Musicip mixer

MusicIP Mixer stores its metadata after analysing and fingerprinting your tracks in a cache file.This includes information about which tracks are in your library, the associated metadata, acoustic analysis, custom tags, ratings, and so forth.The default cache file is called default.m3lib, and can be found in the following location;Windows Windows XP: Similar to; C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\MusicIP\Vista 32: Similar to; C:\Users\\appdata\roaming\musicip\musicip mixer\default.m3libVista 64: Similar to; C:\Users\\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\MusicIP\MusicIP Mixer\default.m3libWindows 7: Similar to; C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\MusicIP\MusicIP MixerMac: ~/Library/Application Support/MusicMagicLinux: ~/.MusicMagicIf you want to use a different location for the cache file, simply pass the name of the file on the command line when you start MusicIP Mixer. On Windows, you can double-click on any .m3lib file to start MusicIP Mixer using that cache file - if the file is not called "default.m3lib", then the name of the cache file (without the extension) will be listed in the Filters & Playlists window.Using Multiple Cache FilesIf you want to use multiple cache files (for instance, maybe you want to have different people in the same house with their own collections, or you have some types of music which you don't want to mix in the same cache), then you can do so easily. Simply create a .m3lib file for each instance you want (you can use a text editor to create an empty file), and start the app with the new cache file as described above. All changes will relate only to the current cache file.Sharing Cache FilesIf you are using the same set of

In comments to our recent post on The Filter, several TUAW readers suggested I check out the MusicIP Mixer. Like The Filter, the MusicIP mixer creates playlists based on the mood or style of several songs that you feed it with (i.e. you select several songs and then hit the mix button to create a mix or playlist based on those songs). Unlike The Filter, which does its magic by sending song titles to a remote server, the MusicIP Mixer actually does an acoustic fingerprint analysis on your own computer, which can take quite a while. On my moderately sized 4000+ track iTunes library it took nearly 2 days to finish (thought there were some breaks in the time)! Also the MusicIP Mixer does not seem to be as integrated with iTunes as The Filter, rather having you use its own interface for selecting and controlling your music. As far as the quality of the mixes go, I haven't played with it enough to compare them, but both MusicIP Mixer and The Filter have created enjoyable playlists. Between the two, I moderately prefer The Filter for its better iTunes integration, but I know there were a lot of folks out there who didn't like it, so they might want to give the MusicIP Mixer a shot.MusicIP Mixer comes in two versions: a free version with the basic feature set and a Pro version for $19.95 that adds more features.

I'm a stickler about my digital music tags (the meta data about a song). I've been known to meticulously scour my collection and manually fix bad identifying information. Slow and annoying!Enter MusicIP Mixer, which promises to fix improperly-tagged files based on their Music DNS database of over 26 million songs. A quick analysis of my collection tells me that about 21% of my collection needs some sort of data tweaking. After a few minutes of churning through my songs (7 seconds per thousand tracks if you'd like to benchmark), I now have (more) pristine data, and to me that means more accurate cataloging, storage, and mixing. During the process, though, I received a couple of errors telling me that the application AACTagReader.exe (installed with the Mixer) had unexpectedly quit. Not sure what that's all about (need to look into that one). I figured out that two problems were causing the tag fixing to halt: read-only files and any file names that were very very long. After repairing all of the bad files, re-running tag fixing worked beautifully for the most part.Some--not all--files with quote marks (such as '12" remix') in the ID3 track name were an issue as well. Although the tag fixer told me it had repaired these files, re-running tag fixing continued to find the same problem files. I may have to fix these files manually.The paid version of the Mixer (only $20) takes the fixing one step further and will normalize artist names for you, so all those "Eliot Smith" and "Elliot Smith" tracks become "Elliott Smith."Disclosure: I've been paid by MusicIP for a freelance project unrelated to the Mixer.

Information to my website, if any knowledge gaps just let me know.btw the latest thread is here for v5, but people like the v2.03 thread for some reason, keyword search magic I guess Thank you very much for making things a bit clearer. I can’t wait to use this tool to rediscover neglected tracks. Will post to the correct thread with further queries. Comment Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 131 My understanding of Sugarcube/MusicIP SettingsAfter experimenting for many weeks, this is how I tweak Sugarcube. Hope it saves someone some effort.-Trackstat plugin for play counts and dynamic ratings-Custom Scan plugin for MusicIP export. This is not needed by sugarcube but helps make static playlists, for whatever purpose, using MusicIP mixer (Windows only)-I have needed MusicIP plugin to enable communication between MIP and LMS. Nothing to do with Sugarcube.-Set up a primary filter to exclude what you never want. e.g. Genre contains-Speech, Christmas, Explicit etc. Ratings-*, ** etc. File-Path to any undesired folder-Use this filter as the first criterion for any more needed filters-If no recipe is employed, MIP suggestions are controlled by the filter, Mix Style and Mix Variety in the Player Sugarcube settings. Style seems to be overlap of genres and variety seems to be the closeness of the fingerprint. Go up on Style if abrupt genre shifts bother you. Go up on Variety to dilute the MIP fingerprint match.-The number of tracks requested is in Sugarcube Plugin settings. Sugarcube using Trackstat will then select a track from this list based on past plays and ratings. The MIP suggestions are in order of closeness of match. If the total music collection is small and the request is for many tracks, Sugarcube might get very far from the best MIP suggestions because of stats. One can control that by limiting the number of tracks requested.-Net results are very dependent on the size of the music library and stats. After using for about 2 months, I’m hardly seeing the best tracks in my favorite genres but expect them to return back after I’ve played or skipped (decreases rating in my setup) mediocre tracksWith the above setup, I have discovered the best way ever to effortlessly use my library fully. All of that has been made possible by the many wonderful developers and advanced users in these forums. Last edited by guptaas; 2021-11-18, 16:10. Reason: Error Comment Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 212 Licence expiredHi Charles,My Sugarcube licence has expired 2 days ago and I wanted to renew it, but I don't see any "donate" or "pay" button on tried to send a message with the contact page on the site but it doesn't seem to work as I had no feedback after clicking on "submit".How can I pay ?ThanksAntonio LMS 8.x.xon Linux Mageia 8 and RPI 31 SB3, 2 radio, 1 touch, 1 transporter SE, 1 chromecast audio Plugins : Trackstat, Smartmix, MusicIP, ... Comment Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 212 Originally posted by Antoniop