Media Functions

Add Media
Scan
Selection
Edit media
Delete media
Cut/Copy/Paste
Media Base column header
Media Base Properties
Find
Sort
Automatic Fade
Change Path
Save ID3 tag
Convert
Save info/Load info
Manual Beat counting
Auto Beat counting
Beat matching
Init Position
Internet Link
New Genre

Add Media

There are many ways for adding media files in MixVibes Media Base

1. Drag and drop
2. Menu command Add
3. Double click in a empty mixer channel
4. Menu command Scan (see next section)
   

Each MixVibes (Media Base, Mixer, Mix Sequence) can accept drag and drop.

Media Base View Drag and drop

Drag and drop from Microsoft Windows Folder to Media Base View is the best way to add a selection of files in MixVibes. Each new file added will be assigned an default channel. If the toolbar button "Mixer Change" is checked then the mixer will be updated with last files added.

Mixer View Drag and drop

With this method the  files are directly  added to a mixer channel. Then all files will be assigned with the dropped channel number, no matter the value of "Mixer Change" button. The files are also added at the end of the Media Base view.

Mixer View Drag and drop

The files are added at same time to the Mix Sequence and in the Media Base.

Scan

Scan is also a method to add media in MixVibes. With this method, you can include 1 or many directories, entire hard drive with search criterias.

You choose the type of files to include in the search : sound files, mp3 files, video files ...

Select Dir button : add a new directory for searching files to include
All Drive button : search files in all your drives
More button : show/hide advanced search information
Init button : Init the field for directory search

With Advanced search, you can find any mp3 files with the title or author or other mp3 tags.

If you check the "Delete Media List" field, then MixVibes will include all files found in a new Media Base.

Selection

You can select more than 1 item in the Media Base view or in Mix Sequence view.
The multi selection works like the multi selection in Microsoft Windows

    - select with the mouse right button
    - Shift key pressed and select an item
    - Ctrl key pressed and select an item (very usefull for no sequential selection)

These operations take care of the selection in Media Base view :
    - Play/Stop
    - Delete
    - Change Path
    - Drag and drop to Mix Sequence view
   - Convert
    - Save ID3 tag
    - Beat Counting auto
    - Beat Matching
    - Init Position

These operations take care of the selection in Mix Sequence view:
    - Delete
    - Arrange

Edit media

There are 2 ways to edit a media :

1. Menu Command Edit
2. Double click in the mixer channel

In this dialog box, you can edit all informations about the media :

• ID3 tag : Title Author Album Comment Genre Year (not limited to 30 caracters)
• Remix
• Pick (1 to 5 hearts)
• Base Tempo (music tempo at normal speed)
• Position for starting and ending (in ms)
• Volume / pan (in 0.1*db)
• Gain in db
• Audio or video out (each audio or video cards is affected to number out)
• Mixer channel where the media will be loaded
• Speed in percent
• Loop check
• Equalization and kill frequency : bass / middle / treble
• Stereo mode
• Digital voice
• Cover file
• Locations
• Fade in and Fade out (in sec)

Delete media

For deleting 1 or many selected media use  the menu command "Edit"->"Delete". MixVibes will delete only the item in the Media Base and not the file. MixVibes will also delete all events associated to this media.

Cut/Copy/Paste

You can use Cut/Copy/Paste menu commands to move in the Media Base any media. These commands can also be used to create many instances of same music file and then mix 2 same music files.

Find

The Find dialog box can be used for a quick search in the Media Base for any specific media. You can search in a specific field  (title, author, genre, year, comment) or in all fields. If you check the "Match case" box, the search will be done with case sensitive. If you check the "Whole text" box, only exact same text will be found.

Press the keys Ctrl+Shift+F will folow the search in the Media Base for next media respecting the search criteria.

Sort

The Media Base can be sorted with 16 orders :

The random order is interresting for creating random playlist. With the field "Bpm increase" checked, MixVibes will sort in second order by bpm.

Media Base column header

You can choose which column headers to display and the order in the Media Base view (right click in the header).
MixVibes saves also the size of each column at exit.

Media Base properties

Each media file (.vib) is unique (with identifiant).

You can locked a Media Base with menu "File"->"Properties", so change in the Media Base will not be possible.

Automatic Fade

For setting automatic fade, edit the media go to the tab "Volume". Check the box for fade in or fade out and set a timing for each fade in seconds. After modifing the   media, a fade-in will be done when you start to play the media and the fade-out will be done when you stop.

Change Path

If the file of a media have moved in another directory or drive you can update the media path with this command.
This command manages media selection.
For example you have moved all your mp3 from "C:\mp3" drive to "D:\mp3", you will select all medias  in the Media Base and execute the command "Change Path" with the new path to "D:\mp3" . 

Save ID3 tag

This command will save the media information (title, author, album, genre, year, comment)  to  ID3 tag in the mp3 file. Others informations will not be saved and fields will be truncated to 30 caracters due to ID3 tag limitation. The Bpm (tempo) field will be saved in last 5 caracters of the comment if the comment field has less than 25 caracters. Then MixVibes will load the bpm when adding again these mp3 files.
This command manages the media selection.

Save info/Load info

The command "Save info" save all informations from a media to file with the media file name and extension ".vfo".
The command "Load info" do the inverse operation : load all informations from a file with the media file name and extension ".vfo" to the media.
This command manages the media selection.

Manual Beat counting

For displaying the beat counting dialog box, press the mouse right click in mixer channel, or in Media Base view
when a media is selected.

there are 2 methods

1) space method

Tape the key space or the button space at the rhythm of the music. More you tape more accurate will be the beat counting (the program do the average
on 30 last tapes).

2) interval method with F1 and F2

The interval would be at least 16 beats for accurate beat counting,

Beat matching

There are 3 ways to do beatmatching :

1) Shift key pressed + drag and drop between 2 mixer channels   (see the procedure)

2) Beat matching in Media Base view
Select 1 or many medias to beat match and press mouse right click, sekect the menu "Beat Matching".
MixVibes will display a dialog box and ask to enter a bpm to match for all medias selected.

3) Auto crossfading buttons in crossfader window control

Beatmatching can be done only if you have informed the bpm for the medias to match.

Init Position

This command will init cue position, start position and end position for the media.
This command manages the media selection.

Internet Link

This command will launch Internet Explorer if there is a internet link defined in ID3 tag.

New Genre

1) define a file name "genre.txt" in same directory than mixvibespro.exe

2) enter new genre in the file
Start after 148, as first 147 genre are defined by mp3 tag

for example :

148    Dark dnb
149    super rare groove
150    super rare disco
151    roots reggae

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