compman_69
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Hey all I am looking for a good database program for my vinyl records. Simple to use and hopefully not alot of typing. 
Any sugestions AKers?
Any sugestions AKers?
Any sugestions on a good database program for my vinyl
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bhundu
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To be honest it would be too much typing for me to be worthwhile. Which ever program you use it will involve a lot of typing. I started with .xls with fields of artist, title, lable, year, genre, deadwax numbers etc. Gave up after 20 albums (about 1% of the collection).
To me there is enough time involved in sourcing and cleaning vinyl as it is.
Sorry I can't help with your question and for being negative to the idea.
To me there is enough time involved in sourcing and cleaning vinyl as it is.
Sorry I can't help with your question and for being negative to the idea.
VinylHanger
Navigaret ex ironia
This is my thought as well. I'm sure you could somehow use an online music data base for some of it. However, most cd's seem to have a different track listing or even an entirely different set of songs in some instances. Also I would want my vinyl database to list the pressings and special features, ie; quad, mono, etc. This then gets into the tons of typing. I wouldn't even have enough time to do the new ones I pick up.
spiderhead69
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Any database you use will be fine, just depends on how you want to retrieve the information afterwards. However, You will still have to manually enter the LP data. It's up to you to determine the amount of detailed data that you wish to collect.
It took me about 14 hours to enter just 4 columns of info, Artist/Title/# of LP's/ Comments for about 2K records into an excel spreadsheet.
It took me about 14 hours to enter just 4 columns of info, Artist/Title/# of LP's/ Comments for about 2K records into an excel spreadsheet.
LeeVing
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compman_69
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I like both of the collections. Is the music collection stored locally or on a web site?
TwoHardCore
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I don't know of any programs that can find information on "analog" sources converted to digital. What I'd recommend is using a program like Foobar2000 after you've recorded all your songs from LP (I also use it as a file player most of the time). You'll have to type in each song name, but you'll only have to type in the Album name once, the year once, the genre once and whatever else you'd want to tag it with. Once you've done "tagging" your ripped vinyl, you can use Foobar to rename the files via info from the tags. You should be able to Tag and rename an entire album worth of files in less time than it would take for your favorite track to play through beginning to end. MusicMatch Jukebox also has a really nice "supertagging" feature if you have that.
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jimbofish
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Assuming you're only wanting to catalog the data, not the music itself, I've been using a program called ReaderWare (readerware.com). It pulls down the data from your choice of websites,(I prefer Allmusic) and automatically adds it to the database. You find the selection you want, either by title or artist, then drag the link over to the RW window and it's done. One you get the hang of it and figure out your own shortcuts, it goes pretty quickly. I entered almost a thousand in just a couple of evenings. There is also an addon that will sync with a Palm or some cellphones so you can take the data with you to record shows, yard sales, etc. Yeah, I'm still using an old Handspring Visor!
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