to the musicians
list. An alternative way is to cut him from the list using the del key on your
keyboard and re-insert him on another location by pressing the insert key.
I link here the previous created Jon Anderson, and the rest from Yes.
When you're ready please klick the save button to save this page on disk.
Close the New dialog by double clicking the system menue. Now we have createted
the first record.
Now we want to see a crossreference.
Toggle the main list to the record list. Our new CD now should be in this
list.
Doubble Click this CD in the list. The dialog opened shows the crossreference
of the CD.
Please double click one of the musicians in the new dialog.
Please double click one of the records in the new dialog.
Please double click one of the musicians in the new dialog.
Please double click one of the records in the new dialog.
Please double click one of the musicians in the new dialog.