Add your music to the MixMeister Catalog

Before you can build your mix, you have to add the songs to the MixMeister Catalog. In the Catalog, you can sort the titles by categories you set up. You can also play a preview of any song in the Catalog, and review such details as the artist, album title, and length.

When MixMeister processes a song (in the background) for addition to the Catalog, it detects the beats per minute (BPM), figures out where the beats are, determines the song's volume, and so on. Processing a song can take anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes. When a song is fully processed, MixMeister displays its BPM.

Note MixMeister uses non-destructive editing. This means that no matter how much you edit a track, you never really change the original music file. However, although MixMeister has a robust "Undo" feature, it cannot undo what you do in the Catalog, such as add or delete songs.

See also Manage Your Catalog

Getting music

Add up to a dozen or so of the songs you already have stored on your hard disk. Or, if you don't already have a stash of music files to work with, you can:

Import music files into the Catalog

  1. From the File menu, choose Import Music File(s) To Catalog.

  2. In the Add Music Files To Catalog box, browse to locate the directory that contains the MP3, WMA, or WAV files you want to import.

  3. Select the files you want, and click Open.

Add music files from Windows Explorer into the Catalog

Create your Playlist